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6-Grain Hot Cereal (a Mayo Clinic favorite)
Use time on the weekend to prepare and pre-portion this warm, comforting dish for a week of breakfasts ahead of time! Skip that tempting brown sugar and top with blueberries for added sweetness without the added sugar.
Number of servings: 14
Serving Size: ½ cup
Ingredients
1/2 cup uncooked pearl barley
1/2 cup uncooked red wheat berries
1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
1/4 cup uncooked steel cut oats
3 tablespoons uncooked quinoa
2 tablespoons of flax seed
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 quarts water
Directions
In a large saucepan, combine the barley, wheat berries, rice, oats, quinoa, flax seed and salt. Pour water over ingredients, stir and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Nutritional analysis per serving:
- Calories 114
- Total Fat 1 g
- Saturated fat 0 g
- Trans fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated fat 0 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 74 mg
- Total carbohydrate 21 g
- Dietary fiber 3 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Protein 4 g
For this recipe and more, visit the Mayo Clinic Healthy Recipe Archive