Healthiest cereal your child will eat

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Look for at least 2 grams of fiber and not more than 4 g of sugar per serving.

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Anonymous wrote:Who the hell has time to make steel-cut irish oatmeal on a weekday morning?

Put one cup of oats and four cups of water in a pot. Bring to a boil, stir, turn off, cover and leave on stove top. Oatmeal is ready to be heated up in the morning.

Hmm, I thought oatmeal had to be actually cooked for a while or it makes everyone really gassy. That's why we don't do Muesli, too.

I've never heard of this. We've been eating oatmeal this way for years and no gas.

[Anonymous]

Crispix and Cheerios. So many times I want to buy Frosted Flakes and Coco Puffs for myself but have to have restraint - I don't want them discovering these at 6 and 4!

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4 yo eats grape nuts (cold or warm) or plain shredded wheat. Also oatmeal.

8 yo likes raisin nut bran, but that's not exactly healthy.

6 yo prefers egg sandwiches, but has been getting into oatmeal.

We do a big pot on monday morning, then nuke up bowls as needed for the rest of the week.

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Anonymous wrote:Weetabix.

+1 also the flakes version

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Frosted mini wheats

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who the hell has time to make steel-cut irish oatmeal on a weekday morning?

Put one cup of oats and four cups of water in a pot. Bring to a boil, stir, turn off, cover and leave on stove top. Oatmeal is ready to be heated up in the morning.

Hmm, I thought oatmeal had to be actually cooked for a while or it makes everyone really gassy. That's why we don't do Muesli, too.

My husband, daughter and I have been eating steel cut oats prepared this way every weekday for years. It's never caused excessive gas for us. I think the oats cook in the hot water over night.

Not quite the same, but Quaker makes one-minute oats (not the sugary instant kind, but plain oatmeal in a canister) that can be microwaved. I think it's a perfectly reasonable weekday substitute for the overnight steel cut oats.

[Anonymous]

Raisin Bran or Frosted Mini Wheats.

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I wish I was eating Cap'n Crunch with Crunch-berries right now. This thread is making me hungry.

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Kashi Cinnamon Harvest
Rice Crispies

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I was eating Cap'n Crunch with Crunch-berries right now. This thread is making me hungry.

Seriously. Of all the decadent ways there are to gain weight, eating cereal and milk after my kids went to bed packed on the most weight for me. Sigh.

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Cracklin Oat Bran

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Kashi GoLean and Nature's Path Flax Plus. Sometimes with maple syrup drizzled on top.

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plain cheerios
kashi's version of mini wheats (they come in great flavors like berry, vanilla, cinnamon)
barbara's brand version of quaker oat squares
barbara's version of Life cereal

I try to balance high fiber and low sugar - all of the above fit that criteria except for cheerios which has little fiber but is so low in sugar).

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Anonymous wrote:Who the hell has time to make steel-cut irish oatmeal on a weekday morning?

I set it up overnight on the crockpot. It's done when we get up in the morning.

DH makes a pot on Sunday night and microwaves individual portions during the week. Adds nuts / dried fruit / milk.