Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts

July 08, 2011

Free Friday Recipe


ISBN 978-0-766-3707-6
Today we are featuring a breakfast recipe for La Bouillie, a hot cereal, from our new Easy Breakfasts From Around the World book, for grades 3–4.

La Bouillie is hot cereal from the African country of Chad. It is made with rice, millet, and peanut butter and served with milk and sugar, like oatmeal.

Millet is a grain. Millet grows in hot, dry field. It is an important crop and a main food in Africa. It has been eaten as cereal in Africa for thousands of years.

What You Need:
Ingredients:
1 cup of cooked rice
1 tablespoon of peanut butter
¼ cup of wheat or millet cereal (optional)
½ cup milk
1 teaspoon sugar

Equipment:
Cereal bowl
Spoon
Mircrowave OR saucepan

What to Do
In the microwave:
  1. In a cereal bowl, mix all ingredients.
  2. Heat in microwave for 30 seconds.
  3. Stir until peanut butter dissolves.
  4. Heat again in microwave until hot, about 45 seconds.
OR

On top of the stove:
  1. Mix all ingredients in a saucepan on the stove on low heat.
  2. Stir until heated thoroughly.
  3. Pour into a bowl.
Serves one. Enjoy!