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Girl! This video totally floored me! My boyfriend and I sat down in front of the TV (with our doughnuts) and saw your video and I told my boyfriend, "If she makes her own flakes...I'll watch it...but, I bet she BUYS the flakes and just adds raisins!" I couldn't believe you actually MADE flakes! After seeing that, I wasn't enjoying my doughnut anymore! lol See, cereal has always been such a temptation for us. We eat cereal in the morning for breakfast, after dinner as a desert, as a midnight snack, and many times as a meal. Anytime we try to start eating right, it's cereal, every time, that brings us down because it's so hard to give up! This is a game changer! I can't tell you how thankful I am to you for making this video! I told my boyfriend, "A man must know he's got a good wife if she makes her own cereal?!" And he said, "Oh yeah, I bet he brags on her to all his friends at work!" Thank you so much for sharing your cereal recipes!
Have you tried the cornflake recipe? ...I'm a bit hesitant because the first way is how I make tostadas and chips, can't imagine it tasting like corn flakes.
@@hcure4003Cereal is one of the cheapest things to eat for me, bran flakes are like £1.20 a kilo (Aldi) so a medium sized/75g bowl is like £0.10, plus a cup of soya milk which is £0.12. That with a bit of sugar and it comes out to
@@BecomingaFarmGirl you should be able to copy the text and paste it into your description and YT will add chapters automatically. (If you can't copy text from YT, I sometimes (on Android) take a screenshot, then use Google Lens to OCR the text out of the image. THEN you can copy it. Lol. Technology.)
Just found this video and channel. I do have a tip for cornflakes. Use masa flour with a pinch of salt and enough water to make as a thin pancake/crepe batter. Pour into a jelly roll pan and bake at 350*F for about 30 minutes or until cooked through and dry. Remove and cool. Break into flake. Note if you want them sweet. Add a little of your favorite sweetener to the batter mix before baking.
Why WHY have I never thought of this! I have avoided buying cereal for so long 😩 because I don't want my kids having those yuk chemicals in their little bodies. I'm so doing this. Thank you!
I avoided it because of the huge costs. ($6 for a standard size box where I am, sales barely help.) I suppose I could technically use the flake recipes with some chocolate to make a mock special K cereal. Hmmm...
As a mexican, I don't think the totopos are close to Corn Flakes. I bet Corn Flakes are made with sweet corn, while corn flour is made with white corn, which is what we consume here in Mexico (white corn is used in the USA as animal feed). I wonder if there is corn flour made out of sweet corn... Venezuelans use a different kind of corn flower known as "Harina Pan" (don't ask), which is quite yellowish; they use it for their arepas. I still see your recipe for alt-corn flakes worth a try. I loved your tortilla press, we use them all the time over here, and the design hasn't changed for a long time, probably a century! The really vintage ones are made out of wood. Here's an idea: instead of making a tortilla, what about adding more water to the mix and make a kind of corn creppe, then fry that? Finally the one that really surprised me was the puffed rice... man, what a money grab are Rice Krispes... I have removed "cereals" from my diet for some time now, but I may try some of these ideas just for fun. Amazing video, congrats.
It’s so funny that we have basically been bamboozled into buying store bought stuff that isn’t healthy for us. Who knew that making cereal was so easy! Thank you for this video! ❤❤
I'm so excited to try this but pissed that our country has allowed us to eat this for decades. Welp! We know now, we don't have any excuses, we just need to create the time to do better for ourselves.
@@appetizerssushi7121 who allowed us to eat garbage for food? We have chosen to eat garbage. Nobody can force you to do anything except pay taxes. America is the only country whose government allows food manufacturers to poison its citizens and nobody says a word nor do we stop buying it. America is a nation of consumers and that is not a good thing. America is the fattest nation on the planet not because we purposely eat too much but because we are malnourished so we continue to eat because our bodies are starving to death.
You have just saved our family a ton of money!!!!!!!!!!! Our grandson who has Autism is a very, very picky eater and cereal is his favorite breakfast meals. I really believe he is going to love helping make his own version of cinnamon toast crunch. Thank you from every part of my heart for sharing your awesome homemaking skills with us.
Bringing your grandson into the kitchen to help make something he enjoys is such a lovely idea! Food really is the way to the heart. Best to you and your family
Same I have two autistic children at home and food is a challenge. This will change the game. If no one has told you today that you are doing a fantastic job as a Grandma I will.. much ❤
I hope the homemade cereal worked for him. Sometimes the texture change between store bought and homemade will be too much of a difference for people on the spectrum, but hopefully it ended up being a good safe food.
Every once in a while, TH-cam gets something right. This was the first time your channel has been recommended to me and I will definitely be watching more.
Thanks a bunch Cassandra. I hope it’s not too late to give a comment, but I tried the grape nut’s recipe today. It turned out really good, but I wanted to share a couple of things. 1) I don’t recommend using quick steel cut oats - use regular steel cut. The quick steel cut oats turned to mush after soaking and it literally took 2 times as long to cook/dry. The yield was also lower at 3 cups instead of 4. 2) I stumbled across maple sugar (not syrup), and gave it a try. Only 4 tablespoons were needed, and was more than sweet enough. For those trying to cut down on glucose, maple sugar has only 3 grams of sugar per teaspoon. Much lower than table (4.2), honey (6 grams), and syrup (5 grams).
Love these notes, thank you for sharing. If you come across it, date sugar is also worth a go. It is simply dehydrated dates that have been ground down to granulated sugar size pieces. While it can be used spoon for spoon like sugar, I find I need less to get the sweetness satisfaction. It has a caramel sweetness note and is also more healthy than sugar as well as providing. I am working on trying to make my own as it is so expensive where I live in Scotland. We have lots of oats here, and grape nuts are not sold here, so I am looking forward to making them and will use your notes alongside Cassandra’s recipe. I grew up in Vermont where maple syrup flows through our veins. If you have easy access to real maple syrup, making your own maple sugar is quite easy, especially if you have a dehydrator as it makes the process so much quicker. We had our own sugar shack when I was growing up, tapped our own trees, etc. Birch syrup, made the same way maple syrup is made (by boiling down the fresh sap) is also delicious. My favorite childhood memory was when the adults were making the syrup, we would enjoy having “sugar on snow”, getting bowls of fresh clean snow and drizzling the freshly boiled syrup into over the snow, then using tooth picks or ice cream sticks to twirl the quickly cooled syrup “candy” onto it to eat. Pure heaven. Of course then we were wound for sound with all the sugar, so we would go sledding or build snow forts, have snowball fights, etc. While I have family all over the US, most still live in VT and I am lucky enough to get home once a year where they always have a gallon or two of liquid gold waiting for us to bring back. We ran out during covid lockdown and that was when I discovered fig syrup and fig sugar. It is a great sweetener without being just nutritionally empty calories.
If I'm not much mistaken, though, Honey is 20 times sweeter than regular refined sugar, at least, that's what I heard at one point. So, if you only need a tiny bit, you could get away with using half, just water it down, maybe. Also, I heard that Coconut sugar doesn't spike the glycemic index the way that regular sugar does. I use coconut sugar in all my baking now because my husband is hypoglycemic and my mom was just recently diagnosed as borderline pre-diabetic. So far, no issues since using the coconut sugar, as long as mom doesn't get into the moonpies and other sweets that she loves. And how about stevia leaves. You could use that, and not have too many problems. Just thinking about possibilities.
Okay. I just started my second batch, and have doubled it! That’s right…Two of my large cookie sheets in my oven, right now, wafting out the most amazing scent of home made grape nuts! I made my first batch yesterday, but my honey and I have eaten it, already 😂. Yes, lunch and dinner! Gluten tears me up, but this nummy? Oooooh! Thank you for sharing your recipes! Rice krispies is next on my to do list. God bless you! Jesus is King 👑
I never knew making homemade cereal was so easy. I stopped buying cereal years ago because of the price and the fact that half of the bag is just air. Thank you for this video I will definitely make my own cereal from now on.
I have forgotten about homemade cereals! I use to make a corn flake cereal for my kids to bulk them up. They were an emergency kinship placement with me because I grew up with their mom. They were “failure to thrive” and half the size they should be. I used the cereal as a vehicle for a flavored milk that I bought at a local farm. I didn’t make the corn flakes from tortillas. Just a tortilla type dough and I rolled it out super thin and dehydrated it. Sometimes I’d flavor it with cinnamon. I so enjoy your videos, Cassandra! Thank you so much for your teachings! ❤
I make my cornflakes like you do. Because I am in a wheelchair and my counters are too high and I do not have the strength to keep rolling with a pin, I use my pasta machine to roll the dough out super, super thin. It works so well and is much faster for me to do at the kitchen table. I make up several batches of the dough at one time and freeze for later use so I don’t need to do quite as much work when it is time to make more. Kate, what a kind hearted and loving woman you are, taking in children who are failing to thrive at home. The world needs so many more people like you! ❤️
@@shelleysmith4017 thank you so much! Sometimes there is no “no” answer. I had known them all their little lives. I knew there was a lot wrong in their bio-house but I didn’t know how much until I had to undo and reraise them in an effort for them to grow physically, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. It wasn’t easy at all and I often wondered why I was doing it but I never considered giving up on them and having them get lost in the system. I adopted all three once the parents rights were terminated and their status changed to adoption. They were teens at that time and most likely wouldn’t have been adopted.
Thank you for the grapenuts alternative! I used to LOVE putting grapenuts in my yogurt but now can't eat wheat. I am over here doing my happy dance as I now have an alternative. THANK YOU!
This is about the "corn flakes": ages ago, when I was first introduced to my biological paternal family, one of my favorite places to visit was my uncle's farm in El Salvador (almost the entire paternal side of the family lived there) because he had all sorts of interesting and beautiful, to me, things growing on it. From livestock to plants, familiar and not so much. And he would take the time to tell me about ALL of it. And I was absorbing all he was willing to share! One of the things his wife, my aunt, cooked for us that I was just reminded about was a sort of corn tortilla but it was made with corn that wasn't quite dried yet, but wasn't young either. When it was cut off the cob it still had some "cream" but it ended up looking like batter with mostly intact kernels in it. The half pancake/half tortilla was poured into a small sheet of banana leaf, then that was folded in half, and all of it toasted on a large clay "comal" (think round baking sheet, slightly convex) placed over a wood fire for breakfast, and served with a bowl of fresh milk, still foamy from the cow. I was taught to break it up and put the pieces in the milk, then add a few grains of the real sea salt most commonly used by those who are more penny conscious, since it's cheaper than ground up salt that can be used in a salt shaker (just a curious bit of info for those interested). It was so delicious! The corn "pancake" was a bit sweet, but the salt made it interesting. The banana leaf piece was discarded, but it added a certain amount of grassy undertones (that in retrospect I can identify), that the milk would also have because his cattle were allowed to graze on pasture all day. Eating at his place was always lovely! ❤
In my country (Brazil) is not common to eat cereals, but as flashback of my childhood I remember my mom buying corn flour at the market (literally corn flour, natural and whiteout chimicals) and add milk with a little bit of sugar or honey in a bowl as our afternoon snacks. It's exactly the same as corn flakes but with the different of being natural. If anyone has a Brazilian market close, or any Latin America market around, try to find it out and test it.... Simply delicious. Your body will thank you later for having this natural substitute.
This is very impressive! I don't think I've ever seen anyone make homemade cold cereal before (other than granola of course). Fascinating and creative!!
In case you didn’t know there are only 6 companies that monopolizing the food industry and they are charging us all more per ounce than before the pandemic, why “profit”. They are using the excuse that everything went up when that’s a bunch of lies. You’ve noticed it, but you didn’t know why. Now we know and I support you teaching folks how to make their own. 😎👍🏼
I’ve looked for home made cereal recipes online and they were all so complicated and were basically fancy granola. I love the simplicity of these recipes. Can’t wait to give them a try.
All I can say is GOD BLESS YOU! These videos are Gold! I am a Nigerian Mum on a Gluten Dairy Sugar free lifestyle with my family and this is very timely for me. I have subscribed already❤❤❤ armed with these sorts of information, my kids won't feel like they are missing out on anything and thankfully Hubby is supportive. Blessings ❤
Oh my goodness. I needed this site. I have had diabetes for 40 years. I pretty much have given up cereal because the is so much sugar my sugar always spikes and then when it comes down even lower then it was before I ate. Then I am on this eat-don't eat roller coaster. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and healthy options. Bless you.
@kimd.4100 You're welcome. After asking the Most High to heal me of the sugar issues, He showed me the maple leaf in a vision. It has healing properties.
Gosh, I haven't eaten boxed cereals in so many years. I usually just make whole oat groats, granola, or regular oatmeal. I wonder how the puffed rice would be to make homemade rice Krispy treats? Maybe make the marshmallows from scratch. I would love to see you make a video on that. 😉 love your videos!!
Hello friend! I’ve made homemade rice krispy treats using my home puffed rice and I prefer them so much better because it doesn’t taste like straight up sugar (store krispy treats have so much added sugar). I think if you’re the kind of person that would appreciate a less sweet treat, you’d love swapping store bought with your homemade!
i don't eat much cereal, but do crave it occasionally...and am trying to go as unprocessed as possible... so this is great! Awesome to see more young Black Folks getting back to basics! Hope your Channel and Blog helps get you a small-hold Homestead!
You had me until the corn flakes. I kept thinking “isn’t this just broken tortilla chips?” 😂. But seriously these recipes sound amazing. I can’t wait to try the Raisin Bran and grape nuts recipes! Thank you!
The whole story behind corn flakes was that W. Kellogg had a brother who was a tyrant who wouldn't allow sugar in the house. That's why corn flakes have sugar in them. It's a feature, not a bug.
How did you learn all this wonderful cooking knowledge? This will or is a wonderful gift for us at this scary time of needing healthy ingredients. Make me want to cry its so helpful. Many blessing! For your sweet mom too.
This definitely takes longer but I think it is worth the process, especially for those who love eating cereal. I used to be one but found out a lot of store brought cereals contain BHT which is a flavor ingredient that can disrupt the hormonal reproductive system and it is also a carcinogen and we all know what that can cause. So yeah, many people who prefer store brought over homemade, good luck. Bless-fully my husband and I have a cereal eating baby and when he stops asking for certain cereals or say no they are nasty then we know he is on to something. He has now stopped asking for store brought cereal period.
Girl you are amazing. I LOVE your videos. And not just these, with great information, cadence, rhythm, and style. The vulnerable ones too, with less production value and all the raw emotion. I am so glad I found you. Keep up the amazing work!
Never thought about making my own cereal. With myself and 4 kids who like it, this is a no brainer. We usually don’t buy any but when we do, it’s the bag cereal not the box. You just get more. But I found the directions you put in the description box and think I’ll make some with the kid’s help. You’re an amazing woman.
With some much seeming like it has bioengineered ingredients I’m definitely going to be making. I know my 7 year old will be so excited to help me in the kitchen with this, my boys might even join in for these! Thank you so much.
Girl! You're speaking my language! I used to make all of our "cereal", for years. Life for in the way, and I got out of the habit, and we don't actually eat cereal since I don't make it. I just stumbled across your video today. I make most everything from scratch..sourdough breads, granola, granola bars, baked goods, meals, tortillas, breakfast sausage... you name it. Thank you for the reminder and the great ideas!
This is game changing! I never ever thought about making my own cereal. My husband used to love raisin bran and we stopped buying it because of the ingredients. I will definitely be trying to make it for him. Thank you Cassandra for always bringing exciting recipes for us to try! My dad found your channel on his own and we have been texting back and forth talking about making our own fermented condiments from your e-recipe book. Looking forward to leaning more stuff from you!
This is your best video yet!!! You are so creative, helpful, energetic and wise! Thanks so much for sharing your cereal recipes. (The puffed rice recipe literally made my jaw drop--I had no idea that was even possible at home). Thank you, friend!!!
Hey farm girl , simply brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing. We live in Northern California and those brands you made are 6-8 dollars a box . Your family is lucky to have a mom like you
Omgosh! Cassandra, i was up bing watching your channel last night. You are teaching this senior citizen SO DANG MUCH! and raisin bran!!!!❤❤❤, it's my favorite! Thank you.
You are amazing! Those cereals look so delicious! And less expensive. Yesterday hubby and I went to the store, and couldn't believe the "sale" price on a family size box of cereal. Regular price was near $7!!! And your recipes are MUCH HEALTHIER! Did you know that some brightly colored cereals use trisodium phosphate, aka TSP... commonly known as PAINT THINNER!! I'm definitely going to make my own for now on! Thank you so very much for sharing your time and talent with us ❤
Dose makes the poison, but I just read up on TSP and it is some nasty stuff indeed. I will keep an eye out for trisodium phosphate and it's other label E339. Thanks for the heads up!
I haven't bought boxed cereal in well over a decade, except for chex as part of other recipes. In my mind, boxed cereal is a waste of money and a butt ton of sugar. I love your recipes! I am excited to try these! 😊
The boxes have remained the same yet the contents have been shrinking inside for a while now. It is deceptive. Basically a lie. I am trying to eat healthier and get away from processed foods so I plan to make more of my own foods, like cereal. YT must have read my thoughts because your video was suggested this morning. LOVE the rice crispies! I had no idea it was so easy! Up till now I have used a mill to grind up grain and have a sort of hot cereal for breakfast. Thanks for these tips!!!
I love this! I mill my own flour and sometimes I sift out the bran. Now I know what to do with it instead of throwing it away! Thank you! This is genius!
@katharvey7324, would you please explain the process, I know about wheatberries & to grind them but not much else, plus you mentioned sifting out the bran? What mill do you use also? Thankyou
My friend in the UK asks, since the US grows so much grain, why are the bread & cereal prices so outrageous! Much cheaper in the UK which produces nowhere near that amount
I’m a bowl of organic oatmeal in the morning girl. I add dehydrated apples, Craisins and brown sugar. But if I still ate cereal, these would definitely be on my “make homemade” list! I want to get rid of as many “extra non-food” ingredients as I can! Thanks for sharing!
THANKS YOU. I truly enjoy and appreciate watching another person of color giving positive and good information on youtube. Because it's too many of us on social media and TH-cam making a fool of themselves. And not enough sharing positive wisdom
Wow Cassandra! You really took me to school with this one!! I appreciate all the work you have put into this video in order to help us not only save money, but, to also eat better! You are truly the best.
Love that you compared a box of cereal to the price of meat. So many people complain about the price of meat or eggs, yet they seem to have no problem buying over priced cereal, chips and candy bars. Thank you for showing us how easy homemade cereal can be! Your content is life changing!!
Thank you so much for these DIY recipes!! I love Grape-Nuts. In Jamaica we add it to vanilla ice cream 🍨 I can now have it at home with organic ingredients & without the GMO/Bio Engendered stuff!! 💚✨🌿🎊
Love your versions and am going to try this! Also another value add from making your cereal is that you don't have all of the chemicals that companies add to their products!
Bonus - your food is not touching the plastic bag inside the cardboard box - one less source of poison to ingest - thanks for sharing ! I am inspired now to do this !
I incorporate Grape nuts into my fruit smoothies and oatmeal for extra fiber and substance. I've been looking for an alternative because one box of this Cereal is nearly $6. Thank you so much for this video.
WOW homemade cereal. My dad used to get up in the middle of the night and have a bowl of cereal. It was not a cereal bowl but a large mixing bowl. One box meant 3/4 of it was gone in one serving.
Omg so grateful to TH-cam for recommending your video to me Cassandra! This is the first time I've ever seen anyone make raisin bran and grape nuts and I definitely will be trying out these recipes! You gained a new subscriber today! Amazing.❤
I'm going to try the homemade grapenuts. I used to be the only person in the house to eat them growing up. I still love them on a good vanilla ice cream
Definitely love this idea. However, I'd wish you'd break down the prices of the ingredients used with their yield and compare them with the store bought version. You claim these are pennies, but I stopped halfway through breaking down raisin bran when I saw how expensive bran and flax is. Those 2 ingredients alone shot past the store bought (Yes for these measurements in the recipe not the bulk buy) Still a fun idea for the kids to do with parents. Use old brown or white paper and cover up the cereal boxes. Then, let them have an afternoon decorating their personalized cereal boxes!
OMG! This is sooooooo great! I'm on a sigar free diet for medical reasons, and I've been running out of breakfast options case EVERYTHING has tons of sugar in it these days! I love that I can make my own sugar free options now! Hallelujah!
Try savory oatmeal. It's weird I know but really tasty. I had to go sugar free for the only successful diet I ever did because of a lack of control around sugar. I needed oatmeal for my diet to work but knew if I didn't add some savory flavors I would add sugar... anyways there's so many options u can add pretty much whatever.. the oatmeal is just a grain after all. Heres a few that I did. Ramen oatmeal throw in some chicken bullion some stir-fry veg and whatever seasoning that I felt like I might add if I was trying to recreate a Ramen packet. Or add some salsa and a boiled egg or piece of chicken maybe some alvacado. Oh also ham biscuits just roll out a biscuit real thin and pile in chopped ham and cheese. Yum
@@tamirundell8392is absolutely right but if u want to cut the cholesterol so you can enjoy eggs everyday. Here's my trick. For every egg and two egg whites (you know the boxes if egg white u can pick up by the milk.) The taste isn't very different but half the cholesterol.
Love savory oatmeal. I received meals on wheels for a month once and that's what they did , oatmeal with sausage patty and a fried egg , I make myself now and add salsa 😋 We need cholesterol that is what best feeds our brains. Eggs are safe , healthy someone took egg yolks away from us about the same time someone else wanted us to eat margarine (one ingredient away from rocket fuel) instead of butter. Follow the money. Someone else wants us to spend too much money on pharmaceuticals , and they are not compatible to our DNA they are substances that are not compatible to our bodies ,( they are alien to our bodies ) if they were they'd not be able to patent them and would not make any money 😢
Wow! GENIOUS! Thank you🙏 so much for sharing these!! And I REALLY appreciate your eating manners, keeping your mouth closed & not smackin your lips while eating👍👏👍👏👍👏👍New sub here!! 🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️
Thank You! Definitely going to try a couple of these. I made granola bars a couple of weeks ago. Couldn't believe how easy it was and loved that I could add whatever type nut I wanted the end result was a larger and thicker granola bar. exact texture as the store-bought only better and more filling.
Cassandra, u never seize to amaze me! Thk u so much for sharing ur journey and knowledge. I have quit buying cold cereals because of the ridiculous costs they have reached. To find these amazing, healthier homemade alternatives is so exciting. I can’t wait to try these ❤
I just wanted to thank you for this episode, and your channel. I love your attitude, and it opened my eyes to how "simple" things can be, not buying but creating/growing our food. I have not eaten raisin bran in over a decade, because of the garbage in it.. but I am now looking forward to trying to make that recipe and having Raisin Bran again! Thank you!! :)
These recipes are a blessing. I cant afford store bought cereal anymore, and Im very concerned about the high fructise corn syrup, sugar, gmos and other questionable ingredients anyway. But I had no idea we could make our own. Im so glad I came across your post. Thank you so much. Im looking forward to eating cereal again. I cannot wait to see these greedy price gouging companies put themselves right out of business for what they have done to us.
You’ve got my sights set on the rice crispies. I’m going to try and make rice crispy treats from scratch with this recipe. Plus make the marshmallows from scratch too. Thanks! You inspired me to try this project out!
@@joyaustin6581 I have! I failed to realize there wasn’t anything to preserve the rice crispy from getting stale so it wasn’t fresh. After I made the rice crispy treats, my husband and daughter cut them up into pieces and had it a cereal. I plan to try again and this time, make it while it’s still fresh and refrigerate the rice crispy when I’m done. I also fried my rice because I didn’t have enough salt. So that was less of a hassle to me.😊
@@kathyerb3134 yes ma’am. At the time, my rice crispy I made were stale because I put it in the pantry forgetting they don’t have preservatives in them. Freshness was all gone. If I had used them sooner, it would have been fine. Is that what you meant with your question?
I'm a huge fan of crunch 😋 so this is channel is purrrfect for me 🎉 TY so so very much for the share and the care you deliver on your channel- can't wait to see what else you have come up with.... Your a marvel and magnificent for the dedication of your efforts and sharing them to help others that have specialized dietary needs or reasons to go home-made rather than commercial 🎉🎉❤ keep up the great work you are appreciated 👍🏿 😊 🎉
Well. This was enlightening! Never considered cereals except for granola. Now this will add to my repertoire! My go to cereal at the moment is a high protein one called Premium I think. I'll have to look at the ingredients to see what I can do to make a homemade version higher protein. Maybe you could venture down that avenue for us :)
Thank you for these recipes Cassandra! I am excited to try your puffed rice and the grape nuts recipes. I especially love the fact that no oil is needed for the rice puffs, making them a much better option. Have you tried making puffed quinoa this way by any chance? I suppose it might be difficult separating the quinoa from the salt though so maybe it would not work so easily? Your raisin bran looked heavenly and I loved the idea of having the flakes thicker to get a little chew in them also. I always hated the raisins in the boxed cereal, am just not a fan of raisins and picked them out. I love craisins though and that sounds like a perfect addition. I love the unsweetened craisins especially and can see how that would work well with the bran flakes. I have made cornflakes for years, but never tried it with tortillas, just with cornmeal dough. I use my pasta machine to roll out the dough as I like it as thin as it can possibly be and it is faster for me than rolling as I am in a wheelchair and don’t have the power to do the rolling of the dough long enough. Again thank you for sharing the recipes and tutorials. And I love your no waste attitude in general but especially with the bread crusts! I always dehydrate the the crusts, grind them down into breadcrumbs with my chosen herbs and a bit of garlic and onion powder to stuff my artichokes with, to crumb things with, stuff mushrooms or just bread them, etc. I always cut the crusts off the bread when making my croutons. My mother always did it and I just did without questioning it. That stops now lol.
Wow! I think this is one of the best videos I’ve ever watched! I don’t eat a lot of cereal because of the lack of nutrition and flavor, not to mention cost. I want to try these and hopefully make something that my grand children will like. Thanks so much for this recipe! Blessings!❤
Cassandra:) Your video came on my feed! I was just at Rainbow 🌈 Foods (it's a grocery outlet) and I had 2 boxes of expensive (magic spoon) cereal in my hands, I look at the ingredients, nope! Put them back. That was yesterday and today, here we are!! Thank you! I am extremely excited to try these.
I wish we had the yootoobs when I was a nugget. My family struggled with money and if I had known this I would have been able to help. I totally relate to liking homemade more than store bought. I worked as a porter for 5 years. I made a batch of flapjacks every week. Sugar, fat, and carbs. Fast, medium, and slow release energy. I used to really enjoy those Cadbury's chocolate topped flapjacks... now when I eat them I can taste the lack of quality. My flapjacks are vastly superior.
I love the idea of craisin bran! I’ve preferred those to raisins for years. And thank you for including some “kid” cereals in there. My kids love cereal, but the mom guilt for letting them have that box is so real with the bioengineered ingredients. I’m very tempted to try making that Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but maybe try adapting for using the crusts. My kids always want me to cut them off of the homemade bread they love, and I’m currently having to be GF for awhile so I can’t use them in the French toast casserole I used to make for myself. I’m sure they would also want to know how the puffed rice is in krispie treats. 😂
I have missed cereal SO much!!! I actually stopped buying it years ago because of the BHT (which is terrible for us) and pesticides they spray. Totally making these for our family of 10.
Cassandra, you’re timing is perfect!!!! I canned SOOOOO much squash this year and we love to use it in casseroles. My problem is the topping, our go to has always been Corn Flakes cereal. But I hate to buy became of all the hazardous ingredients. So this video was right on time to solve my dilemma. Also can’t wait to try those raisin beans, because its always been my favorite cereal, but refuse to buy. Now how about coming up with a healthy version of Apple Jacks.😂 Thank you for always inspiring us to do better. ❤
Another alternative for topping squash casserole is finely crumbled home made english muffins (or favorite home made bread) toasted in a pan with with butter and finished with finely grated parmesan or other aged hard cheese.
Girl, this is why I ONLY buy BOGO cereal deals and/or buy them at Aldi or Dollar Tree! Last nite I found a FAMILY SIZE of Pumpkin flavored Cheerios at Dollar Tree for $1.25! I also use plain cereals that I add raisins, nuts and cinnamon to...have been doing this for yrs..but I LOVE your recipe ideas! I've been making my own homemade, "made up as I go along" granola recipes for many yrs..
1st. Thank you for sharing this valuable information. Great content as always. I must say that I am truly grateful for you and all that you do. You have taught me so much and have inspired me to find ways not to be so dependent on the grocery stores. Also trying to figure out how to get the chemicals out of my food is difficult on your own. But with you by my side I know I can do it ❤
Hi, Cassandra. This is an absolutely awesome video. Wow! I'm going to do this for sure. Thank you for all of the thought and hard work you put in to these videos. Do you freeze dry your own fruits and vegis as well? Thanks.
Love this!!! Some of These will be great to make my OWN KETO/ Gluten Free CERIAL, that stuff is EXPENSIVE!!! Thank You so much!!! When you make the cornflakes do you actually dehydrate them in dehydrater, or are you just using the racks to cool them so theyll be crisp?
I've recently been obsessed with homemade cereal, and then I saw this video! Yes, yes, yes! Your best video yet! (And you've had some darn good ones 😊)
Here's the link to the recipes: becomingafarmgirl.com/make-your-own-homemade-cereal-5-recipes-youll-love/
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What are examples of "thick" rice?
Have you ever tried the tortilla press on the Bran Flake dough? I bet it would make a nice thin flake.
Whoa! Cassandra makes her own cereal too? She is literally on another level of homemaking and homesteading.
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😂❤❤❤I think I shared this 5 time already, Cassandra!
Absolutely!
Girl! This video totally floored me! My boyfriend and I sat down in front of the TV (with our doughnuts) and saw your video and I told my boyfriend, "If she makes her own flakes...I'll watch it...but, I bet she BUYS the flakes and just adds raisins!" I couldn't believe you actually MADE flakes! After seeing that, I wasn't enjoying my doughnut anymore! lol See, cereal has always been such a temptation for us. We eat cereal in the morning for breakfast, after dinner as a desert, as a midnight snack, and many times as a meal. Anytime we try to start eating right, it's cereal, every time, that brings us down because it's so hard to give up! This is a game changer! I can't tell you how thankful I am to you for making this video! I told my boyfriend, "A man must know he's got a good wife if she makes her own cereal?!" And he said, "Oh yeah, I bet he brags on her to all his friends at work!" Thank you so much for sharing your cereal recipes!
Have you tried the cornflake recipe?
...I'm a bit hesitant because the first way is how I make tostadas and chips, can't imagine it tasting like corn flakes.
Okay curious minds want to know.... did you actually make any of these cereals or just watch the video while you ate the donuts?
I'm watching this because of your comment!
There's something so alluring and comforting about cereal 😩❤ I'm with you on that. (I haven't had cereal in months tho- can't afford it lmao)
@@hcure4003Cereal is one of the cheapest things to eat for me, bran flakes are like £1.20 a kilo (Aldi) so a medium sized/75g bowl is like £0.10, plus a cup of soya milk which is £0.12. That with a bit of sugar and it comes out to
0:00 start
1:47 Raisin Bran
6:25 Grape Nuts
11:03 introduction
11:21 Rice Krispies
13:13 recipe notes - costs
14:12 recipe tips
17:39 Corn Flakes
18:59 homemade corn tortillas
22:27 Cinnamon Toast Crunch
You're welcome. :)
Thank you! Truly! I appreciate this!!
😆😆 You're goood 😁❤
@@BecomingaFarmGirl you should be able to copy the text and paste it into your description and YT will add chapters automatically.
(If you can't copy text from YT, I sometimes (on Android) take a screenshot, then use Google Lens to OCR the text out of the image. THEN you can copy it. Lol. Technology.)
@@BecomingaFarmGirl oh and THANK YOU for making this amazing video!!!!!!
Thank you ❤
Just found this video and channel. I do have a tip for cornflakes. Use masa flour with a pinch of salt and enough water to make as a thin pancake/crepe batter. Pour into a jelly roll pan and bake at 350*F for about 30 minutes or until cooked through and dry. Remove and cool. Break into flake. Note if you want them sweet. Add a little of your favorite sweetener to the batter mix before baking.
Yeah, I felt like hers were just corn chips
Why WHY have I never thought of this! I have avoided buying cereal for so long 😩 because I don't want my kids having those yuk chemicals in their little bodies. I'm so doing this. Thank you!
Exactly
I have thought about it but couldn't figure it out. So grateful.
I avoided it because of the huge costs. ($6 for a standard size box where I am, sales barely help.)
I suppose I could technically use the flake recipes with some chocolate to make a mock special K cereal. Hmmm...
Great job & U look young health y &Smat🙏❤️🥸😇🦍✌️🐝👌🧚♀️
You should still avoid cereal because a breakfast of carbs, mixed with more carbs(sugar), and milk is still not a good breakfast.
As a mexican, I don't think the totopos are close to Corn Flakes. I bet Corn Flakes are made with sweet corn, while corn flour is made with white corn, which is what we consume here in Mexico (white corn is used in the USA as animal feed). I wonder if there is corn flour made out of sweet corn... Venezuelans use a different kind of corn flower known as "Harina Pan" (don't ask), which is quite yellowish; they use it for their arepas. I still see your recipe for alt-corn flakes worth a try. I loved your tortilla press, we use them all the time over here, and the design hasn't changed for a long time, probably a century! The really vintage ones are made out of wood. Here's an idea: instead of making a tortilla, what about adding more water to the mix and make a kind of corn creppe, then fry that? Finally the one that really surprised me was the puffed rice... man, what a money grab are Rice Krispes... I have removed "cereals" from my diet for some time now, but I may try some of these ideas just for fun. Amazing video, congrats.
It’s so funny that we have basically been bamboozled into buying store bought stuff that isn’t healthy for us. Who knew that making cereal was so easy! Thank you for this video! ❤❤
I'm so excited to try this but pissed that our country has allowed us to eat this for decades. Welp! We know now, we don't have any excuses, we just need to create the time to do better for ourselves.
@@appetizerssushi7121 who allowed us to eat garbage for food? We have chosen to eat garbage. Nobody can force you to do anything except pay taxes. America is the only country whose government allows food manufacturers to poison its citizens and nobody says a word nor do we stop buying it. America is a nation of consumers and that is not a good thing. America is the fattest nation on the planet not because we purposely eat too much but because we are malnourished so we continue to eat because our bodies are starving to death.
Kellogs has a business school. They understand marketing
Do you think making food with that much sugar is healthy?
@@Sean420-h9k when you make it yourself you control how much sugar you use.
Am I the only one marveled at the rice Krispy one?? I had no idea that'd how it was done
You have just saved our family a ton of money!!!!!!!!!!! Our grandson who has Autism is a very, very picky eater and cereal is his favorite breakfast meals. I really believe he is going to love helping make his own version of cinnamon toast crunch. Thank you from every part of my heart for sharing your awesome homemaking skills with us.
Bringing your grandson into the kitchen to help make something he enjoys is such a lovely idea! Food really is the way to the heart. Best to you and your family
Same I have two autistic children at home and food is a challenge. This will change the game. If no one has told you today that you are doing a fantastic job as a Grandma I will.. much ❤
I hope the homemade cereal worked for him. Sometimes the texture change between store bought and homemade will be too much of a difference for people on the spectrum, but hopefully it ended up being a good safe food.
That’s awesome 🥣
Every once in a while, TH-cam gets something right. This was the first time your channel has been recommended to me and I will definitely be watching more.
Thanks a bunch Cassandra. I hope it’s not too late to give a comment, but I tried the grape nut’s recipe today. It turned out really good, but I wanted to share a couple of things. 1) I don’t recommend using quick steel cut oats - use regular steel cut. The quick steel cut oats turned to mush after soaking and it literally took 2 times as long to cook/dry. The yield was also lower at 3 cups instead of 4. 2) I stumbled across maple sugar (not syrup), and gave it a try. Only 4 tablespoons were needed, and was more than sweet enough. For those trying to cut down on glucose, maple sugar has only 3 grams of sugar per teaspoon. Much lower than table (4.2), honey (6 grams), and syrup (5 grams).
Love these notes, thank you for sharing. If you come across it, date sugar is also worth a go. It is simply dehydrated dates that have been ground down to granulated sugar size pieces. While it can be used spoon for spoon like sugar, I find I need less to get the sweetness satisfaction. It has a caramel sweetness note and is also more healthy than sugar as well as providing. I am working on trying to make my own as it is so expensive where I live in Scotland. We have lots of oats here, and grape nuts are not sold here, so I am looking forward to making them and will use your notes alongside Cassandra’s recipe.
I grew up in Vermont where maple syrup flows through our veins. If you have easy access to real maple syrup, making your own maple sugar is quite easy, especially if you have a dehydrator as it makes the process so much quicker. We had our own sugar shack when I was growing up, tapped our own trees, etc. Birch syrup, made the same way maple syrup is made (by boiling down the fresh sap) is also delicious. My favorite childhood memory was when the adults were making the syrup, we would enjoy having “sugar on snow”, getting bowls of fresh clean snow and drizzling the freshly boiled syrup into over the snow, then using tooth picks or ice cream sticks to twirl the quickly cooled syrup “candy” onto it to eat. Pure heaven. Of course then we were wound for sound with all the sugar, so we would go sledding or build snow forts, have snowball fights, etc. While I have family all over the US, most still live in VT and I am lucky enough to get home once a year where they always have a gallon or two of liquid gold waiting for us to bring back. We ran out during covid lockdown and that was when I discovered fig syrup and fig sugar. It is a great sweetener without being just nutritionally empty calories.
If I'm not much mistaken, though, Honey is 20 times sweeter than regular refined sugar, at least, that's what I heard at one point. So, if you only need a tiny bit, you could get away with using half, just water it down, maybe. Also, I heard that Coconut sugar doesn't spike the glycemic index the way that regular sugar does. I use coconut sugar in all my baking now because my husband is hypoglycemic and my mom was just recently diagnosed as borderline pre-diabetic. So far, no issues since using the coconut sugar, as long as mom doesn't get into the moonpies and other sweets that she loves. And how about stevia leaves. You could use that, and not have too many problems. Just thinking about possibilities.
Do you have a recipe for Kellogg’s vanilla almond flakes….my favorite but I rarely buy it as the sugars are too high 🥲
Thank you!!!
Hmm I don't think she recommended *quick* steel cut, just steel cut oats
Okay. I just started my second batch, and have doubled it! That’s right…Two of my large cookie sheets in my oven, right now, wafting out the most amazing scent of home made grape nuts! I made my first batch yesterday, but my honey and I have eaten it, already 😂. Yes, lunch and dinner!
Gluten tears me up, but this nummy? Oooooh! Thank you for sharing your recipes!
Rice krispies is next on my to do list.
God bless you! Jesus is King 👑
I never knew making homemade cereal was so easy. I stopped buying cereal years ago because of the price and the fact that half of the bag is just air. Thank you for this video I will definitely make my own cereal from now on.
As a person who was once addicted to cereal and still struggle to avoid it till that day, this video made me shed a few tears 😭🙌🏾 THANK YOU
I have forgotten about homemade cereals! I use to make a corn flake cereal for my kids to bulk them up. They were an emergency kinship placement with me because I grew up with their mom. They were “failure to thrive” and half the size they should be. I used the cereal as a vehicle for a flavored milk that I bought at a local farm.
I didn’t make the corn flakes from tortillas. Just a tortilla type dough and I rolled it out super thin and dehydrated it. Sometimes I’d flavor it with cinnamon.
I so enjoy your videos, Cassandra! Thank you so much for your teachings! ❤
I make my cornflakes like you do. Because I am in a wheelchair and my counters are too high and I do not have the strength to keep rolling with a pin, I use my pasta machine to roll the dough out super, super thin. It works so well and is much faster for me to do at the kitchen table. I make up several batches of the dough at one time and freeze for later use so I don’t need to do quite as much work when it is time to make more.
Kate, what a kind hearted and loving woman you are, taking in children who are failing to thrive at home. The world needs so many more people like you! ❤️
@@shelleysmith4017 thank you so much! Sometimes there is no “no” answer. I had known them all their little lives. I knew there was a lot wrong in their bio-house but I didn’t know how much until I had to undo and reraise them in an effort for them to grow physically, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. It wasn’t easy at all and I often wondered why I was doing it but I never considered giving up on them and having them get lost in the system. I adopted all three once the parents rights were terminated and their status changed to adoption. They were teens at that time and most likely wouldn’t have been adopted.
So it's just the straight dough, rolled then dried? It doesn't need frying or cooking in any way?
@@Kayenne54 I'd like to know this, too.
Thank you for the grapenuts alternative! I used to LOVE putting grapenuts in my yogurt but now can't eat wheat. I am over here doing my happy dance as I now have an alternative. THANK YOU!
This is about the "corn flakes": ages ago, when I was first introduced to my biological paternal family, one of my favorite places to visit was my uncle's farm in El Salvador (almost the entire paternal side of the family lived there) because he had all sorts of interesting and beautiful, to me, things growing on it. From livestock to plants, familiar and not so much. And he would take the time to tell me about ALL of it. And I was absorbing all he was willing to share!
One of the things his wife, my aunt, cooked for us that I was just reminded about was a sort of corn tortilla but it was made with corn that wasn't quite dried yet, but wasn't young either. When it was cut off the cob it still had some "cream" but it ended up looking like batter with mostly intact kernels in it. The half pancake/half tortilla was poured into a small sheet of banana leaf, then that was folded in half, and all of it toasted on a large clay "comal" (think round baking sheet, slightly convex) placed over a wood fire for breakfast, and served with a bowl of fresh milk, still foamy from the cow. I was taught to break it up and put the pieces in the milk, then add a few grains of the real sea salt most commonly used by those who are more penny conscious, since it's cheaper than ground up salt that can be used in a salt shaker (just a curious bit of info for those interested).
It was so delicious! The corn "pancake" was a bit sweet, but the salt made it interesting. The banana leaf piece was discarded, but it added a certain amount of grassy undertones (that in retrospect I can identify), that the milk would also have because his cattle were allowed to graze on pasture all day.
Eating at his place was always lovely! ❤
Wow, that sounds like a great memory. Thanks for sharing =)
Sounds yummy
In my country (Brazil) is not common to eat cereals, but as flashback of my childhood I remember my mom buying corn flour at the market (literally corn flour, natural and whiteout chimicals) and add milk with a little bit of sugar or honey in a bowl as our afternoon snacks. It's exactly the same as corn flakes but with the different of being natural.
If anyone has a Brazilian market close, or any Latin America market around, try to find it out and test it.... Simply delicious.
Your body will thank you later for having this natural substitute.
We did the same thing in the Southern US with corn meal. It was like a cereal and we would add milk or cinnamon.
This is very impressive! I don't think I've ever seen anyone make homemade cold cereal before (other than granola of course). Fascinating and creative!!
Awww, thank you. Homemade cereal isn't as complicated as it looks, and for the price you pay at the store, its totally worth it!
@@BecomingaFarmGirl please share where we may purchase quality ingredients to replicate the cereals you made. Thanks much
In case you didn’t know there are only 6 companies that monopolizing the food industry and they are charging us all more per ounce than before the pandemic, why “profit”. They are using the excuse that everything went up when that’s a bunch of lies. You’ve noticed it, but you didn’t know why. Now we know and I support you teaching folks how to make their own. 😎👍🏼
Omg! You keep raising the bar! I avoid cereal and never thought to try making it myself!! Thank you!!
I’ve looked for home made cereal recipes online and they were all so complicated and were basically fancy granola. I love the simplicity of these recipes. Can’t wait to give them a try.
All I can say is GOD BLESS YOU! These videos are Gold! I am a Nigerian Mum on a Gluten Dairy Sugar free lifestyle with my family and this is very timely for me. I have subscribed already❤❤❤ armed with these sorts of information, my kids won't feel like they are missing out on anything and thankfully Hubby is supportive. Blessings ❤
I am Nigerian too. Honestly this video is a blessing. Fruit and Fibre is now about 5k in my supermarket
@@tamaraposibithe only issue is getting these ingredients in Nigeria especially the bran may cost more in Nigeria.
You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you.And then you meet that one person and your life is changed. Forever.
Cassandra!!!!! Made bran cereal this morning. All I can say is Gurl……..thank you. I love it. It’s yummy, crispy and doesn’t get soggy in milk. 🤤😋
Oh my goodness. I needed this site. I have had diabetes for 40 years. I pretty much have given up cereal because the is so much sugar my sugar always spikes and then when it comes down even lower then it was before I ate. Then I am on this eat-don't eat roller coaster. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and healthy options. Bless you.
don’t have diabetes but also had to give up breakfast cereal because it left me with a midmorning low where I could not even work!!
100% maple syrup does not spike blood sugar and is a good sugar substitute.
@@divinelyguided3467 thank you.
@kimd.4100 You're welcome. After asking the Most High to heal me of the sugar issues, He showed me the maple leaf in a vision. It has healing properties.
@@divinelyguided3467 Our Lord is always there.
Gosh, I haven't eaten boxed cereals in so many years. I usually just make whole oat groats, granola, or regular oatmeal.
I wonder how the puffed rice would be to make homemade rice Krispy treats? Maybe make the marshmallows from scratch. I would love to see you make a video on that. 😉 love your videos!!
Hello friend! I’ve made homemade rice krispy treats using my home puffed rice and I prefer them so much better because it doesn’t taste like straight up sugar (store krispy treats have so much added sugar). I think if you’re the kind of person that would appreciate a less sweet treat, you’d love swapping store bought with your homemade!
@BecomingaFarmGirl yes! That is exactly why I don't eat store bought cereals. Too much sugar and chemicals, definitely a no-go for me.
Love to try to make the candy bar with rice crispys! ☺️
i just found you by accident and I’m so glad I did, you have helped me so much!! Thank you so much!!
@@BecomingaFarmGirldo you have a video on this?
i don't eat much cereal, but do crave it occasionally...and am trying to go as unprocessed as possible... so this is great! Awesome to see more young Black Folks getting back to basics! Hope your Channel and Blog helps get you a small-hold Homestead!
Just a thought but what about using the pasta attachment to roll the dough thinner then drying it?? Not sure I’d like a thicker flake.
That is genius!!!
You had me until the corn flakes. I kept thinking “isn’t this just broken tortilla chips?” 😂. But seriously these recipes sound amazing. I can’t wait to try the Raisin Bran and grape nuts recipes! Thank you!
The whole story behind corn flakes was that W. Kellogg had a brother who was a tyrant who wouldn't allow sugar in the house. That's why corn flakes have sugar in them. It's a feature, not a bug.
I literally said the same thing 😅 🌮 I lost it!! 😭
Max Miller did one on corn flakes. It was designed to be soaked corn rolled through rollers originally.
@@winterrose8174 I saw that! I haven’t watched it yet.
How did you learn all this wonderful cooking knowledge? This will or is a wonderful gift for us at this scary time of needing healthy ingredients. Make me want to cry its so helpful. Many blessing! For your sweet mom too.
This definitely takes longer but I think it is worth the process, especially for those who love eating cereal. I used to be one but found out a lot of store brought cereals contain BHT which is a flavor ingredient that can disrupt the hormonal reproductive system and it is also a carcinogen and we all know what that can cause. So yeah, many people who prefer store brought over homemade, good luck.
Bless-fully my husband and I have a cereal eating baby and when he stops asking for certain cereals or say no they are nasty then we know he is on to something. He has now stopped asking for store brought cereal period.
Girl you are amazing. I LOVE your videos. And not just these, with great information, cadence, rhythm, and style. The vulnerable ones too, with less production value and all the raw emotion. I am so glad I found you. Keep up the amazing work!
Oh my holly golly gose. I stopped buying my cereal due to the price hikes. What a fantastic Vedio. You are the angel sent to rescue us all.
Wow, never heard of making cereal other than granola! You have given me some really good ideas! Thanks
Never thought about making my own cereal. With myself and 4 kids who like it, this is a no brainer. We usually don’t buy any but when we do, it’s the bag cereal not the box. You just get more. But I found the directions you put in the description box and think I’ll make some with the kid’s help. You’re an amazing woman.
With some much seeming like it has bioengineered ingredients I’m definitely going to be making. I know my 7 year old will be so excited to help me in the kitchen with this, my boys might even join in for these! Thank you so much.
Girl! You're speaking my language! I used to make all of our "cereal", for years. Life for in the way, and I got out of the habit, and we don't actually eat cereal since I don't make it. I just stumbled across your video today. I make most everything from scratch..sourdough breads, granola, granola bars, baked goods, meals, tortillas, breakfast sausage... you name it. Thank you for the reminder and the great ideas!
This is game changing! I never ever thought about making my own cereal. My husband used to love raisin bran and we stopped buying it because of the ingredients. I will definitely be trying to make it for him. Thank you Cassandra for always bringing exciting recipes for us to try! My dad found your channel on his own and we have been texting back and forth talking about making our own fermented condiments from your e-recipe book. Looking forward to leaning more stuff from you!
Wow, had a bad day at the office earlier, couldn't sleep and came across this video. This is amazing, shared with my sorors, subscribed.
This is your best video yet!!! You are so creative, helpful, energetic and wise! Thanks so much for sharing your cereal recipes. (The puffed rice recipe literally made my jaw drop--I had no idea that was even possible at home). Thank you, friend!!!
My husband absolutely loves Basic 4 cereal. With these tips, I feel confident I can make it pretty easily.
Hey farm girl , simply brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing. We live in Northern California and those brands you made are 6-8 dollars a box . Your family is lucky to have a mom like you
Omgosh! Cassandra, i was up bing watching your channel last night. You are teaching this senior citizen SO DANG MUCH! and raisin bran!!!!❤❤❤, it's my favorite! Thank you.
Thank you for saying hello, Lisa! Thank you for joining me in my kitchen. I’m happy to share what I’m learning because it truly makes a difference!
You are amazing! Those cereals look so delicious! And less expensive. Yesterday hubby and I went to the store, and couldn't believe the "sale" price on a family size box of cereal. Regular price was near $7!!!
And your recipes are MUCH HEALTHIER! Did you know that some brightly colored cereals use trisodium phosphate, aka TSP... commonly known as PAINT THINNER!! I'm definitely going to make my own for now on!
Thank you so very much for sharing your time and talent with us ❤
Dose makes the poison, but I just read up on TSP and it is some nasty stuff indeed. I will keep an eye out for trisodium phosphate and it's other label E339. Thanks for the heads up!
I haven't bought boxed cereal in well over a decade, except for chex as part of other recipes. In my mind, boxed cereal is a waste of money and a butt ton of sugar. I love your recipes! I am excited to try these! 😊
I never knew you could make your own cereal. How awesome! Your 's is much healthier. A for sure need to try. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Cassandra! You could also make the cinnamon cereal with your own home made gluten free bread! 😊
The boxes have remained the same yet the contents have been shrinking inside for a while now. It is deceptive. Basically a lie. I am trying to eat healthier and get away from processed foods so I plan to make more of my own foods, like cereal. YT must have read my thoughts because your video was suggested this morning.
LOVE the rice crispies! I had no idea it was so easy! Up till now I have used a mill to grind up grain and have a sort of hot cereal for breakfast. Thanks for these tips!!!
I love this! I mill my own flour and sometimes I sift out the bran. Now I know what to do with it instead of throwing it away! Thank you! This is genius!
@katharvey7324, would you please explain the process, I know about wheatberries & to grind them but not much else, plus you mentioned sifting out the bran? What mill do you use also? Thankyou
My friend in the UK asks, since the US grows so much grain, why are the bread & cereal prices so outrageous! Much cheaper in the UK which produces nowhere near that amount
I’m a bowl of organic oatmeal in the morning girl. I add dehydrated apples, Craisins and brown sugar. But if I still ate cereal, these would definitely be on my “make homemade” list! I want to get rid of as many “extra non-food” ingredients as I can! Thanks for sharing!
THANKS YOU. I truly enjoy and appreciate watching another person of color giving positive and good information on youtube. Because it's too many of us on social media and TH-cam making a fool of themselves. And not enough sharing positive wisdom
Wow Cassandra! You really took me to school with this one!! I appreciate all the work you have put into this video in order to help us not only save money, but, to also eat better! You are truly the best.
Love that you compared a box of cereal to the price of meat. So many people complain about the price of meat or eggs, yet they seem to have no problem buying over priced cereal, chips and candy bars. Thank you for showing us how easy homemade cereal can be! Your content is life changing!!
You always give me ideas I never thought about, going off of your videos I just know that you were an amazing teacher I would have loved to have.
Thank you so much for these DIY recipes!! I love Grape-Nuts. In Jamaica we add it to vanilla ice cream 🍨
I can now have it at home with organic ingredients & without the GMO/Bio Engendered stuff!! 💚✨🌿🎊
Love your versions and am going to try this! Also another value add from making your cereal is that you don't have all of the chemicals that companies add to their products!
Bonus - your food is not touching the plastic bag inside the cardboard box - one less source of poison to ingest - thanks for sharing ! I am inspired now to do this !
I incorporate Grape nuts into my fruit smoothies and oatmeal for extra fiber and substance. I've been looking for an alternative because one box of this Cereal is nearly $6. Thank you so much for this video.
Thank you for demystifying cereal recipes. I'm really amazed how easy they are to make. Thanks 😊!
WOW homemade cereal. My dad used to get up in the middle of the night and have a bowl of cereal. It was not a cereal bowl but a large mixing bowl. One box meant 3/4 of it was gone in one serving.
Omg so grateful to TH-cam for recommending your video to me Cassandra! This is the first time I've ever seen anyone make raisin bran and grape nuts and I definitely will be trying out these recipes! You gained a new subscriber today! Amazing.❤
I'm going to try the homemade grapenuts. I used to be the only person in the house to eat them growing up. I still love them on a good vanilla ice cream
I’m not a granola fan. Certainly not premade. But flakes? That’s interesting! Eliminating lab chemicals and minimizing sugar is also a win!
Definitely love this idea. However, I'd wish you'd break down the prices of the ingredients used with their yield and compare them with the store bought version. You claim these are pennies, but I stopped halfway through breaking down raisin bran when I saw how expensive bran and flax is. Those 2 ingredients alone shot past the store bought (Yes for these measurements in the recipe not the bulk buy)
Still a fun idea for the kids to do with parents. Use old brown or white paper and cover up the cereal boxes. Then, let them have an afternoon decorating their personalized cereal boxes!
Maybe if you buy in bulk, the price will kinda even out or make it make sense for you
Maybe in america cause the prices are ok, just seeing from foreign sited it comes up at ~3 euros
OMG! This is sooooooo great! I'm on a sigar free diet for medical reasons, and I've been running out of breakfast options case EVERYTHING has tons of sugar in it these days! I love that I can make my own sugar free options now! Hallelujah!
Eggs are great for breakfast. The cholesterol isn't as big of a thing as some medical professionals want you to believe.
Try savory oatmeal. It's weird I know but really tasty. I had to go sugar free for the only successful diet I ever did because of a lack of control around sugar. I needed oatmeal for my diet to work but knew if I didn't add some savory flavors I would add sugar... anyways there's so many options u can add pretty much whatever.. the oatmeal is just a grain after all. Heres a few that I did. Ramen oatmeal throw in some chicken bullion some stir-fry veg and whatever seasoning that I felt like I might add if I was trying to recreate a Ramen packet. Or add some salsa and a boiled egg or piece of chicken maybe some alvacado. Oh also ham biscuits just roll out a biscuit real thin and pile in chopped ham and cheese. Yum
@@tamirundell8392is absolutely right but if u want to cut the cholesterol so you can enjoy eggs everyday. Here's my trick. For every egg and two egg whites (you know the boxes if egg white u can pick up by the milk.) The taste isn't very different but half the cholesterol.
Love savory oatmeal. I received meals on wheels for a month once and that's what they did , oatmeal with sausage patty and a fried egg , I make myself now and add salsa 😋
We need cholesterol that is what best feeds our brains. Eggs are safe , healthy someone took egg yolks away from us about the same time someone else wanted us to eat margarine (one ingredient away from rocket fuel) instead of butter.
Follow the money.
Someone else wants us to spend too much money on pharmaceuticals , and they are not compatible to our DNA they are substances that are not compatible to our bodies ,( they are alien to our bodies ) if they were they'd not be able to patent them and would not make any money 😢
If you go low carb, low sugar will be soooo much easier! Your cravings will go away 💯
Wow! GENIOUS! Thank you🙏 so much for sharing these!! And I REALLY appreciate your eating manners, keeping your mouth closed & not smackin your lips while eating👍👏👍👏👍👏👍New sub here!! 🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️
Thank You! Definitely going to try a couple of these. I made granola bars a couple of weeks ago. Couldn't believe how easy it was and loved that I could add whatever type nut I wanted the end result was a larger and thicker granola bar. exact texture as the store-bought only better and more filling.
Cassandra, u never seize to amaze me! Thk u so much for sharing ur journey and knowledge. I have quit buying cold cereals because of the ridiculous costs they have reached. To find these amazing, healthier homemade alternatives is so exciting. I can’t wait to try these ❤
I just wanted to thank you for this episode, and your channel. I love your attitude, and it opened my eyes to how "simple" things can be, not buying but creating/growing our food. I have not eaten raisin bran in over a decade, because of the garbage in it.. but I am now looking forward to trying to make that recipe and having Raisin Bran again! Thank you!! :)
These recipes are a blessing. I cant afford store bought cereal anymore, and Im very concerned about the high fructise corn syrup, sugar, gmos and other questionable ingredients anyway. But I had no idea we could make our own. Im so glad I came across your post. Thank you so much. Im looking forward to eating cereal again. I cannot wait to see these greedy price gouging companies put themselves right out of business for what they have done to us.
You’ve got my sights set on the rice crispies. I’m going to try and make rice crispy treats from scratch with this recipe. Plus make the marshmallows from scratch too. Thanks! You inspired me to try this project out!
Me too.
Have you done it?
@@joyaustin6581 I have! I failed to realize there wasn’t anything to preserve the rice crispy from getting stale so it wasn’t fresh. After I made the rice crispy treats, my husband and daughter cut them up into pieces and had it a cereal. I plan to try again and this time, make it while it’s still fresh and refrigerate the rice crispy when I’m done. I also fried my rice because I didn’t have enough salt. So that was less of a hassle to me.😊
Marshmallows are full of sugar are they not?
@@kathyerb3134 yes ma’am. At the time, my rice crispy I made were stale because I put it in the pantry forgetting they don’t have preservatives in them. Freshness was all gone. If I had used them sooner, it would have been fine.
Is that what you meant with your question?
I'm a huge fan of crunch 😋
so this is channel is purrrfect for me 🎉
TY so so very much for the share and the care you deliver on your channel- can't wait to see what else you have come up with....
Your a marvel and magnificent for the dedication of your efforts and sharing them to help others that have specialized dietary needs or reasons to go home-made rather than commercial 🎉🎉❤ keep up the great work you are appreciated 👍🏿 😊 🎉
Well. This was enlightening! Never considered cereals except for granola. Now this will add to my repertoire! My go to cereal at the moment is a high protein one called Premium I think. I'll have to look at the ingredients to see what I can do to make a homemade version higher protein. Maybe you could venture down that avenue for us :)
Thank you so so much. On germany we dont have as many cereal brands. And i Love cereals
I've seen puffed Rice cooked in sand and always wondered if it could be replicated at home. I'm going to try this.
Thank you for these recipes Cassandra! I am excited to try your puffed rice and the grape nuts recipes. I especially love the fact that no oil is needed for the rice puffs, making them a much better option. Have you tried making puffed quinoa this way by any chance? I suppose it might be difficult separating the quinoa from the salt though so maybe it would not work so easily?
Your raisin bran looked heavenly and I loved the idea of having the flakes thicker to get a little chew in them also. I always hated the raisins in the boxed cereal, am just not a fan of raisins and picked them out. I love craisins though and that sounds like a perfect addition. I love the unsweetened craisins especially and can see how that would work well with the bran flakes.
I have made cornflakes for years, but never tried it with tortillas, just with cornmeal dough. I use my pasta machine to roll out the dough as I like it as thin as it can possibly be and it is faster for me than rolling as I am in a wheelchair and don’t have the power to do the rolling of the dough long enough.
Again thank you for sharing the recipes and tutorials. And I love your no waste attitude in general but especially with the bread crusts! I always dehydrate the the crusts, grind them down into breadcrumbs with my chosen herbs and a bit of garlic and onion powder to stuff my artichokes with, to crumb things with, stuff mushrooms or just bread them, etc. I always cut the crusts off the bread when making my croutons. My mother always did it and I just did without questioning it. That stops now lol.
Wow! I think this is one of the best videos I’ve ever watched! I don’t eat a lot of cereal because of the lack of nutrition and flavor, not to mention cost. I want to try these and hopefully make something that my grand children will like. Thanks so much for this recipe! Blessings!❤
You saved the day again. I cant wait to try All of these. Help save us from ourselves. Save money, save time yeah we winning ❤
Great video!! I’m SO excited I found your channel!! Your recipes are so amazing!!!!
Thank you for sharing your recipes with us!!! ❤
I've been wondering how to make my own cereals. Brilliant, and your presentations are easy to follow.
Cassandra:)
Your video came on my feed!
I was just at Rainbow 🌈 Foods (it's a grocery outlet) and I had 2 boxes of expensive (magic spoon) cereal in my hands, I look at the ingredients, nope! Put them back.
That was yesterday and today, here we are!!
Thank you! I am extremely excited to try these.
Wow, wow, wow, absolutely love theses recipes for cereal. Thank you Cassandra ❤ I can’t wait to try theses healthier versions.
I wish we had the yootoobs when I was a nugget. My family struggled with money and if I had known this I would have been able to help.
I totally relate to liking homemade more than store bought. I worked as a porter for 5 years. I made a batch of flapjacks every week. Sugar, fat, and carbs. Fast, medium, and slow release energy. I used to really enjoy those Cadbury's chocolate topped flapjacks... now when I eat them I can taste the lack of quality. My flapjacks are vastly superior.
I love the idea of craisin bran! I’ve preferred those to raisins for years. And thank you for including some “kid” cereals in there. My kids love cereal, but the mom guilt for letting them have that box is so real with the bioengineered ingredients. I’m very tempted to try making that Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but maybe try adapting for using the crusts. My kids always want me to cut them off of the homemade bread they love, and I’m currently having to be GF for awhile so I can’t use them in the French toast casserole I used to make for myself. I’m sure they would also want to know how the puffed rice is in krispie treats. 😂
I have missed cereal SO much!!! I actually stopped buying it years ago because of the BHT (which is terrible for us) and pesticides they spray. Totally making these for our family of 10.
Cassandra, you’re timing is perfect!!!! I canned SOOOOO much squash this year and we love to use it in casseroles. My problem is the topping, our go to has always been Corn Flakes cereal. But I hate to buy became of all the hazardous ingredients. So this video was right on time to solve my dilemma. Also can’t wait to try those raisin beans, because its always been my favorite cereal, but refuse to buy. Now how about coming up with a healthy version of Apple Jacks.😂 Thank you for always inspiring us to do better. ❤
Another alternative for topping squash casserole is finely crumbled home made english muffins (or favorite home made bread) toasted in a pan with with butter and finished with finely grated parmesan or other aged hard cheese.
Girl, this is why I ONLY buy BOGO cereal deals and/or buy them at Aldi or Dollar Tree! Last nite I found a FAMILY SIZE of Pumpkin flavored Cheerios at Dollar Tree for $1.25! I also use plain cereals that I add raisins, nuts and cinnamon to...have been doing this for yrs..but I LOVE your recipe ideas! I've been making my own homemade, "made up as I go along" granola recipes for many yrs..
I just watched a video on Pintrest that made homemade Coco Puffs from nut butter and Coco and your choice of sweetener.
Please share the link
very interesting! I will have to give these a try! thanks so much!
1st. Thank you for sharing this valuable information. Great content as always. I must say that I am truly grateful for you and all that you do. You have taught me so much and have inspired me to find ways not to be so dependent on the grocery stores. Also trying to figure out how to get the chemicals out of my food is difficult on your own. But with you by my side I know I can do it ❤
I use a pasta sheeter to get very thin bran flakes when I make raisen bran.
This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing this with me. ❤😊
Hi, Cassandra. This is an absolutely awesome video. Wow! I'm going to do this for sure. Thank you for all of the thought and hard work you put in to these videos. Do you freeze dry your own fruits and vegis as well? Thanks.
How did you know I'm trying to get my family off of cereal?!?😂 Thanks so much, this is awesome! I'll give it a try.
Love this!!! Some of These will be great to make my OWN KETO/ Gluten Free CERIAL, that stuff is EXPENSIVE!!!
Thank You so much!!!
When you make the cornflakes do you actually dehydrate them in dehydrater,
or are you just using the racks to cool them so theyll be crisp?
I've recently been obsessed with homemade cereal, and then I saw this video! Yes, yes, yes! Your best video yet! (And you've had some darn good ones 😊)
50 years ago the raisin bran looked more like your homemade. Thank you for this.
I love it here already. ❤ 14:06