grain free breakfast cereal

I wrote a post earlier today where I bashed oatmeal. I realize now that some of you may want an alternative. I rock out every morning with a savory breakfast, but I know some of you may not be down with that. This recipe is not as nutritious as many of my other recipes, but it is healthy, filling, and easy. You could probably even make a big batch in the crockpot.

According to cronometer, this cereal has 6.2 g protein, 11 g of fiber, and a 1:1 ratio of mega 3 to omega 6. If you eat 2 packets of low-sugar instant, you get 8 g of protein (but some of that is gluten ... ewww), 6 g of fiber (but it's not the good kind), and no fat whatsoever. I don't know about you and your nutrition goals, but I'll take the first one. I didn't even get into micronutrients at all here.

This is just as sweet and tasty as packaged oatmeal, but it doesn't have any added sugars, chemicals, you name it.

Take an apple. Chop it into tiny pieces.

Put that apple in a saucepan and add 1/4 cup light coconut milk. If you really want to use the full-fat, that's totally rad, but it will have a stronger coconut flavor. I suppose if you don't like coconut milk, you could use another milk, but I like the lipid profile of coconut milk the most. 

Put that saucepan on medium heat and get it to boil

Take a vanilla bean and cut open about 1/2 inch strip. Toss it whole into the pot. You can remove it later.

I guess you could use vanilla extract, but quality vanilla extract is normally made with grain alcohol, so even if it's "gluten free," it still contains traces of the amino acids in gluten, which can cause reactions in very sensitive individuals, such as myself.

Chia seeds are what make this cereal like. Chia seeds absorb whatever liquid they are in and make it into a pudding-like consistency, not unlike oatmeal. After your mixture has been boiling for 5 minutes, turn off the heat and add 1 tablespoon chia seeds. Let it sit for approximately 5 minutes.

I added half an ounce of almonds for some crunch.

Peace, love, and seasonal produce,

/bitchesloveproduce

breakfast cereal (jk cereal's kinda poison ya'know)

So, this is kind of like cereal. It's sort of sweet, it's brightly colored, I could advertize it as being high in fiber and low in sugar if I felt like selling it. It's not making anyone any money if you eat it, except maybe ten years from now when you don't have as many medical expenses, but that's another can of worms.

I really despise cereal companies, or really any company that sells food product only slightly better than poison to children. Why the hell is it socially acceptable to market a sugar-gluten-artificial-crap-laden-semi-food-product to children using cartoons? Why the hell is it socially acceptable to indoctrinate children into the industry of addictive food items with the pretense that it's "a part of a balanced breakfast"? I digress.

Anyway, this is what I had for breakfast this morning. I made it the night before as I'm not totally a morning person, so it really helps to already have breakfast and lunch made before I even go to sleep.

 

I had like no food left (produce-wise), so I winged this and it turned out delightfully.

 

I ate it sitting in front of my sun lamp because it's fucking cold in Chicago and I need UV light for vitamin D synthesis (and you do too!)

Ingredients:

-1 boneless, skinless chicken thigh
-1 cucumber
-1/3 to 1/2 a mango
-1/4 cup pineapple chunks

Directions:

1. Pan fry your chicken thigh until it is browned on both sides. Chop this into tiny pieces.
2. Chop your cucumber, mango, and pineapple into cubes. Put in a bowl. Mix with chicken.
3. Stick that in the fridge until you are ready to eat it.