We often choose to have breakfast with cereals or muesli to be enjoyed with milk, vegetable drinks or yogurt. Unfortunately, many of the ready-made solutions on the market are particularly rich in sugars. So making your own breakfast cereals and muesli can be a good idea.
We often choose to have breakfast with cereals or muesli to be enjoyed with milk, vegetable drinks or yogurt. Unfortunately, many of the ready-made solutions on the market are particularly rich in sugars. So it can be a good idea to prepare DIY breakfast cereals and muesli.
If you check the labels of the cereals you have at home you can realize for yourself the large amount of sugars present, not always white sugar but also corn syrup, fructose, honey or other.
Whether you use cereals for breakfast or for a delicious mid-day snack, it would be good to choose different solutions. You can very well avoid this excessive sugar intake by making tasty and healthier homemade cereals or muesli yourself. Among other things, it's easier and faster than you might think!
So here are some simple recipes that use low amounts of sugar or other sweeteners or that just don't include the addition of these ingredients.
Index
Muesli
Creating a completely sugar-free but still tasty muesli is very simple. Just mix together some oat flakes or other cereals with dried and / or dried fruit of your choice such as raisins, apricots, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, etc. Sunflower, pumpkin, flax seeds, etc. can also be added to make your muesli richer and more protein. Finally, it can be enjoyed with a vegetable drink or yogurt (also vegetable).
Puffed quinoa
Puffed quinoa is a simple food and not added with any type of sugar. It is not always easy to find it available at the supermarket, so we can try to make it at home starting from classic quinoa. As an additional ingredient you need only 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Here you will find the recipe to follow step by step.
Wildflower granola
Granola is a kind of muesli but more crunchy made from the union of whole grains, dried fruit and dehydrated fruit which can also be combined with oil seeds and spices to make it even tastier. It can be munched as it is or accompanied with a rice drink or yogurt. Unlike the muesli that is prepared by mixing the ingredients in a few minutes, the granola needs to be cooked in the oven. Here you will find the recipe.
Crunchy granola with cocoa, cinnamon and nuts
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This recipe is quick and easy to make, vegan and gluten-free, therefore really suitable for everyone. Ingredients include oat flakes, hulled buckwheat, dried fruit mix, raisins, linseed, extra virgin olive oil (or organic coconut), cocoa and cinnamon. It can be sweetened with rice, maple or agave syrup. Find the recipe here.
Homemade Corn Flakes
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Have you ever tried to make homemade corn flakes from corn flour? Here you will find a recipe that you can experiment with. It takes 15 minutes of preparation and about 55 of cooking to have completely natural corn flakes with few added sugars.
Homemade bran flakes
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Even if in the morning you eat bran flakes that favor your regularity, you can try to make them yourself in a tasty variant. To make this recipe you will need: wheat bran, soft wheat flour, ground flax seeds, salt, water, maple syrup and a vegetable drink. You can follow the steps you find here.
Puffed rice and cinnamon rolled oatmeal mix
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Tired of the usual puffed rice? Try the cinnamon flavored one! You need brown puffed rice, oat flakes and cinnamon. The cereal mix can also be enriched with sunflower and pumpkin seeds, ginger and other ingredients. To sweeten you only need a small amount of maple syrup. Find the recipe here.
Cereal balls with almond and vanilla
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In total it takes only 30 minutes between preparation and cooking to have these original and tasty breakfast cereals ready for use. In addition to almond flour, not many other ingredients are needed: gluten-free flour, rice flour, vanilla, maple syrup, yogurt, coconut oil and salt. Here you will find the recipe.
Hazelnut, cocoa and coffee balls
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Hazelnuts, cocoa and coffee combine to create truly original breakfast cereal balls. To prepare them you need flour, hazelnut flour, cocoa powder, honey, instant coffee, salt, yogurt. Here is the procedure for making them.
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“Charms” of cereals in 4 flavor variants
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This cereal-based breakfast is truly original and tasty because it involves the use of sorghum flour and tasty red fruits. Variants can be prepared using honey, maple syrup, cinnamon or vanilla. Here you will find the recipe to follow step by step.
