So, I’m lactose intolerant. Not badly, but more than a spoonful or so of milk products usually make me feel crampy and gassy (isn’t it great how we can share?) and drinking a glass straight milk is a great way to get me to vomit profusely. I learned this in grade 12. In class. There’s nothing quite like throwing up IN YOUR CLASSROOM when you’re a mighty, yet self concious seventeen year old.
Luckily, I graduated shortly thereafter and immediately ran away to another country for a while so that everyone would forget.
So anyway, milk. I tend to limit dairy, including cheese, ice cream, white sauces, etc. Yogurt, on the other hand, I tend not to have a problem with. Apparently it has to do with the bacteria. Whatever. It doesn’t make me ralph or clear out a room, I’m a happy camper.
And then cereal: I like cereal, but obviously putting milk on it is no good as vomiting is not my idea of a good time, and I don’t want to have to leave the country again so that people forget my humiliation. I often eat cereal dry, as a semi-healthy snack (I tend to buy boring cereals, like Cheerios and Special K). It’s handy while playing video games for example, as I can just reach over, grab a handful, and voila. Cruncy treats. It’s like granola, without the INCREDIBLY HIGH SUGAR CONTENT. (Most granola? Jam packed with sugar. Damn them! Granted, so is most cereal… I attempt to choose wisely.)
You see the connection here? The obvious marrying of two wonderful products? Why yes, you do!
I’ve started putting yogurt on my cereal. Or more accurately, cereal on my yogurt. It’s the only sensible thing to do. Milk makes me sick. Yogurt does not. And eating straight cereal, while a tasty snack, lacks some of the intended moistness. Yogurt is moist! Yogurt can totally do this job! YOGURT IS UP FOR THIS CHALLENGE!
I might have spent too much time thinking about this.
I do this all the time. Keeps the cereal crisp longer too.
Depending on what you’re considering as “high sugar” and how much you eat, you may like this, it’s my absolute favourite bestest granola recipe EVER. I eat it with original Rice Dream.
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup almonds (mix n’ match nuts if you like, I usually throw in a few cashews etc.)
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup raisins, craisins, currents or a mix of any
1/2 cup dried fruit, I prefer apricots and figs
1/4 hemp oil, or coconut oil (coconut oil will need to be warmed)
1/2 cup agave nectar, or honey
1. mix everything from the oats to the coconut in a bowl
2. combine the oil and sweetener, pour into the oat mixture and toss
until evenly coated.
3. pour mix into a large baking sheet that has a lip on it and bake at
300 degrees, turn it every 10 minutes or so.
4. Bake unitl golden brown, about 30 minutes.
5. return to the bowl and add the dried fruits (incl. raisins).
6. Enjoy!
Have you tried lactose-free milk? That’s what I use on my cereal. I still would never drink a glass of milk but I do like my honey nut cheerios floating around.
Yeah, I tend to find that most of the non-milk milks taste pretty vile. Soy milk, rice milk, etc… bleah.
I don’t mind almond milk, but I rarely have it in the house. I usually have yogurt, though! :)
Lots of folks who are lactose intolerate to conventional milk actually have no issue with raw milk. Drop by next time you’re in the Cove for a sample. We’ll have bucket ready, just in case.
Prior to that, I always found a 50/50 mix of apple juice and water was a nice cereal moisturizer.
ewww, apple juice. :D
I love granola too. We use the recipe above but instead of honey/agave nectar, we use an equivalent amount of apple juice. (Despite the eeew apple juice, you don’t taste it – it just acts as a sweetner that’s not pure sugar :) Got the tip from, of all places, a Dr. Phil cookbook.