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Now everytime I'm in the supermarket, I look for cakewrecks. It's amazing how many are out there!
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Jersey - fresh salt water taffy from "down the shore"!
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a bite of anything chocolate!
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Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I hate putting milk in my cereal - makes it too mushy. I have a small glass of milk nearby and take a small sip with every bite.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'
Now everytime I'm in the supermarket, I look for cakewrecks. It's amazing how many are out there!
Cook the Book: 'Dishing Up Vermont'
Jersey - fresh salt water taffy from "down the shore"!
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
a bite of anything chocolate!
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: A Piece of Cake
even though I'm a chocoholic, my favorite is moist yellow cake with a chocolatey, fudgey icing. I guess the cake is just an excuse to eat the icing...
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
with raspberries
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Pancake Mountain
Gingerbread pancakes
Guilty Food Pleasures
Ellio's pizza! And just about any Tastykake too, esp. the kreamies.
Valentine's Day Giveaway: Macarons from Itzy Bitzy Patisserie
dark chocolate cookie with raspberry filling
Cook the Book: The Essence of Chocolate
chocolate mousse in Montreal
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: D'Artagnan Boneless Heritage Ham
If the ham is good, just a nice soft roll.
Cook the Book: 'Baked, New Frontiers in Baking'
Breyer's chocolate ice cream. Still have it once in awhile, but I don't eat it right before bed like I used to. No wonder I never could fall asleep!
Reviewed: New Hershey's Kisses Pumpkin Spice
The pumpkin kisses aren't bad, but better are Pumpkin Pie smidges from Gertrude Hawk. Little milk chocolate pumpkins with a pumpkin filling.
Cook the Book: 'Chocolate Epiphany'
a rich, dark chocolate mousse topped with real whipped cream
Cook the Book: 'Summer on a Plate'
Although she can be annoying, I'd have to say Rachael Ray. I really started cooking after watching those original 30 min meals and alot of my everyday recipes are based on hers. Also love Alton Brown, but I never really make too many of his recipes.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
@wunami: Toushe. I was wondering if someone would catch that. Maybe I'm delusional, but I believe the Special K with Berries flakes are more coated (ergo more protected against sogginess) than the normal Special K flakes. So I bumped them up to the other category. Does that make any sense?
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
So happy about this post. I, like many people who commented, have had to endure endless ridicule for using water. Obviously it's not as yummy as milk, but in a pinch it works! My personal favorite is Honey Nut Cheerios. Hooray to Ms. Zimmer for making water and cereal ok!!!
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
- Avoid the flake family. (Honey Bunches of Oats, Frosted Flakes, etc.)
- Yes on clusters, freeze-dried fruit, and other chunky additions (Special K with Berries, granola, etc.)
Um...isn't Special K in the flake family? How does adding dried fruit make it okay. The flakes are still going to be unpalatable after getting soggy with the water instead of milk.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
The original post doesn't say anything about giving up milk due to calories. Only that it was too much milk. Since anyone who isn't of European descent (any many of us who are) shouldn't have cow's milk, I imagine it gave her digestive problems. My partner stopped having gastro-intestinal issues when she gave up cow's milk. I've noticed health improvements, too.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
Bravo, Rhetor. Bravo.
My cereal mishaps have never had to do with the liquid (I won't use anything but non-dairy milk) but one time I was out of cereal, so I crumbled up granola bars and popcorn into the milk and ate that instead. Mmmm. Soggy starch.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
when I was 13 or 14 I was visiting my dad, and he had almost nothing to eat in the house, (I think once I even ate expired bacos and cheese for dinner there) and I needed breakfast. I was starving.
there was cheerios, and the only liquid in the fridge was beer, so I ate cheerios and beer for breakfast. it was actually pretty good.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
@mtgall - well what else was she going to do with it? :p
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I once saw a lady pour diet coke,
on her cereal...AND eat it.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I like almond or hazelnut milk on cereal sometimes myself. My sister swears by Crispix and hot cocoa.
Miss Cheesemonger (http://misscheesemonger.com)
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
Yeeech. Unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk (http://www.turtlemountain.com/products/coconut_milk_beverage.html) would save a lot of calories (either will be 40-50 calories per 8 ounce serving) and taste a whole lot better.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
manufactured cereal: gross
manufactured cereal + water: grosser
Does the milk not have more nutrition than the cereal? (okay, manufacturer-added vitamins, maybe, but you could eat anything and take a vitamin pill just the same)
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I like my cereal soggy and with milk. If there's no skim milk available, I'll use a little bit of whole milk mixed with water. But it MUST be soggy. And never for breakfast.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I used to commute on the train every day and there was a guy who ate his cereal with apple juice...
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
@Deeberry: I do the ice cube thing too! I started putting frozen fruit on my cereal and after that, cereal without always seems horribly warm. So if there's no frozen fruit around, I have to toss in a couple ice cubes.
when my dad was a kid he saw the picture on the cornflakes box of a bowl of cornflakes with peaches in it and thought the peaches were chunks of margarine. After this he went through a phase of insisting on eating his cereal with spoonfuls of margarine in it, no milk (you couldn't see any milk in the picture)
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I hated eating breakfast when I was little, so my mom concocted a yummy breakfast in a bowl that I'm still loving 25 years later:
Grape nuts + plump raisins (none of those chewy old raisins that you find in a cereal box) + milk + (secret ingredient:) a little chocolate syrup.
Not the healthiest breakfast once you've added the chocolate syrup, I know. But it's better than going to school without eating the most important meal of the day. I've now turned my boyfriend and my best friend onto this weird combo. Try it! I guarantee you'll love it!
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I eat cereal every morning with the exception of weekends when I have time to make a hot breakfast. I have a nice rotation of high fiber cereals going in our pantry and then throw in some steel cut oats every so often. I always add milk whether its hot or cold cereal. If we buy "junk food cereal" then that's a Saturday morning treat, not an everyday food.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
you all sound so healthy (except you, rhetor, well done)... in addition to wheaties + wheat beer, the scary favourite of mine was always cocoa krispies with cherry coke. so much sugar your teeth hurt. also, probably the loudest breakfast possible.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I can not even begin to point out how flawed the logic of eating cereal with water is. Does she think she is doing herself a favor by not eating the milk? I am not sure how much cereal she actually consumes, whether it's two bowls or four, but unless they are mixing bowl sized, the milk is not going to make her fat, the cereal is. And if she actually has a compulsion to eat four bowls of cereal a day, then she should get some counseling.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I stopped having milk in my cereal at age 3 - decided it was gross. I tried juice for a bit when I was 4, but then found dry cereal. I've been eating it that way for over 20 years and I can't understand why people put liquid in their dry cereal no matter what liquid. I'll add fruit sometimes - berries or chopped apples or stone fruit, but that's for taste not moisture.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
Coming home drunk and, ahem, otherwise chemically altered one college evening back in the late 70s, I had a nasty case of the munchies. Being a college apartment though, my choices were limited. I settled on the dubious combination of Rice Krispies and Sloe Gin.
Not bad. Though for the life of me, I cannot recall if Messrs. Snap, Crackle, and/or Pop slurred their respective utterances.
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
Milk bothers my stomach. I don't like lactose free milk very much. I find soy milk isn't that great, and almond and rice milks are too darn sweet.
Sometimes I eat my cereal with protein powder drink mixed with water.
Cold cereal isn't all that compared to a hot breakfast!
Cereal with Water and Other Cereal Compulsions
I love my cereal dry,no liquid and have a cup of coffee with it. My Mom always had her cereal with coffee and milk added
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'
i completely botched a pineapple upside down cake. too much butter and too much pineapple led to a buttery pineapple mess... too bad cause i know its a good recipe.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'
I don't bake, baking scares me. One time in high school I decided to overcome this fear and suprise my mother with a pan of brownies. I hate nuts in my desserts, but she loves them so I figured I'd take one for the team and throw in the bag of walnut pieces I found in the back of the pantry. Well, she takes one bite and makes this face because apparently the nuts were rotten and the whole pan of brownies was ruined. I still don't trust nuts in baked goods and haven't thought twice about baking something since then.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'Cake Wrecks'
My most recent baking mistake: Making oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and forgetting the oatmeal. It took an embarrassingly long time to figure out what was missing!
Not baking, per say, but the olive oil story reminded me of a time when I tried to make Annie's mac and cheese without butter. I substituted EVOO instead thinking it would taste the same (stupid). It was hands down the most disgusting pasta I've ever had.
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Beyond the Ice Cream: The Bent Spoon in Princeton, New Jersey
Posted by Carey Jones, October 27, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Serious Beer: Brown Ales from England and Beyond
Posted by Maggie Hoffman, October 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Cakespy: Chocolate Peanut Butter Special K Bars
Posted by cakespy, September 21, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Sugar Rush: Flourless Chocolate Cake at Jacques Torres
Posted by Kathy YL Chan, September 18, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Eat for Eight Bucks: Curried Chicken Skewers with Lime-Apricot Glaze
Posted by Michele Humes, September 1, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Cake Shake from Squareburger in Philadelphia
Posted by Robyn Lee, August 28, 2009 at 7:15 PM
New Jersey Dispatch: Burlington County Farmers' Market in Moorestown
Posted by BrianYarvin, August 21, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Library-Inspired Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Flavors
Posted by Adam Kuban, July 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Grilling: Beer-Marinated Chicken Tacos
Posted by Joshua Bousel, July 24, 2009 at 7:30 PM
The Serious Eats Ginger Beer Taste Test
Posted by tressa eaton, July 14, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Summer Nectarine Scones With Nutmeg Sugar
Posted by Carey Jones, July 7, 2009 at 7:30 AM
needed: knock your socks off chocolate recipe for DAD
Posted by Deeberry, June 19, 2009 at 3:09 PM
New Jersey Dispatch: Moustache Bill’s Diner
Posted by BrianYarvin, June 12, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Jane and Michael Stern's Four Must-Eat Foods in NYC
Posted by Erin Zimmer, June 5, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Hoagie Haven in Princeton, NJ: Phat Ladies, Chocolate Cheesesteaks, and Happy Undergrads
Posted by Carey Jones, June 5, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Sugar Rush: Banana Whip at the Bent Spoon in Princeton, New Jersey
Posted by Carey Jones, June 4, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Dinner Tonight: Ginger Pineapple Fried Rice
Posted by Nick Kindelsperger, July 14, 2008 at 5:30 PM
The Most Beautiful Baked Good: Cookie Cake Pie
Posted by Lizy Yagoda, May 28, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Don't read this. I am an evil old man..
Posted by Grumpy Old Man, May 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM
French in a Flash: Pain au Chocolat Cinnamon Rolls with Crème Fraîche Icing and Walnuts
Posted by Kerry Saretsky, May 14, 2009 at 3:00 PM
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I hate putting milk in my cereal - makes it too mushy. I have a small glass of milk nearby and take a small sip with every bite.