18 Easy Millet Recipes (Sweet & Savory)

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Find out what the awesome grain millet is, how to cook it, and which sweet and savory recipes you can make with it! 

If you’re on a gluten-free diet, you’ve probably heard of the grain millet! It’s similar to quinoa and can be transformed into delicious recipes, primarily side dishes.

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It’s easy to cook in under 20 minutes, has a distinct and delicious flavor, and needs to find a place in your pantry!

Learn more about staple foods like bread, peanut butter, or soy products on our website and enjoy this quick guide on how to cook millet as well as the best millet recipes to try.

Easy millet recipes

Collard Green Wraps
Use millet to fill collard wraps and make them more hearty! This Moroccan-style recipe combines spiced and roasted chickpeas, colorful veggies, and cooked millet with a simple homemade orange dipping sauce.
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white plate with a few rolled vegan collard wraps filled with millet next to a yogurt dip
Lemony Herbed Millet
One of the easiest ways to prepare millet is this herbed side dish recipe! Flavorful, healthy, and gluten-free, it can be paired with many different mains.
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Spiced Millet Veggie Burgers
These millet veggie burgers are super easy to make, hold up well, and have a perfect texture: neither too mushy nor too dry! Ready in only 30 minutes total.
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Kale Millet Salad
Whenever pumpkin is in season, it’s time to make colorful salads! This wonderful bowl combines nutty millet, kale, perfectly roasted pumpkin, and a homemade balsamic reduction. Yes, please!
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Pumkin and Millet Salad
Hearty Chili
Skip the meat and make this flavorful and filling chili with protein-packed beans and millet! Loaded with healthy foods, this easy dinner idea is perfect for batch cooking and weeknights.
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Vegan Chili Beans Millet
Millet Chocolate Cake
This no-bake millet chocolate cake is packed with wholesome ingredients like almonds, oats, dates, cacao powder, coconut, and almond milk. It’s crowd-pleasing and perfect for so many occasions!
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millet cake
Millet Tabbouleh
Easy, fresh, and with only 10 minutes of prep time, this gluten-free tabbouleh is perfect for your next BBQ or potluck! It’s loaded with fresh produce, different colors, and essential nutrients.
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Millet Tabbouleh
Crunchy Millet Granola
Make your own granola at home using healthy ingredients such as millet, buckwheat, coconut flakes, nut butter, and maple syrup! Easily customizable and perfect for quick breakfasts.
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Millet Granola
Stuffed Millet Balls
If you’re looking for something to entertain guests with, make these olive and caper stuffed millet balls with lemony dipping sauce! They are flavored with garlic, basil, and smoked paprika. So delicious!
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Millet Chocolate Energy Bars
Bathed in chocolate, these crunchy energy bars are such a great homemade treat! Made with puffed millet, nuts, seeds, and dry dates, these bars are nutrient-packed and so tasty.
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Millet Chocolate Energy Bars
Sweet Mustard Tofu Bowl
Budget-friendly and nutritious, this hearty tofu bowl features maple-mustard baked tofu, smoky collard greens, and a nutty millet pilaf made with carrot, onion, and garlic. It takes under 30 minutes to prepare and is great for meal prep!
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Sweet Mustard Tofu with Millet and Greens
Millet Banana Bread
Fast, easy, and flourless, this gluten-free banana bread is made in a flash with a blender. It offers a sturdy, finely-textured loaf that’s great for toasting or sandwiches!
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millet banana bread
Italian Broccolini Millet Bowl
Bursting with spring colors, flavors, and produce, this Italian broccolini millet bowl with lemony parsley sauce is a satisfying and nourishing meal idea. It’s wonderfully seasoned and offers so many different components!
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Italian Broccolini Millet Bowl
Millet Oven Waffles
Sweetened with banana and fully gluten-free, these super healthy millet and buckwheat waffles can be baked in the oven on a slow Sunday morning! Add some maple syrup to make them sweeter and enjoy.
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Waffles Buckwheat Millet
Gluten-Free Sourdough Crackers
These gluten-free sourdough crackers have serious potential to become your new favorite snack! They taste wonderful on their own but can also be used for dipping.
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Sourdough Crackers
Sweet Potato Salad with Millet
Millet is perfect for colorful bowls like this sweet potato and arugula salad! This recipe is great for fall and features cranberries, pecans, and hearty chickpeas with a homemade maple, olive oil, and garlic dressing.
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roasted sweet potato millet salad
6-Ingredient Millet Bread
Do you like baking your own bread? Try this soft and pillowy gluten-free millet bread made with sourdough and crunchy pumpkin seeds. Perfect when untoasted and fresh!
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millet bread
Maple Millet Porridge
Cook this deliciously creamy maple millet porridge with candied coconut topping in the morning for an unforgettable breakfast! It’s nourishing, sweet, crunchy, filling, and buttery.
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Maple Millet Porridge

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18 Easy Millet Recipes (Sweet & Savory)

by Alena Schowalter
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 17 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Find out what the awesome grain millet is and which sweet and savory recipes you can make with it! The following recipe shows you how to cook millet with only a few simple steps.
Serves 2

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dry millet
  • 2 cups water or vegetable broth
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions

  • Place dry millet into a skillet and toast for 2 minutes. Stir to make sure no seeds get burned.
  • Add water or vegetable broth and salt to the skillet. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let the millet simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and fluff with a fork. Add any herbs or spices and stir to combine, then serve as a side dish or use for recipes.

Notes

  • Add some olive oil while cooking if you like.
  • Swap some of the water for dairy-free milk to make the millet richer!
  • Find 18 more millet recipes in the article above.
Course: Ingredient
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Nutrition Facts
18 Easy Millet Recipes (Sweet & Savory)
Amount per Serving
Calories
104
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
1
g
2
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Sodium
 
2
mg
0
%
Carbohydrates
 
21
g
7
%
Fiber
 
1
g
4
%
Protein
 
3
g
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated automatically, their accuracy is not guaranteed.
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Hi, I'm Alena Schowalter — a Certified Vegan Nutritionist who has been a vegetarian since childhood and vegan since 2012. Together with my husband, I founded nutriciously in 2015 and have been guiding thousands of people through different transition stages toward a healthy plant-based diet. I enjoy discussions around vegan ethics, walks through nature, and creating new recipes. Read more about us here.

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