Farina

[Katia7]

Is farina a complex carb?
Is it good to have instead of oatmeal?

Cals: 120
Fat: 0g
Carbs: 24g
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 0g
Protein: 3g

Thanks

 

[Jodi]

I thought you were allergic to whole wheat?

 

[Katia7]

nope.. never been allergic to wheat. I'm allergic to oats.

 

[Jodi]

It's not a very good replacement IMO but once in a while it would be fine. It lacks fiber and is not that great on the gi.

 

[Katia7]

How about Cream of Rye? I'm just trying to find something I can replace oats with.

Cals: 110
Fat: 1g
Carbs: 25g
Fiber: 5g
Sugar:0g
Protein: 5g

 

[Jodi]

Cream of Wheat or Cream of Rye is fine. They still don't compare to oat but they are better than other alternatives. You could always eat cereals like Fiber One, All Bran, Kashi Go Lean Crunch, Uncle Sam etc, again not as good as oats but decent alternatives.

 

[JLB001]

It's cream of wheat. Just the off brand name for it. I like it as a subs. for oats when I get bored with them.

 

[Jodi]

Farina is cream of wheat? I thought it was a different porridge. I've seen it before but never tried it. When I looked it up it showed cream of wheat and farina as 2 different things?

 

[nikegurl]

i'm pretty sure they are different. when i was a kid my mom would make cream of wheat, rice and farina and they were all different.

 

[DeadBolt]

Farina is not cream of wheat I don't believe...its more like grits if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Katia7]

Yeah, Farina is a bit whiter then cream of wheat, but they taste pretty much the same.

 

[JLB001]

It's different? On the box I get sometimes it says it is Cream of Wheat.

 

[Katia7]

hmmmm weird... I noticed on the box of Ferina the ingrediants are just Ferina (nothing else) and on Cream of Wheat it's wheat and a lot of other stuff (can't say what since I don't have it here).

 

[JLB001]

http://www.bulkfoods.com/search_res...tFromSearch=fromSearch&txtsearchParamTxt=1801

 

[ReelBigFish]

looks the same to me just with added vitamins.
http://www.kraftfoods.com/creamofwh...roduct/product_display&u3=******1313000602***

 

[JLB001]

I seriously thought it was the Spanish version of CofW. The box is in Spanish anyways.