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So much for making the recipe more natural. People would rather eat artificial ingredients than give up vibrant colors.
The people have spoken. They've had enough of General Mills' attempts to make its breakfast cereal more natural and want the old version back. In a surprising announcement made last Thursday, the company said it would do precisely that -- reintroduce its classic Trix cereal, in all its artificial glory, because that's what people want.
[...] Ever since General Mills announced in 2015 that it would start phasing out artificial colors and flavors from all its cereals (an announcement that boosted sales by 6 percent in early 2016 and pleased many shoppers and scientists who have concerns about the health effects of these petroleum-sourced food dyes), there has been a parallel outpouring of protest from committed cereal lovers. People weren't happy with the way the cereal looked or tasted.
"Petroleum-sourced food dyes," it's what's for breakfast!
(Score: 4, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday September 26 2017, @02:27AM (13 children)
Seriously, brown rice porridge with chicken or whatever else you want in it keeps you full way longer than this sugary crap. Much healthier for you too, *and* you control what goes in. If your cooker has a timer, it's even easier: dump stuff in at night, set the timer, wake up, shower, dress, nom, and run.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday September 26 2017, @02:37AM (1 child)
Several generations were raised on colorful, sugary breakfast cereals - the kind that turn your milk into a rainbow... Even if it was as bad for you as smoking tobacco, do you think people want to give up their habits?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @04:58AM
Food Coloring [google.com]
Very affordable and a little goes a long way.
...and I can get sugar in a bag for 40c/lb these days.
...and buying your grain with as little processing done to it as possible makes it much more affordable.
My major gripe isn't even the lousy nutrition of dry cereals.
It's how much they want for a 10 oz box of the crap.
I'm with Azuma on this one.
Make mine cooked grains.
...though I'm more of a grits or oatmeal or Cream of Wheat kind of guy.
...and being largely nocturnal, I don't tend to eat it for breakfast.
(I have lunch for breakfast.)
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday September 26 2017, @03:20AM (2 children)
Boy aint that the truth.
If I eat cold cereal I will have the shakes by noon.
Don't like all the carbs in brown rice, try Crushed whole oats and little milk, something with some protein, maybe some actual fresh fruit and something with some protein. Not even a lot of protein, just make sure you include protein in the morning meal along with what ever else you like.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @03:54AM (1 child)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @04:08PM
Then fry that on a skillet. . . ?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @03:51AM (1 child)
As for me I try to reduce carbs (which includes cereals) because I'm not very physically active. To me consumed carbs should be proportionate to physical activity.
Ketogenic diets are probably an advantage in endurance stuff since there's no metabolic switching which gives many people problems ("hit the wall" etc). But if you're very physically active there are advantages to having a high carb diet. Getting 5000 kcal from protein and animal fats is expensive. Nuts aren't cheap either and many nuts can be high in aflatoxin (it's not just peanuts!). Getting 5000kcal from broccoli is going to be hilarious with all the hours of eating and pooping. Unless your palate and your stomach can cope with drinking cooking oil, you're going to need some carbs like pasta or potato to help it go down better.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @05:07PM
in my experience, you actually crap less on a ketogenic diet because you're not eating so much useless crap your body can't use.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday September 26 2017, @03:52AM (3 children)
Oatmeal is kind of messy and takes a long time in my rice cooker so I just make it on the stove.
Now thinking about the possibilities of a chicken flavored breakfast cereal.
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(Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday September 26 2017, @05:37AM
I find if I just pour hot water over oatmeal, coffeemaker style, its just right.
Put the bowl with some dry oatmeal where the cup goes, cycle the coffeemaker, sans pod, and let 'er rip.
After a while, you determine how much oatmeal to put under there to have it come to the consistency you like.
Overcooked oatmeal? ugh. Then I gotta add some wheat germ to make it have at least a little texture.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1) by terryk30 on Tuesday September 26 2017, @01:04PM
Get minute oats (as in 1-min, not 3-min), pour serving in bowl. Boil water in kettle (to vigorous boil), immediately pour over oats (stirring w/o spoon via the pouring itself), quickly cover w. plate. Let sit 5 min or so.
You have to learn to gauge the amount of water by eye as you pour. (It would cool off too much if first poured into a measuring cup.) Ideally you use just enough such that when you uncover the oats there's only a bit of unabsorbed water at the bottom. I think what I've been doing is using a little more water than is needed to wet and submerge all the oatmeal.
Now these being 1-min oats, what you get is more gluey than granular so don't forget you're eating breakfast not patching holes.
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday September 26 2017, @01:50PM
You're using the wrong kind of oats: https://lesliebeck.com/foods/oats [lesliebeck.com]
Do the following:
1. Fill soup bowl halfway through with Quaker quick-cooking white oats.
2. Pour milk fully covering the oats to about 2/3 of the bowl.
3. Throw in the microwave for 2-3minutes.
4. Flavor with 1-2 tbsp strawberry jam or whatever. Experiment with whipping cream and powdered \ canned milk.
There are other brands of rolled oats but if they're too thick or uncut, you might find that 2-3min aren't enough. And seeing how 4-5min might evaporate the milk and burn the oats even when poured to the brim, I recommend you try Quaker's first just to see if you like the texture and taste.
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday September 26 2017, @10:33AM (1 child)
The carbohydrates in that aren't much better than the sugar ingested as such. Does the same thing to your blood sugar, with the same effects. Yes, if you're going to spike your blood sugar in the morning with carbohydrates, brown rice is a much better choice than cereal. Agree on the chicken.
Protein and fiber are the best bet for keeping you full and energized through to lunch. A bowl of stew or eggs/tofu scramble are the sort of thing. It's a real adjustment if you're used to eating sweet things first thing, but it quickly seems normal.
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(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday September 26 2017, @08:22PM
Agreed, but there's money to consider here :/ I'm glad I grew up making stocks and using carcasses and organ meats, as it's made protein cheaper for me than if I had the usual American habit of only eating muscle tissue.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...