Thursday, May 9, 2013

Cold Cereal Breakfast



Standard sugar-coated American breakfast cereals are a very poor choice for breakfast but even 'healthy' cereals by themselves are not a good choice.  But having grown up with cold cereal breakfasts, it is nice to have occasionally so this is my nourishing version of cold cereal.  Most importantly, I always feel great after eating this breakfast, light and energized.

Ingredients by bowl (use all raw organic nuts):

~ 1/2 cup Arrowhead Mills Organic Spelt or Kamut flakes
~ 1/4 cup Arrowhead Mills Bite Size Shredded Wheat
~ 1 tsp freshly ground flax seed
~ 1 tsp black sesame seeds
~ 1 tsp unhulled yellow sesame seeds
~ 1 Tbl pumpkin seeds (or pepitas)
~ 1 Tbl sunflower seeds
~ 2 Tbl pecan pieces
~ 2 Tbl walnut pieces
~ 1/4 cup puffed rice or millet or similar cereal
~ 1 Tbl organic raisins
1 banana, sliced
1/2 cup organic blueberries, fresh or frozen
(in the fall substitute pomegranate seeds for blueberries)
1 - 1 1/2 cups non-homogenized organic milk (we use raw milk with the cream skimmed off)

Add ingredients in a cereal bowl in the order listed up to the milk.  When ready to eat, add milk and enjoy.  Above recipe is 1 serving.


You do not have to use the cereal(s) that I use.  My criteria when choosing a cereal is:

1.  Never buy one that has processed sugar added.
2.  Buy one with a total sugar content per serving less than 4 grams.
3.  Never buy one that is enriched (other than natural vitamin E used as a preservative).

Cold cereals, even the 'healthy' ones are very processed thus have little nutritional value by themselves.  I use the cereal as a filler - the nutrients of this meal comes from all the added nuts, seeds, fruits and raw milk.  If you have digestive issues, eat the fruit separately before your bowl of cereal.

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