Enjoy Life granola cereal

ostrich · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 4170 Location: Nebraska

Warning! Warning! Danger Will Robinson!

OK, this is officially the nastiest cereal I've ever had. I picked it up thinking "OH! I love granola and raisins and cinnamon. And the picture on the box looks good."

*facepalm*

It looks nothing like the box. You know that fiberboard stuff they use to make cheap desks? It has the consistency of that. And it's brown.

The garbage disposal actually cried out in terror when I dumped it down the drain. Complete waste of money.
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Sheralyn · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 162 Location: Utah

I tried it when I was first diagnosed. They first bowl I didn't think was too bad. But the next time I ate it I could hardly get it down. I told myself I would never buy this one again. Sad

So I totally agree with you. I wouldn't waste my money. I am so sick of the same old cereals, I wish someone would come out with some good ones.

nancw · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 855 Location: Denver, CO

I bought a box of the berry flavor. It is gag-alicious and has been remaindered to the "emergency-there's-nothing-left-in-the-house-to-eat" pile. The only way it is even close to palatable is when added to yogurt.
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aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 8607 Location: WI, USA

Huh...I thought it was OK...

I hadn't had some in awhile tho.
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The Edifying Conscience · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 2441

I'm so happy that I don't care for the normal breakfast foods. Have any of you called Enjoy Life out about the misrepresentation of the photo on the box?

She who is quite happy with leftover dinner or sandwiches for breakfast!

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2550 Location: Washington State

I thought it was OK. Not my favorite, but not horrible. It was OK in yogurt.
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Linda · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject:

I've never bought Enjoy Life anything. I bought a $7 pkg of Perky-O cereal. Blech.
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cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2550 Location: Washington State

Torrey · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 925 Location: Hawthorne, NJ

Yeah, I tried that Enjoy Life granola cereal, too...
YUK! Even Emmett wouldn't touch it...you know it's not a good thing when your sweet-tooth cat won't eat something! Rolling Eyes

It's funny, since going GF, I really don't eat that much cereal...I don't drink milk (don't like it, plus I have a lactose issue), so any cereal I eat has to be good as a snack food...I like the Health Valley Rice/Corn Crunch 'Ems, personally. Wink

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ostrich · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 4170 Location: Nebraska

Linda · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:39 am Post subject:

Heh heh. Just realized I should've called them "Pukeyos".
My favourite GF cereal is Nature's Path Honey'd Corn Flakes. In fact, when Ty moves out (not anytime soon, I imagine, he's not quite 8 after all) I will probably keep on buying these; I think they're the best corn flakes cereal around. Kellogg's are you listening? There's no malt in them! I've seen Nature's Path at all the regular groceries (not WalMart).
Ty hasn't had Envirokids for a long time, he only ever liked the chocolate rice krispie kind. He didn't like the gorilla munch. My biggest problem with
Envirokidz (same company as Nature's Path) is that the labels in the corner are all disguised exactly the same way and I think it's very easy to pick up a NGF pkg by mistake. They all have the three bars in the corner that say: whole grain, organic, gluten free, extra gluten, whatever and only the words change and you have to be careful to pick up the right box.
There was a corn pops type cereal at Superstore that was GF. I think it was President's Choice brand, not sure if you have that south of the 49th or not.
Ty also likes Kinnikrisp Rice Krispies. I think they have a weird aftertaste. It's are reasonably priced as far as cereal goes. We get it at the HFS.
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GFPolarBear · Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 279 Location: WI

Ugh, yeah, that stuff is revolting.

Have you tried the Bakery on Main granolas? They're pretty tasty, but pricy, so they're an occasional treat for me.

I may be strange in that I actually like the Frosted and Apple-Cinnamon Perky-O's. Smile

I also like Mesa Sunrise (I think that's Nature's Path) and Envirokidz' Koala Krisp/Amazon Crunch. I actually am not all that fond of Gorilla Munch (it seems most shops think it's the only GF cereal out there Razz

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cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2550 Location: Washington State

OK - I have changed my mind on Perkyo's. I tasted them again, and they really are horrible. I tried to feed them to the chickens, and they wouldn't eat them either. You know a food is gross when the chickens won't even eat them.

I recently tried Ceros, and those are much better than Perkyo's.
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krisiw · Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 104 Location: Colorado

lol. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who hates both of those cereals (Perky-Os and the cinnamon crunch stuff) When I had the crunch cereal I was so amazed they could sell it. My husband said well people have different tastes (but he didn't try it) It was cardboard and it was difficult to chew. I don't usually waste food but I'm pretty sure I threw that out.

ostrich · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 4170 Location: Nebraska

I hate wasting money too, especially so much money (that stuff was expensive). However, there's NO way I would've finished the box. It would've rotted on the shelf in the pantry. Might as well dump it down the drain, before it mutates and takes over the world.
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