Weetabix... how do you eat it?
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christinev297 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »I have 6 weetbix with warm milk and a tablespoon of sugar.
This was my breakfast for years
Ours don't look like the picture posted above. They're lighter in colour and a oblong shape.
6! Woah.
I've only ever eaten 2 at most.
Yep, the Aussie ones are rectangular and can't be cut in half without flakes everywhere.
haha they are so light and flaky though!
And as soon as you pour milk on them, they disappear. It's like the melt or something.
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christinev297 wrote: »Here's ours. You couldn't cut them in half, they'd fall/crumble apart.
That's them. And they're probably maybe 3 inches long.
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I prefer Oatibix, but either way it has to be very cold or warm milk for me - never room temperature.0
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It has to be hot water or milk for me, I like them warm. Warm with a little sugar or strawberry jam (jelly?).
I also like them crumbled up and sprinkled over yogurt.0 -
Weetabix wish a splash of cold milk and a sprinkling of sugar.
Has to be eaten in about 10 seconds flat while there is still a bit of crunch.
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With 1 cup of 2% milk, plus a half-handful of blueberries or raisins, with a 25g scoop of whey protein powder. Cold in the summer, hot in the winter.0
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Some people do it with Vegemite. Honey is nice too.0 -
I am totally going to try cutting them in half! Thanks for the tip!
I think the two halves could make a wonderful low calorie "ice-cream sandwich" with frozen yogurt in the middle.
I eat mine this way : Take one biscuit, put in a bowl and fill with milk until it is almost covered. Microwave on high for one minute, till it bubbles up. The biscuit falls apart, the milk warms up and and you have a delicious hot porridge really quickly, a bran version of oatmeal. I must make it again
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Ok I had two in 1/2 cup of warm milk with some honey drizzled on top. So it was partly chewy partly crispy, and yes, as good as I remembered.
Dunno about the filling factor though. I had a Greek yogurt too.0 -
either banana ones with cold milk, or plain Weetabix with butter (no milk!)0
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I used to pour hot water on it as a kid, drain it off and then add a ton of sugar. I'd probably add the water still, skip the sugar, and have it with some berries. I forgot how much I enjoy Weetabix!
Like this minus the sugar. Or break them apart and add milk and a little brown sugar.0 -
Two Weetabix with enough cold milk to make the biscuits mushy, plus so much sugar that the entire thing was sparkly and crunchy! That was my daily summertime breakfast while I was growing up. Winter was Ready Brek with hot milk and just as much sugar!
BTW I was a thin kid.0 -
I put just enough milk to half-soften them, then add greek yoghurt and fruit/dried fruit on top. Nom nom.0
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As soon as they absorb the milk I cannot tolerate the texture without gagging.0
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I always used to be like that with them. I only got over my fear of soggy weetabix quite recently when I was pregnant with my eldest and addicted to the stuff.
I still prefer them with yogurt poured over them rather than milk. Milk is too wet. I love the syrup ones best with toffee yogurt on them.As soon as they absorb the milk I cannot tolerate the texture without gagging.
Can't believe that people can cut them in half. I can't get mine out of the packet without them disintegrating!
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I'm going to try with Greek yogurt next time I think!0
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I always pour milk over them put in the microwave for 1 minute and then add sugar. As a kid that's the only way I knew and when I saw my father eat weetabix with cold milk it totally blew my mind he was eating it cold lol0
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I have mine with warm milk and flavoured syrups or protein powder! mush it all together and it tastes like a dream! 0
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Ok I found my favorite way... Dry with some Greek yogurt on it (been using Oikos triple zero, going to stock up on Petite Creme from Stonyfield for that purpose now). So good, and pretty filling, all things considered.0
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I used to eat it soaked with milk as a kid... found out there are a lot of more creative ways to eat it... I bought a box today - what do you suggest I try?
I don't eat them, but my son is a soaker. Hot and cold, depending on his mood when he wakes up. I've heard they are good with yogurt and berries.
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Funny ... I just had some now. After not touching them for months.
3 Weatbix (they are only tiny ... 58 cal each) + 1 cup of low cal almond milk + a squirt of low cal maple syrup.
They were OK. I could have probably gone for 4 or 5 to be filling, but OK.0 -
Funny ... I just had some now. After not touching them for months.
3 Weatbix (they are only tiny ... 58 cal each) + 1 cup of low cal almond milk + a squirt of low cal maple syrup.
They were OK. I could have probably gone for 4 or 5 to be filling, but OK.
Yeah with the yogurt they fill me up for 2 hours or so, lol (that's with the fiber yogurt too).0 -
Funny ... I just had some now. After not touching them for months.
3 Weatbix (they are only tiny ... 58 cal each) + 1 cup of low cal almond milk + a squirt of low cal maple syrup.
They were OK. I could have probably gone for 4 or 5 to be filling, but OK.
Yeah with the yogurt they fill me up for 2 hours or so, lol (that's with the fiber yogurt too).
I actually did debate about adding yogurt ... maybe next time.
BTW - that's 58 cal for the Australian variety, I don't know if North American ones are different? From the photo early on in this thread, they look a whole lot more substantial. I went to pick one up, and it entirely crumbled. You've got to be really gentle with these Australian ones or all you've got are crumbs.
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Funny ... I just had some now. After not touching them for months.
3 Weatbix (they are only tiny ... 58 cal each) + 1 cup of low cal almond milk + a squirt of low cal maple syrup.
They were OK. I could have probably gone for 4 or 5 to be filling, but OK.
Yeah with the yogurt they fill me up for 2 hours or so, lol (that's with the fiber yogurt too).
I actually did debate about adding yogurt ... maybe next time.
BTW - that's 58 cal for the Australian variety, I don't know if North American ones are different? From the photo early on in this thread, they look a whole lot more substantial. I went to pick one up, and it entirely crumbled. You've got to be really gentle with these Australian ones or all you've got are crumbs.
No it's the same amount of calories here, but mine stay together pretty well as long as I don't try to squish them. I don't even use milk, just yogurt, so they stay crunchy.0 -
Funny ... I just had some now. After not touching them for months.
3 Weatbix (they are only tiny ... 58 cal each) + 1 cup of low cal almond milk + a squirt of low cal maple syrup.
They were OK. I could have probably gone for 4 or 5 to be filling, but OK.
Yeah with the yogurt they fill me up for 2 hours or so, lol (that's with the fiber yogurt too).
I actually did debate about adding yogurt ... maybe next time.
BTW - that's 58 cal for the Australian variety, I don't know if North American ones are different? From the photo early on in this thread, they look a whole lot more substantial. I went to pick one up, and it entirely crumbled. You've got to be really gentle with these Australian ones or all you've got are crumbs.
No it's the same amount of calories here, but mine stay together pretty well as long as I don't try to squish them. I don't even use milk, just yogurt, so they stay crunchy.
I might try that.
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That's 58 cal for the Australian variety, I don't know if North American ones are different? From the photo early on in this thread, they look a whole lot more substantial. I went to pick one up, and it entirely crumbled. You've got to be really gentle with these Australian ones or all you've got are crumbs.
Thanks to this thread, I bought a box. They're 65 calories each, and sturdy: whole wheat, barley malt extract, cane sugar, salt, iron, niacin, thiamin hydrochloride (B1). 2g each protein & fiber: http://weetabixusa.com
Edited to add I'm unexpectedly out of milk, so I ate it like a piece of toast. It dropped crumbs with every bite, but stayed in one piece.0 -
editorgrrl wrote: »That's 58 cal for the Australian variety, I don't know if North American ones are different? From the photo early on in this thread, they look a whole lot more substantial. I went to pick one up, and it entirely crumbled. You've got to be really gentle with these Australian ones or all you've got are crumbs.
Thanks to this thread, I bought a box. They're 65 calories each, and sturdy: whole wheat, barley malt extract, cane sugar, salt, iron, niacin, thiamin hydrochloride (B1). 4g each protein & fiber.
The US website has recipes for putting them in baked goods, coating fish or chicken, or topping apple crisp: http://weetabixusa.com
Thanks for the recipes! Will have a look.0 -
Funny ... I just had some now. After not touching them for months.
3 Weatbix (they are only tiny ... 58 cal each) + 1 cup of low cal almond milk + a squirt of low cal maple syrup.
They were OK. I could have probably gone for 4 or 5 to be filling, but OK.
I'm telling ya woman... Go 6 or go home
I don't know if I mentioned it, but my 5" nothing 75 year old skinny little mum has 6 every morning, has done for years.
And yeah, the American version looks a lot more dense than our crumbly ones.
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editorgrrl wrote: »That's 58 cal for the Australian variety, I don't know if North American ones are different? From the photo early on in this thread, they look a whole lot more substantial. I went to pick one up, and it entirely crumbled. You've got to be really gentle with these Australian ones or all you've got are crumbs.
Thanks to this thread, I bought a box. They're 65 calories each, and sturdy: whole wheat, barley malt extract, cane sugar, salt, iron, niacin, thiamin hydrochloride (B1). 2g each protein & fiber: http://weetabixusa.com
Edited to add I'm unexpectedly out of milk, so I ate it like a piece of toast. It dropped crumbs with every bite, but stayed in one piece.
Ours are as though you got a bunch of bran flakes and pressed them together while they were wet. Then when they dry, and you go to pick them up, flakes drop off everywhere. Ours are flaky.
They look like this ... and those are maybe 10 cm long.
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