"What can I eat?"

On the weekends my children can go through several boxes of cereal, eating it for breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, etc, but on week days it doesn't seem to be an option. Each school day I'm asked, "What can I eat?" This week the children chose yogurt, oatmeal, chicken salad sandwiches, cheese and crackers, grapes, leftover BBQ chicken, hard-boiled eggs, oatmeal breakfast bars, peanut butter and jelly, peanut butter and fluff, Fiber One bars, etc. for their breakfast, never cereal. In an attempt to eat healthier for myself, I made a small crock pot full of wheat berries for breakfast one morning. I knew there would be leftovers so I planned on added them to the meatloaf I had planned for the following night's supper. As the kids started getting up and asking that same old question, "What can I eat?" I offered them some of my wheat berries. To my bowl I added Stevia, raisins and walnuts that I shelled myself. (These came from my father's tree.) It was delicious! I made the same combination for Ashton. Brady wouldn't settle for Stevia and had to have brown sugar, Avery and Bryson followed suit. They've had wheat berries before, but it had been awhile. Avery was the only one that bulked after the first bite, but did eat some. The other three enjoyed their bowl of wheat!

I didn't end up with near the amount of wheat berry leftovers that I intended for my meatloaf!
Crock Pot Hot Wheat Cereal

2 1/2 cups of water
1 cup wheat

Place both in the crock pot the night before, I usually do it at 10:00 pm. Cook on low through the night. By 6:00 am it's ready to eat! You can then add any, all, or none of the following: butter, honey, sugar, brown sugar, Stevia, (whatever sweetener you prefer), nuts, dates, raisins, seeds, etc.
The next morning Brady requested another large bowl of wheat! Unfortunately, I hadn't put any in the crock pot the night before so he had to settle for oatmeal. Now if I could just get myself and the rest of the family to eat healthy at every meal!