’m a huge lover of cereal but most cereals are packed with sugar and are basically glorified candy masquerading as a healthy breakfast. We’re also a gluten free house hold and whilst cafe style gluten free cereal is DELICIOUS, it’s also bloody expensive and I’m a bit tired of forking out $10 plus every few days for a teeny tiny box of the stuff.
On the weekend I realised I had a cupboard full of nuts, seeds and fruit and that it would be a brilliant idea to make some home made gluten-free cereal.
Here’s how to make your own super food breakfast cereal…
- 2 cups shredded coconut
- 4 cups puffed brown rice cereal
- 1.5 cup seeds (I used pepitas but you can use almost anything)
- 1.5 cup nuts (I used flaked almonds and some chopped cashews)
- 4 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 cup dried fruit (I used cranberries and sliced figs)
- ½ rice malt syrup
- ⅔ cup peanut butter
- Large pinch of sea salt
- 2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- Cinnamon for sprinkling
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees celcius. Place coconut flakes on a baking paper covered oven tray and bake for about 10 minutes or until brown. Watch it very carefully as it burns quite easily.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl – puffed rice, nuts, seeds, fruit and baked coconut – and mix well.
- Place peanut butter and syrup in a separate bowl and microwave for about 1 minute or until the peanut butter is soft enough to mix into the syrup. Mix well then add vanilla and salt.
- Pour liquid mixture over dry ingredients and toss to coat. Make sure all the dry ingredients get coated in the mixture.
- Spread the cereal out on baking paper covered trays (you may need a few) and bake in the oven for 30 minutes, stirring every ten minutes. Watch carefully as it will burn quite quickly.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool before storing in an airtight container.
Mr Smaggle has gone totally bananas for this cereal and has slammed through a whole batch in just under a week. Although it’s not totally sugar free, it has minimal sugar from the syrup and dried fruit so it doesn’t feel like you’re eating cake for breakfast.
This cereal would make a gorgeous hostess gift too. I popped some in a little brown paper package for my friend that I stayed with on the weekend and it was very well received!
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Have you ever made your own cereal? Are you a cereal fiend?
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