August 10, 2007

I've managed to settle on the same thing for breakfast.  My breakfast consists of a banana, once in a while some grapes, but the main meal comes from 2 little packets made by Nestle called NesVita.  One is Red Dates and Iron and the other is a High Calcium.  Mixed together they aren't too bad.

I found the NesVita Red Dates and Iron when I first came to China.  Oatmeal can be a little rough if you don't heat up water, so I decided to give this Hi Iron a try.  It worked well.  My energy level was up.  So for the first couple of weeks I ate the Red Date and Iron using cold water .  And since these packages are a cereal drink, I mixed the water right in the packet.

This past weekend I finally ran out of my first run of the Red Date and Iron cereal.  I found that I wasn't drinking as much milk as I should, so a supplment of Calcium was called for.  This time I bought the NesVita High Calcium cereal drink.  After 1 day of eating just the High Calcium packet, I decided that I needed the Iron back in my diet.  Afterall, I live on the 6th floor. 

So instead of the one packet I mix two packets into a cup.  I finally went and bought  a cup.  It works better eating NesVita with a spoon.  I just had it and it tastes great. 

Occasionally, there is still some Nestle Orange powder that I mix up.  I should drink it up before it absorbs all the moisture in the room and goes bad.  It is my source for Vitamin C. 

Sometimes when I'm still hungry I eat baozi (bow-za), which is a steamed bun with meat and vegtables in the center.  They sell it outside the office in a breakfast cart.  It is quite tasty.  Though I long for the simple pleasures of a packet cereal where I just add water.  This cereal also makes a great snack.

I could do the cereal and milk combo here in China.  There are Coco puffs, Cheerios, etc.  I'm just adapting to the weather and finding that these magic packets containing a good supply of Iron and Calcium are just what the Dr. ordered. Besides I don't want to use my refrigerator because it would use a lot of electricity. 

God bless Nestle.