ISO high fiber breakfast recipes

I am trying increase the amount of fiber in our diet. Besides eating Fiber One cereal and eating high fiber bread, does anyone have any good ideas and recipes?

Fiber supplements? Do you otherwise not consume any fiber in your regular diet? How much fiber could you possibly need?

If I remember to, I'll add some ground flaxseed into my cereal or baked muffins.

Taking a cue from Chinese/Taiwanese classmates, I don't feel constrained to eat traditionally Western foods at breakfast, and sometimes have rice with peas and carrots or other vegetables, leftover fried rice, etc. Another option is adding bell peppers and other vegetables to an omelette.

I am Irish and keep trying to like Irish (steel-cut) oatmeal, but just can't turn the corner. Lately I decided to use it in oatmeal bread recipes, and a toasted slice or two of that with some butter gives me some fiber and goes down more easily than a bowl of gummy porridge.

Bran Buds on top of yogurt (Activia makes a high fiber one). Brown rice with a fried egg, I always add some extra liquid egg white to my one egg.

Hi,

In one of Marcia Adams cookbooks, which often featuring Shaker and Amish recipes, there is a recipe for homemade grapenut cereal, which was fiberlicious.

I find if I eat enough fruits and vegetables, the need for dietary fiber is non-existent.

You can always follow my Grandparents route of lots of prunes.

Regards,

And there are consequences to overdoing the fiber intake as well (aside from the gas).

I find that Kashi Two Good Friends Cinnamon Raisin Flavor cereal
is a really yummy way to get some fiber
(it's the one in the purple box)
the only problem is that not all the stores carry it.
WAY WAY better than fiber one....

I believe the product in this clip is EXACTLY what you're looking for.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/10304/saturday-night-live-colon-blow

I like Swedish-style crispbreads and try to sub them for breads and crackers. Typically the rye ones have the most fiber, something like 2g in 3 crackers.

The real trick is getting the soluble fiber, I've found, which is where a lot of the fiber health benefits come from. We do eat oat-based cereals a lot, and I try to sneak legumes in wherever I can - adding beans to soup, adding red lentils to the noodles I'm cooking for mac and cheese, or snacking on hummos instead of cheese. I'm no doctor, but I'd guess we're doing better on fiber than most American families.

An overlooked breakfast-item: whole-grain toast or english muffins. If you really want to go there, look for the low-carb breads (though I often don't like those) I also often add flaxseeds to baked goods, pancakes, etc. Berries are also particularly good for fiber, so adding a frozen berry mix to yogurt with granola would be a good source of fiber at breakfast.

The USDA has a whole page of articles on fiber, it's health benefits, and where to find it.

I really like Bob's Red Mill Ten Grain Cereal. It cooks up much like oatmeal. I like to add a cinnimon stick and a splash of vanilla extract as it cooks. Some dried cherries or raisins also make a nice addition. I've also grown accustom to having a big salad with dinner. I like to add everything from sesame seeds to whole grain sesame sticks for texture and flavor.

Mhays wrote:I like Swedish-style crispbreads and try to sub them for breads and crackers. Typically the rye ones have the most fiber, something like 2g in 3 crackers.

The real trick is getting the soluble fiber, I've found, which is where a lot of the fiber health benefits come from. We do eat oat-based cereals a lot, and I try to sneak legumes in wherever I can - adding beans to soup, adding red lentils to the noodles I'm cooking for mac and cheese, or snacking on hummos instead of cheese. I'm no doctor, but I'd guess we're doing better on fiber than most American families.

An overlooked breakfast-item: whole-grain toast or english muffins. If you really want to go there, look for the low-carb breads (though I often don't like those) I also often add flaxseeds to baked goods, pancakes, etc. Berries are also particularly good for fiber, so adding a frozen berry mix to yogurt with granola would be a good source of fiber at breakfast.

The USDA has a whole page of articles on fiber, it's health benefits, and where to find it.

I have made banana bread with flaxseed. I think I will try it with some pancakes and french toast. I have found that low carb breads don't taste good. I like to enjoy what I am eating. We like eating oatmeal with a mix of cranberry/raisins and fresh fruit. We also eat yogurt with granola and fresh or dried fruits.

Not traditional breakfast food, but I love soup for breakfast -- Progresso Split Pea and Beef with Barley are both high fiber. High fiber bread with peanut butter or almond butter. I find that a high fiber breakfast keeps me from wanting lunch so soon.

Himself needs to increase his fiber intake for health reasons, so this evening I bought a box of Metamucil high-fiber breakfast wafers (they come in apple and cinnamon flavors). You don't want to eat them alone; you should have them with your morning tea or coffee. They're pleasant though, a good breakfast accompaniment to a morning coffee. It's been a while since I bought them since I'm not travelling much these days, but I do think it's a good idea to toss a few packets in your bag when packing to travel - nothing throws off your stomach like travel.

I'm a Kashi fan, but I eat it more for fiber and protein than for taste. It's better than Fiber One. High-fiber whole grains, 5 servings/day of fruits and veggies, lots of water and all will be good to go...

janeyb wrote:I'm a Kashi fan, but I eat it more for fiber and protein than for taste. It's better than Fiber One. High-fiber whole grains, 5 servings/day of fruits and veggies, lots of water and all will be good to go...

Which Kashi product are you talking about? I also like products made by Kashi a lot.

The only problem I have with Kashi and many other high-fiber cereal products is that they often have as much or more sugar as the day-glo kiddy cereal (GoLean Crunch has 13g of sugar for its 8g of fiber, Cracklin Oat Bran has 17.6g of sugar for 7 g of fiber. Fruit Loops has 12.5g of sugar...but of course a mere 1g of fiber) This is actually a pet peeve of mine - I know it's difficult to make fiber taste good, but 17 grams is over a tablespoon of sugar.

Mhays wrote:The only problem I have with Kashi and many other high-fiber cereal products is that they often have as much or more sugar as the day-glo kiddy cereal (GoLean Crunch has 13g of sugar for its 8g of fiber, Cracklin Oat Bran has 17.6g of sugar for 7 g of fiber. Fruit Loops has 12.5g of sugar...but of course a mere 1g of fiber) This is actually a pet peeve of mine - I know it's difficult to make fiber taste good, but 17 grams is over a tablespoon of sugar.

I actually think that Fiber One cereal with some fruit tastes pretty good. I use both fresh and dried fruits.

That's one of the good ones - I don't really like it as a cereal, but I often add it to baked goods like banana bread, etc.

Not that I'm anti-sugar, I'd just prefer it in cake and cookies - which reminds me, back when Sparky was a baby and I needed an easy, portable breakfast, I'd get the Natural Ovens Chocolate Raspberry cookies, which I really enjoyed as a breakfast treat. They're small, but each one has 4g of fiber and only 9g of sugar (if you're comparing it to a bowl of cereal - I found one cookie and coffee to be satisfying, but then I don't eat much in the morning) - and they have chocolate. 'Nuff said.

Other companies have tried to edge into the breakfast cookie market with less success, IMO.

Mhays, you are right about the sugar. And Shorty, I eat Fiber One too (mix a few tablespoons into my yogurt). I don't eat the higher sugar Kashi cereals alone. Here's is what I do (on the mornings when I'm not eating oatmeal). Kashi should love me for this.

I start out with Kashi Go Lean as my base (13 g. protein, 10 g fiber, 1 g fat and 6 g sugar.) Then I sprinkle on a little of their Honey Sunshine (6 g sugar) or Autumn Wheat (7 g sugar), maybe a small amount of one of their Crunch options. I have 4-5 types of their cereal in my cupboard, all opened because of my mix/match method. I usually top off my Kashi creation with half a banana, sliced. (in seaon, I love blueberries).

This is my "fuel" breakfast. It provides protein and fiber without too much fat or sugar. I usually eat breakfast at 6:30 in the morning. This keeps me going until lunch, which might be 1 p.m. or later, depending on my work day.

janey, this is exactly what we do with Sparky's breakfast cereal: right now we mix off-brand cheerios with off-brand berry cheerios, or bran flakes with some kind of relatively higher-sugar, more interesting flakes. Not quite as much fiber, but then he's only nine.

We had been getting Kashi Heart to Heart (their version of Cheerios, basically) 5g of sugar and 5g of fiber, but Sparky got bored with it. It's pretty good, IMO (I sometimes make banana pudding using Heart to Heart instead of vanilla wafers.)

janeyb wrote:I start out with Kashi Go Lean as my base (13 g. protein, 10 g fiber, 1 g fat and 6 g sugar.) Then I sprinkle on a little of their Honey Sunshine (6 g sugar) or Autumn Wheat (7 g sugar), maybe a small amount of one of their Crunch options. I have 4-5 types of their cereal in my cupboard, all opened because of my mix/match method. I usually top off my Kashi creation with half a banana, sliced. (in seaon, I love blueberries).

We tried Kashi Go Lean (original) today. The kids liked it. I think that it is easier to eat than Fiber One. We mixed it together with Fiber One.

Here is a recipe website which I found: EatingWell High Fiber Recipes