It’s no secret that I love my oatmeal…
Eggy bananafied steel cut oats with cottage cheese…
… and a dollop of almond butter…
Mmm mmm good.
And while we’ve been going steady for several years now, and I can’t see our love affair ending anytime soon, I also can’t deny that I have a huge soft spot in my heart for cereal…
Plain Greek yogurt mixed with coconut milk, banana, Kashi Honey Sunshine.
Me and cereal go way back – childhood sweethearts, if you will. I remember spending countless Saturday mornings watching cartoons with a big bowl of cereal in front of me, looking forward to slurping up that last bit of sugary, and sometimes colorful, milk at the bottom of the bowl.
Back then, our relationship was rather playful. Lucky Charms. Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Fruit Loops. Cap’n Crunch. Sweet and fun was the name of the game.
Then things started to get more serious. Raisin Bran. Mini Wheats. Cheerios. Fiber One. We were taking our relationship to a whole new level.
And then we broke up.
Just like that, our romance was over. One day I just up and decided that cereal wasn’t worth my time anymore, and it was at that point that I started cozying up to other things… bigger and better things…
This separation lasted for several years, and while I initially thought I was happy, and tried to convince myself that I didn’t miss my beloved beau, the truth was that my heart ached for him.
His sweet crunch. The way he’d get perfectly soggy in milk. The comfort he would provide me with. I began to realize that he was irreplaceable.
So I went back to him, and slowly our relationship began to mend. But it could never be the same as it was. No. Those days were over. We needed to start out fresh, take a different approach.
So we tried new things…
… got a little more comfortable and adventurous…
… and I’d like to think that we’re currently in a pretty good [read: tasty] place…
I may never go back to being a cereal-for-breakfast kind of girl, but I’m definitely a must-have-cereal-everyday kind of girl. It’s become my snack of choice as of late, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Weetabix soaked in almond milk, with almond butter and wild blueberries.
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Breakfast: cereal or oatmeal?… or… neither? 😯
What’s your current favorite cereal? What about when you were a kid?
I will definitely chose oatmeal over cereal for breakfast any day, but I have to say that sometimes after a long day, a bowl of cereal for dinner just hits the spot like nothing else! I used to be a cereal fiend, having it EVERY day for breakfast, but then I found my love for oatmeal and cereal fell to the wayside. I think it wasn’t until I discovered cereal mixing thanks to blogland that I finally decided to give it another go! That and adding protein powder (or my favorite, peanut flour) to the bowl for extra “oomph!” My favorite cereal changes just about as frequently as the weather here in Tennessee (read, A LOT), but right now, I am seriously getting to the obsessive stage in my relationship with Grape Nuts…or as the generic box I buy reads, Crunchy Nuggets! Haha! Love that! My favorite choices growing up though were COMPLETELY different: Lucky Charms, Fruity Pebbles, Frosted Flakes…oh let’s face it, anything that tasted like it was a bowl of sugar with a little cereal added in for crunch! Lol!
I have oatmeal for breakfast. I was thinking about trying cereal, but there are two problems. I’m not sure it’ll hold me over for too long and I wake up craving oats every morning 😀 I do like having cereal everyday though. Especially lately! My favorites have been Kashi crisp, PB Puffins, Cascadian Farm’s cinnamon squares, Weetabix, and Nature’s path pumpkin and almond granola. I love making different combinations. They’re so much more fun than just one cereal!
I am a HUGE cereal lover! I always eat some kind for a snack every day!
I loveeeee cereal. But I hate to admit that oatmeal is a bit more tummy-satisfying. What’s your fave cereal???
Ooooo that’s a tough one. But I’d probably have to go with Kashi Honey Sunshine.
OATMEAL! Boo-yah! 😀 I can’t go a morning without it in some form. It is rare when I crave something else to start my day. I do like cereal — like shredded wheat and cheerios. I have yet to try Puffins — would you suggest them?
Definitely. Puffins are one of my top favorite cereals at the moment 😀
I’ve heard about Wheatabix but I’ve never seen ’em.
I know I face wrath from the blog world, but I would rather have cereal than oatmeal.
And all the “kill you” cereals. Lucky Charms, Corn Pops, Cap’n Crunch
I’m a bad health blogger 🙂
I love, love cereal!! Actually..we’re kind of in that break up stage. Not sure why because I used to go through boxes a week…but I do still secretly, deep down, love it. My favorites are anything Kashi and Mom’s Naturals. Those Mom’s Naturals Cinnamon Squares are sooo good!
thats a hard one – I love my oatmeal. In every variation. Sometimes not even with oats but barley, quinoa or water ever just seems right to me.
But when I feel like treating myself with a little bit of guilty childhood memory I would go for cereal. I like those with honeyflavour or the whole wheat ones. Those which I liked as a child, the sugary, colourful, damn unhealthy ones, do not tempt to me any longer.
And weetabix is another one of a kind. I like it when it still has its crunch, or really hot as oatmeal, but if its glibbery cold and soaked – ewwwh, its my worst nightmare…
I was never a big fan cereal as I kid…
But then, I met you bloggers 😉
I fell in love head over heels!
LOOOOVE me some Fiber One… All Bran…
And, as soon as I get to the US in January… Hopefully Kashi Go Lean, Puffins, Cheerios will be available for me to try 😀
Great post, Amanda! And awesome pictures, as always.
Can you teach me how to photograph like you? Haha 😉
Hope you’re having an amazing day!
xoxoxoxo
I love museli and granola, but really started to get into my cereals of the PB puffin variety…yum!