Warm Weekday Breakfast Cereal

We've had one of the loveliest falls in Anchorage since I moved here four years ago. The days are sunny and pleasant.  The cool, dark nights combined with flannel sheets make for long, sound, nights of sleep. My body is loving all this rest. It's interesting how your body falls in line with the season. Good sleep was hard to come by when it was in the 80s and sunny till midnight this summer.

The welcomed mild temperatures also turns the mood in my kitchen to warm, slow & low cooking. I picked up a bag of cream of barley breakfast cereal from Alaska Flour Company at the South Anchorage Farmers Market this weekend. I've had this for breakfast every morning this week and I'm not tired of it. It takes about 3 minutes total to make, but tastes like it came from a bubbling crock pot. Here's my take on this yummy, satisfying weekday breakfast:

Warm Weekday Cream 'O Barley Cereal

1/4 cup of cream of barley cereal
3/4 cup water
2 tbls unsweetened almond milk
1 tbls ground flaxseed
1 tbls agave nectar
1 tbls cinnamon
1/2 banana

Combine cereal and water in your serving bowl, and pop in the microwave for 1 minute 30 seconds (caution: keep an eye on it! It builds up like lava in a volcano, and if you turn your back for a second, it may explode all over your microwave).

Top your cereal with remaining ingredients and enjoy. So, easy, you'll have time to eat breakfast AND do your hair before work.


XOXO
-Lisa