Ingredients For Cream of Wheat
- 2/3 cup Wheat Berries (Einkorn Wheat is one of the oldest varieties of wheat and my favorite for cream of wheat – Get the berries HERE.)
- 3 cups water
Toppings
- diced apple
- raw honey
- butter
- 1 TBS Cinnamon
- 1/2 cup Blueberries
- 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts
- anything else that strikes your fancy (as long as it is a one ingredient thing – why go to the trouble of making a whole food wonder and then gunk it up with something synthetic or over processed?!)
Instructions
- Grind the wheat Berries until the consistency of corn meal
- Bring water to rolling boil in a saucepan
- Sprinkle ground wheat into boiling water a little at a time while whisking vigorously. If too much flour is added at once, it will clump.
- Continue whisking for one minute after all flour has been added to the water and wheat is the consistency you like.
- Pour into bowls and add toppings of choice
Nutrition of Just the Wheat Berries
- Serving size – 1/4 cup (45g)
- Calories – 170
- Total Fat – 1.5 g – 2% daily value (dv)
- Saturated Fat – 0g – 0% dv
- TransFat – 0 g
- Cholesterol – 0 mg
- Sodium – 5 mg – 0% dv
- Total Carbohydrate – 35 g – 13% dv
- Dietary Fiber – 4g – 14% dv
- Total Sugars – 0g
- Includes – 0 g A dded Sugars
- Protein – 5g
- Vitamin D – 0 mcg – 0% dv
- Calcium – 19 mg – 2% dv
- Iron – 2 mg – 10% dv
- Potassium – 140 mg – 2% dv
How Do I Grind Wheat Berries?
There are many grain mills on the market, but a good one is an investment of $300 and up. Do you have a coffee grinder? Wipe the coffee grounds out of it and use it to grind the berries. If you don’t have one, something like this one is a good option. (As an Amazon Associate I earn commissions.)
Why Not Just Buy the Easy Instant Cream of Wheat?
Have you looked at the list of ingredients on commercial cream of wheat? Go do that. I’ll wait.
Now look at the ingredient list of the Einkorn Berries:
- whole einkorn kernel
But if My Family Won’t Eat it, It’s No Better Than Instant
You are absolutely right. But if your family is anything like mine, they will not only eat it, they will ask for it! And once you start incorporating whole foods into your diets, you’ll begin to experience health transformations. Your gut will heal itself. The connection between gut health and overall wellness has been thoroughly documented. Don’t take my word for it; ask the Googles. Read scientific studies. And if you’d like more support as you transition away from packaged and over processed commercial foods, join my private VIP Facebook Group.