It’s 300 calories per serving (4 servings per box). If you’re on a 2000 calorie diet, a meal is 500 - 700 calories, so this would be a snack or a dish that requires a side. Or eat the whole box yourself and it’s about the same as a Big Mac combo.

If it’s a nickel allergy you can paint the metal part that touches your skin with nail polish to protect yourself.

Same, and my salads are roughly 1/2 cheese by volume. No sadness there.

People need to drink more water.

I know this book gets recommended at every opportunity around here, so continuing the tradition: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a wonderful sci-fi novel that (among many other things) explores the gender roles of spider society.