Living in a Cereal World

I can be easily amused. Like when the honey bear gets to be about two-thirds empty, so it just looks like a plastic bear wearing honey pants. Or whenever I see a NAPA truck on the street, riding around. Silly truck! Trucks don't need hats. Or the Pillsbury Doughboy. I shouldn't need to explain that one. That's one of the main reasons I wanted to try this new cereal from Annie's. Cinnabunnies. Just try to say it without giggling. Cinnabunnies. Of course the other reason was the promise of cinnamon. You know how I love my cinnamon cereals. This one, though, felt a bit...lacking. Maybe the bunny-shaped puffs were too puffy. Maybe the combination of sorghum and rice didn't do it for me. Or maybe the amount of cinnamon just wasn't enough. Somewhere between this underwhelming flavor and the thick, smothering blanket of  Cinnamon Toast Crunch Blasted Shreds is the cinnamon sweet spot. My cinnamon happy place. But still, it's not bad. And I'm going to say it

Have you ever made (or just bought, tbh) a cookie, tried it, and felt as if you'd had it before? Even if you'd never had it before. Or maybe you've made so many oatmeal cookies that they're all starting to blend together. That might be the case. We ended up snowed in a few days ago so of course I had to bake something to keep my hands busy. My choice?  Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars . Because sometimes you want peanut butter and oats. I don't make a lot of bar cookies but I'll make an exception if the ingredients are what I'm feeling. No sugar, no butter, fiber fiber fiber? Good times. And now the snow is melting. 😁 ******** Ok, next entry really is going to be a cereal review. Really. 😛

Because we're doing this now. So you know I like to try new things (especially with coupons)...and I wanted a hot breakfast this morning. (First day of Spring? Hahahahahaha.) And I was overdue for an egg. Enter:  Just Crack an Egg . If you recall from last year's Lent Challenge I've cooked eggs in a mug in the microwave before so the appeal here was not having to chop up any mix-ins. All of the fillings come in neat little packets that peel open easily. I wasn't sure if they'd be, well, filling enough so I went with the two-egg option. Oh, maybe I should've mentioned that first. It's like that Price is Right golf game: Just Crack an Egg...or Two. But still large eggs. I don't know what would've happened if I'd used extra-large eggs. As it was, I discovered a teensy corner of not-quite-cooked egg when I reached the bottom of the cup. Wow, this is what happens when I write reviews off-the-cuff. I also should have mentioned that I had th

Okay, it wasn't that long...I just didn't get a chance to post this yesterday. And, funnily enough, I had planned the week's meals ( yes, I am a planner😛) before I realized this past Wednesday was Pi Day. Anyway, enough setup, here's what we had for dinner:  Healthy Chicken Pot Pie . I've made this once before but decided to make it again this week in lieu of soup. Anyone else getting tired of soup? Or Nor'easters? Then at almost the last minute I realized I should find a use for the second pie crust. While I'm at it, I should also try to finish up these frozen cranberries. Hey, don't I have a recipe for a Cranberry-Pear Galette? Well if I do, I couldn't find it. So I ended up making this one:  Cranberry-Pear Galette with Pecan Crust , without the pecan crust. It made just enough for four, which was my intent; I didn't want to make a full pie and have it go to waste with people going their separate ways. That was my first galette; I would

A few weeks ago I reviewed the new  Strawberry Granola , so now it's time for the other new flavor, Lemon Blueberry (...with pumpkin seeds). I don't know why they're not mentioned in the name; coincidentally, they weren't present in my sample, either. To be fair, I just poured a little off the top; I know the pumpkin seeds are in there somewhere. On the plus side, I had a lot of dried blueberries. And it's tricky to put my finger on the lemon flavor. It's sweet but it's...tart (not like SweeTarts, though. That would be gross). Perhaps they made lemon sugar? Okay, checking the ingredients...no. There's cane sugar and honey and lemon oil. I have no idea how straight lemon oil would taste. Now I'm curious.  It's a good flavor, though. More than palatable. Way more. ******* And in the interest of equal granola time, here's the last one that I made:  Orange and Almond Granola . Making orange (zest-infused) sugar was a new experience