Beyond Oatmeal: 4 Healthy Hot Cereals You Should Try
Oatmeal, the quintessential hot cereal, is a fine choice—but it's hardly your only one.
By Johannah Sakimura
Millet
Though it's a common ingredient in birdseed, this mineral-rich grain isn't just for our feathered friends. One cup of cooked millet provides 24 percent of women's daily requirement of bone-strengthening magnesium and 20 percent of immunity-boosting zinc. And emerging research on animals has shown that whole-grain foxtail millet can help reduce levels of triglycerides and inflammation, two risk factors for heart disease.
Make It a Meal
Since millet can be slightly chalky, Jennifer Iserloh, founder of
Skinny Chef Natural Foods, combines it with oats to create a creamier cereal.
Get the recipe: Maple Millet and Oats
From the
December 2013 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
