Millet N' Cheeze

After my Saturday run this weekend, I had a serious craving for mac n’ cheese. So what’s a girl to do? To satisfy my cheesy desires I created a completely plant-based, nutritious alternative to the old classic. It definitely did the trick and left me feeling re-fueled and nourished throughout the afternoon. If you are a mac n’ cheese lover, give this a try!

Millet & Cheeze

Ingredients

¾ cup millet

1.5 cups water

1 jar Heidi Ho Chia Cheeze Sauce

Preparation Instructions

1. Add millet to pot over medium-high heat and toast for about 4 minutes. (This will keep it from getting mushy during cooking and enhance the flavor).
2. Add water to pot, bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer and cover for 15 minutes, or until all of the water has been absorbed.
3. Remove from the hot burner and let cool in the pot for 10 minutes before mixing in the “cheese.”
4. Pour Heidi Ho Chia Cheeze Sauce into a microwave safe bowl and heat for about a minute, until melty.
5. Add to millet and stir. Makes two servings.

Cooked Millet

Finished Millet & Cheeze

Fuel Facts

Numbers: 483 calories, 19 g protein, 18 g fat, 65 g carbs, 12 g fiber

     **For 1/2 recipe (one serving)

Ingredient Breakdown:

v Millet – One cup of this gluten-free grain provides 19% of the daily value for magnesium and 17% of the daily value for phosphorus, both of which are essential to the production of ATP. If you remember back to your biology days, ATP stores energy in the mitochondria of the cell, then releases the energy when it is needed by the body.

     

      The grain also has great versatility in the kitchen. It can be cooked into a fluffy grain for use in place of rice/pasta, or as a base for a grain salad (much like quinoa). Millet can also be prepared into a slightly mushier consistency as a breakfast porridge, or mashed up like potatoes. When cooked like this, it can additionally be pressed into a pan and placed in the fridge to make a millet polenta.

v Heidi Ho Chia Cheeze Sauce – In my opinion, this is one of the best vegan cheese alternatives on the market. It actually melts, unlike others that falsely claim to do so and it is packed with wholesome ingredients, no chemicals, additives or preservatives.  To learn more about this great line of products, visit their website, www.heidihoveganics.com. The company is based out of Portland, Oregon but you can order their products online.