Versatile Grains with Crunch

Here are some versatile cereals that you can also treat as a healthy snack. And what a great surprise that they are made with some of the most interesting and ancient grains.
All natural ancient grains and intriguingly complex flavors combine to create  perfectly snackable Granola Crisps – honestly healthy, crunchy bite-sized flakes with all the whole grain goodness of granola.
Ancient grains date back thousands of years and grains like those used in Yogi Granola Crisps were the primary sustenance for early civilizations. Ancient grains have remained virtually untouched by modern plant science and are often a richer source of nutrients than modern grains.
Every cereal from Yogi contains an exclusive blend of five ancient whole grains:

Nutritious Oats contain soluble fiber that helps support a healthy heart.

With its mild nutty flavor, Barley is a natural source of antioxidants and helps reduce free radicals. Barley is also rich in complex carbohydrates and contains more total fiber than oats.

An ancient form of wheat, Spelt is higher in protein than modern wheat. It is also rich in complex carbohydrates, fiber, minerals, and vitamins B1 and B2.

Delicately-flavored Quinoa was referred to as the "mother of all grains" by the Incas of the Andean region of South America. Quinoa helps sustain energy and promote vitality.

Amaranth is one of the earliest known food plants. It is indigenous to the western hemisphere and was cultivated by the Aztecs. Amaranth contains vitamin E for a healthy circulatory system.

 

Available in Baked Cinnamon and Raisin, Mountain Blueberry Flax and Fresh Strawberry Crunch—all three are deliciously crunchy and satisfying.

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Back to Nature Breakfasts

Back to Nature has a couple of whole and multigrain cereals that might help you forget about the cold weather that keeps swinging back and forth, one day freezing and gray, the next day slightly warmer and sunny:


Maple Nut Medley --whole grain cereal (6g fiber): Multigrain Flakes, Brown Sugar, Barley Flakes, Walnuts, Almonds, Pecans, Maple Syrup, Flax Seeds, Molasses and Vitamin E
What a bountiful selection of nuts and other hearty flavors. This is one of the best-tasting cereals, ever.

Summer Berry Blend -- Multigrain Flakes, Brown Sugar, Barley Flakes, Honey, Dried Strawberries, Dried Raspberries, Dries Blackberries, Vanilla Extract, Vitamin E
The berries--not just one kind--three!-- will make you think of Spring, either the one that you remember or the one that you will remember, next year.

Both have a nice crunch that will contribute to easing you into waking up, pleasantly.

Wake-Up Cereal

Kashi is a brand that offers a dependable selection of foods across a wide spectrum. Their motto is “Seven Whole Grains on a Mission,” and those 7 grains are:
Barley, Oats, Hard Red Winter Wheat, Rye, Long Grain Brown Rice, Buckwheat, and Triticale, a cross between Wheat and Rye.

Cereal is a popular breakfast food and Kashi offers 16:
Go Lean, Go Lean Crunch, Good Friends, Go Lean Hot Cereal, Heart to Heart, Heart to Heart Oatmeal, Kashi Flakes, Kashi Granola, Honey Puffs, Honey Sunshine, Kashi Nuggets, Kashi Puffs, Kashi U, Vive Probiotic Digestive Wellness Cereal, Mighty Bites Cereal, Organic Promise Cereal.

Honey Sunshine, a new offering, is very tasty indeed. This is a nice crunchy wake-up call….as the box says, a “Honey-kissed Seven Grain Cereal Pillows.” One taster thought this cereal had the fun taste of a cross between Corn Pops and Honey Grahams and recommended it not only as a breakfast food but also as a snack, with or without milk.

Another respondent enthusiastically touted Honey Sunshine as her “ absolute favorite.”

While still another chooses Kashi cereals for their “good flavor, texture, fiber source, ‘good for me’ ingredients.”

One family on the West Coast reports: “We like Kashi because of their ingredients and reasonable prices. We usually buy their cereal and cracker products. They tend to be superior to their mainstream competitors, who continue to rely on trace amounts of trans-fats and other hard to read ingredients. Kashi products also tend to contain less sodium and provide higher protein competitor offerings."

That about sums it up.

Kashi

If you haven't tried some of the of the foods offered by Kashi, make it a point to sample some of the healthly cookies, bars, crackers, cereals, frozen meals.....etc...they offer. Available in the supermarket, most Kashi products do not require a trip to the health food store, although you may find more variety there. Kashi offers selection of frozen entrees but their real talent lies in cereals, bars and cookies.

Taste is purely personal, of course, and while one person may find Kashi chocolate chip cookies an acceptable and even palatable alternative to say, Keebler chocolate chip cookies, another cookie muncher may find the Kashi kinds are not sweet enough. But perhaps you just need to wean off the other stuff and give naturally-better-for-you alternatives a few chances before you turn your back on healthier baked goods. And, you can't consume the whole box at one sitting, either. That can never be healthy.

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