Granola bars are a common snack staple in my house, along with cheese cubes, string cheese, cheese blocks, peanuts, and trail mix. They’re easy to grab on the go for a picnic or a school or work lunch, or any…
I’m always looking for snacks that can be quickly tossed into a lunch bag and eaten on the go. With multiple people in my household packing lunches for school and work, we go through a lot of sandwich fixings, granola…
One of my favorite things to do is eat snacks. If they’re not too spicy and the portion sizes are not too big, then chances are, I’ll like them. Some of my favorite things to have as snacks are sandwiches….
General Mills’s Honey Nut Cheerios is the best-selling cereal in the United States. It sells better than its cousin, original Cheerios, and better than other big hits like Frosted Flakes or Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Its advantage, I think, lies in…
Aldi is always up to the challenge when it comes to offering imitations of name-brand products. This is especially the case in the discount grocer’s cereal aisle, where you’ll find knockoff versions of everything from Life cereal to Cinnamon Toast…
I start most days with cereal. I usually have to get up pretty early in the morning, and since my stomach isn’t quite ready for eggs or anything heavy at that moment, I tend to eat something that is both…
Growing up, I was a big fan of Kellogg’s Honey Smacks. They were sweet and puffy, the perfect way to start the day in front of the Golden Age of Saturday morning cartoons. As a kid, I didn’t fully realize…
This post contains affiliate links. In 1927, Kellogg’s introduced a cereal known as Rice Krispies. It has a colorful advertising history: by the 1930s, Kellogg’s used the distinctive sound Krispies made to inspire its “snap, crackle, pop” slogan. Later on,…
In 1890, in Denver, Colorado, an inventor named Henry Perky patented the idea of a shredded wheat cereal. He would soon develop a process for turning that shredded wheat into pillow-shaped biscuits, appearing to a national audience for the first…
In many areas, the new school year is upon us or nearly upon us. That means that in addition to all the usual back-to-school shopping for pencils, notebooks, and backpacks, many parents are also thinking about lunch. If your student…