I like the Nature's Path Optimum Slim better than the golean.. only because it why easier to eat and do't get lock jaw from it lol My son likes the Yogart cheerios
i sometimes mix a few kinds of cereal together, get the ones with the marshmallows and mix it half and half with cherrios or something like that. gradually increase the amount of cherrios till there is very little junky cereal in the mix!
I love the new bite sized shredded wheat that comes in vanilla flavor- I find myself grabbing a few of those when I have a craving for a cookie or something sweet. I am not a cereal person, and don't even try to get me to eat hot cereal. At 34 years old, I still can't eat cereal with milk on it, but give me a carton of whipped yogurt with my cereal and I love it...I just hate soggy cereal & I'm a very slow eater.
Also, if you are making your own pancakes or any just about any bakegoods, you can substitute part of the regular flour with oat flour. You take dry oats (quick cook or traditional) and process them until they look flour like. I love adding it to breads, scones, etc. Also, I wonder if he would like a healthy scone? I have a few recipes I've played around with that are easy to make- think mixing up a cake mix difficulty- and they stay fresh for several days...longer if you keep them in the fridge.
Be careful with the "healthier" cereals. Some of them are just as bad, if not worse than the ones that LOOK like they would be loaded. You can also find 2 similar brands and mix the non sugary and the sugary. Wean him that way. For me, with all the vitamins they add to cereal and the milk they drink with it, I'm okay with any kind.
HA! I used to hate cereals unless they were verrrrrrry sugary. Very. But one thing i actually did like when i was little was Rasin bran! The rasins were really great - true. I would pick them out and eat them first and then sneer at the soggy leftovers sometimes, but usually I was good Also, porrage with lots of rasins or other dried fruits to make it sweet (and some brown sugar)... Cream of wheat with the taste covered by cinnamon and cooked apples. WOo. That rocked. Anyway i was one of the "sisters bland" as my dad used to call me and my sister We were very picky children.
Also, maybe for breakfast you could try something besides cereal? Fruit salads are good, and someone mentioned french toast. Baked apples and cinnemon (no sugar) is nice too for breakfasts (you dont always have to make it the morning of either!). Muffins are also good - lately ive been enjoying bran muffins a lot, but things like blueberry muffins are nice. Maybe apple sauce made from scratch (i like cooked apples.. what can i say?)
Also, on another note, if you ever make cookies ive encountered quite a few people who use applesauce instead of shortening - and the cookies taste just the same if not better - though they're usually a little more moist - which is nice. You'd have to look up the amout of sauce to substitute for shortening but it works really well - i plan on doing it next time i bake!
good luck! I remember being a picky kid, and remember! If he's really that hungry he'll eat it anyway! *laughs*
Be careful with the "healthier" cereals. Some of them are just as bad, if not worse than the ones that LOOK like they would be loaded. You can also find 2 similar brands and mix the non sugary and the sugary. Wean him that way. For me, with all the vitamins they add to cereal and the milk they drink with it, I'm okay with any kind.
I agree.
I posted this elsewhere but if sugar is your concern, look very closely. My Cookie Crisp is better for me than my Nature's Path Organic FlaxPlus Raisin Bran.
Cookie Crisp = 1 cup has 120 calories, 1.5g of fat, 170mg of sodium, and 13g of sugar
Nature's Path = 3/4 cup has 180 calories, 2.5g of fat, 280mg of sodium, and 16g of sugar.
I posted this elsewhere but if sugar is your concern, look very closely. My Cookie Crisp is better for me than my Nature's Path Organic FlaxPlus Raisin Bran.
Cookie Crisp = 1 cup has 120 calories, 1.5g of fat, 170mg of sodium, and 13g of sugar
Nature's Path = 3/4 cup has 180 calories, 2.5g of fat, 280mg of sodium, and 16g of sugar.
I would rather my kids have the Cookie Crisp.
My son, unfortunately, loves the sugary cereals. But I always look at the nutrition label and at least try and pick the lesser of the evils. I recently bought him the Chocolately Peanut Butter Crunch (Cap'n Crunch stuff) and it has 9 grams of sugar per serving. Not great, but not bad compared to others I looked at that had almost as much as 20 grams of sugar
As a kid, I was a Cheerios kid all the way. Just as an aside, did General Mills change the recipe? The Cheerios of today don't seem quite as hearty as they did *cough*30 or so*cough* years ago...
Back on track...
One of the newer cold cereals I've discovered is Kashi Autumn Wheat. It's sort of a mini-shredded-wheat cereal. It's sweet enough right out of the box without adding any extras. Yet it's not sugary-sweet, like a frosted cereal.
The ingredients are: Organic Whole Grain Wheat, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice (I'm assuming that's a code word for sugar) and Natural Flavor (whatever that is).
I'm not sure about the nutrition stuff, but I love the 75% less sugar cinnamon toast crunch. I can't tell the difference. Too bad it is impossible to find around here
Well, I don't have a KID technically...but my husband (who is a cold cereal loving kid at heart!) LOVES Puffins...specifically Peanut Butter Puffins, which contain a mere 6g of sugar per serving. Personally I like just the 'original' Puffins which IMO are plenty sweet on their own...
Other options - Go Lean Crunch! has a bit more sugar (13g) than Puffins, but can be a good option mixed with lite yogurt for a sweet snack.
Quaker Crunchy Corn Bran - similar to Puffins, but I think the Quaker Corn Bran has more fiber (I don't have the nutrition info in front of me to check).
Kix - I've never actually tried Kix myself, for some reason my mom never bought it. Funny - my mom rarely bought the 'kid' cereals back when we were growing up - the ones I remember eating regularly as a child were Cheerios, Shredded Wheat, Special K, Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies. Occasionally (usually when there was an Archies record on the back of the box...anyone else remember those) we'd get something like Alpha-Bits or Honey Comb, but that was pretty rare (and I recall they weren't as sweet as the sugary cereals nowadays).
Well, I don't have a KID technically...but my husband (who is a cold cereal loving kid at heart!) LOVES Puffins...specifically Peanut Butter Puffins, which contain a mere 6g of sugar per serving. Personally I like just the 'original' Puffins which IMO are plenty sweet on their own...
I too have a cold cereal loving kid at heart! He really likes Frosted Mini-Wheats. But we both like original Puffins, and when I saw the peanut butter ones I was very excited. I love peanut butter, but ewwww, we both hated the peanut butter Puffins - ended up throwing them out! I buy the original whenever I find it on sale... But cheerios are my day-to-day staple.
Also, on another note, if you ever make cookies ive encountered quite a few people who use applesauce instead of shortening - and the cookies taste just the same if not better - though they're usually a little more moist - which is nice. You'd have to look up the amout of sauce to substitute for shortening but it works really well - i plan on doing it next time i bake!
I can tell you from experience this works great! IMO Any recipe or mix that calls for shortening or oil turns out better when you substitute applesause 1-1.
Also, porrage with lots of rasins or other dried fruits to make it sweet (and some brown sugar)... Cream of wheat with the taste covered by cinnamon and cooked apples. WOo. That rocked. Anyway i was one of the "sisters bland" as my dad used to call me and my sister 
). Total carbs = 45 (6 Dietary carbs; 1 soluable, 5 nonsoluable). Sugar = 7g. Protein = 5g.
