Cereal

Free your cereal from the bowl! These innovative ideas bring ways to use your cereal benefits that you may never have considered!

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Salmon Patties

Keep a can of salmon and rice cereal on hand and you’ll be ready to make these quick-to-fix salmon patties with a moment’s notice.

Fruit and Cereal Smoothie

Fruit, cereal and milk all blended into one delicious smoothie.

Orange-Berry Muffins

Apple Spiced Baked Oatmeal

Berry Topped French Toast

Oven-Lovin Chicken

Fall Spice Snack Dippers

Stir It Up

Amazing flavor combinations with WIC cereals and imaginative stir in ideas

Peanut Snack Mix

Parmesan Meatballs

Low-fat meatballs made with turkey and rice flake cereal

Crunchy Fish Fillets

Serve these crunchy, oven-baked fish fillets with citrus wedges, salsa or your favorite tartar sauce.

Dipped Pears

Dip slices of fall fresh pears into a creamy peanut butter dip, then roll them in rice cereal for a kid-approved snack.

Cinnamon Apple Overnight Wheats

Baked Zucchini Sticks

Baked Summer Squash Rounds

A crisp and savory Parmesan coating turns baked summer squash slices into appetizer crisps!

Quick and Easy French Toast

Use rice flake cereal to create easy french toast topped with fresh banana and strawberry

Berry Blast Overnight Wheats

Trail Mix

Jamaican Chicken Fingers with Mustard-Orange Sauce

Mangoes make a delicious accompaniment to these chicken fingers, but if they’re not in season, use fresh or canned pineapple or orange sections.

Italian Croutons

Zucchini Fritters

When your garden is bursting with zucchini, make these savory, fried fritters. Cheddar cheese and green onions add a country flavor to them.

Peanut Butter Cheesecake Dippers

Baked Tofu Sticks

Salmon Quiche

This quiche is wonderful for a weekend brunch or a family dinner. Just add a tossed salad and crusty whole grain rolls for a complete meal.

Sweet Cinnamon O’s Bars

Use up extra cereal and make your own O’s bars. With both peanut butter and honey, they make a quick and tasty homemade breakfast or snack.

Crispy Italian Eggplant

A scrumptious version of eggplant Parmesan. A crisp coating of cereal and Parmesan cheese bakes on the eggplant slices before they are served with warm marinara sauce.

Pear and Cranberry Crisp

Crunchy French Toast Sandwiches

Horchata Smoothie

We streamlined the process of making horchata—instead of soaking rice, we added rice cereal to this easy, cinnamon-flavored smoothie.

Breakfast Cereal Hacks Mix, Coat, Swap and Top

Cheesy Broccoli Bake

Carrot Cake Frosted Wheat Bowl

Can’t get enough carrot cake? Then this breakfast bowl is for you. It combines the traditional flavors in a cereal and yogurt bowl.

Crispy Peanut Chicken Wings

Black Bean Brownies with Peanut Butter

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Spicy Bean Burgers

Chili powder and onion add lots of flavor to these easy-to-make bean patties. Serve them for dinner along with picante sauce or salsa.

Dark Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie Bowl

It looks and tastes like rich, delicious chocolate pudding, but it starts with a ripe avocado and a banana.

Banana Raisin Smoothie Bowl

Smoothie in a bowl? Why not? Take bran cereal and add plain low-fat yogurt, banana, fat-free milk, peanut butter, honey and raisins

Peanut Butter Cereal Bars

Strawberry Dark Chocolate Pudding Parfaits

Baked Cheese Sticks

Baked Tuna Croquettes

This oven-baked version of tuna croquettes contains less fat, but all the flavor and crunch of traditional croquettes.

Corn Chowder with Parmesan Croutons

Individual Peach Crisps

Celebrate fresh peach season with these quick-and-easy individual desserts. Or, for a change of pace, serve them for breakfast.

Curried Turkey Meatball Wraps

Curry seasoned meatballs, sweet shredded apple and chopped peanuts are encased in whole wheat tortillas in this recipe.

Corn Flake Chilquilas

Quick breakfast made with eggs and corn flakes. Make it spicy and top with jalapeno.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Wheats

Crunchy Topped Chili-Mac Skillet

Fruit Filled Baskets

Sweet Baked Plantains

The banana-like fruits are rich in certain vitamins and minerals that contribute to good health. Plantains are available at most large grocery stores and can add new flavors and recipes to your healthy-eating plan.

Veggie Corn Fritters

Oatmeal with Apples

Tropical Overnight Wheats

Sweet Potato Rounds

Try these these crispy-coated, zesty, baked sweet potato slices. An easy mustard-yogurt dipping sauce completes the snack

Cinnamon Raisin Stuffed Apples

A hearty, cinnamon-flavored stuffing fills these tender, juicy apples. Choose apples that bake well, such as Cortland, Granny Smith, McIntosh, Jonathan, Rome Beauty, Empire, Fuji or Gala.