Breakfast Ideas

Breakfast ideas

About a month ago, my husband went to the doctor and was told his blood pressure was still too high with medication.  He was told that in addition to medication, he needed to lose weight and control his sodium intake.  He asked for my help.

The challenge

My husband’s idea of a great meal is grits, eggs, sausage and biscuit for breakfast and meatloaf and mashed potatoes or rice and gravy for lunch and dinner. Not to mention he works 12:00 midnight until 12:00 pm.  I work 8:00 to 5:00, which means I had to create healthy portable meals that are easily accessible for him to enjoy in advance.

  

Let me share a few of my breakfast ideas:

Egg muffin cups

Recipe

* 12 slices of deli ham

* 1 cup of shredded cheese

* 1/2 cup of diced tomatoes, spinach mushrooms,   diced green onions or any vegetables of your choice

* 1 small carton of egg whites or 11- 12 whole eggs beaten

Layer ingredients as shown in a greased muffin pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes depending on how you like your eggs.

Egg McMuffin with Canadian bacon

Recipe

6 Thomas Light and Healthy English Muffins

6 slices of Canadian bacon

1/2 carton of egg whites

6 slices of all natural cheese

Cook egg whites in 1 Tablespoon of olive or canola oil and divide among each muffin; assemble other ingredients.

Chocolate Protein Shake

Recipe

Chocolate Peanut Butter

1 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1 scoop of chocolate protein powder

2 Tablespoons of natural peanut butter

5 cubes of ice

Blend well and Enjoy!

Variations

Chocolate strawberry

Add 1 cup of frozen strawberries instead of peanut butter.

Chunky Monkey

Add 1/2 frozen banana.