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freckle 
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 Posted: 26 September 2010 at 10:01pm |
we all normally have toast... but sometimes porridge or weetbix... and when it's on spesh I buy cocoa pops cos I love em  but my youngest doesn't even like them she'd way rather have porridge... we do have brown sugar on our porridge though 
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Delli
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Posted: 26 September 2010 at 10:05pm |
Mmmm brown sugar on porridge. But it's good though isn't it, because it's brown sugar not white sugar? It's just like brown bread being better than white bread right?  (Just kidding BTW)
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Posted: 26 September 2010 at 10:09pm |
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hahaha Delli!! if only eh... I love those flavoured porridge sachets too which I'm sure are loaded with sugar...
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Posted: 26 September 2010 at 10:29pm |
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I think with the whole sugar thing it is about chosing how it fits in in your daily food plan. We don't have sugar in many other things so a teaspoon of sugar on a cereal such as cornflakes or ricies isn't going to break the sugar bank in our family. There are no bikkes or other crap. All other sugar is from fruit and bread.
With those porridge sachets (forgive me if I am wrong) I have stayed away from as I figured you would have to have other nasties in there to make it instant. I haven't actually looked at the box so I am pulling that out of my perceptions and thin air. What are in them?
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Posted: 26 September 2010 at 10:39pm |
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We don't have any in the house at the moment but here's the lsit of ingredients for the honey one off the website... Uncle Tobys Oats, Sugar, Milk Powder, Maize Maltodextrin, Corn Syrup Solids, Dried Honey (2.4%). It's a much more expensive way to have porridge...
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Posted: 26 September 2010 at 10:43pm |
Well I just had a look in the cupboard and we have bugs in mud, coco O's, nutra grain, rice bubbles, cornflakes, weetbix, special k and berry berry good.
Half of those are "considered'" bad cereals but my kids eat them with no extra sugar so I don't really care too much. Their diet is varied and they are healthy ish.
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Posted: 26 September 2010 at 10:46pm |
My normal porridge is almost instant (add milk or hot water, stir, zap in microwave for a few mins) - I'm not sure how you could make porridge more instant
I think it's in the sachets for convenience (no measuring the porridge but you still have to add milk or water) and also some extra dried fruits or honey flavourings. I'm pretty sure they do have more sugar and preservatives than normal porridge but the preservatives they add aren't to make them more instant 
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Posted: 26 September 2010 at 11:02pm |
Breakfast here is either toast, weetbix or porridge. Sometimes I'll just have a couple of pieces of fruit if that's all I feel like. On the odd (special) occasion there will be something like scrambled eggs or an omelette.
Not looking too bad
Then again, I usually have a mug of hot milo (made mostly with hot water) with my breakfast lol. That's something like 46% sugar  though I dont add any extra sugar (DF does though, 2 teaspoons per cup!!!)
Things like Nutrigrain and Cocoapops are treats for us and usually snack foods rather than breakfast cereals. I dont like the thought of fruit loops (or the taste actually) so they're never in the pantry.
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Posted: 26 September 2010 at 11:28pm |
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We eat Porridge with greek yogurt and cinnamon here, or weetbix with water and milk, and toast. Or even smoothies and eggs on toast. None of the other packaged stuff though! Although I think even weetbix might be processed?!
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 8:35am |
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Apparently Weetbix can be quite bad if you suffer from eczema, something to do with it being very processed and because of the chemical sprays used to control the bugs that love it too.
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 9:37am |
 mummy_becks wrote:
Well I just had a look in the cupboard and we have bugs in mud, coco O's, nutra grain, rice bubbles, cornflakes, weetbix, special k and berry berry good. |
Can I come to your house for breakfast its like a smorgasboard of cereals. Yum!
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 9:42am |
We have the porridge sachets with sultanas, dried apple and cinnamon mostly for convenience. yeah I could make it myself mostly I can't be bothered.
Any rolled oats I have in the pantry is usually reserved for baking or making crumbles for dessert.
Short of growing my own wheat and grinding it up myself, I'm guessing all cereals I buy in a box from the supermarket will be processed to some degree. I don't care they taste good and on the whole deliver good nutrition.
Mornings are hard enough to get through with only DH and I - I want something that tasty quick and convenient. When the kidlet arrives even more so.
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 10:05am |
freckle wrote:
We don't have any in the house at the moment but here's the lsit of ingredients for the honey one off the website... Uncle Tobys Oats, Sugar, Milk Powder, Maize Maltodextrin, Corn Syrup Solids, Dried Honey (2.4%). It's a much more expensive way to have porridge... |
Well that doesn't sound too bad then. I may look at some of them next time I am in the supermarket. Corn syrup is getting a bad rap in the US but I haven't looked into it so can't really comment. That is what I love about forums. You can end up getting little tips and tricks to make life easier.
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 10:33am |
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I use those sachets too, what I like about them is that they are a "correct" serving size, so easy if you are weight watching. They go slightly over my sugar % "rule" , but have 2.7g of fibre, which is more tahn 2 slices of molenberg bread, and I have them with yoghurt (I have apple, sultana and honey flavour sachets but any yog) but with yoghurt and milk its only about 5 WW "points" and the yoghurt gives it a protien boost so keeps me full till lunchtimeish
They are dear but I like the serve size convenience, makes it easy to keep track.
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 10:46am |
caliandjack wrote:
mummy_becks wrote:
Well I just had a look in the cupboard and we have bugs in mud, coco O's, nutra grain, rice bubbles, cornflakes, weetbix, special k and berry berry good. |
Can I come to your house for breakfast its like a smorgasboard of cereals. Yum!
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Sure , we tend to have a lot of different ones cos I have one fussy 3 year old.
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 12:05pm |
Brown sugar on porridge is a must  (well in this house anyways!!)
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 12:57pm |
Sheza wrote:
Brown sugar on porridge is a must (well in this house anyways!!) |
Ours too. Except poor old Callum doesn't get any!!
I LOVE Froot Loops   However, Callum has never eaten them and doesn't know what they are. DH and I also LOVE Coco Pops but we eat them too quickly so I only buy them once every couple of months or so. I'm not sure about the Froot Loops sold in NZ but the ones here have no artificial colouring/flavours, they're all "natural" ... they aren't quite as fluorescent looking as the ones I used to eat as a student that's for sure.
We have Just Right, Special K, Weetbix and porridge in the cupboard at the moment. We probably eat porridge 2-3 times a week, cereal once or twice and fruit and yoghurt or a cooked breakfast (eggs, mushroooms or beans on toast) the rest of the time. It's often our only meal all together so I try and mix it up quite a bit. On "cereal days" C gets Weetbix and milk and if he's really lucky he gets a wee handful of dry Just Right or Special K which he thinks is a HUGE treat
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 2:47pm |
We have Coco Pops (Homebrand variety), Porridge and Weetbix..
I must admit that my younger kids prefer toast and the Coco pops are for me and DH.. and we do add extra sugar
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 3:21pm |
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Just a tip for those making porridge (oats) or those using the instant ones. To make your own instant ones use the normal oats. Put in a blender and just blend it a bit. Then put it away in packets (that you can reuse) or just in a air tight container. Now use it as instant. Works great with milk rather instead of water (that is why they put powder milk in) and then put your fresh flavours in like cut up apple or that.
This way it is a lot healthier and really there is no difference in the time. That is what it is. Oats just blended so it doesnt take so long to cook.
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Posted: 27 September 2010 at 3:57pm |
I make Bircher Muesli in the evenings for me and Dh to have the next morning and the kids get porridge, weetbix or cornflakes.
Porridge with fruit, raisins and maple syrup (a wee bit), weetbix & cornflakes with fruit and or yoghurt.
Edited to add: Or they have toast if they want
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Bad cereal?
