Friday, December 28, 2007
Healthy Harvest
If you can boil wsater and have 60 seconds to spare, you have got a healty new breakfast waiting for you in the cereal aisle.
Quaker Simple Harvest Instant Multigrain Hot Cereal makes whole grains, well, simple. Each 1 1/2 oz packet of flavored oats, wheat, barley, and rye has 150 to 160 calories and 4 grams of fiber, but little or no bad fat and not much sodium (75 mg). And the nutty taste of the four grains is more interesting than plain oatmeal.
Go with the Vanilla, Almond and Honey or Maple Brown Sugar with Pecans and you get a modest 2 teaspoons of added sugar. The Apples with Cinnomon reaches 3 teaspoons but some of the sugar comes from dried apples that are sweetened with apple juice concentrate.
All three have more sugar than unflavored oatmeal or Wheatena does, but less than many cold cereals.
And, unlike unflavored hot cereals that need some raisins or other jazz-em - ups, you can take Simple Harvest anywhere there is a bowl and hot water. Throw on some fresh fruit and breakfast is served.
Good food that leads to good health: it is one of life's simple pleasures.
Choose wisely . . .live well.
Quaker Simple Harvest Instant Multigrain Hot Cereal makes whole grains, well, simple. Each 1 1/2 oz packet of flavored oats, wheat, barley, and rye has 150 to 160 calories and 4 grams of fiber, but little or no bad fat and not much sodium (75 mg). And the nutty taste of the four grains is more interesting than plain oatmeal.
Go with the Vanilla, Almond and Honey or Maple Brown Sugar with Pecans and you get a modest 2 teaspoons of added sugar. The Apples with Cinnomon reaches 3 teaspoons but some of the sugar comes from dried apples that are sweetened with apple juice concentrate.
All three have more sugar than unflavored oatmeal or Wheatena does, but less than many cold cereals.
And, unlike unflavored hot cereals that need some raisins or other jazz-em - ups, you can take Simple Harvest anywhere there is a bowl and hot water. Throw on some fresh fruit and breakfast is served.
Good food that leads to good health: it is one of life's simple pleasures.
Choose wisely . . .live well.
