Thursday, November 29, 2007

Product Review: Home Food Oat and Nut Granola

I know, I've been quiet the past few days. If you've been reading along, you may have guessed that I was finally doing laundry at my own house and getting those reports written - and you'd be right. (Well, okay: one report down, three to go. Let's not exaggerate. But it's a huge improvement. And we're caught up on laundry.)

Although I haven't written in a few days, I have been busy in blog-related activities! Important things, such as doing a little Internet shopping and sending Shannon a bag of the granola she was so disgusted by earlier in the week! Why, that gave me the giggles for days!

Below you will find her product review - enjoy...
Jordan


OK, I admit that when I first saw an online photo of Home Food’s granola, I thought it looked less than appetizing. It’s possible that I used the phrase “nest-building material” to describe its appearance. It looked a little…shaggy? Twig-like? Chex-Mix-inspired? Not like something I’d enjoy in my breakfast bowl, I can tell you that. And what was the deal with those green pieces I could just barely make out in the photo? They looked suspiciously like wasabi peas. But…no one wants wasabi peas in their granola, do they? (Shudder.)

So when a package arrived on my doorstep the other day bearing a bag of Home Food Oat and Nut Granola, courtesy of Ms. Wonderwheel herself, longtime friend Jordan Sadler, I wondered if I should be offended. Did Jordan want me to ingest shredded nests? Did she wish upon me a morning meal of wasabi peas with my soy milk? Why, oh why?

Luckily, my three-year-old was with me when I opened the package. And, it just happened to be snack time. “Let’s have some right NOW!” she suggested excitedly. How could I say no? I tossed a handful of granola into a small bowl for each of us (mixing some Craisins into Julia’s to make homemade “trail mix”), and sat down to sample.

First, I have to tell you Wonderwheel readers that Home Food’s Oat and Nut Granola looks FAR better in person than on the Internet. Seriously. There is no real resemblance to twigs, or birds’ nests. It is chock full o’ nuts (slivered almonds, whole cashews, sunflower seeds), rounded out with oats and shredded coconut, sweetened with honey—oh, and those green things? PISTACHIOS. Ah, it’s all becoming clear to me now.

People, it was delicious! Home Foods Company, I have a message for you: do something about that photo. Is it the lighting? Was it a granola off-day, the day of the photo shoot? Was the photographer an amateur? Whatever the problem, rectify it. Your product is much tastier than your photo suggests! Chunky! Fresh-tasting! Wholesome! Not overly-sweet like that icky grocery-store granola!

In sum, I wholeheartedly recommend this product. I could happily eat it, wasabi-pea-free, every morning for breakfast,

Oh, and my preschooler loved it too.

5 comments:

kristen spina said...

Yes, the photo is just terrible. Unappetizingly terrible.

Glad to hear, however, that the granola is good!

Enjoy!

Lori at Spinning Yellow said...

That's awesome that you sent her the strange granola!! I am glad it turned out yummy.

Shannon said...

You guys should have been there when the UPS guy arrived. I laughed really, really hard. Made my day! Only Jordan.

Christopher Tassava said...

I can say, however, to return to the original topic of that post, that the granola was NOT sexy, despite its being tasty.

Jordan said...

And yet it still managed to be sexier than my bathrobe. Amazing.