Breakfast!

Hard boiled eggs or just some toast with peanut butter

Egg white omelette w/ 2 egg whites; 1 slice Am cheese; 3 slices turkey; 1/4-1/2 c caramelized onions; sprinkled with some cajun seasoning (Tony's); and sometimes with a little fresh spinach tossed in... YUM-O

Baked Oatmeal Cakes (from http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/)

• 1/2 cup oats

• 1-2 Tablespoons Sweetener (Optional) (Sugar, Splenda, Honey, Maple Syrup)

• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

• 1/4 cup Liquid (milk, creamer, juice, or water)

• Dried fruits and nuts ( add whatever you like)

• 1 – 3 Tablespoon Seasonings (Cinnamon, nutmeg, ect.)

• Bonus: 1-2 Table spoons of “nut” butter or oil for a different texture or flavor.

• Salt! To taste usually a small pinch per ½ cup oats.

Preheat oven to 365 degrees. Combine dry ingredients, then add wet. Pour into a small baking

vessel. Loaf pan, Ramekins, Cupcake pan. Cupcake pans only hold ¼ cup of the mixture so you

get 2 for 1 serving.

Cook for 20 minutes, or until firm. Finally, set your oven to “high broil” for 3 more minutes, or

until desired crispiness is reached (or simply just bake longer, but broiling gives it a nice crust).

1 serving made any which way is about 180 calories. You may need to adjust based on what you

have added.

Breakfast is my fave so I am always rotating several things-

Over easy egg on dry wheat toast with coffee
Steel cut oats with cane sugar and cinnamon, coffee
Shakeology variation, coffee
Traditional old fashioned oatmeal with brown sugar, coffee
Wheat toast with almond butter or peanut butter and a fruit, coffee
Protein pancakes with maple syrup, coffee

SO MANY AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN HAVE FOR BREAKFAST. Lol.

But yeah. I usually have a mid morning snack too. Because foodeatingfoodeating.

Bran Flakes cereal with 1% milk and 0% yogurt on the side.
I've found that even if I eat this breakfast really early in the morning, it still keeps me completely full and energetic until mid-afternoon, which is when I usually have my lunch.

Whats your favorite easy (and healthy of course) breakfast? Something that keeps you going until lunch.

Work days it's a fairly simple organic muesli and organic yoghurt with an apple, pear or orange. For days that I'm doing a long ride I'll go for three slices of wholemeal toast with mashed banana laced with honey, and a couple of pieces of fruit.

On the weekends, I love scrambled eggs with one piece of toast and some kind of fruit. I'll probably still eat before lunch, but that keeps me the fullest. Mon-Fri I have to be out of the house by 6 am, and prior to that, I have to get ready for work, get my daughter up, get her changed and dressed, pack my lunch, take care of any chores from the night before, and see if I can squeeze in some push ups and step ups. So I don't make or eat breakfast at home. My go to breakfast during the week is a frozen flatbread egg and ham sandwich.

Coffee with sugar free cream and Kashi Go lean Crunch Honey Almond Flax, Blueberries, Almond milk or Green Eggs- 2 eggs, spinach, Feta cheese.

Tofu scramble with salsa:

1/2 tub extra firm tofu
1/2 cup salsa
2 Tbsp turmeric
Saute it the night before

Calories: 288
Carbs: 26
Fat: 11
Protein: 21
Sodium: 565
Sugar: 4

Ful medames (also spelled other ways) is one I used to have a lot and I'm going to start bringing it back into rotation. It's a fava bean dip, sort of. You puree the beans with some olive oil, spices, garlic, onion...and you scoop it with pita bread.

I think it's origins are Egyptian, but just about every Middle Eastern country/culture/family has their own variation.

Great with other mezze like tomato cucumber salad, lebane, hummus, babaganouj...