jump start

One of the most important lifestyle lessons I have learned thus far from interning is the importance of a good breakfast. While sometimes I do wake up early enough to prepare a well-thought out, delicious breakfast, other times the attraction between my head and the pillow is simply too strong. I therefore have come up with a list of three delicious and healthy breakfasts, varying from the early riser to the run-out-the-door-to-catch-my-train kind of mornings.

1. early riser:

spinach scrambled eggs

ingredients:

1 tabsp. extra virgin olive oil

2 cups of fresh or frozen spinach, defrosted and drained of any excess water

2 cloves of garlic minced (or 1 tbsp of pre-minced garlic)

1 cup of egg whites (or 3 eggs)

1/4 cup of light mozzarella or cheddar (add pepperjack for extra flavor)

instructions:

1. heat oil over medium flame in a small skillet. add garlic cook for 1 minute or until fragrant

2. stir in spinach cook for about 2 minutes, until spinach is heated thru and excess water has evaporated

3. season spinach with salt and pepper

4. add eggs and scramble till cooked

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2. pressed-the-snooze-button-once-but-since-have-time-for-a-legitimate-breakfast:

breakfast parfait

ingredients:

1 cups low-fat vanilla yogurt

1/4 cup low-fat granola without raisins (such as Kellogg's)

1/2 tablespoon slivered almonds, toasted

add in own amounts of: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, fruit preserves & whatever else!

instructions:

combine all ingredients, varying the different levels so you can fill each bite with as much goodness as possible!

{cooking light}

3. run-out-the-door-to-catch-my-train:

egg mcmuffin

no preparation required but before you think I am crazy for suggesting mcdonalds as a delicious and healthy breakfast (trust me, I am usually vehemently opposed to eating at fast food restaurants), the egg mcmuffin is actually only 300 calories and has a good amount of lean protein from both the egg and the canadian bacon. if you want to reduce your calories further, just remove the top half of the muffin.

{real simple}

happy jump starting...

xx