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How to Fix a Healthy Breakfast
Quick and Healthy Breakfast Tips and Ideas
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Unfortunately, many of us neglect breakfast. And there’s a lot of evidence to suggest that your body and mind will suffer unless you have a healthy breakfast each morning.
You spend six to eight hours sleeping. After that time, your body needs fuel to keep going. Without breakfast at home, your options for on the run nutrition may amount to too much fat, too much sugar and too many carbs. And, that convenient run to the fast food joint is not as convenient and time saving as you think if everyone else has the same idea. The fifteen or twenty minutes spent in line could have been used to fill your belly with something good at home.
If you are the type to skip breakfast, here is a solution to starting the day with a good breakfast which will help you keep hunger in check as well as give you the natural energy boost to start your day.
1. Oatmeal – This food makes a good hot meal that contains lots of filling fiber to keep you from getting hungry later on in the morning. Depending on your taste, you can take five minutes to fix it on the stove or use the microwave for instant oatmeal. Kids tend to like the variety of flavors that come with instant oatmeal. The night before, put together a container of add-ins like blueberries, strawberries and bananas that can be tossed on top for a bit of antioxidant power.
2. Fruit smoothies – These are good any morning but particularly on a hot day. You’ll have to blend the ingredients together in the morning, but the prep work can be done at night. Cube your fruit and place it into a container. Instead of frozen yogurt in the morning, use a cup of plain yogurt. Add ice cubes, a little water and blend.
3. Egg sandwich – The eggs can be cooked the night before and placed in a sealed container. In the morning, warm up the eggs in the microwave. If you want, add some chopped veggies or shredded cheese. Serve on toasted wheat bread. The night before, place two pieces of bread into a Ziploc bag for each family member. They can toast their bread as they get up and place the sandwich in the bag for easy transport in the car to work or school.
4. Yogurt with granola and fruit – Some people like to eat yogurt. But, yogurt by itself won’t keep you from being hungry. Add some granola and a few blueberries to the mix. This makes a great breakfast idea for those mornings when you are running late. Keep small bags of granola and blueberries in the fridge next to the yogurt so you can grab them and run.
Are you fighting the breakfast battle? To get a filling meal you don’t have to opt for too much fat, calories or carbs. These quick and easy breakfast ideas can be made within minutes and are a much healthier alternative to skipping breakfast or grabbing a high fat alternative.
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Menu Plan Monday – July 19
I am joining in Menu Plan Monday at I’m an Organizing Junkie.
Monday – Grilled Pork Steaks, Fresh Cream Corn, Easy Key Lime Pie
Tuesday - Spaghetti and Garlic Bread
Wednesday – BBQ Ribs in the Crockpot
Thursday – Hotdogs and Kraut (can’t get much easier than that)
Friday – Taco Salad on Fried Tortillas
Saturday – Steak Fajitas
Sunday – Pork BBQ made in the crock pot
Visit I’m an Organizing Junkie for lots of great ideas.
How to Make Your Home Eco Friendly
Easy Ways to Make your Home More Eco-Friendly
We all want to do our part to protect the environment, but without a large paycheck, that can be seem difficult, if not impossible. But doing your part doesn’t have to be hard. Small steps add up to a big difference, you just have to know which ones to take.
Use less water
Saving water is all about small steps, here are a few that will help save big.
- Shut off the water while you brush your teeth
- Take showers that are a minute or two shorter
- Only flush the toilet when you need to
- Only run full loads of laundry and dishes
- Buy from sustainable producers. These are farmers, ranchers, and other producers that use techniques that pollute less and use less water. You can do some research online or ask at your local organic market to find these products. Continue reading →
The Frugal Foodie Cookbook
The Frugal Foodie Cookbook
Where to buy: The Frugal Foodie Cookbook: Waste-Not Recipes for the Wise Cook
Frugal cooking and saving money on groceries doesn’t mean depriving yourself and your family of a balanced diet and delicious food. It means spending more time in your own kitchen whipping up some delicious homemade food, instead of going out, and being a bit more creative on how you use ingredients. We all know that sometimes, especially after a long day at work and hungry children, dialing for a pizza or going out for dinner is the easy option, but the book “The Frugal Foodie Cookbook” gives you lots of easy and delicious recipes that not only save you loads, but are also quick to make.
The book is divided into 9 chapters, such as: Snacks on a Shoestring, Dinners on a Dime, Clever Kids’ Meals, Midnight Snacks and Thrifty Gifts. I like the fact that the book not only gives you lots of mouth-watering recipes, but also passes on lots of great tips on cooking and food. You can read up on topics such as: food storage and safety, benefits of coupon cutting, meal planning 101 and growing your own vegetables.
The recipes are varied and there is something for the whole family to enjoy. Being a coffee lover, I like the recipe on how to roast your own coffee or how to make a mocha.
Overall, if you are trying to reduce your grocery and restaurant bills, this book is a plus to have. It comes with lots of information on how to easily save a bit of money on cooking to put aside for something special. I would recommend this book to anybody interested in frugally feeding a family. It would also make a great gift to any new couple moving in together – a great way to start a frugal life together.