Looking for a yummy, tummy-warming breakfast? Say hello to this bold and beautiful Moon Milk Farina. The bright yellow colour of this creamy wonder porridge comes from turmeric, which is also the dominant spice in moon milk itself.
Ingredients
Simple Preparation for Early Mornings
I purposely made this recipe really simple, partly because I am so not a morning person and squinting with one eye open at spice labels early in the morning is really too much for me.
The basic steps are: melt a little oil or butter in your pot, sprinkle in the turmeric, add your cooking liquid and farina, heat and stir.
Suggested Flavour Combos
The base version is really good, so you’ll probably want to try that version first and then do some experimenting. That said, I do have got some flavour combos for you to try: 2 vegan versions: Blue Moon, featuring dried blueberries and ginger, and Tropical Moon, with bananas, dates, and coconut syrup. For those hedonistic vegetarians out there, I made Over the Moon just for you, with an over the top combo of brown butter, dried peaches, and honey. Oh yeah.
Other Delicious Spice Options
Of course, you can always freestyle it and add other typical moon milk (aka golden milk) spices, such as cinnamon, cardamom, or a pinch of nutmeg. Another good option is Ashwagandha, an Ayurvedic herb that’s also called Indian ginseng. My experiments with that were quite tasty, but I didn’t include it as required as not everyone is going to have it sitting around in their pantry
Moon Milk Farina
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Tips: Cooking for mixed groups
If you’re making this for a mixed group of vegans and vegetarians, make the base vegan and then let your diners choose their own toppings. For example, you can make the base with vegan brown butter, or vegan butter replacement (such as Earth Balance), and any kind of plant milk (or even just water). Then let the vegetarians dairy it up with a swirl of butter (or brown butter) and milk or cream.
You can use your choice of sweetener in this recipe. Some plant-based diets include honey, others don't. If you choose white sugar, be aware that some brands use animal products (bone char) in the processing. For more information, see see Sugar Sugar, honey, honey: A guide to sweeteners for plant-based diets.
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Moon Milk Farina
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil, butter, butter substitute, or brown butter (See instructions for links.)
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- optionally include other herbs and spices to taste, such ginger, cinnamon, and ashwagandha (For some ideas, see the flavour combos section in the post)
- 1 teaspoon sweetener (maple syrup, honey, sugar)
- 2 cups water or milk (any kind of plant or animal milk)
- 1/3 cup farina, aka cream of wheat (See Recipe Notes for gluten-free option)
For serving:
- milk of choice
- sweetener of choice
- additional butter, butter substitute or brown butter, for serving
- chopped dried fruit {Check out the flavour combos below}
Instructions
- In a medium-sized sauce pan, melt the coconut oil (or butter, vegan brown butter or dairy brown butter) and then stir in the turmeric and sweetener. If you are making the blue moon option, add the ginger now too. (Or if you are adding other spices, now is the time.)
- Stir in the water/milk and bring it close to a boil. (You can throw in any dried fruit you are using too now if you want it a bit softer.)Slowly pour in the farina/Cream of Wheat while stirring.Simmer for 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Serve hot with your choice of toppings.
Notes
Recipe Notes
Gluten Free Option
To make a gluten-free version of this, you can use Brown Rice Farina. Follow the cooking instructions on your package. (I used Bob’s Red Mill for testing and that farina cooks in 8 minutes and you use a ratio of 3:1 water to farina, so 1 1/2 cups of water/milk and 1/2 cup brown rice farina for 2 servings.Flavour Combos
- Blue moon: vegan butter, oat milk, dried blueberries, 1 tsp ginger, maple syrup
- Tropical moon: coconut oil, plant milk, bananas, dates, coconut syrup
- Over the moon: brown butter, cow milk, dried peaches, honey