HOT CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST

[crazyphil]

Most mornings I just have a bowl of hot cereal for breakfast.
For as long as I remember, I used the Quaker Quick oats.
A few months ago, I started using Bob's Red Mill Quick Cooking
Whole Grain Rolled Oats. He also has the High Fibre Oat Bran
if you need it, but it's a third cup to a cup of water. The only
place I have found it is Whole Foods.

Just stir a half cup of oats into a cup of hot water, in a
microwave safe bowl of course, and microwave for 2 minutes.
I squirt a bit of raw honey on it and a splash of soy milk.
I'm addicted.

Do you have a favorite hot cereal?

 

[Krogen]

I also enjoy hot cereal. A favorite is McCann's steel cut Irish Oatmeal. Takes 30 minutes to cook, but its worth it. Another good Bob's Red Mill 8-grain cereal. If you don't see it on the shelves, crazyphil, you can buy their full line on their website. And then there's grits. I like the yellow stone-ground kind. Up here in the PNW, grits aren't a big thing, so I order from a place in North Carolina.

 

[BC38]

I wish I liked hot cereal. When I was a kid my parents split up a couple of times and Mom always took us to live with her folks. We weren't so poor that we didn't have what we needed, but we were poor enough that hot cereal was an every day thing. I wanted Froot Loops and Cocoa Puffs and I got oat meal, Cream of Wheat, Malto Meal, grits, or worst of all. boiled white rice.

Put some butter and sugar and maybe a dash of milk or cream to thin them out and that was breakfast. I developed a deep rooted loathing for all of them.

These days I would eat them only as a last resort, and even then only if I was REALLY hungry and I had a LOT of sugar and cinnamon and butter and other "stuff" to add to them to give them some flavor and improve the pasty texture.

I tease my wife and tell her she's eating GOAT meal. BAAAAAAH

 

[STCM(SW)]

The only hot stuff I will eat is Cream of Rice.....

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Instant oatmeal with a sprinkle of brown sugar, a splash of milk, and some fruit (strawberries, blueberries, whatever) makes a nice breakfast for me. Takes about as long as the kettle comes to a boil. Couple of cups of 100% Colombian coffee. Good to go for the day.

 

[Breakaway500]

I discovered Bobs about 4 years ago. It is night and day better compared to any other brand I have tried. I put maple syrup on mine. I even share a spoonfull with the dogs. They love it too.Amazon carries it..so easy to find.

 

[arjay]

I used to make it with milk and sugar on those cold snowy days when I'd be out in it all day long.it sticks to your ribs!

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

WE just bought a 10 pound box of Quaker Oats at Costco. That thing is huge! It will last 4 or 5 months of breakfast and baking cookies.

Ivan

 

[twodog max]

Just ordinary Quaker Oats almost every day for me. I usually add blueberries or strawberries a little brown sugar and real milk just a touch.

 

[OLDSTER]

Yep Oatmeal every morning. We buy the Quaker instant in several flavors. Nuke them for 2 minutes and voila. Very healthy breakfast.

 

[prairieviper]

I like oatmeal but prefer cream of wheat. Sometimes I even have hot cereal for lunch.

 

[Krogen]

Any of you hot cereal aficionados remember Malto-meal? It was a treat as a kid, but I haven't seen it for a long time. I think it was just cream of wheat with artificial flavoring.

 

[cowboy4evr]

I love oatmeal but always got real hungry about an hour later . Found that it lacked protein so I eat a hard boiled egg sprinkled with salt / pepper and a tablespoon of Braggs apple cider vinegar poured on . And yes , the 3 buddies ( 2 aussies and one scotch collie ) ea get 2 heaping tablespoons of oatmeal . I have added some honey and milk to mine . Regards Paul

 

[Absalom]

I do the hard-boiled egg, too! For the same reason.

My usual breakfast is two or three envelopes of the generic instant oatmeal from our local grocery chain, spiffed up with either applesauce or some other canned or sometimes fresh fruit.

 

[ACORN]

I was eating oatmeal every morning but started worrying about the carbs, considering I'm diabetic. 1 packet of instant oats wasn't enough so I had 2. So now breakfast is a couple cups of coffee with a splash of 2%.
I've heard the carbs in oatmeal are different and not as bad, and oatmeal is supposed to help your cholesterol. Going to have to check with my PCP next visit.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

Quacker old fashion oats with some walnuts/pecans cooked in. This is
my go to about 4 days/week. In season blueberries, blackberries or fresh
peaches scattered on top. Oats cooked in 2% milk.
The other days at least one three egg omelet ran through the garden with
just a little cheddar cheese blended in. The remaining two days can vary.
I've searched for some organic whole oats vs Quacker as they buy oats
from farms using glyphosate herbicides which I don't care to ingest.

 

[mmb617]

Back when we were kids breakfast before school was generally cereal and in the winter it was often hot cereals - oatmeal, cream of wheat or coco wheats.

I still eat oatmeal fairly often. The instant stuff isn't too bad but the kind you actually have to cook on the stove is better. Oatmeal is supposed to be a healthy food but I like it with lots of brown sugar and half and half on it so probably not too healthy my way.

I haven't had any cream of wheat in a long time but I'll have to get some as I always did like that as well. Also with brown sugar and half and half on it.

Now I'm getting hungry.

 

[RobertJ.]

Yes, I have a favorite: Bob's Red Mill Steel-cut oats. I eat them with Splenda and a little bit of heavy whipping cream. So good I could eat it for dessert!

 

[ladder13]

Yuuuuuuup

 

[Imshootin]

Quaker Instant Raisins, Dates & Walnuts has been my hot cereal choice once I discovered it.
Looks like it came out in 1986 so 36 years is a possibility.
When I was a kid it was Malt O Meal or Wheatena in our household.