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Creamy Wheat Cereal with Maple Syrup and Bananas
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 0 Minutes
Servings: 4
Pass a pitcher of cold low-fat or nonfat milk to drizzle over this cereal.
Ingredients:
2 large bananas, peeled
2 cups water
2 cups nonfat milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup farina (regular cream of wheat)
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1/4 cup dried banana chips, broken into small pieces
2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted
Directions:
1. Chop enough banana to equal 1 cup. Slice remaining banana and reserve.
2. Combine 2 cups water, nonfat milk and salt in heavy large saucepan. Bring mixture to boil. Gradually whisk in cream of wheat. Continue to whisk constantly until mixture thickens, about 4 minutes. Stir maple syrup and chopped banana into cereal.
3. Divide cereal among 4 bowls. Garnish each serving with reserved sliced banana, dried banana chips and toasted almonds and serve.
4. Per serving: calories, 429; total fat, 3 g; saturated fat, 0.5 g; cholesterol, 2 mg Nutritional analysis provided by Bon Appétit
By RecipeOfHealth.com