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Start your day with a hearty and nutritious 6-grain hot cereal that will keep you energized and satisfied. @MayoClinic

6-grain hot cereal

Start your day with a hearty and nutritious 6-grain hot cereal that will keep you energized and satisfied. Prepare a big batch over the weekend and enjoy a warm, comforting breakfast all week long. Top it with your favorite fruits or a dollop of yogurt for added natural sweetness.

Servings: 14
Serving Size: ½ cup

Nutritional Information Per Serving

  • 114 calories 
  • 1 g total fat
  • 0 g saturated fat 
  • 0 g transfat
  • 0 g monounsaturated fat 
  • 0 mg cholesterol 
  • 74 mg sodium
  • 21 g total carbohydrate 
  • 3 g dietary fiber 
  • 0 g total sugars 
  • 4 g protein

Ingredients 

  • ½ cup uncooked pearl barley
  • ½ cup uncooked red wheat berries
  • ½ cup uncooked brown rice
  • ¼ cup uncooked steel cut oats
  • 3 tablespoons uncooked quinoa
  • 2 tablespoons of flaxseed
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 ½ quarts water

Directions   

  1. In a large saucepan, combine the barley, wheat berries, rice, oats, quinoa, flaxseed and salt.
  2. Pour water over ingredients, stir and bring to a boil over medium heat.
  3. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Dietitian’s tip:

Make a big batch of this cereal on the weekend and reheat all week. Top with fruit or yogurt to add natural sweetness.

Created by the executive wellness chef and registered dietitians at the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program.

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Decision Fatigue is real and you’re not alone – Anna Mathur @motherandbaby #worries

The invisible workload of parenting can leave you stuck in mental loops:

🍼 “Which nappy cream again?”
🥦 “Is this snack okay?”
📱 “Should I Google that rash one more time?”

Anna Mathur reminds us: decision fatigue is real, and you’re not alone. Tap the link in our bio to learn more about how you can tackle decision fatigue and how Anna’s new book The Good Decision Diary can help.

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Recipe: Blueberry-Walnut Pancakes

Grain-free, sugar-free and dairy-free

Do you miss seeing a stack of pancakes on the brunch table? Now you don’t have to. These grain-free, sugar-free, dairy-free pancakes are the perfect guilt-free treat. They’re easy to make, and the whole family will love them. Yum!

Ingredients

3 large omega-3 eggs
¾ cup almond milk
½ tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup coconut flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of sea salt
¼ cup roughly chopped walnuts
coconut oil, for greasing the skillet (about ¼ cup)
1 pint fresh blueberries
½ cup arrowroot
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and then add the almond milk, lemon juice, and vanilla. Whisk until well-blended. In a separate bowl, mix together the coconut flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt and arrowroot. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, ¼ cup at a time, while continuously whisking. Once combined, gently fold in the walnuts.
  2. Grease a large skillet and place over medium heat. Once the skillet is hot, use a ladle to pour 3-inch pancakes onto the skillet. Cook until bubbles appear, then flip. The pancake should cook on each side for about 2-3 minutes. Repeat with rest of the batter. Add a tablespoon or more of coconut oil to the hot griddle, as needed.
  3. Make a blueberry sauce by simmering the blueberries in a small saucepan with 2 tablespoons of water for 10 minutes before serving.
  4. To serve, place 3 pancakes on a plate and top each stack with the blueberry sauce.

Nutritional information (per serving)

Makes 2-3 servings.

Calories 423
Total Fat 19 g
Protein 12 g
Fiber 14 g
Sugar 14 g
Sodium 416 mg

— Recipe courtesy of Mark Hyman, MD