WIAW: Halloween Health Kick?

Last week, I spent much of my time in the kitchen, stirring my “witches brew” dutch oven to cook up a whole bunch of tasty Halloween treats. So, this week’s “What I Ate Wednesday” WIAW may dull in comparison to a post that talks about “Pumpkin Butter Wishes and Candy Corn Dreams.

I tried to keep most of my meals Sometimes Healthy, in anticipation  of the inevitable Halloween candy plunge (or, if I’m ambitious, I may even make the treats from Monday’s post with the leftover candy).

Breakfast was a bit “boring” compared to the creative dishes that I usually whip up for my first meal of the day. I’m a huge fan of breakfast, so when I have the time, I tend to go overboard on my breakfast dishes. However, yesterday’s meal was a standard bowl of Cinnamon Puffins cereal with Almond Milk.

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And don’t start accusing me of dipping into the sugar cereal stash to finish off the remainder of my Almond Milk. I would NEVER do something like that. I’m a healthy living blogger after all.

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Seriously, if you had the chance to start your day with strawberry Almond Milk, would you pass it up? I rest my case.

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A Sinfully Sweet Sugar Cereal Recipe

 Boy, do I have a treat for you today!

Fruity Pebble Feature

I mentioned on Monday that my friend Molly and I cooked up some delicious Fruity Pebble Pancakes while she was in town, and today, as promised, I have the pancake AND glaze recipe for you.

Prepare to be indulged.

But first, let’s stir up a little controversy on the beautiful Friday morning with this question: Why is sugar cereal food enemy #1 for most mothers of young children.

I present to you public enemy #1.

I present to you public enemy #1.

Moms, please help me understand. You see, when I compare the number of sugar grams per serving of cereals like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Fruity Pebbles (two of my favorites) to, say, everyone’s preferred brand of greek yogurt, guess what food has more per serving…You guessed it: greek yogurt! 5 more grams in fact.

Granted, greek yogurt packs a mean protein punch alongside the extra sugar, but still. Why is there such a movement against feeding children sugar cereal?

I won’t argue that there are more nutritious items to serve your child for breakfast every day, but still, do these cereals really need to be avoided like the plague?

Perhaps I’m so “emotionally charged” on this particular issue is because of my personal experience with it…

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