How to make regular cheerios taste good?

Mix the the unsweet cereal with the sweet one.
Have fresh or dried fruit with the cereal.
Use the cereal on top of yogurt.

I personally like the plain cheerios with salt and butter. I don't eat that much anymore. Maybe you could add different spices and make a not sweet snack out of them.

Is there a reason you are trying to cut back on sugar? I did because Diabetes and frankly I prefer the plain now. I don't think you will like plain unless you got used to sugar free all the time.

We eat our pumpkin protein pancakes with plain greek yogurt and fruit. Syrup is too sweet now.

BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »

leahraskie wrote: »

I assume you want to eat the regular ones because they are healthier than the honey nut ones... If you add sugar and honey they become a pretty decent chunk of calories compared to the other varieties. Just eat the honey nut ones.

No I want to eat the regular ones cause they have twice as much iron as the honey nut and my iron is really low. I saw a nutritionist and she wants me to eat more iron rich foods and Cheerios was on the list she gave me.

i've been eating cheerios daily as a snack with soymilk to get my iron up as well. i put cinnamon, sweet n low, & a little bit of banana in mine. if you're eating them plain without milk, shake em up with healthy kettle corn or nuts & cinnamon. i also like adding plain cheerios on top of ice cream with sugarfree chocolate syrup. i honestly dont mind their plain taste. i even like plain bland oats lol

What about making your own trail mix, like Bits and Bytes?
http://www.theblackpeppercorn.com/2013/05/homemade-bits-and-bites/

You could add other things that have good amounts of iron, like pumpkin seeds and almonds.

Then, you could maybe follow it with a vitamin C-rich smoothie or juice drink to promote absorption.

BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »

jgnatca wrote: »

Is there a reason you are trying to cut back on sugar? I did because Diabetes and frankly I prefer the plain now. I don't think you will like plain unless you got used to sugar free all the time.

We eat our pumpkin protein pancakes with plain greek yogurt and fruit. Syrup is too sweet now.

I'm not trying to cut back on sugar. I'm trying to increase my iron. Regular Cheerios have a lot more iron than Honey Nut.

It's likely the sugar you are missing. Since you are eating them dry, adding sugar doesn't seem very feasible. I'd try mixing them with chopped apple.

DC_TheDrivah1 wrote: »

If you drink a protein shake daily, add that to it instead of milk. That's what I do with my oatmeal instead of water. So I end up with chocolate oatmeal. Delucious

Totally didn't read you're entire post, you're looking to eat them dry... Yea idk.

I add cinnamon to mine.