Get Healthy -- Eat Breakfast!

I have been a vegetarian since 1977 and a vegan since 1989. I've always been a breakfast person and breakfast to me has almost always been cereal. My favorite when I was young was Cheerios. I used to like Cheerios with bananas and white raisins and skim milk. I switched over to soy and rice milk when I became vegan, but I stuck with Cheerios.

I would often eat hot cereal too. My favorites where Ralston, Maltex, Wheatena and Oatmeal, all whole grain cereals. I often used to mix cereals (Maltex and Ralston made a great combo as did Wheatena and Ralston) and add light brown sugar and a bit of skim milk (again, I changed to soy or rice milk when I went vegan).

I currently cannot eat wheat (unless it's sprouted) (but I can eat rye, oats, barley and spelt) and don't eat any sugar, so all of the above cereals are out (though they're still pretty good choices for a healthy breakfast). My breakfast choice these days is barley grits or oatmeal cereal (or a combination of the two) with 2 tablespoons mixed chopped nuts (I use walnuts, almonds, cashews and pecans), 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/16 to 1/8 of a teaspoon maple extract, and, sometimes, a bit of ginger and/or cloves -- I cook all that and then add stevia (for sweetness -- you can use whatever sweetener you use) and almond "milk".

On Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath when we are not permitted to cook) I substitute Food for Life Ezekiel Cereal (either plain or almond). I add cinnamon, stevia, nuts, maple extract as above and I also add dried fruit-juice sweetened blueberries, cranberries and sometimes other dried fruit (like raisins or dried cherries) and when I have them in the house, sliced banana.

On all days, I often add two tablespoons of chia seeds (I love the taste and they add omega-three fatty acids). If you're making hot cereal, don't add the chia until you put the cereal in the bowl -- cooking them denatures the omega-three fatty acids).

Check out the new "high protein vegan breakfast" at the end of this lens.

In addition to our Cafe Press and Zazzle sites (see modules above), we also have a store on "Printfection" which includes cutting boards (good wedding or housewarming gifts), mugs and cups, tees, etc.

This mug is only one of several mugs at our store:

Compugraphd Printfection site

(Click on the picture to go directly to this product's page)

In addition to our Cafe Press and Zazzle sites (see modules above), we also have a store on "Printfection" which includes cutting boards (good wedding or housewarming gifts), mugs and cups, tees, etc.

This apron is only one of several vegetarian themed items at our store:

Compugraphd Printfection site

(Click on the picture to go directly to this product's page)

Spoonflower is a place where a designer can design his/her own fabric. I have some designs on fabric there -- click on the picture to see all the fabric designs.

"Arts Now" is another "Print on Demand" site. They have a nice collection of products, including the one pictured here (with veggies on it). Click on the picture to see this product.