Hot cereals have never been my cup of tea. I have tried almost all of them...oatmeal, cream of wheat, grits, cracked wheat...etc. The only one I like is oatmeal made with steal cut oats. Every once in a while I start wanting to improve my diet and I try once again to like hot cereal. Thus last week I purchased a box of whole grain cream of wheat. I always have to eat something right before bed because I can not sleep if my stomach is hungry. I discovered a delicious little snack by accident one evening this week when preparing my evening snack. It uses cream of wheat...trust me...it's delicious...I am the most picky hot cereal person and I have now eaten it three nights in a row:)
Yup...that's it...four ingredients (well five if you count a dash of salt).
Follow the directions on the back of the cream of wheat box for wheat to milk ratio. Mix together milk and cream of wheat with dash of salt. (Cream of wheat does boil over, so use a deep bowl or keep an eye on it as it's cooking). Put in microwave and cook for 1 minute.
Remove bowl from microwave and add dried apples (broken in bite size pieces). Mix. Return to microwave and cook an additional 1-2 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring every 30 seconds until thickened.
Remove from microwave and allow to cool just a little bit, until not piping hot. Add whipping cream to the top. Do not mix in. It is wonderful to enjoy it melting over the top and tasting it with each bite.
Enjoy!!!
Cream of Wheat "Apple Pie"
Box of Cream of Wheat
Milk
dash of salt
Dried cinnamon apples (mine happened to be homemade....delicious!!)
Whipped Cream from a can (not whipped topping...must be real whipping cream)
