Awesome breakfast concoction this morning!
I made my own cereal (which I consider a different thing entirely from muesli, because it’s more light and airy) out of a new product I stumbled upon yesterday at the grocery store.
I was looking all up and down the healthy cereal aisle for a cereal that was low on sugar but had great texture. All of those cereals were too sugary and too expensive though, but I did find this little gem for about $2…
I used to love cereals like Smack’s growing up, so I thought I could recreate something like that by adding a touch of honey to this Arrowhead Mills puffed wheat.
I bulked it up with some puffed amaranth, toasted buckwheat, raw pumpkin seeds, slivered almonds, and a topping of fresh blueberries. With a drizzle of honey and vanilla almond milk, it really did remind me of those sweet cereals of my childhood, but without all the extra sugar.
Puffed wheat cereal
A healthy cereal for a fraction of the cost of the boxed stuff.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup puffed wheat
- 2 tbsp. puffed amaranth
- 1 tbsp. toasted buckwheat
- sprinkle of slivered almonds
- sprinkle of raw pumpkin seeds
- drizzle of honey
Cooking Directions
- Combine everything in a bowl, top with your favorite fresh fruit, and serve with your favorite milk or nut milk.
Just look at that honey drizzle!
This made for a light breakfast, perfect for a warm morning when I don’t want anything too heavy. Now if I could only find a way to make Fruity Pebbles healthy….
What was your favorite cereal as a child?
I’m a sucker for puffed grain cereal. The Arrowhead Mills puffed corn and kamut are even better than the wheat, IMO.
My favorite cereal as a kid, though, was either Lucky Charms or Count Chocula. I guess back then, I was a sucker for marshmallows!
That’s awesome. I actually never liked the marshmallow cereals, still don’t really love marshmallow. I liked anything heavy on the honey flavor.
This sounds so delicious! I don’t usually eat cereal for breakfast because it doesn’t really fill me up but I love the buckwheat and pumpkin seed add-ins. Growing up we mostly got shredded wheat and cheerios but I liked them!
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