It is the first meal we eat when we get up in the morning. After a long night of sleep, we can’t do without it, if we want to get our bodies up and moving and ready for the day.
No, I’m not talking about coffee. I’m referring to breakfast. Here are six healthy, inexpensive ideas for breakfast that don’t require a drive-thru window or a mega-muffin with a millon calories.
1. Have a piece of casserole. It takes time to cook eggs and bacon for breakfast. No one wants to ruin their clothes with the mess it can create. On Sunday night, get breakfast done early. Put together a casserole using your favorite ingredients. Fewer eggs are needed in a casserole than when frying or scrambling them for breakfast each morning. Depending on the size of your family, the casserole may last two to three mornings.
2. Yogurt. Yogurt is a healthy and economical breakfast choice. When you are eating on the run, grab a container of yogurt and some dried or fresh fruit. Cutting up fruit on top of the yogurt adds carbohydrates to fuel you for the morning in addition to the calcium and protein in the yogurt itself.
3. Breakfast smoothies. This is even quicker and can be drunk while driving without taking your eyes off the road or both hands off the wheel. Put together some frozen fruit favorites, ice cubes, frozen yogurt, and unsweetened juice in a blender. Pour into Styrofoam cups to keep it cold. Everyone can grab a cup on the way out the door. The nutritional effect is about the same as yogurt, but without the spoon. We have lots of smoothie recipes here at the site to help you get started with some ideas.
Continued in 6 Healthy Breakfast Ideas Part 2
