This again came as a reader’s
choice. She is required to rush for work first thing in the morning and
would want to eat quick and healthy breakfast. I am sure this is with
everyother person who have kids or working.
I was supposed to write this pretty
earlier as the request was made long ago. However, I delayed this for a reason–
I wanted try these first and then make suggestions. How unfair would it be if I
had to tell you something that I am not following? Very unfair for sure! J
So my dear friends, here’s my super
quick and healthy breakfast list. I might miss on few; hence, I have tried to
make a collaborated list of my makings and suggestions from sites.
In order to have a basic
guideline for breakfast, you can follow the below:
1.
One serving
of calcium to begin with
2.
One serving
of fruit
3.
Also, one
serving of protein e.g. egg
4.
At last, if
you think you need something more than above then you can opt for whole grains
(carbs)
1.
So to begin
with, a huge glass of soy milk or low fat milk J
2.
High fibre
cereal: topped with fruits, milk and nuts. For this, I follow oatmeal cooked in milk topped
with fruits. Along with chopped apples in it again. Reason being, I avoid sugar.
3.
Natural yogurt
mixed with chopped fruits like apple, berries or you can try a glass full of fresh orange juice.
Many a times I have eaten Yoplait for my
breakfast. They are super yummy and filling. You get these very handy in Wal-Mart
or any other grocery stores. For those, who cannot get their hands on Yoplait.
Try blending in fruits and low fat yogurt. Best breakfast ever in summers.
While the sun is out shining very hard on you,
the best breakfast is to have to light fruit yogurt or orange juice. Oh!! My fav is peach flavour!
4.
A toast
with a cup of green tea - I tried this; many of us might not like green
tea at the initial stages. However, green tea is the best drink that one could
get hands on. So, a toast of brown bread with green tea is one of the healthy breakfasts. Also, it is more potent antioxidant than black tea. You would like to hear this well very loud is that - green tea helps reducing BP, cholestrol, body fat and weight. I do have green tea almost everyday.
5.
Scrambled
Eggs, in here you can add varieties. To begin with simple salt and pepper scrambled
egg, or tomato scrambled egg, or bell peppers, onions and tomatoes scrambled egg.
So, this way you can add and reduce the content. Serve scrambled eggs with half
a cup of red tea and a toast.
6.
Whole Wheat
Pita, ahan! This reminds of me of my Veggie Roll! Make quick 2 Indian Breads
from whole wheat flour. Fry in quick few green veggies and enjoy it with a half cup
of tea!
7.
Fruit
smoothie/milkshake, this is absolute yum! Last week I had strawberry smoothie for
breakfast. God damn! You should try this! It’s super quick and heathy!
Recipe is pretty simple, chop in any fruits
that you intend to make smoothie or milkshake out of it. If you want smoothie –
use yogurt and milkshake – of course low fat milk. Crushed ice, fruits, yogurt or milk, a
teaspoon of sugar – Blend them all until smooth and enjoy!
8.
Scrambled
tofu, this is as good as serving scrambled eggs. Just replace eggs with tofu
and enjoy it with a toast and tea!
9.
In couple of
months, summer would be hitting us hard and we would want to have a better
cooling down breakfast. What more than a slice of melon. Oh!! I am big fan melons J
10. Boiled Eggs,
how can we forget the real essence of breakfast? – Eggs!! Rich in protein and
super filling. I like to have Eggs whites with brown bread toast.
11. I know you
are pretty disappointed that I haven’t mentioned anything about Indian breakfasts
– Idli, Dosa, upma and many others. There
are 2 reasons for not mentioning
1. I was requested this from a working lady so I don’t expect
her to prepare all these in the morning.
2. Idlis’ are healthy and light but dosas and upma are little onto heavier side. However, if you can compensate your
portions in your lunches then you can surely opt super heavy breakfasts.
Long ago, when I was fan of these and I had
lots of it in mornings. I realized that my stomach was burning up during
summers and it always ended up heavy (burping all the time). Hence, I have
restricted these breakfasts only to weekends.
12.
Poached eggs
with croissant or toast – It’s very easy to prepare as mentioned below:
Heat up water, swirl it with a spoon, pour down
the egg and the center and wait it until cooked. You can find it’s cooked or
not by the color of yolk and hardness of the egg whites. You can also wipe the
water from the egg and serve it hot.
9.
Cornflakes,
have it simple when busy or pop in fruits into it. I like to have little
cornflakes floating on the huge bowl of warm milk and no sugar. J
10.
If you are
in absolute busy schedule. Hop onto brown bread and peanut butter. It’s heavy
filling yet lastly opted in my list as it’s carbs J
11.
Last but not
the least; make sandwiches of left over veggies.
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