First, fill your med. sized pot about half full of water. Add three cinnamon leaves. You can get them at the market. Remember to ask for the leaves, otherwise they will give you the powder. But don't go into the market too far, it's not safe. And never take your pocketbook along! People will try to steal it. Also get a nutmeg nut, and grate about 1/3 of it into the water. You can get these by the dozen at the market also. Let this boil a few minutes, then take the leaves out. Some people let the leaves in, but they stick to the bottom and it's not "nice".
Next, mix about one cup of cornmeal powder with one packet of coconut powder. Add water, about a cup, and one scoop (1/2 cup) of brown sugar. Also add salt, "about a quarter teaspoon". (It looks more like a teaspoon to me, measured into her hand or a large spoon.) Add this mixture to the boiling pot. Stir it for a little as it cooks. She tells me I will have to cook the porridge longer because my cornmeal was not the refined kind.
After it has cooked, mix one packet of soy vanilla-flavored milk powder with water. (It looked about like one cup. If you don't have the milk packet, you can add regular milk.) Add this to the porridge, and about a teaspoon of vanilla. Remember to never let it boil after the milk is added. Enjoy! Very good and easy on the stomach. Her diabetic husband enjoys it for breakfast.
simplicity itself! :)
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