nutritious junk

Ah quaker, a very old company that i have an ambivalent relationship with. They do churn out very good products that many other companies tried to emulate (their toasted oatmeal squares was may standard breakfast from age six to sixteen, after that i had to change it up a bit cuase i realized how long ive been having the same breakfast!). And some stuff is, eh...(don't reach for those breakfast cookies. my nutritionist got them for free and even she turned their nose not only at their taste, but their nutritionals).  I also review their rice cakes in the past and wasn't too keen on them, simply because i am not to keep on rice cakes. anyhow, when i saw these honey graham multigrain minis, i thought i'd give it a try cause i do enjoy grahm crackers.  9 of these minis equals a serving which is 60 calories, 1 g fat,  1 g fiber, 3 g sugars, and 1 g protein.  Nutritionally, a very sound snack that wont leave you feeling guilty.  However, dont expect this to curb hunger, cause these minis are light and airy and even two servings (which is about what i had) doesn't do much in the hunger dept.  I wouldn't use this as a "hold me out till dinner" type snack but this would be a good "sweet" addition to your lunch or maybe you can get creative with it and try one of recipes hungry girl created especially for these (i suspect she must have been paid for this cause her recipes is all over the quaker site).  They were ok, but the down side is, even leaving the bag sealed with a clip, these got stale very quickly (and by stale, they lose their crispy-ness completely and become soft!).  the graham flavor was there, but not as bold as i wouldn have liked. And heres some food for thought triva i know cimply because i took AP American History in high school: didja ya know the graham cracker was named after Sylvester Graham in 1829.  He had this whole philosphy about eating and probably one of the first diet pioneers as he developed the "Graham diet".  But whats funny is that the graham crackers we know today are usually made with bleached white flour and sugar which Mr. Graham severly opposed.  I am sure he wouldn't be to thrillled that his trademark cracker is synonymous with cheescake and marshmellows with hersheys, not exactly health food.