Hot Nutty Cereal

By Maria



For those of you adhering to a clean and healthy way of eating by deciding to remove all processed foods, you are quite aware of the benefits our bodies experience when you cut them out.
The first 2 weeks of cutting out processed foods can be demonic as you go through mind boggling withdrawals (i.e., cravings) - your body literally goes through detox. It takes a solid 10-14 days to rid the body of the gut-inflammatory effects from those foods. It feels like it's simply not worth doing because your energy levels can hit rock bottom, your athletic performance is laughable and your mood is - to say the least - wicked.

After the 2nd week, however....magic!

You begin to shed excess fat, your energy begins to increase, your sleep improves, your body just feels and starts to look good. Suddenly, the food you gave up doesn't seem to be the first thing you think about in the morning and the last thing you dream about at night (you with me here??).

That's not to say, however, that some of our "comfort" foods aren't missed, especially if those foods are convenient - like processed cereals in the morning.

Here's a great alternative to cereal that will leave you quite satisfied, especially if paired with some protein. It has only 4 basic ingredients that should be staples in your kitchen and EASY to make.

This version contains super-hero ingredients that leaves regular oatmeal in the nutritional dust!

1 cup choice of nuts (I have used almonds, pecans, walnuts and macadamia nuts - they all work well by themselves or combined with one or two)

1 apple cut into large chunks

1 tblsp cinnamon

1 cup water

Place ingredients in food processor and blend.

The consistency should be the same as cooked oatmeal.

Place mixture in saucepan and heat to boiling.

Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.

Done!

I have added 2-3 small slices of banana to this for my kiddos - they seem to enjoy it better - and I always pair this with some protein (scrambled or hard boiled egg.)