Friday, July 15, 2011

Make Your Own Rice Cereal

It is much easier than you think!

I discovered one more reason to love my Kitchen Aid mixer because I used my grain mill attachment and ground up some brown rice super fine to feed Lucy some of her first cereal.

If you do not have a grain mill- no worries- you can just use a food processor or a blender (I think a blender works best).

Brown rice is best and short grain brown rice is the best of the brown rice choices. 
Grind up the rice into a fairly fine powder (think cream of wheat).  The powder can be stored in an air tight container for a couple of weeks.  This rice cereal has to be cooked the recipe is as follows:

1 cup water
1/4 cup brown rice powder

Bring the water to a boil in a small sauce pan then slowly whisk in the rice powder (whisking prevents clumping).  Turn down the heat to low and simmer, covered for about 10 minutes.  The mixture will be thick and get even thicker as it cools.  Add fruits or breast milk/formula to thin to desired consistency.  If there are any lumps just mash them out with a fork.

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