My Favorite Homemade Cereal

As you may know, I am the meal planner for Super Healthy Kids  (Edit: As of Jan 2019 I am no longer with this amazing company. As they grew into more of a tech platform and built Prepear). and I am always finding great recipes to adjust to our standards.  Recently, I picked up some children’s books with recipes for kids.  One such recipe was a raw breakfast cereal but for me, after my personal tweaking, it has become my favorite anytime homemade cereal.

 

 

Breakfast anyone?

Let’s face it, aside from having children who are, what I call, selective eaters, we moms are always looking for good tasting clean food that is going to help us attain our personal fit best.  Am I right? Not only that, we are also looking for ways to naturally boost our energy levels.  But how many of us will unintentionally forget to eat breakfast or lunch, or both? I will be honest with you and raise my hand here, too.  Yes, after rushing the kids and hubby off to school and work, with their bellies filled with a wholesome breakfast, I typically come back home to clean up, toss laundry in the washer and head up to my home office to start my day.  At times, I will be on such a roll that I will realize after my stomach starts to yell, that I forgot about me!

 

 

Don’t be afraid of nutrient-dense calories.

I explain to my children that calories are our energy and that’s one thing we moms need to realize, too. Without food, we will very quickly become lethargic, maybe get a headache and if you are like me, become quite grouchy. Here is why this combination is so great:

• fiber-keeps you feeling full longer, regular bowel movements

• calories-energy, brain food

• natural sugar-another source of energy

• healthy fats-keeps you feeling full longer, great for nails, skin and hair

• calcium-stronger bones and nails

• tastes great!

 

Today was one such crazy day.  After dropping the kids off from school, I did the switcheroo with the laundry, sent a few emails, went to workout, came home for a shower, got on a webinar…oops! Realized that I not only needed food for energy, I needed to recover from a workout.  My first source of nutrition was a basic smoothie with coconut milk and French Vanilla Complete Drink Mix.  After the 1 hour webinar I blended up this homemade cereal and was good to go until lunchtime.  As a matter of fact, I also had it for lunch since I needed to get out the door for a few errands before grabbing the kids from school.

So remember moms, skipping a meal for any reason, is not a good idea.  If you are choosing clean, minimally processed foods, you will be full of the energy needed to get through your busy day.