Hi friends on Steemit! The recipe I will share with you today, is really healthy and serves you a great amount of health benefits. Lets head to the core:
About Millet:
Millet is a gluten free grain that provides our bodys with high content of nutrients, including impressive starch levels, vitamin B, calcium, iron, potassium, zinc, magnesium, and fat. Millet can boost our immun system, help us to protect against heart diseases, prevent onset of breast cancer, reducing blood pressure and control high cholesterol levels.
Millet also contains a lot of protein, fiber and magnesium. It is also quite cheap, perfect for people living on a low budget.
I use millet for breakfast most of the time, but sometimes also instead of rice.
Important is that you wash, rinse and drain it very well before cooking, as it contains a lot of dust (same as lentils or rice), and you dont want that. I wash it in cold water, than hot, than cold and repeat it 4-8 times for the optional result.
Blueberries or Bilberries
Wild blueberries, also called bilberries, are small and have a very strong taste and purple colour, they contain more antioxidants than the big blueberries you can find in grocery stores. Bilberries have been popular in Europe since the 16th century, and blueberries were first widely grown in the U.S. in the 1920s.
I like the bilberries a lot more than the big tasteless blueberries, but it is probably because I grow up in Sweden, where we used to go in the forest to pick our own bilberries for jam and to freeze for the winter. We always ate a lot of them, and they are so sweet and colourful, the most beautiful and delicate berry you can find in the swedish forest.
CREAMY MILLET-BANANA PORRIDGE WITH WARM BLUEBERRY-CHIA JAM (and chocolate)
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I added a lot of cacao nibs, wild blueberries (bilberries), and melted chocolate to my jars, it makes a breakfast/dessert just amazing;)
Recipe:
Makes enough for 2-4 portions.
Ingredients
Millet Porridge:
- 1/2 cup millet
- 1 1/2 - 2 cup water or plantbased milk
- 2 ripe bananas
- spices of choice (cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom, cacao)
Berry Jam:
- 1 cup berries (i used frozen wild bilberries)
- a little water or lemon juice
- 1-2 tbsp chia seeds, depending on how thick you like the jam to be. (Thanks @amy-goodrich for the tips!)
Method:
- Millet: Wash, rinse and drain the millet well in cold and hot water a few times before bringing to boil in a small pan, together with the 1 1/2 cup water or plantbased milk and the bananas chopped in small pieces. (Or mash the bananas before adding it to the millet.)
- Let it boil for 2 minutes before lower the heat and let it simmer until all the liquid is absorbed. Takes about 20 minutes. Add more liquid when needed. Stir with a wooden spoon from time to time. Add the rest of the liquid and turn off the heat. Add the spices of choice and stir again.
- Let the millet absorb all the liquid for 10-15 minutes. Blend it, if you wish to make the porridge very creamy.
- Jam: Heat the berries in a small pan and let it simmer for a couple of minutes together with a little water or lemon juice.
- Blend with 1-2 tbsp chia seeds for some seconds and let it set for 5 minutes. Add a little sweetener if you wish the jam tobe sweeter.
- Layer the millet porridge with the warm jam and melted dark chocolate if you wish to.
- Add more berries for the toppings, and cacao nibs, more chocolate or whatever you prefer.
- Enjoy!
I want to share my recipe and nutrient facts with @celestialcow and the best #healingfoodschallenge ! This challenge is such a great idea to bring people together and inspire each other to eat healthier. I give it my full support and hope also you want to join the challenge! Here you can find more information.
I am going to the Netherlands tomorrow and just getting everything prepared now. My grandparents live there and I am happy I will visit them with my little boy again, I try to go there as much as I can. I really love to stay to my grandparents place and just enjoy the slow time there and great food my grandmother cooks for us. She makes everything vegan for us, that is really nice and so kind, her food reminds me so much of my childhood.
Wish you all a magical night/day!!
Kisses!
Love, Niina
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