Healthy cooking

I'm going to buy some bran cereal to snack on dry, since I love eating dry cereal. But bran flakes seem way too plain, so I thought I'd try putting a bit of cinnamon on them. How could I lightly coat the cereal?

Also, I love sauteed veggies, but I hate the feeling of oils or butter on them. Is there any way to sautee veggies without the use of butter or oil? I heard you could just use vegetable stock, but I don't want to risk burning my mom's nice skillets.

Sorry for the silly questions. Last ones for a while, promise! ;D

Just use light PAM cooking spray for your veggies. MUCH better than butter

I use chicken broth to "sautee" my green beans. I use a little bit of olive oil first to sautee some onions, then I add green beans, then about a half cup of chicken broth, bring to boil, then turn down and simmer for about 20-30 minutes until they are the degree of tenderness that I want. They're really good.

For the cereal add some dried fruit. and dont eat too much - it can stop iron absorption. Or you could just mix in 1 tbsp of yogurt/fat free cottage cheese - it's barely rasises the cals too.
Yes, as said above broth. But you can use water too.

Thanks for the tip, red_herring. I eat a whole grapefruit before eating the cereal, so the vitamin C boosts the absorption. I'm just looking for a way to get a light coating of cinnamon onto the bran flakes without using oil/butter.

And that's great! I thought sauteeing veggies with broth could burn your pan, but if you all say it's alright, I trust you. :)

No, I know that vitamin C boosts iron absoprtions (as does a variety of other things0 but you need to eat that WITH iron. Anymore than 40g of bran a day can muck up iron absorption regardless of vitamin C. I'm not saying dont eat it, I'm saying mix it with someething else.
Ah, you want cinnamon flavour. Hmm. Otehr way could be maybe warm up and water down some honey, mix in cinnamon, spary on bran and bake??
With teh broth, just keep it moving. if you pour broth in a leave it, it burns. If you have veggies int ehre, they soak it up

cinnamon is more like a dust than a granule, so most (although not all) will stay with the bran flakes. to mix it around :  put a few shakes of cinnamon into a tupperware container with the cereal, put the lid on and gently turn & shake it. a little cinnamon is enough to give your cereal the scent & flavor of cinnamon even if it doesn't all stick to the flakes.

as for sauteing in broth, just don't let the broth totally evaporate dry out of the pan as you cook. if it all dries up, it will scorch the pan and the veggies (making the pan hard to clean, but the veggies will still be edible).

good luck.

I agree humorPam, I do my veggies exactly the same way and really love every bite!!!