Simply Maize

I'm typically not a breakfast person. It's just not a meal I eat regularly (cue phone call from my mom so she can lecture her 32 year old daughter on why breakfast is the most important meal of the day). The only time I ever ate breakfast regularly was when I was pregnant with both kids...and that was b/c I HAD TO eat to feed my babies. Plus I also got extremely nauseous if I even got the tiniest bit hungry so I tried to avoid that feeling at all costs.

Buuuuut, this morning I had the yummiest cereal...EVER! Publix had some BOGO cereals on Sunday so I was trying to find something for the kids. I try to buy cereal only if it is BOGO b/c have you looked at cereal prices lately? I mean $5 for a small box? Plus they usually have a high sugar content and have a bunch of ingredients that I can't pronounce. I mean even Honey Nut Cheerios have a lot of sugar. Ok, so what I think is high might not be high to you - I suppose it's all relative. And don't get me wrong the kids eat that stuff once in a while...in fact they just polished off a box of Pops (talk about crazy high sugar!). I had decided I wasn't going to buy any cereal, but as I pushed my cart down the aisle I saw a bunch of Kashi cereals that were 2 for $5. I looked at the sugar content: 6g!!! Woo hoo!!! I grabbed a box of the Simply Maize and looked at the ingredients: organic whole grain corn, organic evaporated cane juice, salt, and organic molasses. Okaaay I can pronounce the ingredients...and it's organic! I was a bit worried about how they'd taste, but I threw 2 of them in my cart and promptly forgot about them until this morning. I had about 15 min of quiet time this morning so I decided to eat a bowl of cereal and read a book. This cereal is like a cross between a rice krispy and a corn flake...I'll call it a puffed corn flake. It has the perfect amount of sweetness. This was so yummy that I actually chose to have it for dinner tonight too! lol

Have you tried this yummy goodness? What's your favorite cereal?

Old school yogurt

In the midst of this fro yo craze (and I love me some Pinkberry just like the next person!), I just fell in love with old school regular yogurt. Well Greek yogurt. I've bought regular Greek vanilla yogurt before and topped it with homemade granola (reminds me to make more...), but I've never been a fruit in the bottom of yogurt kind of person. In fact, I don't even like yogurt! I think it's just the taste - I'm not a fan of that tangy after taste that yogurt has. The only time I really ate it was when I was pregnant and trying to get as much calcium as possible and even then I ate the Yoplait Whips and it was like eating strawberry whipped cream (YUM!). Or I'd get vanilla that came with bits of candy or cookie topping (I think Breyer's makes them). Healthy I know! The yogurt and granola thing lasted about 2 weeks.

But ya'll I went to Costco and they were giving away samples of Chobani Greek yogurt with pineapple at the bottom! I about died and gone to heaven in the middle of the aisle between the yogurt and the frozen entrees. I bought a box of 15 cups for about $14 (at least I think that was the price...is that a good price?).

I tasted the black cherry when I got home and it was delicious! I can't wait to try the blood orange...maybe for dessert tonight??? Bonus is that both kids LOVED it! I called it special yogurt since both kids normally just drink the drinkable yogurt. Parker asked for more "special treat"! If he thinks that yogurt that is packed with protein (more than regular yogurt) is a special treat then that's great!

Parker had some black cherry yogurt too and he was a hot mess! lol