Last week when I was grocery shopping, I caught myself eyeing up the boxes of glorious crunchy sweet stuff in the cereal aisle. It’s expensive. It’s not all that good for you. In fact, most of it is downright bad for you. Walk away, walk away.
I did end up getting one (just one!) box of Cheerios because they were on sale. And they’re not too sugary, right? But let’s not make excuses here- I was just rationalizing because they sounded tasty. In fact, cereal was one of the only things I could get down during my first trimester with this baby. And whenever I’m someplace that has cereal for breakfast, whether I’m pregnant or not, I can’t help myself.
Sometimes, a girl just wants cereal.
Enter homemade versions of my ongoing craving. You can choose nourishing ingredients, control the sweetness, avoid artificial colors and flavors, and bypass the processing that most commercial cereal goes through.
Last week I made a big batch of buttery granola with unsweetened dried fruit, nuts, and vanilla- and consumed the whole thing over the course of the week (along with my fair share of fresh goat milk). It was delightful, and I was rather sad when the mix was gone.
Homemade granola is probably the simplest cereal to make at home. While it may seem boring, or too “crunchy” for your tastes, the possible flavor combinations of homemade granola are limitless! You may find a granola recipe that you actually really love, even if it’s not normally your thing.
But did you know you can make some other types of cereal at home too? Corn flakes, bran flakes, even cocoa puffs! These recipes are certainly more labor intensive than homemade granola, but worth considering if your family loves their bowl at breakfast.
Browsing all these recipes made me hungry… so I made a round-up for you. You’re welcome. 😉
Flake Cereals:
- 48 Homemade Breakfast Cereals (Includes a bran flake recipe and a coconut granola, from Willow Bird Baking.)
- Homemade Corn Flakes (Using soaked corn tortillas, from Healthy Home Economist)
- Homemade Corn Flakes (From scratch, from Leda’s Urban Homestead)
- Homemade Raisin Bran (From Delicious & Nutritious)
Granolas:
- Townsend House Granola (Townsend House)
- Granola Goodness (Syncopated Mama)
- Homemade Granola & Granola Bars (Kitchen Stewardship)
- Homemade Granola (Simple Life Mom)
- Easy Homemade Granola (Once Upon a Time in a Bed of Wildflowers)
- Groovy Granola (Little Sprouts Learning)
- Big Batch Coconut Oil Granola (Milo & Oats)
- Oatmeal Cookie Granola (Milo & Oats)
And don’t forget to try it with chocolate…
- {Healthy!} Chocolate Cereal (This Pilgrim Life)
Don’t want to turn on the oven in the heat? Try it in a slow cooker:
- Slow Cooker Granola Recipe (Schneider Peeps)
- Making Granola in the Crockpot (Everything Home With Carol)
Allergy-Friendly and/or Healthier Grains
- Grain Free Granola (Also nut free and dairy free, from Angel’s Homestead.)
- Gluten-Free Raw Buckwheat Granola (Homestead Honey)
- Homemade Soaked Granola (Learning and Yearning)
- Easy Healthy Granola Recipe- Gluten Free (Mom Prepares)
- Homemade Cocoa Puffs Recipe (Gluten free and egg free, from Purely Twins)
Or, you could just skip the cereal and go for these berry oatmeal breakfast cookies from Untrained Housewife. 😉
What’s your favorite homemade cereal recipe? Favorite granola add-ins? Share below so I can be inspired to try something new this week. Hope you enjoy cooking (and eating) your way through these recipes!
Awesome roundup of cereal recipes! Who wants or needs that store bought stuff, when you can make your own?
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