Breakfast Breaks Adds Convenience To Crazy Mornings

I have admitted on here many things about myself. Not being a good cook is one of them. Combine that with the fact that I also am not a morning person and you can probably guess that breakfast is certainly made of convenience foods in our house. Lucky for me, my son and husband both enjoy cereal. Or maybe it’s lucky for them?

I recently found Breakfast Breaksat our local grocery and the concept intrigued me. They contain all the needed nutritional necessities for breakfast and are conveniently packaged in a way that even a 5 year old can open it. Each box contains a perfect portion of cereal (there are 4 choices), a snack bar of some sort and a juice box. All you have to do is add milk!

For families in a rush, this certainly beats the alternative of skipping breakfast altogether. I can see this being a good way to bring breakfast with you to work or even on a trip. We almost always bring pop-tarts or some snack items with us when we travel to my in-laws for overnight visits. It even comes with a spoon, napkin and wet-wipe.

I do realize this isn’t necessarily cost effective when you factor in how much it would be to buy an entire box of cereal, a gallon of juice and a full box of snack bars. Obviously, you are paying more for the packaging and convenience, but sometimes it’s worth it. And I also realize I called this nutritional when in fact it does contain some sugar. For a grab-and-go package, it does seem fairly healthy. You can always add a banana or piece of fruit. To me it’s better than no breakfast at all.

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Written by Emily, who is a married working mother of a very energetic 5 year old son. They reside in Southern Indiana (a little too close to the Kentucky border). Someday she’d like to visit Intercourse, PA and have her picture taken with the welcome sign. She writes at her personal blog, Fenicle and loves free samples and trying new things!