breakfast ideas

gingernut125

hi, trying to sort out my diet and looking for a healthy cereal in the morning. I'm lactose intolerant and used to hate soya milk so havent had cereal in years, but recently trying to get used to it. I really would like a specific cereal suggestion, muesli or granola preferably.

also I know porridge is good for you but its not cold enough yet!! and time is an issue for me in the mornings too

accensi0n

gingernut125 wrote: »

hi, trying to sort out my diet and looking for a healthy cereal in the morning. I'm lactose intolerant and used to hate soya milk so havent had cereal in years, but recently trying to get used to it. I really would like a specific cereal suggestion, muesli or granola preferably.

also I know porridge is good for you but its not cold enough yet!! and time is an issue for me in the mornings too

Why does it have to be cereal?
How much time do you have in the morning for breakfast?

gingernut125

well yes I can physically eat other things but I'm asking advise on a nice cereal that healthy.

Ruu_Old

Most cereals are rubbish, look at the ingredients of any packet and you'll find them loaded with sugar and salt. They are of little to no benefit to you and won't keep you full.

Whip up some scrambled eggs, won't take you long. Good start to the day.

Shmatter

Ruu wrote: »

Most cereals are rubbish, look at the ingredients of any packet and you'll find them loaded with sugar and salt. They are of little to no benefit to you and won't keep you full.

Whip up some scrambled eggs, won't take you long. Good start to the day.

I live with other people and don't have the time to clean up after eggs every morning, if I could have poached eggs (much nicer then scrambled) every morning I would, but it's not a realistic option for me. I'm eating tesco muesli at the moment, no added salt or sugar with light soya milk, it does fill me up, I just wanted to try something new and was hoping someone could suggest a cereal or granola that maybe is a bit tastier

from my calcualtions:
40g of that is 142 kcals
150 ml of soya milk 33 kcals
makes this quite a good choice

Anyway, if anyone out there is eating a nice cereal that's healthy I'd love to hear from you

Thanks

aquaman

PORRIDGE!!!!
Honestly it does not have to be cold out to eat it.. Thats just an excuse!

Time should not be an issue either as I do mine in the microwave for two minutes.

Bag of oatmeal for porridge in Aldi costs virtually nothing per meal. About 60c for the bag.

Here's how to make a delicious, nutritional breakfast that'll keep you going for ages:

-Porridge into the bowl, Cover in water, about an inch of water over the top of the oats.

-Place in microwave for two mins at full power (while microwave is running you can be preparing other ingreedients/ unloading dishwasher/ boiling ketle for tea)

-Remove from microwave (careful it may be hot)

- Add any/ all of the following:
Dash of honey
Wallnuts
Hazelnuts
Brazil nuts
Rasins/Sultanas
Milled Linseed (€2.00 per bag in Aldi, €7.00 Tesco)
Dash of milk

-Serve with a cup of tea (I drink green but suit yourself)

Can take a few mornings to really start appreciating but once you do you will be looking forward to this meal before you even go to bed!

Enjoy,

Aquaman

gingernut125

aquaman wrote: »

PORRIDGE!!!!
Honestly it does not have to be cold out to eat it.. Thats just an excuse!

Time should not be an issue either as I do mine in the microwave for two minutes.

Bag of oatmeal for porridge in Aldi costs virtually nothing per meal. About 60c for the bag.

Here's how to make a delicious, nutritional breakfast that'll keep you going for ages:

-Porridge into the bowl, Cover in water, about an inch of water over the top of the oats.

-Place in microwave for two mins at full power (while microwave is running you can be preparing other ingreedients/ unloading dishwasher/ boiling ketle for tea)

-Remove from microwave (careful it may be hot)

- Add any/ all of the following:
Dash of honey
Wallnuts
Hazelnuts
Brazil nuts
Rasins/Sultanas
Milled Linseed (€2.00 per bag in Aldi, €7.00 Tesco)
Dash of milk

-Serve with a cup of tea (I drink green but suit yourself)

Can take a few mornings to really start appreciating but once you do you will be looking forward to this meal before you even go to bed!

Enjoy,

Aquaman

I've spent a few years eating porridge and am bored of it, also it can give you quite bad wind and I don't really like that effect when I'm working in an office.

Dotcomdolly

My friends granola recipe shamelessly copied & pasted


i mix the dry ingredients:
OATS (jumbo are the best, but i've been using the tesco value oats)
SEED MIX (also tesco - they make a 3 or a 4 today i used 4 - pumpkin, sesame, linseed, sunflower)
CHOPPED NUTS (today i used half bag tesco almonds, end of a bag of walnuts, end of a bag of hazelnuts - they are the 3 nuts my dr. said to eat, the softer nuts are bad for cholestoral - i put them in a zip lock bag and bang it with a rolling pin til chopped in chunky pieces)

today i measured all that and it came to 7.5 cups total - i spread it all into a few different high lipped pans - i'm using 2 loaf tins and a longer baking pan tonite

then i take a mug - fill it 3/4 with BOILING WATER + 3 Tablespoons SUNFLOWER OIL(or canola or even EVOO) + 4 tablespoons of HONEY - stir them together, then pour this over the 3 pans and with a spoon i coat everything til i can see that all the dry are now coated
then i bake at 200 for 15 minutes

after 15 minutes i pull them out, stir them up (add a little more honey (directly on not with water )and stir again) and keep doing this every 10 minutes or so until they are all nice and toasty - in the end i use about a half of a squeezy jar of honey - maybe like 6 tablespoons worth? hard to tell

when it is sweetened and toasted to my liking - taste testing beings at about 30 minute point - (usually finished at the 50 - 60 minute point - also depends on how big a pan, how much in one pan etc) remove from oven and add in

RAISINS (tesco Kilo bag is good value) and GOJI BERRIES (health food store)

i let cool, then put in airtight containers and store in fridge

i eat 1/2 cup each morning with milk

hope that made sense - i learned this from a friend, she made my first batch and i've been making my own since

for sweeteners - u can use honey, barley malt extract, agave - whatever u like

you can use any seeds/nuts you like, you can add shredded coconut if u dont have cholestoral issues - and if u have no desire to make it at all - i highly recc The Happy Pear in Greystones makes the most delicious granola it's called Cool Jim's - it's 6euro for a tub, worth every penny - but i definitely save money by making it myself, otherwise, i'd be eating theirs!

Gummy Panda

Just eat scramble eggs.

Beat two in a bowl, nuke in microwave for 2-3 mins depending on power and beat again.

gingernut125

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Just eat scramble eggs.

Beat two in a bowl, nuke in microwave for 2-3 mins depending on power and beat again.

I asked about cereal? It's really not helpful

techn0ph0bic

I prepare & freeze fruit for each day of our early morning meals of the week -very surprised by how seedless grapes, pineapple and banana - sometime blueberries if I can afford them - frozen and thawed for 30 mins on way to work taste. Favourite meal of day now - when eaten on empty tummy (to get nutrients).

Sasquatch76

If the op is adamant about eating cereal, some of the Kelkin mueslis might be an option? Don't think they add sugar, salt etc and do gluten free options as well.

Gummy Panda

gingernut125 wrote: »

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Just eat scramble eggs.

Beat two in a bowl, nuke in microwave for 2-3 mins depending on power and beat again.

I asked about cereal? It's really not helpful

And people told you that it's generally rubbish.

gingernut125

Gummy Panda wrote: »

And people told you that it's generally rubbish.

If you don't know of a healthy cereal that's fine don't comment, I just wanted to hear of a recommendation of a healthy cereal. Most generally aren't obviously, but I didn't want to read the back of every pack in the supermarket to figure out what my options were.

I went with a no salt no sugar Swiss muesli, and a Kelkin fruit and nut muesli for when I'm a little bit hungrier in the mornings

gingernut125

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

My friends granola recipe shamelessly copied & pasted


i mix the dry ingredients:
OATS (jumbo are the best, but i've been using the tesco value oats)
SEED MIX (also tesco - they make a 3 or a 4 today i used 4 - pumpkin, sesame, linseed, sunflower)
CHOPPED NUTS (today i used half bag tesco almonds, end of a bag of walnuts, end of a bag of hazelnuts - they are the 3 nuts my dr. said to eat, the softer nuts are bad for cholestoral - i put them in a zip lock bag and bang it with a rolling pin til chopped in chunky pieces)

today i measured all that and it came to 7.5 cups total - i spread it all into a few different high lipped pans - i'm using 2 loaf tins and a longer baking pan tonite

then i take a mug - fill it 3/4 with BOILING WATER + 3 Tablespoons SUNFLOWER OIL(or canola or even EVOO) + 4 tablespoons of HONEY - stir them together, then pour this over the 3 pans and with a spoon i coat everything til i can see that all the dry are now coated
then i bake at 200 for 15 minutes

after 15 minutes i pull them out, stir them up (add a little more honey (directly on not with water )and stir again) and keep doing this every 10 minutes or so until they are all nice and toasty - in the end i use about a half of a squeezy jar of honey - maybe like 6 tablespoons worth? hard to tell

when it is sweetened and toasted to my liking - taste testing beings at about 30 minute point - (usually finished at the 50 - 60 minute point - also depends on how big a pan, how much in one pan etc) remove from oven and add in

RAISINS (tesco Kilo bag is good value) and GOJI BERRIES (health food store)

i let cool, then put in airtight containers and store in fridge

i eat 1/2 cup each morning with milk

hope that made sense - i learned this from a friend, she made my first batch and i've been making my own since

for sweeteners - u can use honey, barley malt extract, agave - whatever u like

you can use any seeds/nuts you like, you can add shredded coconut if u dont have cholestoral issues - and if u have no desire to make it at all - i highly recc The Happy Pear in Greystones makes the most delicious granola it's called Cool Jim's - it's 6euro for a tub, worth every penny - but i definitely save money by making it myself, otherwise, i'd be eating theirs!

Also thanks for this one, I might give it a go soon, sounds lovely

mad m

Seen this in town near a health shop down road from International Comedy club...Was something like €4.... Dont know if its any good but it looked nice...Plus it stated it had a low GL

Link

Hobite

Gingernut125, I think Dotcomdolly just posted an amazing receipe. When reading this thread, I wanted to write something similar, that you can make your own granola, what is super Thy that receipe.

metamorphosis

No added sugar mueslii ftw - flahavans hi -8 - careful with portions though. A fistful is literally a 40gm quoted portion

what2do

mad m wrote: »

Seen this in town near a health shop down road from International Comedy club...Was something like €4.... Dont know if its any good but it looked nice...Plus it stated it had a low GL

Link

They have this one in Superquinn - very nice!

Gummy Panda

No added sugar muesli still contains a lot of sugar per 100g. Flahavans Hi-8 is probably the best out of them though

JuniorB

Supposedly Low Carb Breakfast Cereal - this makes 10ish portions.
Prep time - 10 mins, cook time 25 mins.

1 Cup of flaxseed
1 Cup of shredded coconut
1 Cup of flaked almonds
3 Tablespoons of Splenda
2 Teaspoons of Cinamon
5 drops of Vanilla Essence
3 cups of chopped nuts (any type)
1/4 pound of butter.

Make in greaseproof tray.
Add all dry ingredients and mix together.
Melt butter in microwave - pour over dry ingredients and mix through well so nothing is left 'dry'.

Cook at 185 degress for 25 mins (or until it turns brown/toasted) - stir up every 5/7 mins.