Relatively healthy breakfast cereals

[MaryMotherOfCheeses]

Is there such a thing?

DS has cereal before school.

I can't see him eating muesli. And he won't go for porridge. But he needs to cut down on the sugary stuff.

Is there a brand which might do?

Weetabix - slice a banana over it for more natural sweetness
Shredde wheat
Shreddies

Muesli is full of sugar anyway.... Porridge is about the only cereal is consider, they are all rubbish

He's determined he doesn't like porridge.

I love porridge. But he's not keen. He's 13 btw.

He's used to surgary crap and I'd like to change it.

Make your own cereal? Mine is mainly nuts with a few porridge flakes for interest. I loathe dried fruit! Probably not the healthiest, but full of protein.

I mix half muesli with half weetabix. I agree, not the healthiest, but when you have dcs wondering why they can't have chocolate cereal ... Well...

Porridge, but they wake up at different times and want to eat on waking. Yet to perfect slow cooker porridge.

Toast or eggs.

Bananas of toast?

Oh I'm quite happy with microwave porridge 1 1/2 minutes, job done!

Could you start buying less of it because it's soooooo expensive and you simply can't afford the amount you normally buy now that food prices have gone through the roof and see if he'll accept something like cheese on toast? Or pancakes with frozen berries? I pre-cook a batch of pancakes sometimes and just warm them through, add a dollop of natural yoghurt and mixed berries. You could sprinkle half a teaspoon of sugar on top so he can see it. It'll still be less than is in the cereal.

I remember having bran flakes with dried fruit. I think it might be a step in the right direction (ok, yyy, it's not exactly perfect) but it would get him used to a more wholesome flavour?

Instead of chocolate?

Hit post by mistake, I use Jamie Oliver's one cup method

1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 egg

Makes thick pancakes.

I like your style Adora, re the price thing

This is stuff he does for himself so it's a step from sugary crap to something healthy. If he has to use the grill as well, it'll mess with his mind

What about baked beans? Or an egg or a toasted sandwich.

Boiled eggs an option? Or could you make a frittata type thing at the weekend and he could have a slice a day.

Going completely savoury may well be easier on the taste buds and is much healthier as a breakfast choice.

Or bacon and egg muffin cups? My teenage bro loves these and they can be eaten cold/reheated pretty easily.

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Sneaky is my middle name

Going savoury is a good point.

Any more suggestions for things which can be reheated in the microwave or just eaten cold?

We have popcorn (with honey, seeds and milk) in our house because we are quite greedy and really poor. We buy the bulk, it's-just-kernels-in-a-bag stuff and make a pan of it. It takes surprisingly few kernels to make a lot of popcorn. I mean, literally, we remain surprised and constantly put too many in the pan.

The Allsop woman did some Christmas chinz programme once where she stirred mincemeat into popcorn and dried it in clumps in a slow oven. Obvs, this was Christmas mincemeat, ala fruity pies. Anyway, I keep fantasizing about doing some sort of variation on that as a sort of improved version of ours. Haven't got round to it yet; I imagine it would seem almost like some posh, Kaarsty-approved Sugar Puff breakfast experience.

You could make your own granola recipe here but cut down on the honey and maple syrup.

Overnight oats. Soak porridge oats in fruit juice/ milk/ water/ yoghurt in the fridge overnight. Add fresh fruit or berries in the morning, nuts and seeds if liked. Pinterest or Google for some pretty pictures and ideas.

If he is determined to stick to cereal in the short term I'd switch to weetabix/bran flakes/shreddies for a few weeks so he gets used to a breakfast that doesn't taste so sugary (though they're probably still high in sugar-I love bran flakes but I don't think they're especially healthy!) and then re-address it in a month or so once his taste buds have adapted, and encourage him to try porridge again?

I love porridge with a dollop of Greek yoghurt and some fruit and nuts/seeds.

Baked oatmeal? Lots of different recipes around, can use grated apple in it for sweetness.

The smaller shredded wheat-type cereal are easier on the mouth, sainsburys do their own version, and I hink there's no added salt or sugar. You could add chopped banana, or raisins, etc , then wean down the number he has.

We don't do processed cereal, but sometimes I think our options turn our more sugary than processed cereal...overall though I feel it's still think it's better.

Smoothies - made with ripe frozen banana, greek yoghurt, often with frozen fruit, sometimes sweetened with maple syrup.
Greek yoghurt with fruit and maple syrup..sometime they add oat bran.
Mixed seeds with vanilla and greek yoghurt.
Crepes with lemon and sugar.
Buckwheat pancakes
American fluffy pancakes
Pancakes made with eggs, almonds and banana
A combination of Bacon, 97% meat sausages, eggs and home made potato bread
Porridge with banana, double cream and maple syrup
Leftovers - pasta with tomato sauce
Cheese, sometimes boiled ham
Good for you Granola - using less sugar.
Homemade muffins
Frittata

Black jack-I'm in awe, can I come and live with you?