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Kashi, a company once known for its hippy-dippy, fiber-rich cereals with cheesy names (Heart-to-Heart and Good Friends immediately come to mind), has ditched its nerdy image and now boasts everything from cookies to crackers to frozen pizza.

The company's website even highlights a few recipes that (obviously) prominently feature its products. And like the store bought stuff, the recipes are deceptively healthy. (They even offer full nutrition info, if you're into that sort of thing).

The recipes range from stuffing to smoothies, but one that caught my eye was the Blueberry Almond bars, the stars of the recipe being the Heart-to-Heart Wild Blueberry and Oat Flakes and the GOLEAN Crunch! Honey Almond Flax cereals. Simple recipe tweaks, like adding tofu and soy milk and replacing white flour with wheat, make it the perfect guilt-free breakfast, snack or dessert.

These "cruncy clusters...toasted to perfection" hurt my jaw. That's not to say they weren't tasty, though. Truth be told, I have another bowl of the stuff sitting on the counter right now. I've always been a fan of the Kashi Honey Puffs, so when I saw this stuff on sale two-for-one, I figured I'd give it a try. That sort of sale probably should have told me something, but last week it was two-for-one Honey Bunches of Oats (can't go wrong there).%uFFFD I like that it stands up to milk and doesn't get soggy. In fact, it didn't really even seem to notice the milk at all. Maybe this Kashi just needs time. It's a cereal that can't be rushed.

Also, it sort of reminds me of Quarry, in that it sounds like pebbles when it hits the bowl.