Fiber Breakfast Cereal-hot Or Cold

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 4 cups rolled oats
• 2 cups wheat bran
• 1 cup ground almonds, raw
• 1 cup ground flax seeds
• fruit, fresh or dried
• 14 cups vanilla-flavored soymilk

Recipe

• 1 prep: grind almonds in a coffee grinder (makes if fine like flour) or in a food processor (leaves chunks which is good too). if you have whole flaxseed, then grind it as well. i was able to find cold-processed ground flaxseed from my local warehouse store and i keep it in the freezer.
• 2 combine all ingredients except the fruit. store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for best quality.
• 3 to serve cold: the evening before, scoop 1/2 cup of the mixture into a bowl, add about 2 tbs dried fruit and 1 cup of soymilk. allow to sit overnight to soak up the liquid. if fresh fruit is available you may want to wait to add it (1/2 cup) just before serving. if you are in a hurry, you can try 30 minutes soaking time but if you can't soak overnight i recommend the hot serving instead.
• 4 to serve hot: (i discovered this out of necessity. it tastes quite different from the cold version but it makes a nice change from regular oatmeal.).
• 5 scoop 1/2 cup of mixture into a microwaveable bowl and add 2 tbs of dried fruit or 1/2 cup fresh fruit and 1 cup soymilk. micro for 2 minutes. stir, and micro for 1 minute more. allow to cool slightly before eating.
• 6 note: if you have it available, you can try substituting chia seed for the flaxseed. chia is very tiny -like the size of kiwi seeds- and it doesn't need to be ground for your body to digest it. it has a much higher nutritional footprint than flaxseed. unfortunately it is about $15 a pound and i have never had enough on hand to put a whole cup into the mix. instead i just left out the flax and put one tablespoon into the individual bowl.
• 7 note on nurtritional info: according to my calculations it contains 272 calories and 10 grams of fiber not counting the fruit. i guess it would depend on the amount in your soymilk etc.