Living in a Cereal World

I just typed a mouthful. Really, that's a lot of name to squeeze into an attractive font on a cereal box. So what exactly is this cereal comprised of? Corn, sorghum, chickpea, sweet potato. It's all mixed together and pressed into little puffy squares--like a puffy Golden Grahams, but in two colors. I did not pick up a scent upon opening the bag and when tasting, my tongue went to texture first, not flavor. You know how I've brought up  puffy ,  gritty   cereals before? Well, this is the rare puffy cereal that does not have a weird gritty aftertaste/feel. So it didn't need the masking of too much honey and vanilla. On the other hand, I could've used more honey and vanilla. I swore when I was eating it that I was mainly tasting cinnamon--but there's no cinnamon in this, so I guess it's the combination of molasses and sugar. If it were an option from the emoji box, I'd give this a sideways thumb.

There's only two things in the world that my dad loves more than anything (besides his wife and kids, I'm guessing 😉): carrot cake and quiche. And I was determined to come through this year. We don't eat his favorite quiche anymore because it's too rich for the rest of us, but every now and then I'll come across something else to try. Case in point: this  Broccoli, Ham & Cheese Quiche from EatingWell. You've got your veggies, meat, cheese, potatoes...that's a meal right there. I even threw in some diced orange pepper I needed to use. Check out that hash brown crust 😍: It was pretty simple as far as quiches go.  As for the carrot cake, this year I went with a healthier spin:  One Bowl Carrot Cake Banana Bread . Although I ended up using three bowls. That's how I bowl. 😜  I also forgot to take a picture. I need to get back in the habit now. Just imagine the one from the website without the crumbled nuts on top. And I guess I should ment...

If Goldilocks was critiquing peanut butter cereals, she'd say this one's juuuust right . You know, I don't think I've had a peanut butter cereal since Peanut Butter Multi-Grain Cheerios (oh, wait, here's  one I don't even remember!) because everything's always peanut butter and chocolate. Don't get me wrong, I love Reese's Peanut Butter Cups but that's where it ends. Candy. Not cereal. So as soon as I found out about Peanut Butter Chex last month I started looking for it (and found it at Target last week). I find the success of a peanut butter cereal depends on the grains involved--in the aforementioned Cheerios the different grains added varying levels of sweetness, but in a pleasant way. This Peanut Butter Chex is made of corn, which for some reason makes the peanut butter flavor linger after a bite--but not in a gross aftertaste kind of way. It's more peanut butter-y than sugary-sweet, and that's what I'm looking for in a pea...