Who says we have to stick to just cereal and toast?

Clients wanting to make a healthy change and start their day with something other than highly processed, sugar-laden commercial cereals often ask me for ideas.
If you want a healthy start to your day, here is some food for thought:

• Vegetable juice with plenty of raw green vegetables and maybe a carrot or apple for sweetness. (If you have a juicer) (Look out for future blog on juicing)
• Fruit or fruit smoothie (if you have a liquidizer)
• Or a smoothie made with good quality protein powder (try Sunwarrior) blended with almond milk, a banana and perhaps a spoonful of the super-food Spirulina.
• Natural yoghurt with molasses
• Seeds and oats mix (soak to improve digestibility first)
• No added sugar museli. You can add seeds, nuts and coconut flakes (again, soaking first is good).
• Buckwheat pancake, with lemon and xylitol (natural sugar alternative)
• Pancakes made with wholegrain spelt or wholemeal wheat flour
• Porridge made with oats. Try using coconut milk for a ‘healthy fats’ treat.
• Weetabix
• Shredded wheat
• Scrambled egg
• Soft-boiled egg and wholewheat toast soldiers
• Omelette
• Homemade vegetable soup (you could save a portion from the day before)
• Kippers or other fish
• Wholemeal bread/toast
• Rye bread
• Ryevita
• Oatcakes
• Rice cakes
• Or crudities such as celery, red pepper, cucumber, raw carrot)

With

• Avocado
• Hummus
• Feta cheese, goat cheese
• Cheddar
• Cottage cheese
• Nut butter (as well as peanut, there is almond, cashew and hazelnut butter). Use no added sugar varieties of peanut butter.
• Almonds and other nuts
• Toasted seeds