A few weekends ago my husband made breakfast for my kids. My children have a love for “Hot Cereal” as they call it. We recently used our last of Cream of Wheat and Germade so my husband decided to pull out a recipe from his childhood. Let’s just say I didn’t even dare try it…corn meal for breakfast? No thank you! But my kids have fallen in love with it. Day after day for about a week my daughter has asked me to get the recipe from my husband. I intentionally forgot to ask, I did what ever I could to entice her to want a different breakfast meal from pancakes, to eggs, to cereal, anything I thought would be better than actually making this recipe. To my surprise early this morning my daughter took the initiative to ask her daddy herself for the recipe. He wrote it down before he left for work. My kids had won. I had no more excuses. I had to make it. But let me tell you, I don’t know if I was extra hungry this morning or simply a new flavor…but I found myself REALLY enjoying this new breakfast item. Or maybe it was the fact that I used items in my food storage. Which honestly just brings a gigantic smile to me! So without any further introductions, here is a new family breakfast recipe…
- 2 Cups Water
- 2 Cups Milk (I used Powdered Milk)
- 1 C. Corn Meal
- 1/2 C. Sugar
- 2 T. Butter
- Bring water and milk to a low boil. Heat milk and water on low heat, because the milk will burn easily. Once milk mixture is boiling add the sugar and mix. Add the corn and stir. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to stir. The mixture will begin to thicken with in 1-2 minutes. Once thickened add the butter and mix off the heat. Serve immediately. The cereal will thicken as it cools add milk to loosen. I also added a little butter for extra flavor.
- Enjoy. Let me know if you know any additional variations or flavors that work well will this simple breakfast food.
That is fun Di! We just had cream of wheat for breakfast today and I am a little bored with it as well. I have plenty of cornmeal in my food storage so I will have to give this a try. Thanks for the fun new food storage recipe 🙂
Corn meal for breakfast has been a favourite of mine since I was a kid. However, I'm lazy, so I don't bother with extra ingredients or standing over a hot stove stirring. I use 1/4 cup of cornmeal to 3/4 cup water for each person to be served. Put that in a thick bottomed pot along with salt to taste. I bring it up to the boil and then lower the temperature to about medium low, put a lid on and stir once or twice until it is of the consistency we like. Serve with milk or milk analog (soy, almond, rice) and sweetener (sugar, brown sugar, syrup, jam) and enjoy!
What can't you do with this!? I used to make a polenta loaf, slice it up and reheat in a pan or nuke it. Eat like pancakes, with butter and syrup, or sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Add vanilla or maple extract with raisins to the mix. And it's not just for breakfast. Would be a nice evening snack, too. Polenta is very versatile.
Wow was that yummy! My husband hadn't had that since he was a kid. He thanked me up and down for making it. Brought back memories for him. My girls loved it too. 🙂