The Haunting

I just realized that I've been avoiding the Triple Bran cereal. For the past two days, I have specifically not eaten it. I had eggs, bacon and toast yesterday and then today I finished up the last of my rice crispies, garnished with frozen raspberries. Tomorrow I will have no choice but to eat the Triple Bran.

That cereal haunts me. It knows I have no other options. It mocks me from the kitchen cabinet, knowing full well that I'm too frugal to buy food and not eat every last bite of it. It also knows that the nutritional value alone is enough to draw me back in and ignore the gustatory pain.

Rest assured, I WILL CONQUER YOU, TRIPLE BRAN!!!!

Making Triple Bran Taste Good: Attempt #1

I was at the grocery store yesterday and spent some time comparing nutritional information of cereals and discovered that 1/2 cup of "Triple Bran" (store brand cereal) contained 60% of your daily intake of iron. NOTHING has 60% of your daily intake of iron in such a small quantity. Well, maybe meat, but I know very little about meat's nutritional values. Then I looked at the price. It was less than $3! So I decided to try it.

Well, if you've ever had Bran Buds....these are grosser. So, I need to figure out how to make this tastey. My first attempt was this morning. I mixed it with some strawberry yogurt. Good, right? Wrong. So very wrong. I think something about the fruity flavour brings out the nasty in the cereal.

Attempt #1 failed. Anyone else have any suggestions? I may try regular milk tomorrow, just to get a base measure of taste. The more suggestions, the better!