Cereal Woes

[Mya]

Hey,

So, I used to eat a cereal called Hi-Lo, its a high protein, low carb, low sugar cereal and I loved it, but had to give it up because it contained gluten. I was wondering if anyone knew of a high protein (9-12grams/serving), low carb cereal? These corn flakes are so bland....Kashi Cranberry Sunrise is OK, but not great. I kind of like the puffins cereal, but they are all so low in protein, and high carbs. I'm just frustrated, and trying to adapt to this. I stand in the Wegmans cereal aisle for like 20 minutes looking at all of the boxes....i often wonder if people are thinking, Does this girl have no life?!

[megzmc3611]

The only lower carb gluten-free cereal I could find: Nu World Foods Amaranth O's (in plain or Strawberry). They have only 6 or 7 grams of net carbs (after subtracting dietary fiber). I ordered some from glutenfreemall.com

They are pretty good...for a low carb cereal.

Hope this helps!

[Mya]

Thanks for your help, I'll check it out!

[tarnalberry]

Yep, that's about the only low-carb, higher protein cold cereal that's gluten-free. (Though I definitely disliked them... Threw out the box, 'cause I just couldn't take the cardboard taste. ;-) ) That's one of the reasons I've switch to hot cereals (a combination of, say, millet grits and rice bran made with soy milk is fairly well balanced, though I don't know if I'd call it _low_ carb, maybe just _medium_ carb) for the highest protein content in the morning (unless I cook eggs or something...).

[skbird]

I do pretty well on hot cereal, I like the Quinoa Flakes better than any of the hot rice or Mighty Tasty gluten-free cereal because the Quinoa flakes cook up with less mess in the microwave (the other two seem to always boil over at some point, no matter how diligent I am ). What I do is add some rice protein powder after cooking them and then add a sweetener and sometimes rice bran for extra fiber. Net carb of quinoa flakes is still sort of high, 20g, but I think the rice is closer to 40g.

When I was strict low carb I would make up hot cereals out of things like oat bran (obviously don't use that now), nuts, flax meal, protein powder, shredded coconut, etc until it was enough to make a bowl. Tasty, too.

I also had a recipe at one point for making a low carb granola which basically included coconut, flax meal, nuts (sliced almonds is good for this), sunflower seeds, protein powder, rice bran, etc. Mix together with a little sf syrup and toast lightly in the oven, voila, low carb granola. Sorry I don't have the exact recipe but it's good to mix it up with whatever you love the most and much tastier than store-bought lc cereal (though I did like that Hi Lo, too).

Stephanie

[elvis]

Yeah... I agree that hot cereal is the way to go. Bob's Red Mill makes defatted soy grits (gluten-free) that are very high in protein and fiber. I don't think they're great straight up, but you can mix them w/ cream of rice, or regular grits. You also might try Bob's Red Mill TVP (also gluten-free). It may sound gross, but I nuke it with a little sweetener until soft (OK, well... chewy) and add soy milk. Maybe you could figure out how to make some kind of granola out of the uncooked TVP for cold cereal? Just a thought. I still miss the high protein commercial cold cereals though...