Healthy Breakfast Ideas & Recipes

"20 Quick & Healthy Breakfasts" from Keep Your Diet Real

Breakfast is a necessity.  It gets your metabolism running, gets you fueled for a morning workout, and gets your blood sugar even so you feel like dealing with people and successfully getting them out the door on time.  Which is the toughest workout of all, sometimes.  Try one of these great ideas from the article above, or these recipes provided by ladies in our group:

From Leslee: Egg Sandwich

1/2 toasted English muffin (she likes Thomas Banana Bread English Muffin)

1 egg scrambled w/ 1/2 slice Swiss cheese, in microwave for 1 min, flip, then 30 sec.

1 tsp jam on the English muffin, top with egg.

*I do these for my kids and they love them!  Don't make one breakfast for your kids and one for you.  That's just silly.

From Kristin:  Make Ahead Oatmeal or Refrigerator Oatmeal

1 cup old fashioned oats

1 T. Chia seeds

1 cup vanilla almond milk

2 T. honey

1 cup plain Greek or low fat vanilla yogurt (I use 1/2 of each)

1 grated apple

1 t. fresh lemon juice

1/4 t. vanilla extract

Stir together.  Refrigerate overnight.

Top with berries, nuts, granola, peaches, pomegranate....endless possibilities!

UPDATE: Makes 6 servings.
Kristin put this into myfitnesspal and got the nutrition information:
126 calories
2.3 g fat
24.6 g carbs
3.4 g protein
Thanks Kristin!!

NOTE: I have slightly modified Kristin's recipe that serves 4 and packs a wallop of protein to start your day.  Click here for the printable recipe.

*I added a couple scoops of vanilla protein powder to mine & swapped maple for vanilla.  Cinnamon & pumpkin pie spice would also work nicely.  It's really like a blank canvas: anything goes.  After I tasted it, I thought about putting it in small jam jars (4 oz) & eat it as an evening clean eating dessert.  Yum!  I heart oatmeal.

From Katrina: Open Faced Veggie-Egg Sandwich

1 whole wheat toast

avocado mashed

fried egg

cherry tomatoes

Put it all on toast & eat!

From Anonymous: Crock Pot Oatmeal

Steel cut oats overnight topped with berries

Here's the base method from Bob's Red Mill.

I found this recipe that sounded delicious. Watch the butter and fat, though.  We're going for lean & mean, not dessert!

From Emily: Prepped Omelette Veggies

Cut up spinach, peppers, tomatoes, onions, & mushrooms and divide into small baggies, and freeze them. Saute before you add 2 eggs.  All the chopping is done making omelettes cinch.

You can always add protein powder to oatmeal, cream of wheat, or pancakes.  Protein helps you feel full and builds muscle, and helps you get lean.

Breakfast is your first meal of the day...choose wisely!