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.
What is millet?
Millet is a gluten-free grain that can be prepared as a whole seed or ground into flour and used for baking.
It’s an excellent replacement for rice or bulgur and really versatile. Millet has a yellowish color, is small and round, and tastes earthy and slightly sweet.
How to cook millet
You can cook millet as you would cook rice. Before cooking, you can soak it in water first and drain it to make the millet easier to digest.
If you toast dry millet in a skillet over high heat before cooking it with water, you enhance its flavors!
The easiest and most straightforward method is to cook it straight from the package, using a ratio of 1:2 (one part millet, two parts water). Season the millet with salt or vegetable broth while cooking to enhance the flavors!
Bring the water with the millet to a boil, then reduce the heat and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes.
Fluff the cooked millet with a fork if you like, then serve as a side or use it for any of the recipes down below in the article!
How to store millet
Millet can be used for meal prep and to have as an emergency food because it stores really well.
Packaged, dry millet can be stored at room temperature for years. Cooked millet should be placed in an airtight container, once cooled, then stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Freeze cooked millet for up to 3 months in an airtight container or plastic bag. Reheat millet in the microwave or on the stove over medium heat.
Easy millet recipes
Let’s get to the exciting part: delicious sweet and savory millet recipes covering breakfast, portable lunch ideas, and even dessert.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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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18 Easy Millet Recipes (Sweet & Savory)
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.
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.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: ½ recipeAmount Per Serving: Calories: 104Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 2mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 1gSugar: 0gProtein: 3g
Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated automatically, their accuracy is not guaranteed. Just focus on whole plant-based foods and eat until satiety!
Alena Schowalter is a Certified Vegan Nutritionist who has been a vegetarian since childhood and vegan since 2012. Together with her husband, she founded nutriciously in 2015 and has been guiding thousands of people through different transition stages towards a healthy plant-based diet. She’s received training in the fields of nutrition, music therapy and social work. Alena enjoys discussions around vegan ethics, walks through nature and creating new recipes.
Find out what the awesome grain millet is, how to cook it, and which sweet and savory recipes you can make with it!