Superfood Cereal
By Coach Chris Newport, RDN, LDN, CISSN, EP-C
Do you want pre-race super powers?
This plant-based superfood cereal is delicious!
Packed with plant-based, nutrient-dense chia seeds, hemp seeds and buckwheat groats, this vegan, gluten-free, portable cereal delivers high quality energy as a pre-race breakfast for athletes, cyclists, triathletes, and runners.
In fact, one of my athlete’s introduced this to me. It was her “magical” pre-race breakfast that lead her to a sub 2 hour half marathon goal. Plus, it’s tasty and easy to make a big batch ahead of time (it traveled from North Carolina to FL with her), and can be adjusted to what’s in your pantry.
Here’s her photo of the raw ingredients. She used a dried berry mix and slivered almonds.
Make This Superfood Cereal Yours
In the recipe below, I used pumpkin seeds instead of almonds for the additional magnesium. Quite honestly, so long as you have your “base” of buckwheat groats, chia, and hemp, you can do whatever you’d like with it. Dates, raisins, cranberries, or dried apricots would be delicious, as would walnuts or pecans.
Experiment with your superfood cereal mix and see what kind of super powers you can produce. I bet you’ll be satisfied with the results!
Superfood Cereal
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups buckwheat groats
- 1 cup chia seeds
- .5 cup hemp seeds or hearts
- .5 cup goji berries or dried fruit of choice
- .5 cup dried apricots or dried fruit of choice
- .5 cup pumpkin seeds or nuts or seeds of choice
- water or milk of choice
- pinch salt added after preparation
- cinnamon if desired
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients (except water and salt) in a large resealable container. Store in the fridge or freezer.
- Portion out the desired serving in a microwave safe bowl, add water or milk to barely cover and allow to sit for 5 minutes so the chia seeds expand.
- Pour a little more water or milk and microwave for 1-1.5 minutes. For a softer texture, you can cook on the stove top on medium (without boiling) for about 10 minutes.
- Add a pinch of salt and any seasonings (like cinnamon and vanilla) and enjoy your super powers.
