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 am limited to sprouted grains 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 cream of buckwheat cereal with 2 tablespoons mixed chopped nuts (I use walnuts, almonds, cashews and pecans), 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, 1 teaspoon lemon rind (freshly grated from an organic lemon or from a spice jar), 1/4 teaspoon turmeric (I add this because of its anti-inflamation and anti-cancer properties), some grated fresh ginger root (also anti-inflamation and anti-cancer) and 2 tablespoons goji berries or freeze-dried berries-- 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) instead of the cream of buckwheat cereal I substitute Food for Life Ezekiel Cereal (either plain or almond). Both are delicious and nutritious.