Breakfast? what to eat?

What not to eat: boxed/packaged cereal with milk (esp not skim milk), oatmeal that comes preflavored and individually packaged, pop-tarts, freezer toaster waffles...  long list but yeah not everyone wants to make a nice breakfast scramble every morning, or an egg sandwich, or waffles.

Although with a smart phone you can do your morning twitter/fb catching up while cooking more or less and have a better start to the day.

Again, cold cereal is a great post ride recovery meal. Save that shit for then, AFTER you've had a hard workout when you need the insulin spike and the rapid loading of the blood stream.  Aka exactly what you don't want to break a fast with.  The whole recommendations can't be applied universally to all ages either, or individuals.  Genetics, epi-genetics all that play a role.

Whatever, I know.  Dead horse. Fuck it.  Point being a quick meal that you can make from scratch, a head, store in an air tight container and enjoy for a while that tastes good and frankly right now is a popular go-to when I don't make pancakes or waffles and they don't want a breakfast sandwich or omelet.

Muesli

I've bought that Swiss stuff in the box in the past, usually I'll have a bowl of that or oatmeal before a long ride or a race morning in addition to an egg sandwich or big egg and veggie scramble.

One day the girls tried it and loved it.  Oops.  All gone.

And then my oldest asked if I could make some.

Um, sure why not.

So a few iterations later I have a decent recipe that doesn't last very long.

No idea on actual measurements because I haven't done that yet.  Mixed till it looks right or so...

in a stainless omelet pan brown/toast 3-5 tablespoons of whole wheat flour
let cool (should turn a bit dark and smell toasty)

In a big bowl or gallon ziplock bag put in 2 quarts or so (use those quart bulk container things as measuring) old fashioned rolled oats (not quick cook oats)

1-2 cups of quick cook oats (for the smaller flake and oat flour)

1 cup sesame seeds
1 cup crushed almond slices (buy the sliced almonds and then just crush them by hand as you're putting them in)
1 cup raisins

3-4 tablespoons of sugar

That's it.  Mix well, serve.
Make it euro style and put the whole (raw if you can get it) milk in before you go to bed and put the bowl in the fridge.  Or make it with yogurt, or yogurt and milk.
Dice up some apples in it, or bananas, or whatever fruit you want (they should be an accent, not a significant calorie source in the meal). Cinnamon too if you want a bit more flavor.

Options: other grain flakes, or grain flours (grind up millet and buckwheat if you want) can easily go gluten free if you want, sub a different flour for the wheat.

My kids like to eat it with just a bare splash of milk, enjoying the crunch and texture of the ingredients.