breakfast!
How many times have you heard the phrase “Breakfast is the most imporant meal of the day?” I know a million right? Who knows if it that is actually true but we do know that it is important to eat healthy through out the day; might as well start off on the right foot.
So why are you still only having coffee for breakfast and your kids eatjng some sugar filled cereal? Maybe you are like me and find yourself more hungry at lunch if you do eat breakfast rather than if you don’t. I’ve discovered that eating just a little breakfast seems to do just the trick. A small healthy breakfast helps me feel good in the mornings but I’m not starving at lunch.
If you MUST have cold cereal - go all natural. Pick something with out sugar and if at all possible - something organic. Then top it off with frozen (it can be hard to keep fresh around the house) blueberries or cut up strawberries (organic of course). The produce being organic is more important than the cereal being organic. Sometimes you have to choose one or the other (we certainly do).
Bottoms up! My husband loves to make smoothies. We keep an assortment of frozen fruits and berries in the freezer. Toss a mixture of your favorite stuff in the blender with some milk and in a minute or two you have a healthy, quick, easy and yummy breakfast. It is surprisingly filling.
My kids also love to have plain organic yogurt with strawberry granola. Sometimes I’ll be nice and get vanilla yogurt. I also make sure it is whole milk yogurt because they are young and thin and need healthy fat. They both still drink whole milk.
Protein is really important and it is a great way to start off your day. We love to make “egg in a hole”.
Lightly grease your warm skillet with unsalted butter, cut out a 1.5 inch hole in your bread. Place in your very warm skillet. Break egg into the middle of hole. Cook to desired consistency and flip over if necessary. (We love our eggs runny so where we buy our eggs from really matters.)
Other protein favorites are turkey bacon or veggie breakfast patties with some real orange juice. Easy and very good for a quick morning meal.
Lastly if you are in a super rush; whole wheat or multi-grain bagels or english muffins with some carefully chosen spread and some tea or a piece of fruit will give you a surprisingly great boost.
Don’t skip breakfast because it will really make your day.
More links about breakfast:
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/breakfast.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/AN01119
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/weight_loss_healthy_breakfast.htm