The past few days, I have been writing longer posts, pieces that mean a great deal to me. I'm glad I have. However, the book is calling, and the Chef is cooking braised lamb shanks (that somehow involve bacon), mashed potatoes (his specialty), and sautéed green beans. He says that I will scream like a girl when I eat it.
Well, with that at hand, I can't imagine writing a long post right now.
Instead, this evening, I have to tell you about my latest cereal find.
I've always been a cereal fan. As a kid, I must have eaten my weight in Lucky Charms, Alpha Bits, Apple Jacks, and Life. When I grew older, and started to avoid that sugary stuff, I switched to bran cereals and muesli instead. How could I have known that it would all make me sick?
We celiacs don't have too many cold cereal choices. I love the line of kids' cereals made by Nature's Path, but I do feel just a little silly downing a bowl of Peanut Butter Panda Puffs in front of someone else.
This past month, however, I found a slightly more adult cereal that I can eat. Arrowhead Mills' Organic Maple Buckwheat Flakes have a crunch you can hear in your ears, a slightly sweet taste from maple syrup, and that magical quality of staying crispy in a bowl of milk. Best of all, they are labeled gluten-free.
I love seeing that label.
Some afternoons, when I have been writing for hours, I go into the kitchen and fix myself a bowl of buckwheat flakes in my favorite blue bowl. It may be glowering outside, and I may still have five hours of writing before me, but while I am crunching on these, I am feeling fine.
Now, if only I had some Saturday morning cartoons to go with it.
5 comments:
Shauna,
Nature's Path Organic Honey'd Corn Flakes are my favorite. They too stay crunchy in milk. I can't wait to try these buckwheat flakes. And chef's menu for the day sounds divine! xoS
Shauna,
Something like the old 'Looney Tunes'cartoon, followed by a 'Land of the Lost' episode would tide you over, I am sure (ah... those were the days!)!
Angela
I love those Arrowhead Buckwheat Flakes, and I eat them for at least 1/2 of my breakfasts. Do you remember the original "Buckwheats" cereal from back in the 70's and 80's? They were not GF, but they were very tasty. Well, these Arrowhead ones remind me quite a bit of those in flavor, though the origal had a bit more texture to them (from the wheat they used of course). Enjoy the flakes - I know I do!
Sarafina,
I love Nature's Path. They make our lives so much easier. Oh, and the Chef's dinner did make me scream like a girl!
Erika,
Your boyfriend is right. Don't start on that slippery slope of sugary cereals. Not worth it. Seems to me you already know how to eat right!
Angela,
I loved Looney Tunes. I still miss those Saturday mornings. (Never did get Land of the Lost, though.)
Mike,
I do remember those buckwheats cereals! We never ate them in my house, because they were healthy, and we mostly devoured the sugary stuff. I like these gluten-free ones better, though.
Hi,
In case you haven't heard of it, the artisan cereal website Me and Gogi is fun and offers a gluten free base. You choose your base, then add all kinds of great things -- fruits, nuts, seeds, coconut, all natural and organic. It's a great little New Hampshire company. (Not mine -- I'm a customer!)
Eleanor Baron
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