Thursday, 17 January 2008

Ideas for fast and healthy breakfasts...

Fish is great, especially the oily varieties. Excellent on vits, mins, healthy oils, for helping with depression, and healthy heart, etc. Tinned mackerel fillets in spring water are ideal for snacking, and sit on the shelf all the time just nicely!
You can add smoked mackerel fillets to quark (a fat free cheese) and make a mackerel pate which is delicious on high fibre ryvita.

I eat sesame ryvita broken up in milk with raisins for breakfast (too often probably, as it is good to vary what you eat).

Another great breakfast is fat free fromage frais with fresh mango! You can also drop some oats in there, or top it with some crunchy oat cereal instead.

If you want to make your own crunchy oat cereal ... soak oats and cinnamon (for example) in a bit of fruit juice then roast it slowly on a low heat, turning it periodically until it dries out. Then add dried fruits and some nuts (maybe, as they are quite high in fat but excellent in minerals, etc~). You can be sure there is no added rubbish and you can sprinkle it on top of yoghurt or fromage frais, and even use it as a crumble topping on stewed fruit. It can help you to avoid all those prefab cereals that are really bad for you because of the processing.

Eggs are always great for breakfast, but time is sometimes and issue: you can make a quiche with bacon as a base instead of pastry. Aldi sell some continental hams that have no fat to trim and are ideal for lining your dish. Then combine two eggs with a little milk, s & p, herbs (like thyme or basil) and a pot of quark (very low fat cheese) and pour into the dish. A small amount of mustard in with the eggs makes the cheese cheesier! Add some chopped ham, a little cheese, onion rings, etc .... and bake about 180 degrees for about 30 mins until set. You may want to foil the top or drop the heat if the oven runs a bit hot.
Quiche eaten cold is delicious for breakfast, lunch when you are out, snacking even (put it in front of the biscuit tin!)
Tortilla omelette is another standby that can be kept in the fridge for an alternative breakfast. Also, use 'sprylight' to saute a few par boiled potato slices and have quiche with salad. Go out of your way to buy interesting salad ingredients, and think of a nicoise (eggs, olives, anchovies, etc!) ..... but maybe not for breakfast !!!

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