College Cooking: High Protein Breakfast Cereal

Table of Contents

• Ingredients
  • Sample Protein Powder and Cereal Pairings
• Recipe
• Approx Nutrition Facts

Ingredients

Serves 1

Does not matter which type of milk, cereal, or protein powder you use. However, I included some videos about how to choose good ingredients.

• Milk
  • Which type of milk is best for you? – TED Ed
• Cereal
• Protein powder
  • Dietitian reviews the best and worst protein powders – Abbey Sharp

Sample Protein Powder and Cereal Pairings

Protein Powder	Cereal
Vega Protein & Greens – Plant-Based Protein Powder (Chocolate)	Generic chocolate cereal (e.g., cocoa pebbles or Kashi)
Vega Protein & Greens – Plant-Based Protein Powder (Vanilla)	Non-chocolate cereals (e.g., Mini Wheats and rice krispies)

Recipe

1. Add milk to a bowl
2. Add 15 grams (approx 1 tablespoon) of protein powder to 1 cup of milk
3. Stir until the protein powder is dissolved. Ideally, the protein powder should be entirely dissolved.
4. Add 1 cup of cereal

Approx Nutrition Facts

	Total (1 serving)	Vega Protein Powder	Cocoa Pebbles	Almond Milk
Calories	240	60	140	40
Fats (g)	6.6	1.5	1.5	3.6
Carbs (g)	35.4	3	31	1.4
Sodium (mg)	415	150	220	45
Protein (g)	13.5	10	2	1.5