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Weight LossHealthy Charms Cereal with 4 Flavor Variations
October 18, 2011 By
Leanne Vogel
March 3, 2017
Do you ever buy a product at the grocery store and think man I could totally make this at home and save a bunch of money?
That happens a lot around here.
Like the day I found out we could raise chickens in our backyard. Note: before entertaining the idea, make sure your dog doesn’t like causing bodily harm to innocent chickens.
Rough and tough dog, right here:
Or the time I attempted to recreate Kevin’s favorite chocolate soy pudding. Caution: if your boyfriend is deathly afraid of dried fruit, do not tell him that you used dates in the recipe after he’s enjoyed his first bowl. Just let it be. Only you have to know what the secret ingredient is.
He may never trust me again.
Or when I tried my hand at making rice wraps… which resulted in me spending the afternoon peeling pieces of rice flour dough from the kitchen ceiling.
Although there may not be chicken coups in my future, there will be lots and lots of healthy (and cheap) cereal!
The cereal I’ve recreated – Enjoy Life Crunchy Flax cereal.
The crunch, the slightly toasted grain, the benefits of sorghum on my digestive system, the fiber… it’s just all there. The only downside is that it’s $8.00 a box and each box is ~5 servings.
This is a major problem for a girl that likes 1 bowl/day.
Well, not anymore my friends, not anymore.
Now I can have 4 bowls a day for the cost of 15 bowls of the store-bought kind. Not like I would ever dedicate an entire day to cereal eating. Pfft. Who does that?
And, the best part? I can make them into cool shapes. Ya, I know what you’re thinking… awesome.
You know what else is awesome? You can choose what flavor you want! 4 different flavors?! Aaaand I’ve tried them all.
- 1½ cup water
- 2 tablespoon raisins
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup sorghum flour
- ¼ cup ground flax seed
- ¼ teaspoon himalayan rock salt
- maple – replace the honey and 1 tablespoon water with 2 tablespoon maple syrup
- cinnamon – sprinkle with cinnamon before baking
- vanilla – replace 1 tablespoon of water with 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 375F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper so that the paper is over the edges and set aside.
- Place water, raisins, and honey in the bowl of your food processor or blender and process until smooth. Pour into a large bowl and combine with remaining ingredients.
- Pour batter onto prepared sheet and spread evenly. The key to the cereal’s success is going to be to spread the batter as evenly as possible to ensure even cooking.
- Bake for 20 minutes, until edges begin to brown and cracks are seen in the batter.
- Take out of the oven and remove the parchment. Cut the dough into shapes or tiny squares. I used a set similar to this one, or you could do a Christmas themed cereal!
- Spread the pieces back onto the parchment paper free baking sheet and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes for cut out shapes and 10-15 for larger squares, turning at least once. Cereal should be crisp and crunchy.
You can control the thickness of the cereal by how much you spread the batter out. I liked mine a bit on the thicker side which resulted in a bit of a softer cereal, but Kevin liked his thin and crunchy.
PS: he didn’t know there were raisins in this. Gosh, I hope he doesn’t read today’s post.
PSS: have you entered my latest giveaway? A chance to win one of two prizes of 50 snack sized bags of Beanitos corn-free chips? If not, you should.
Hi! I'm Leanne (RHN FBCS)
a Functional Medicine Practitioner, host of the Healthful Pursuit Podcast, and best-selling author of The Keto Diet & Keto for Women. I want to live in a world where every woman has access to knowledge to better her health.
