• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
The Healthy Home Economist

The Healthy Home Economist

embrace your right to a lifetime of health

Get Plus
  • Home
  • About
  • My Books
  • Shopping List
  • Archives
  • Log in
  • Get Plus
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Get Plus
  • Log in
  • Home
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Archives
  • My Books
  • Shopping List
  • Recipes
  • Healthy Living
  • Natural Remedies
  • Green Living
  • Videos
  • Natural Remedies
  • Health
  • Green Living
  • Recipes
  • Videos
  • Subscribe
Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Recipes / Special Diets / Gluten Free Recipes / Healthy Corn Flakes Cereal Recipe

Healthy Corn Flakes Cereal Recipe

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

Jump to Recipe

Table of Contents[Hide][Show]
  • Why Make Your Own Corn Flakes?
  • Wait a Minute!  Is Corn Healthy?+−
    • Corn Isn't the Problem: GMOs are!
  • How to Make Corn Flakes Cereal
  • Homemade Corn Flakes

corn flakes cereal in a bowl with strawberry

Giving up boxed breakfast cereal from the store is without a doubt one of the hardest tasks to accomplish after adopting a Traditional Diet. I was the Boxed Breakfast Cereal Queen before opting to get off the processed food train 2 decades ago. I would eat organic cereal morning, noon, and night, sometimes even a bowl before bed.

Can you believe I actually thought this practice was good for me?

Unfortunately, I learned that my boxed breakfast cereal habit, even though it was organic cereal, was far from healthy.

The problem is not with the ingredients themselves, which are simple and seem “whole” enough in the case of organic cereal. The unhealthy aspect of boxed cereal is due to the violent processing required to manufacture it.

Why Make Your Own Corn Flakes?

This factory driven process, called extrusion, applies so much heat and pressure to the cereal grains that they actually liquefy. This slurry allows the grains to be quickly and easily shaped into the puffs, flakes, and other shapes that make each cereal distinct.

According to the Weston A. Price Foundation, the manufacturing process used to make boxed cereal is so violent and denaturing that the proteins in the grains are actually rendered toxic and allergenic as a result.  This is why whole grain boxed breakfast cereal is shockingly even more toxic than cheap boxed cereals made with white flour — because whole grains are higher in protein.  The more protein, the more toxic the boxed cereal.

What’s a traditional eating family to do?

The good news is that unhealthy versions of processed foods like boxed breakfast cereal can usually be replicated at home using simple preparation techniques which do not denature the food or add toxins like what happens in a factory.

Boxed breakfast cereal is no exception.  It is very possible to make tasty and healthy cold breakfast cereal yourself. I’ve posted articles and videos in the past about how to do this. Here are a few of the most popular:

  • spelt homemade cold breakfast cereal recipe
  • rice crispies recipe
  • gluten free homemade breakfast cereal
  • grain free homemade cold breakfast cereal

In the recipe below, I add another gluten free cereal recipe on how to make corn flakes!

Wait a Minute!  Is Corn Healthy?

Some of you may be thinking – corn?   No way.  How is corn healthy?

Corn really does have a bad rap these days, doesn’t it?

The fact is that corn is a traditional food, particularly in my area of the country. The Indian tribes native to Florida ate a soaked corn gruel as a primary staple food. It sustained them well. They remained strong and vital on their native diet and were able to withstand battle after battle with the United States army and were never defeated. In 1957, the federal government officially recognized the sovereign rights of the Seminole tribe of Florida.

Corn Isn’t the Problem: GMOs are!

So corn itself is not the problem. What is unhealthy is genetically modified corn or corn that is violently processed. This creates frankenfoods like high fructose corn syrup and other additives included in supermarket foods. Worse, processed foods containing GMO corn contain residue of gut destroying glyphosate, known by consumers as Roundup.

Once you realize that corn is fine to eat when properly and traditionally prepared (unless you have an allergy to it) and that it is processed and genetically modified corn that is the real problem, you are free to enjoy this delicious traditional food!

How to Make Corn Flakes Cereal

Corn flakes cereal, in particular, is so yummy. It was always one of my favorites in my boxed breakfast cereal eating days.

In a burst of crazy and wild experimenting one afternoon, I came up with this recipe for homemade corn flakes cereal. My kids went nuts and so did I!

These healthy corn flakes taste just like the boxed corn flakes from the store, but this version is actually healthy and very filling!

What is also amazing about this healthy corn flakes cereal recipe is that it is so filling and satisfying.  Just the small bowl you see in the picture above is plenty enough for breakfast or a snack.  This compares with the several much larger bowls of processed corn flakes that don’t seem to fill you up that well and you are hungry again a short time later. Such is the overeating that occurs when one eats processed foods devoid of nutrients.

I hope you enjoy this corn flakes recipe as much as my family!

4.1 from 10 votes
Print

Homemade Corn Flakes

Easy recipe for homemade corn flakes that is sprouted, easy to digest, and loaded with nutrition. 

Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 10 servings
Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

  • 24 6 inch sprouted corn tortillas
  • avocado oil preferably organic
  • sea salt

Equipment

  • digital food thermometer

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet, warm enough avocado oil so that it is about an inch deep. Heat to 300-325F, being careful not to let the temperature rise above 425F as this is the smokepoint of avocado oil. Free radicals begin to form in the oil if you exceed the smokepoint.

  2. Check the temperature using a digital food thermometer or just keep the tortillas to a light sizzle as they are frying and you will know that you are in the safe temperature range.

  3. Place several tortillas at a time into the heated oil. Fry until light brown. This will happen very fast - only a minute or so!

  4. Remove fried tortillas from the oil with stainless steel tongs and place on plates covered with an unbleached white towel. Very lightly sprinkle with sea salt. 

  5. Continue the process until all 24 tortillas are fried.

  6. When the tortillas are cool to the touch on the towel lined plates, break each of them up into small, bite sized pieces.

  7. Serve homemade corn flakes immediately in a bowl with whole grassfed milk and a bit of whole sweetener or fruit. Store the remaining corn flakes cereal in a half gallon glass mason jar as shown in the picture or some other airtight container.

    corn flakes in a jar

Recipe Notes

Be sure to use organic corn tortillas. Nonorganic corn is usually genetically modified (GMO).

If you wish to use nonsprouted corn tortillas, that is fine, but corn tortillas made with sprouted corn flour are much more nutritious.

diy corn flakes in a bowl with milk

FacebookPinEmailPrint
Category: Cereal, Gluten Free Recipes, Snack Recipes
Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

You May Also Like

homemade corn dogs on white plate

Homemade Corn Dog Recipe

gluten free banana bread

Gluten Free Banana Bread Recipe

Plantain Waffles Recipe (for breakfast or snacks!) 1

Plantain Waffles Recipe (for breakfast or snacks!)

slice of low carb pumpkin bread with butter

Low Carb (grain free) Pumpkin Bread

fresh white pumpkin seeds next to pepitas

How to Prepare Fresh White Pumpkin Seeds for Eating

almond chocolate energy balls on a white plate

Almond Butter Energy Balls

Going to the Doctor a Little Too Often?

Get a free chapter of my book Traditional Remedies for Modern Families + my newsletter and learn how to put Nature’s best remedies to work for you today!

We send no more than one email per week. You will never be spammed or your email sold, ever.
Loading

Reader Interactions

Comments (80)

  1. Becky

    Sep 5, 2022 at 2:01 pm

    5 stars
    Is it possible to make this in an air fryer?

    Reply
    • Sarah Pope

      Sep 5, 2022 at 2:20 pm

      I don’t know as I don’t have an air fryer and have not tried it. I can say that the fat imparts additional flavor to the sprouted corn … I don’t think the cereal would taste very good if not fried in a healthy fat.

  2. Nancy

    Dec 9, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    5 stars
    I am allergic/intolerant to almost everything and corn is the one thing my body will let me eat. I’m living off of my box of cereal ($8 and I was going through a box a day) which adds up..
    I just made this. SO EASY LIKE WHATTT. Anyway, I added some cinnamon and sugar to mine but it’s so good! And simple. Plus it will save me money ??

    Reply
  3. Didi Rai

    Nov 1, 2020 at 9:45 am

    What is corn tortillas, what is sprouted corn , how can I do It

    Reply
  4. Daniel Jphn

    Mar 31, 2019 at 7:18 pm

    I am happy to get your cornflakes recipe.I treasure it greatly.I lived in Sierra Leone,West Africa.I am a local Caterer.Thanks

    Reply
  5. Tomi

    May 31, 2018 at 8:27 am

    Sorry to ask but are corn tortillas also corn flour?.
    Cuz I don’t think I know them.

    Reply
    • Sarah

      May 31, 2018 at 1:48 pm

      Yes, corn tortillas are made of corn flour.

  6. Cephas

    Oct 12, 2017 at 3:49 pm

    5 stars
    Hi Sarah,
    Many thanks for this great recipe. i’m ye to try though. I’ve watched your video and i think i’ll have same outcome once i go by the same recipe.

    i just want to find out, can I use same recipe but use the corn flakes machine to make the flakes? Will I get same result?

    Reply
    • Sarah

      Oct 12, 2017 at 4:12 pm

      I don’t know. I haven’t used a machine to make the flakes before.

  7. Bobaby3

    Jul 19, 2017 at 11:08 pm

    Genetically modified does NOT mean that the grains are ” violently processed.” It means that the seed has been altered in a scientific evolution of sorts so that certain traits are either magnified or defeated to the point of extinction. Processed foods are bad because of the process’s used. GM grains are often just bred differently, then planted.

    Reply
    • Sarah

      Jul 20, 2017 at 4:42 am

      You’ve misunderstood 🙂 Even organic corn flakes are extruded. They are unhealthy for the same reason as GMO corn flakes. Being GMO just adds another problem on top of the violent processing.

  8. Richat Mundu

    May 23, 2017 at 7:19 am

    Could you please tell how to make it? what are the process involved in it?

    Reply
    • Kirsten

      Oct 25, 2022 at 11:35 pm

      The great thing about your question is that it’s answered in the recipe above. You scrolled right past it to comment.

  9. Ekeoma, Chinma Helen

    Jan 25, 2017 at 7:53 am

    Very interesting indeed.

    Reply
« Older Comments

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Sidebar

Mother Nature’s Medicine Cabinet

5 Secrets to a Strong Immune System

Loading

The Healthy Home Economist

Since 2002, Sarah has been a Health and Nutrition Educator dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. Read More

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Check Out My Books

Mother Nature’s Medicine Cabinet

5 Secrets to a Strong Immune System

Loading

Contact the Healthy Home Economist. The information on this website has not been evaluated by the FDA and is not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure any disease. By accessing or using this website, you agree to abide by the Terms of Service, Full Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, Affiliate Disclosure, and Comment Policy.

Copyright © 2009–2023 · The Healthy Home Economist · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc.

Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!