Oatmeal or Cereals for breakfast? what do you prefer?

@Bebs08 (10681)
United States
March 29, 2009 8:06am CST
Since I grow up eating rice 3 times a day I don't like to eat cereals neither oatmeal for breakfast. But when I came here in US, I am trying my best to eat whatever is available in our pantry and that is cereals and oatmeal or else toast. My hubby always eat cereals only sometimes he eats oatmeal. I can't really stand eating this all the time for I feel like having an empty stomach.. What about you? what do you prefer? I really cook rice for breakfast when I feel like eating fried rice with scrambled egg in the morning.. But now, I am fine with toast and hot choco.
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@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
16 May 09
It is said cereal is very good for children. Test and survey shows that cereal helps to improve memory, which is especial important to pupils. Besides, protein and Vit C are necessary supplements to maintain good health. Going to school with empty stomach is affecting the efficiency of listening and comprehension, for sure, which is not what their parents would like to see.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
19 May 09
Oh really?? hehehe ok, we will let our kids eat cereals more often. You know, in the country where I come from? we are not eating cereal as out breakfast but for snacks... We always eat rice and that's the kids were eating too.
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• Indonesia
10 Apr 09
I eat oatmeal almost every morning for breakfast it is a very delicious and healthy meal. Add some brown sugar, milk, and fruit. Oatmeal helps to lower cholesterol. But some mornings I just feel like something different so I make granola with the oats. I also enjoy toast and eggs sometimes. Here is my recipe for granola http://notecook.com/breakfast/granola/
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
10 Apr 09
thanks for the recipe. I still preferred rice. hahaha
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
10 Apr 09
i am also not used to having cereals or oats for breakfast.we are used to having proper breakfast like eggs with sanwhiches or pancakes of rice.we usually have rice for lunch and dinner.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
10 Apr 09
yes, me too,... I grow up eating rice every meal and oatmeal nor cereals are not my fave breakfast.
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• United States
30 Mar 09
Neither of the two! hehe! I came from the Philippines, and we didn't get used to eating breakfast or cereals, that's way too light for us! lol! Yeah, in the philippines, we usually eat rice (fried rice usually), with egg, bacon or ham, and coffee, and a good conversation with your family. :)
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
31 Mar 09
Correct!!! I come fromt he Philippines that is why I don't like oatmeal or cereals, I preferred rice ( fried rice with egg..) LOL
• China
9 Apr 09
I'm so sorry that I use the Chinese way to express have oatmeal or cereal for breakfast last time I command on your discussion~ I now study in south China and I eat rice almost everyday, I'm sorry that you cann't enjoy this as I do .
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
10 Apr 09
I really miss eating rice everyday. I just have it once in a while. It's really hard to change what we usually have into things you are not used to.
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@mimiang (3760)
• Philippines
10 Apr 09
oatmeal is good
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
10 Apr 09
yeah I know but I don't like to eat that all the time. Maybe once in a while will do.
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@getnbuy (1312)
• United States
30 Mar 09
rice is a cereal. Just eat what you like! Who cares what the custom is in the US. It is your body, your taste buds, and your backgound. do what you like!
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
31 Mar 09
Ok, I agree with you.. hahaha but did you know that you don't feel good when you are the only one eating rice while others in your house hold don't? I want to eat what is set on the table but there are times that I will make my own food.. I mean my rice food.. hahaha... But I don't do it often.
@getnbuy (1312)
• United States
31 Mar 09
Well, just eat rice when you want to, then. If breakfast is set on the table for you I would eat it too. I like oatmeal ok. Mostly I eat toast and sometimes an egg. I love bacon, but it is too high in salt for my diet. I have it sometimes, though.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
30 Mar 09
I prefer cereal, though some days I may have oatmeal for breakfast. Sometimes I may have something totally different than what you listed such as a cold piece of pizza if there is any left over from the night before. This is one of my favorites, however I don't get to eat it for breakfast as often as I would like to.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
31 Mar 09
Yep, cold pizza. Sounds like we're complete opposites, at least when it comes to breakfast foods.
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
31 Mar 09
cold pizza? Oh well, so, you like cereals than oatmeal? I preferred oatmeal than cereals if I have to choose from the two.
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
30 Mar 09
I simply eat anything when I am hungry in the morning, even left overs from meals the night before. But recently, my mom has been making oatmeals and I also get to eat those. My father says its not enough for him as he gets hungry eventually when going to work. It has plenty of fiber, that's why it kind'a helps us remove toxins and for others, go to the toilet. I have also tried cereals and they feel more like snacks than breakfast for me. My nephew likes them but, we can't always have a box of cereal. Whenever we do, its mostly just for that nephew of mine. When such meals like cereal and oatmeals weren't yet what we eat during breakfast, we often bought pandesal from a local bakery and eat it with any filling that we might have like cheese, mayo or margarine.. sometimes even choco drinks like milo or ovaltine. I was the one who always went out to buy the pandesal but these days, not anymore. (^_^")
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@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
Yeah, but before, pandesal were made in such a way that even a few buns would get you full. Now-a-days, you can crumple one and you'd see that its not really enough so you end up buying more so that you can eat more. Its really something bad as plenty of people need good breakfast so that they can start the day well and most of the masses can only afford pandesal and nothing else.. (-_-")
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
8 Apr 09
OH11 pandesal, I bet yo are in the Philippines.. hahah that is the most common bread for breakfast in there. I don't like pandesal either for breakfast because I don't feel full.
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• Romania
31 Mar 09
I like cheese and fruits, also cereals, my favorite mix is with bananas and raisins. Toast is also great, even cold chicken. And coffee ! I eat a lot in the morning. By the way, rice is my favorite too, i would eat rice at any hour and cook it in different ways. Don't think I'm from China, I'm not, but compete with them ... in terms of rice. Is like my body asks for rice every day, since I was a kid, nobody in my family eats that way ... When I was little used to steal boiled rice from kitchen and eat with salt or whatever, so when my mother came to finish cooking, had to stew another pot of rice ... he he
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
8 Apr 09
Oh!! you are not from China? so where are you from? are you from the Philippines? Well, am sure you are from Asia.. Yes, most Asian people like to eat rice.. I do too.
• Romania
10 Apr 09
No, that's the point, I am not from Asia, that's why all my friends/and family are very surprised. Maybe I lived there in ... another life. For me, a day without rice is a bad day.
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
30 Mar 09
I do not like cereals. I rarely have breakfast, so I do not need to be busy preparing breakfast. I like drinking a glass of warm sweet tea for breakfast.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
7 Apr 09
Oh!! that's only your breakfast? hot green tea? I can't stand that until the next meal only tea? anyway, there are times also that I eat brunch.. breakfast and lunch all together.. but I must have rice with that.
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@sql_cell (1427)
• Indonesia
8 Apr 09
yes, only a glass of hot tea is enough for my breakfast.
@emilie2300 (1882)
• United States
29 Mar 09
I eat both but I perfer cereal with strawberries and bannanas in it. I eat oatmeal once in awhile for breakfast. I am sure its alittle differnt for you in taste some people don't like oatmeal my daughter woln't eat but her sister will. Have you tried the plain or flavored oatmeal? There may be a cereal that you might like or there may not be.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
30 Mar 09
I tried the flavored oatmeal and I like it than the plain one. I don't like cereals whatever is the brand is,
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
31 Mar 09
Oh!! I might try frosted flakes.. it sounds yummy.. I tried cherios I don't like it verymuch.. thanks for sharing..
• United States
30 Mar 09
Some people don't like cereal at all. I just thought maybe there was a certain kind you may like regardless of brand. I like cherrieos, frosted flakes, Golden graham, Cinnamon toast crunch, raisin brand, lucky charms. They have chocolate cereals peanut butter taste cereal thats all I was saying. I like the flavored oatmeal better also.
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@fasyahime (629)
• Malaysia
31 Mar 09
prefer both! depend to my mood and time..used to have when i am still studying. nowadays,i just take hot milk tea or hot chocolate only.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
8 Apr 09
well, if I have to choose hot tea and hot chocolate? I would prefer hot chocolate because I usually have that with toast for breakfast. It is easier to prepare..
• Malaysia
9 Apr 09
yeah..but hot chocolate really fast sold out in store..so,i have to do with hot tea for now..huhu..i will buy hot chocolate next week..
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@LiveLove (443)
• United States
29 Mar 09
I actually love cream of wheat but sometimes I usually just make a random scramble with mushrooms, black olives, jalapenos, eggs, teriyaki sauce, etc.. My parents never made me cold cereal for breakfast so I don't really eat it now.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 Mar 09
Oh really? what is that cream of wheat? hahaha sorry for my ignorance, I have no idea what is it but in your description, I think that is a real meal? from what country are you?
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
30 Mar 09
Oh!! hot cereal? I'll try to look for it.. Can we buy that in walmart? just curious!!!
@LiveLove (443)
• United States
29 Mar 09
Cream of wheat is just hot cereal. That's the best I got because I'm not sure what are the specific ingredients beside wheat. I want to say the I'm from the turtle continent, but for now I will just say US.
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@idowrite72 (2213)
• United States
16 May 09
I almost always eat Life Cereal and orange juice for breakfast, no matter what time I get up. Once in a while I will cook scrambled eggs with cheese or go out to breakfast, but almost always, it is the cereal and juice.
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
19 May 09
Oh!! I love scrambled eggs and toast. hehehe.. I seldom eat cereals. I preferred oatmeal than cereals.
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@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
29 Mar 09
I don't eat breakfast that often, but whenever I do, I'll eat either one, cold cereal or oatmeal. Lately I've been eating the instant oatmeal, its sugar-free maple and brown sugar oatmeal, its pretty good, I'll have a bowl of that and a couple of toast, and it gets me through the day pretty good, I don't tend to snack as much or overeat.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
30 Mar 09
I eat oatmeal also once in a while.. yea I like the flavored one.. But I love fried rive more than that.
• United States
30 Mar 09
Yeah, fried rice is good, but its starchy, and its fried, so it will turn to sugar, and for me thats not good, since I'm diabetic, for me oatmeal is healthier.
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@sanuanu (11235)
• India
30 Mar 09
No, I don't like any of those in my breakfast. I do take Gram and pulse in my breakfast. Doctors told me that this will do good for my hairs. I am loosing my hairs every day! Well, it is not done yet. I do take chapati and vegs at 1100 hrs to feed my stomach so that it doesn't remain empty LOL
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
31 Mar 09
Gram and pulse? it is my first time to hear this food. Thanks for sharing this..
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@sanuanu (11235)
• India
1 Apr 09
Not cooked but only boiled one!
@carrine (2743)
• Philippines
29 Mar 09
non of the above honestly. hehehe id prefer my share or rice for meal. LOL since im Filipino, we will die if theres no rice. joke. hahahhaa
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 Mar 09
hahaha!!1 that is what I feel when I first came here. I have no appetite for cereals nor oatmeal I am craving for rice. Even when I was in the Philippines, I don;t eat bread for breakfast for I feel that my stomach is empty.. hehehe
@carrine (2743)
• Philippines
29 Mar 09
yeah, gosh, rice is the best noh? i mean even if theres no viand on it. hahaha thats why my diet is always ruined because of rice. grrrr
@Ritchelle (3790)
• Philippines
5 Jun 09
am still in the philippines but my stomach got used to eating any form of carbohydrates when i got married (which made me think of the sacrifice my mom would do every morning to ensure we have rice).
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
10 Jun 09
Exactly right!! I am used eating rice in the morning and that with fish either friend or broiled but when I came to US, I am no longer able to have this kind of food everyday. There were only few times in a month that I can eat rice and fish. You can hardly find fresh fish here most are frozen and it doesn't taste good like what we do have in the Philippines. I am having a hard time at first, but as I go along, I was able to manage. I just eat fish in a can. Tuna is my favorite.
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@mizstress (719)
• Philippines
4 Apr 09
i like cereal more than oatmeal. i dont even like oatmeal at all!! hehehe oatmeal is not compatible with my taste. i dont even enjoy eating oatmeal cookies. if ever i have to eat oatmeal, it will take me hours before i can finish my one bowl. hehehe i preferred to put oatmeal on my face rather eat it! LOL i like cereals in every flavor there is!! i also have the habit to wait until the cereal absorbed all the milk it can absorb before i eat the cereal. i also like to eat even without milk! hehehe happy mylotting..
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
8 Apr 09
hhahaha!! you are funny!!! yes, some people use oatmeal flavor for their bodies much more on the face... yes, before, when I started to eat oatmeal, I don't like it but as the days go by, I like them more than cereals.