As promised, I’m giving you another lead for a breakfast that will get your day off to a great start without blowing your food plan or spending all your precious Weight Watchers points.  I love the options I’ve provided so far, but what if you are an old fashioned cereal with milk kind of person?  What if you want a cold cereal that doesn’t remind you of eating tree bark, but is low in fat, high in fiber, and doesn’t have the sugar levels you find in kids’ cereals?

You absolutely cannot go wrong with any product made by Kashi.  With apologies to Will Rogers, I’ve never met a Kashi product I didn’t like.  Their slogan is “Seven Whole Grains on a Mission.”  The mission is to help you eat more healthy foods without feeling like you have sacrificed all sense of taste.  So, back to the point – they make great cereals!  Shh!  Don’t tell anyone, but they know so much about cereal because they are a division of Kellogg’s. 




The cereals range from the Organic Promise line for those of you looking to keep your life full of good organic stuff to Kashi Honey Puffs.  My favorites are the original Go Lean Crunch and the Mountain Melody Granola.  They both have a good, solid crunch that doesn’t get mushy with milk.  They are also sweet enough that I feel like I’m cheating while I’m munching down my whole grains.  Just to give you an idea how healthy these are, the original Go Lean Crunch has no trans fats, 3 grams of fat, and 8 (!) grams of fiber in each 1 cup serving.  Unlike many cereals, Kashi cereals actually fill you up with all that fiber so that you aren’t starving before lunch time. 

It is impossible to overstate how much I love Kashi cereals.  You can even find some of them at Sam’s Club now.  Try them all.  Even your kids will like them.  Wouldn’t it be nice to give Tony the Tiger a run for his money?

Cheers!