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You can make any flavor of cereal you want... as long as it's oatmeal.
Can you not find corn flakes and others in your neighborhood? (Not sarcastic)
FYI Pumpkin spice is pumpkin pie spice.
Most "pumpkin spice" flavored things contain 0 pumpkin. And pumpkin doesn't exactly have a particularly strong flavor on its own. The flavor people tend to associate with pumpkin are the spices you typically add to pumpkin pie.
And it's basically just a blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, and sometimes allspice.
Pumpkin has a strong and disgusting flavor which must be masked with spices to make it edible.
I through pumpkins had an intrinsic taste people like.
I don't mind the pumpkin pie spice blend. I meantion lattes, but I'll add it to chocolate milk, cornbread, and teas. I only use honey or maple syrup as sweetener so it tastes like I'm eating a delicious tree
Pumpkin does very much have it's own flavor but they don't tend to add it to pumpkin spice products.
It is amazing in oats though, if you're cooking on the stove, put the dry oats and about 2tbsp of pumkin puree from a can into the pot. Mix it up and toast it a little before adding your spices, then when it's fragrant, add the liquids and boil. It's a little more work but it's game changing for rustic breakfast meals.
Pumpkin does have some flavor, and it's a pretty nice one IMO, sort of sweet and earthy
But it's pretty mild, it doesn't bring a whole lot to the party compared to a lot of things you might add it to like coffee. It would probably come through a little more in something more mild like oatmeal.
In most grocery stores (at least in the US) carry cans of pumpkin puree (not to be confused with pumpkin pie filling which is usually right next to it on the shelf which has added sugar and spices) if you want to get a sense of what just straight pumpkin tastes like, or mix it into something else (it's an ok source of fiber and some vitamins, and like I said, it's tasty, just kind of mild)
I recently learned you can make cold oatmeal overnight in the fridge. This is a game changer.
How do I make fruit loops?
How do I make captain crunch flavored cereal? How do I make cereal? Ideally I’d like to make captian crunch cereal, WITH CRUNCH BERRIES, but I don’t know how
also isn’t the a post about oatmeal not cereal?
There's a broader definition of "cereal" beyond Froot Loops and Corn Flakes.
A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize.
Heat the milk up slightly separately and add the spice into that. You want the liquid flavored.
One of my favorites: oatmeal with some cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, finely-chopped walnuts, honey, and a tablespoon of chia seeds. Tastes good and it's pretty good nutritionally.
Maybe use one of those mini-whisks for coffee etc to mix up the liquid and powder before adding them to the oats.
I do the same with rice and beans and stuff. Just a little of this and a little of that and BOOM: decent meal or three!
Also, a pro tip for plain rolled oats is coffee creamer and that strawberry syrup you use for ice cream or strawberry milk. Add some granola and raisens (stuff food pantries usually give out) and you have yourself a decent breakfast.
You couldn't find pumpkin spice, so you used pumpkin spice?
You guys need to try savory oatmeal. Mix some crumbled bacon into a pot of oatmeal, some cheese, some frozen peas (do that one towards the end), or whatever sounds good to you. Sausage and/or mushroom also works great. Top with a hot sauce or crunchy chili oil or whatever, and top with a runny fried egg. Oh, and a sliced green onion if you've got one laying around. Honestly oatmeal is just a breakfast blank slate for toppings, like pizza or burgers or whatever. Get creative!
If you mix the spice with the milk before you add it to the other stuff, it should work a bit better to avoid the pockets of flavor. You’ll still want to stir the finished product, but as long as you don't give it time to separate before pouring in, should help a lot.
You can also make whatever kind of microwave popcorn you want, just get some brown paper lunch bags and loose popping corn, put about a cup of corns in the bag, fold the end over several times, and pop it like regular microwave popcorn (you’ll wanna watch the time until you get a feel for how long it takes, since the volume is different than pre-packaged) then take your seasoning of choice and either sprinkle on directly (if powder seasoning it should stick fine without help) or spray some water/drizzle some butter or oil and use that to stick on your flavors if they are bigger bits. Im a big fan of garlic and sweet onion popcorn :) and if you skip the oil, super healthy snack. I kept a jar of corns and a small spice cabinet at work so I could make it whenever, was lovely.
Word of warning: Never walk away while doing microwave popcorn in paper bags, a fire can start in a matter of 3 seconds. Stand in front of the microwave until it's done.
One thing I discovered way too late is that it's not worth it to distribute the flavour equally everywhere. Each bite giving me a different taste was the hit for me.
Miilquetoast chocolatey aftertaste is super underwhelming when compared to no chocolate for a while and then a full on gratification bite
Its weird but my wife put my breakfast sausage in the same bowl with my brown sugar and apples oatmeal. It was actually really good all together.
This is what the outcome of my first pumpkin pie spice cereal
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