Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Breakfast of Champions


A couple of factors have led to a shift in my breakfast routine. For a while, I was making a delicious smooth with one cup of organic, non-fat, plain yogurt with a banana (the riper it is, the better for natural sweetness).

But then I got terrible sinus congestion and decided to lay off the dairy products for a while. Plus, it got cold.

So, back to the oatmeal it is. But I like Oatmeal Plus (or "Oatmeal on Steroids"). It includes things like raw pumpkin seeds, apples, dried cranberries, almond slivers and dried cherries. Delicious!

But I need more variety in my life for sure. What do you recommend for a healthy breakfast?

2 comments:

  1. Stacy MarieDecember 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM

    I love oatmeal, I eat it 3-4 times a week! My other favorite go-to breakfast is a poached egg on a piece of sprouted grain bread. Soooo good!

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  2. MJDecember 5, 2009 at 10:36 AM

    I eat oatmeal 5 days a week - LOVE it and miss it if I eat something else. In the summer, I throw the ingredients and liquid together in a bowl, cover and put in the fridge overnight - thus I can eat cold oatmeal when it's hot out! When it gets cooler, I just pull it out of the fridge and throw it in the microwave until it's whatever temp I want that day. Other possible variations - canned pumpkin puree, pumpkin butter (or your favorite jam, etc.), chia seeds, whey/rice/hemp protein powder, pb2 peanut butter/choc pb powder, almond butter and of course the flavorings of your choice (cinnamon, pumpkin pie blend, vailla, flavored honey). Since I don't have tolerance for dairy, I use Blue Diamond unsweetened vanilla almond milk for the liquid when I want it creamier (there's also unsweetened plain and chocolate) tho I'm sure rice milk or hemp/oat milk would work too.

    Once recent thing I've done is to bake/micro sweet potatoes (several at a time to save time) and then eat a half or whole spread w/almond butter as a snack, treat or quick breakfast - hot or cold as you like.

    I haven't gotten around to trying polenta for breakfast yet, or hot rice cereal. You can also get quinoa flakes or buckwheat for a hot cereal.

    Breakfast food is my favorite!

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I promise I am open to feedback and truly appreciate hearing others' insights into my choices (it's like free therapy!), but please say it in the same way you would say it if we were sitting across from each other at brunch or next to each other on a park bench while our children play.