This is a guest blog by Kaylie Chrismon.
Have you ever wondered how healthy your breakfast is and what you can do to make it a better choice? Here are 10 suggestions for swaps and improvements:
- Quick, prepackaged oatmeal →overnight oats
- Sugary cereal →high fiber cereal
- Flavored yogurt →plain yogurt with berries, nuts, and cinnamon
- White bread with butter →whole wheat bread with almond butter or mashed avocado
- Bagel with cream cheese →whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter and banana slices
- Grits with butter →cooked quinoa with local honey, fruit, and cinnamon
- Bacon, sausage, and eggs →turkey bacon, turkey sausage, and 1 egg / 1 egg white scrambled eggs
- French toast →whole wheat pancakes with fruit and nonfat yogurt
- 3 egg omelet with sausage and cheese →1 egg / 2 egg white omelet with veggies and low-fat cheese
- Breakfast pastry →2 ingredient cookies
Not sure where to start? Here are a few recipes to get you going!
Overnight Oats:
1/3 c old-fashioned oats
1/3 c nonfat plain Greek yogurt
1/3 c milk of choice
Combine all in a microwave-safe container and refrigerate overnight. Heat for 60 seconds in the morning and top with fresh fruit and nut butter!
2-Ingredient Cookies:
1 ripe banana
¾ c oats
Optional: dark chocolate chips or dried fruit
Mash banana in a bowl and combine with oats. Mold mixture into cookie shapes and bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.
Take the Challenge! When you healthify your breakfast then you are powering your body with fuel for better health.
Kaylie Chrismon is a registered dietitian intern at UNC-Greensboro in North Carolina. Her blog is skinnymuffinrecipes.com.