Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Breakfasts

Breakfasts
"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Not sure if I believe that. I do believe that everyone should try and have a healthy breakfast.
Breakfast is the one meal where you can economise the most on calories.

Breakfasts should be fast, easy, filling, and at the same time low in calories.

It’s fairly easy to do this with breakfasts, since eggs, the usual breakfast staple, are so low in calories and can be made even lower by using only the whites or by using egg substitutes.

It feels good to start off the day full, and with the feeling of having lots of calories left for later on.
The following recipes use eggs with some of the yolks removed.

Use Egg substitutes for the same amount of calories i.e.;1 eggs (remove half the yolk) and 1 egg white is 52 calories, 1/4 cup egg substitute is also 52 calories.

Make a plan for the week, and have the ingredients on hand.

Choose 2 or 3 breakfast menus and stick with those. I find that breakfast is the meal where I'm the least choosy so repeating a meal every few days is fine.

Here are some breakfast choices;

 Breakfast 1 
Toast and Eggs  184 calories
1 eggs (remove half the yolk) and 1 egg white  52 calories
2 toasts ( diet bread 90 calories for 2)  
2 slices tomato 6 calories
1/2 orange 32 calories
oil spray (2/3 second) 4 calories)

Breakfast 2 Egg O’Muffin 198 calories 
1 eggs (remove half the yolk) and 1 egg white  52 calories
1 Weight Watchers English Muffin 100 calories
1/2 slice low fat cheese 15 calories
1/2 slice canadian low fat bacon 27calories
oil spray (2/3 second) 4 calories)

 Breakfast 3  Cereal Breakfast 194 calories 
 1 cup Rice Krispies  103 calories
1/2 cup strawberries  25 calories
1 tsp brown sugar 11 calories
1/2 cup 1 % milk 55 calories 
*Corn  Flakes, Product 19, Cheerios, and Rice Checks all have the same amount of calories as Rice Krispies

Breakfast 5 Omelette198 calories 

1 eggs (remove half the yolk) and 1 egg white  52 calories
1 slice onion
2 slices green pepper
1/2 slice canadian low fat bacon 27calories
oil spray (2/3 second) 4 calories)
2 toasts ( diet 90 calories for 2)  
1/2 cup strawberries 25 calories

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