Using up breakfast cereal

Steve059

JournalGirl wrote: »

Sorry...but WHY? The crumbs at the end just go into the last bowl from the box....why would you save them...?

They go like Weetabix. Not that there's anything wrong with Weetabix. If you want Weetabix.

I've found that saving bread, cream cracker and cereal crumbs in a container in the freezer has been useful.

madmary_2

You can use the crumbs of cereal for coating fish or meat in the same way as you might coat them with breadcrumbs.

You could make a savoury crumble using some of the cereal with breadcrumbs and some crushed nuts and cheese mixed in.

Mary

torbrex

Melt some marshmallows in a pan and add the mixture including some chopped sultanas, dates, orange rind or anything else you like then spread into a shallow baking tray and allow to cool.

You can slice it into bars/biscuits as it is or top off with a layer of chocolate before slicing

K9sandFelines

I had this with crunchy nut cornflakes, we bought some value chocolate and made crispy cakes with them. Wouldn't matter if you have a mixture, would work in the same way. I'm also using up OOD chocolate Ready Brek in brownies at the moment, as DD has gone off it . Will teach me to be MS by stocking up on bogofs!

Owl

There's a recipe on here somewhere for "bottom of the cupboard" flapjacks.... Have a look, I've printed a copy and will dig it out if necessary for you...... Let me know.... (It could take me a while to find in the recipe book cupboard!!!)

LameWolf

I'd probably incorporate them into the crumble topping for a fruit crumble.

Or possibly put them out for the birds.

I do rather agree with Journalgirl in a way though - it's only me that has cereal in our house, and the tail end of the bran flakes just gets put into my bowl.

saving-grace

LameWolf wrote: »

I'd probably incorporate them into the crumble topping for a fruit crumble.

This is what I do (becauuse I don't like soggy cereal from the crumbs).
Replace up to half the flour with cereal crumbs and reduce sugar if cereal is sugary. Makes very nice crumble and a change from the usual.

pesky85

I think they'd go in my dogs' bowls

pigpen

I feed them to the rabbit or tip them into the next packet of the same cereal.

niftythrifty33

WOW loving all the replies, thanks for the ideas they're great.

Just to answer why I have saved them. There's 5 of us here so I buy a lot of cereal. If a box gets lost at the back of the cupboard, the kids say it's dry and gone off. Or sometimes I buy value cereal and no-one will touch it. I should have been clearer, it's not the dust from the bottom, its proper cereal but probably a bit stale!

Think I'll try the rocky road/flapjack type thing. If that fails then it's going to the dog