Happy National Cereal Day!

Blogger of the Day: Laurie at whisking & writing
Pubs: The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Bread and The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Cakes and Cookies

National Cereal Day always reminds me of rollicking roadtripping vacations as a kid. My dad was the quintessential American Dad...he grew up in Brooklyn and spent summers in the Catskills, and he wanted us to enjoy the same wildernessy summery bliss he had so into the car we went as soon as school let out. One year it was down South, hitting up Lincoln's homestead, the Grand Ole Opry and the Great Smoky Mountains...I saw my first wild black bears! Another trip was out west to Yosemite...goodgolly that was an crazy cowboy boot-chasing odyssey! We always toted a boatload of those mini cereal boxes that you'd carefully punch open to make a little cereal bowl. We'd inevitably wrestle over who got which cereal...I always went for Froot Loops or Apple Jacks and let everyone else duke it out for the flaky, raisiny or chocolatey choices. Must be magic packed in those little boxes cuz nothing compares to the happiness of slurping your favorite cereal out of a box as you watch billboards flip by on a sunshiny adventure!

Today we celebrate cereal with Laurie of whisking & writing! Laurie is a gluten-free vegan whiz of inspiration...she's published two bakerific cookbooks, won a national Canadian recipe cookoff (with a vegan dish!), runs, bikes & yogacizes, and has earned a Master of Arts in Musicology and certification as a Personal Trainer Specialist and Nutrition and Wellness Specialist. And she runs three blogs and all that social media stuff. Aaaannd she continues to create more and more superhealthy allergy-free recipes, including a new cookbook on pies and desserts coming soon...check out how she spins cereal on National Cereal Day!  :)

Peanut Butter-Maple Cereal Bars

Super Simple Snack Bars

Cocoa-Crusted Potato Wedges with Garlicky Tahini Dipping Sauce

Maple Mustard Fingerlings

Maroulosalata (Lettuce Salad) and
Marinated Tofu Souvlaki

Asparagus and (Almond) Cheese Tart with Cornmeal Pastry

Briam (Baked Layered Vegetables)

Kelp Noodle Stirfry with Tofu, Veggies, and Tamarind Sauce

Late Summer Oven Ratatouille and
Pan-fried Polenta with Sundried Tomatoes

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pretzel Sandwiches

Maple Ginger Snacking Cake with Maple Frosting

More allergy-free and vegan cereality...
Barbara's Vegan Cereals, Bars, Snacks, etc and Recipes
Nature's Path Vegan Cereals, Bars, Snacks, etc and Recipes
From The Peace Patch past  :)

How are you celebrating National Cereal Day? What are your favorite cereal-based desserts? Did you roadtrip as a kid? What would you include in your ideal mini cereal pack?  :)

Find more feasts in our 2014 Daily Food Holiday and Featured Blogger Series!

MiniCereal Photo Sources...
Retro Post-Tens
General Mills Breakfast Pack (Honey Nut to Lucky Charms)
General Mills Breakfast Pack (Golden Grahams to Trix)
Retro Kellogg's Variety Pack
General Mills Breakfast Pack (Apple Jacks to Froot Loops)
Kellogg's 30-box Jumbo Pack

Celebrate the Raisin!

Happy Raisin Bread Month and National Raisin Bran Cereal Day!
Raisins are a fave for me straight up or in a bowl o' granola or in a dense 'n chunky raw trail mix bar. Sometimes even dipped in chocolate if you twist my arm.  ;)

Raisins in baked things though? Yes! if they're in dense 'n chunky oatmeal raisin cookies...not so much for me in other baked things, so these recipes are for all you crazy baked-up raisinettes!  :) 

Yeast Breads...

No Knead Walnut Raisin Bread

from Tracy at Shutterbean

Vegan Whole Wheat Cinnamon Raisin Bread

from Kelly at Vegan Thyme

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Raisin Bread

from Nathan at Vegan Dad

Country-Style Raisin Bread

from Nathan at Vegan Dad

Quick Breads and Muffins...

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

from Veronica at Veggie V's Vegan Adventure

Vegan Raisin Bran Muffins

from Lizanna at Naturally Vegan

Fat Free Vegan Cranberry Raisin Bran Muffins

from Lea at Terra Bakery

Vegan Apple Raisin Bran Muffins

from Mipa at Alien's Day Out

Vegan Blueberry and Raisin Bran Muffin

from Helen at Eat Pray Bake

Spiced Carrot-Raisin Bran Muffins

from Mary at Berry Bundle

Homebaked Raisin Bran...
You can rock your own raisin bran any way you want, sugared up or not, with this easy recipe...

Homemade Raisin Bran

from Coryshay at Veggie Lovin' Friends

Vegan Raisin Bran Cereals you can buy...
Arrowhead Mills Crunchy Oat Bran with Almonds & Raisins
Cascadian Farm Organic Fruit & Nut Granola
Cascadian Farm Organic Raisin Bran
Erewhon Organic Raisin Bran Cereal
Health Valley Organic Oat Bran Flakes with Raisins
Nature's Path Flax Plus Pumpkin Raisin Crunch
Nature's Path Flax Plus Raisin Bran Flakes
Nature's Path High Fiber Cinnamon Raisin Granola

And Vegan Raisin Breads...
Food For Life Ezekiel 4:9 Vegan Cinnamon Raisin Whole Grain Bread
Food For Life Vegan 7 Sprouted Grains Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Food For Life Vegan Gluten Free Raisin Pecan Bread
French Meadow Bakery Sprouted Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Raisin breads...yay or nay? What do you put on your raisin bread...vegan butter or cream cheese or nut butter or...? Do you start your day with a raisin-studded breakfast?