Many people often eat the same thing for breakfast, but as it is the easiest meal to prepare there is no need for it to make it uninteresting.
- Whole oat porridge or steel cut oats or Irish oats™ made with a cup of skim milk and topped with low fat milk, banana, raisins and a sprinkle of brown sugar
- Wholegrain muesli with low fat milk (DIY muesli - start with whole oats and either add your own mix of seeds and dried fruits or you can buy a ready pack of seeds and fruits). Top with sliced fresh fruit.
- Wholegrain seedy bread (Burgen™ or multigrain seedy sour dough loaf) with 2 boiled eggs, tomato and spinach leaves
- Poached eggs cooked in water on wholegrain muffin
- Wholegrain toast with low fat cream cheese and a slice of smoked salmon and handful of spinach or rocket
- Wholegrain toast with nut butter and sliced banana. Add a tiny drizzle of honey if you are looking for a sweeter taste
- Wholegrain toast with avocado, tomatoes and a handful of feta cheese. Squeeze a little lemon or lime and lots of black pepper.
- Lots of fresh berries, thick Greek yoghurt with ½ cup of a wholegrain cereal and a sprinkle of mix seeds (pumpkin, sesame etc).
- High protein blueberry pancakes - Mix 1 cup of wholemeal flour, 2 eggs, 1 cup of low fat milk milk, 2 tbsp skim milk powder or 1 scoop of protein powder. Stir in ½ cup of frozen berries – Add a ladle of mixture into a heated non-stick pan (wipe margarine over the base of the fry pan) - cook until golden on both sides.
- No added sugar baked beans on 1-2 slices of wholegrain toast
- Wholegrain fruit bread toast with crème fraiche or cream cheese
- All bran™ fruit smoothie. Blend together some fresh fruit (use a hand held blending machine) with low fat milk, a couple of tablespoons of yoghurt and add 1-2 tablespoons of All Bran™ to boost wholegrain fibre. Mix different fruits such as berries, mango or pineapple (can be canned or frozen, include some juice), banana etc
- Make up your own dried fruit when fruit is cheap and abundant by slicing and then placing it on baking paper and cooking in on a very low heat (100C) for around 2 hours or you can buy a fruit dehydrator. The dried fruit can be added into cereals and use to make up your own seed and nut mixes.
- Wholemeal crumpets with a quality nut butter and sliced banana