Rustic Recipe ~ Rustic Grain Cereal

A hot morning breakfast loaded with whole grains and fruit, with the added crunch of toasted nuts. I like to make mine on Sundays and warm some in the microwave on weekday mornings for a quick hot nutritious breakfast.

Ingredients

• ½ cup water
• ⅓ cup wheat berries
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 cup steel-cut oats
• ⅓ cup chopped pecans
• ⅓ cup slivered almonds
• 3 cups boiling water
• 1 cup chopped dried apples
• ⅓ cup white sugar, or to taste
• 1 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt

Cooking Directions

1. Combine 1/2 cup water and wheat berries in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover saucepan, remove from heat, and set aside for wheat berries to soak, about 10 minutes.
2. Melt butter in a 2-quart saucepan over low heat; cook and stir oats, pecans, and almonds in melted butter until golden and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Carefully pour boiling water into nut mixture; add wheat berries and dried apples. Cover saucepan and cook over low heat, without stirring, until wheat berries are tender, about 20 minutes; stir in sugar, cinnamon, and salt.

Nutrition Facts

• calories316.9
• carbohydrateContent50.5 g
• cholesterolContent1.8 mg
• fatContent10.8 g
• fiberContent10.3 g
• proteinContent7.6 g
• saturatedFatContent1.1 g
• sodiumContent410 mg
• sugarContent19.9 g