Healthy Breakfast Ideas

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Healthy Breakfast Ideas

Healthy Breakfast Ideas Food Recipes – Nutrition by Natalie, Natalie tell you five different healthy breakfast items and how to cook or make them. A good healthy breakfast is key to your health and wellness.

Healthy Breakfast Ideas

Items include, Smoothie, Breakfast Taco, Yogurt Parfait, Oatmeal or an English Muffin with Egg and Fruit.

Get In the Habit

Overcome the reasons not to have breakfast and make it part of your day. If you’re too busy in the morning, prepare as much as you can the night before. If you can’t stomach anything first thing try just a glass of pure, unsweetened fruit juice, a banana, yoghurt or slice of toast. Get into the habit of trying different dishes at breakfast and enjoy it!

Breakfast Cereals

Go for a low-calorie muesli (no added sugar or salt) or a high fibre cereal – such as Weetabix or Shredded Wheat with semi skimmed or skimmed milk. Add some fresh fruit – a sliced banana or dried apricots – to add natural sweetness and help you resist the sugar. (They also count towards your daily fruit and vegetable quota). Check out our Tried and Tasted Breakfast Cereals.

Fresh Fruit Salad

Fresh fruit salad will provide a slow release of energy to get you through until lunchtime and also give you a healthy top up of vitamins and minerals. This healthy choice will motivate you to make healthy choices throughout the day. Peel and slice a few of your favourite fruits, top with a dollop of natural bio-yoghurt and enjoy with a slice of bread and honey. Alternatively, if you’ve got a blender, pop the peeled and cored fruit in with the yoghurt and teaspoon of honey and make a delicious fresh smoothie.

Egg and Soldiers

Egg and soldiers isn’t all bad. Eggs are an excellent and compact source of nutrients, are relatively low in calories (75kcals each if boiled / poached) and contain very little saturated fat. Use wholemeal bread for the “soldiers” and resist the butter / spread – try marmite instead! Accompany with a glass of fruit or vegetable juice.

Traditional English

You don’t have to miss out on your traditional Sunday breakfast. There’s nothing wrong with a cooked breakfast as long as it’s a “grill up”, not a “fry up” – fried foods hold the fat! Lean bacon is a good source of protein, trim the fat and grill. Eggs contain iron and calcium – to get the benefits poached or boiled. Add some low-sugar, low-salt baked beans and a grilled tomato. Accompany with some toasted wholemeal bread and a glass of unsweetened fruit juice. Let your breakfast digest and then enjoy a Sunday morning walk (depending on your weight you’ll burn between 90-190kcals walking moderately for 30 minutes).