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
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