Apple-icious Whole Grain Cereal
Start your day with this sweet and hearty whole-grain cereal. Apples and cinnamon sweeten, while walnuts add texture.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (50 g) brown rice, uncooked
- ¼ cup (50 g) whole wheat kernels
- ¼ teaspoon salt, optional
- 1 cup (240 ml) water
- ½ cup (120 ml) apple cider
- 1 cinnamon stick, or 1/8 teaspoon ground, 1.5"
- ½ (100 g) apple, seeded, cored
- sweetener, to taste
Directions
- Place rice, wheat and salt into the Vitamix container and secure lid.
- Select Variable 1.
- Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 7.
- Blend for 15 seconds.
- Place liquid ingredients and cinnamon stick into a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
- Stir in wheat and rice mixture.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
- Add apples and walnuts to the wheat/rice mixture with 5 minutes left in the cooking process.
Nutrition Information
| Serving Size | 1 cup (288 ) |
| Amount Per Servings | |
| Calories | 180 |
| Total Fat | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 240 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 39 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
