i realised about a year ago i was skipping breakfast so i went all goody goody and started having low carb high protein breakfasts. Read: eggs, tomato, mushroom fry up. That got too hard, so i switched to the diet shakes we sell at work. you know, just add water, shake and go. i ended up sipping them all morning and while they are low calorie, simple and packed with vitamins (even Chromium for combating sugar cravings) i feel that they cant be good for me long term. They probably have tonnes of flavours, sweetners, anti-caking agents, preservatives. Totally artificial.
Sooooo..... i was browsing the cereal isle and Woolworths and its all crap! mostly. Its either sugar disguised as food, highly processes grains until "thankfully" they dont resemble grains, or its HUGELY overpriced. for something that you eat almost everday (Pancakes on sundays) i dont want to be paying $6-8 a box.
I guess i should be eating porridge, its down home goodness. BUT all carbs, especially when you need as much brown sugar and cream as i do, to get it down my gob.
SO i ended up making a batch of home made muesli (which in hindsight is probably really expensive, made of nuts, sesame oil, golden syrup and dried fruit) but the plus side is, the portions are controlled at 1/3 cup.
I cant eat much more than that anyway as its so rich.
In the end I'm just wondering what people do for their first, often rushed, meal of the day AND WHY?????
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well, we always have weetbix for brekky.
and if theyre getting cranky i also add all bran and they are always much better after they've had a big poo. i guess that goes for me too. ha!
altho today, for a rarity, we also have muesli (bought, for when i feel like being healthy) (it is unopened yet)
and rice bubbles, cornflakes for biscuit recipes,
and cocopops because wozza took hughie to the shop last sunday morning for a treat brekky and they will probly sit in the cupboard for a long time.
So there ya go, a long comment about our breakfast rituals!
i agree about the bran. thats one thing i forgot in my muesli.... damn.
weetbix is a great breakfast i reckon specially with fruit... oh yum i'm hungry now! i'm off to Chappys in Littlehampton for lunch (cos i've never been there) and on to Balhannah for some shopping ... ooolala... i just want a basket to collect the eggs in!!
what do you do with your rice bubbles? i' ve got massive amounts of puffed rice i need to use up soon....
Mel.
well!-- i find that weetbix is best value for money. $5 gets us through a fortnight of brekky or maybe longer. it's relatively healthy, and the boys don 't get hungry till at least 11am.
after i've popped out a baby i'll eat about 6 weetbix every morning til he's 6 wks old!!!
Your muesli will taste better without the bran- and be way easier to eat. you can always add a bit seperately if u like.
the biscuit recipe i did the other day was from kellogg's rice bubbles website- YUM.
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