Millet With Sautéed Kale And Mushrooms
Millet with sautéed kale and mushrooms is a delicious and nutritious recipe! Mushrooms are marinated, then sautéed with baby kale. Topped on a bed of fluffy and hearty millet!
I love to experience with new grains that I come across in the grocery store! And thats how this millet with sautéed kale and mushrooms recipe came about.
Yes, good old rice or couscous is great to cook with. But both aren’t packed with nutrients like millet! I was on a quinoa kick for a while, but honestly I was starting to get sick of it. And I must say, I like millet better than quinoa!
If you season it just right with the right amount of salt, its honestly delicious! It has a mild sweetness to it, and it fluffs up very nicely.
Do you like kale? Have you ever tried kale? Remember, don’t knock it until you try it! It is 2019, almost 2020, and kale has been a fad for quite sometime now. And I think its sill that I am JUST figuring out that baby kale is MUCH better than regular kale. Its not as tough and the flavor is way tastier.
Kind of like baby spinach. I think it’s better than regular , full grown spinach, if you will.
Okay, my nest question is, do you like mushrooms? I absolutely love them! I can eat them raw, right from the package for a snack! But, if you’re like my husband, and kind of on the fence when it comes to mushrooms, then try marinating them first before cooking them! Like I did for this recipe. It adds so much flavor to the mushrooms!
So, you know how when you cook spinach, it wilts down to literally nothing? The same thing happens to kale. We use an entire package of kale for this recipe, and you would never even know!
See!? Look at all of that kale!!…but then…it suddenly disappears into nothing…
Sometimes your body just needs a reset, and a good cleanse. This recipe is the perfect just for that!
If you make this recipe, or any of my other recipes, make sure to upload a photo to Facebook or Instagram, and tag me @thehungrylyoness! I would love to see your results!
Enjoy!
Millet With Sautéed Kale and Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Millet, cooked
- 5 oz. Package of Baby Kale
- 6 oz. Package of Baby Brown Pearl Mushrooms or Baby Bella Mushrooms, each sliced into 3 pieces
For The Marinade
- 1/4 Cup Olive Oil
- 1/3 Cup Balsamic Vinegar
- 2 Large Cloves of Garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/4 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 1/4 tsp Oregano
- 1/4 tsp Thyme
- Salt, to taste
Instructions
- Cook 1 cup of millet according to package directions. Make sure to season with salt!
- In a medium bowl, mix together all of the ingredients for the marinade.
- Place cut up mushrooms in marinade and mix together. Cover with plastic wrap.
- If you have time, marinate mushrooms for as long as you can. But either way, make sure they are marinating for atleast 30 minutes. The longer you marinate them, the tastier!
- In a large saute pan over medium high heat, add marinated mushrooms. Cook for about 10 minutes, covered.
- Add kale to mushrooms and cover. Cook for another 5 minutes, until kale is wilted and tender.
- To serve, place cooked millet in bowl, and top with sauteed kale and mushrooms.
- Enjoy!!!
