It's called farina, but many of us refer to it as Cream of Wheat because that's the popular brand name for the product. Whether you call it farina or refer to it as cream of wheat, it's basically finely milled wheat that many use to make hot cereal. It's usually prepared with water and/or milk and served up in a bowl with a little bit of added sugar. Honestly, it tastes and feels like lots of amor and kids love to eat it. Fortunately, it's also packed with plenty of nutritional value. For example, 1 cup of cooked farina has 58% of your iron daily value (DV) needs. It also has 4 grams of protein and is high in vitamin B-6, thiamine, and folate.
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While there is nothing wrong with serving it up hot and sweet in a bowl, we want to encourage you to add some other farina recipes to the mix. We've gathered some of the best recipes using farina so that you can take advantage of all of the nutritional benefits of this easily available, affordable, and easy to cook with ingredient. You might be surprised by just how versatile cream of wheat is and come to realize that there is no reason why it should only be enjoyed for breakfast.