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Cereal
killers
cheap breakfast recipes to
exterminate morning hunger |
Breakfast is important, but
trying to haul yourself out of a comfortable bed in the morning to
eat some can be a monster chore, let alone actually preparing it!
But having some quick and easy cereal whipped up ahead of time can
not only save you time, but also the high cost, of store bought
brands. Some recipes to quash those morning hunger
pangs:
Muesli
Makes: 11 Cups
Ingredients:
6
cups oats
1 ½ cups wheat germ
1 ½ cups all bran cereal
½
cup flaked coconut
1 ½ cups honey
½ cup chopped walnuts
½
cup chopped dried apricots
Directions:
1.
Preheat oven to 275°.
2.
Grease 2 baking pans approximately 13 x 9 x 2" in size.
3. Mix together oats, wheat germ, cereal
and coconut.
4. Bake for 20
minutes, stirring once.
5. Heat
honey until thin and then pour over mixture, stirring until coated.
6. Bake for another 20 to 30
minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
7. Mix in nuts and apricots. Cool,
stirring occasionally. Store in airtight
container.
"Monsters Bowl"Granola
Makes:
9 Cups
Ingredients:
6 cup rolled oats
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup wheat
germ
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup honey (or honey mixed
with maple syrup)
1/3 cup oil, any kind
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup
dried fruit, optional
Directions:
1.
Preheat the oven to 300
degrees.
2. Combine oats, nuts,
wheat germ, cinnamon, and salt.
3. Warm the honey, add the oil and
vanilla.
4. Drizzle the
honey-oil over the dry ingredients and toss to coat.
5. Spread the mixture onto 2 cookie
sheets.
6. Bake about 30
minutes until golden, stirring every 10 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and stir in dried fruit
if used. Let cool so that the granola gains its
crunch.
Crunchy Breakfast
Cereal
Makes: 16
Cups
Ingredients:
6
cups oats
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups packed brown
sugar
2 cups flaked coconut
1 ½ cup chopped pecans
1 cup
wheat germ
1 cup all bran cereal
¾ cup oil
¾ cup water
2
tbsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1 cup raisins
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 275°. Grease 2 jelly roll
pans, approx. 15x10x1" in size.
2. Mix together oats, flour, sugar,
coconut, pecans, wheat germ and all bran in a large bowl.
3. Stir in oil, water, vanilla and salt
in a small separate bowl. Pour over oat mixture and toss to
coat.
4. Divide mixture among
pans
5. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 10 minutes.
6. Stir in raisins and let
cool. Store in airtight container.
Kamut
Breakfast
Ingredients:
2 cups Kamut (cooked according to package
directions)
1 cup basmati rice
½ cups raisins
1 tsp.
vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
Brown sugar to taste
Directions:
1.
Mix together and serve. You
may use ½ rice milk and ½ water to cook it.
Bowls-a-Plenty
Granola
Makes: 12
Cups
Ingredients:
5
cup rolled oats
1 cup each of chopped almonds, sesame seeds,
sunflower seeds, shredded
coconut, soy flour, powdered milk
(preferably non-instant), and wheat germ.
1 cup warmed honey
1
cup oil, any kind
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 300
degrees.
2. Combine dry
ingredients.
3. Combine honey
and oil and drizzle over the dry ingredients
tossing and
coating.
4. Spread the mixture
on 2 cookie sheets and bake for 30 to 45
minutes until
golden.
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