Healthy harvest.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you can boil water and have 45 to 90 seconds to spare, you've got a healthy new breakfast waiting for you in the cereal aisle. Quaker Simple Harvest Instant Multi-grain Hot Cereal makes whole grains, well, simple. Each 1 1/2-ounce packet of flavored oats oats, cereal plants of the genus Avena of the family Gramineae (grass family). Most species are annuals of moist temperate regions. The early history of oats is obscure, but domestication is considered to be recent compared to that of the other , 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 to 90 milligrams). And the nutty taste of the four grains is more interesting than plain oatmeal. Go with the Vanilla, Almond almond, name for a small tree (Prunus amygdalus) of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for the nutlike, edible seed of its drupe fruit. The "nuts" of sweet-almond varieties are eaten raw or roasted and are pressed to obtain almond oil. and Honey or Maple Brown Sugar with Pecans and you get a modest 2 teaspoons (9 grams) of added sugar. The Apples with Cinnamon cinnamon, name for trees and shrubs of the genus Cinnamomum of the family Lauraceae (laurel family). Cinnamon spice comes chiefly from the Sri Lankan cinnamon (C. zeylanicum), now cultivated in several tropical regions. reaches 3 teaspoons (12 grams), but some of the sugar comes from dried apples that are sweetened sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. 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's a bowl (or mug) and hot water (use nonfat non·fat adj. Lacking fat solids or having the fat content removed. milk and you add a nice shot of protein and calcium). Throw on some fresh fruit (if it's handy) and breakfast is served. Good food that leads to good health: It's one of life's simple pleasures. Quaker: (800) 555-6287 |
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