Breakfast plays an all important role by;
- adding vital nutrients to your diet, such as fibre, iron and calcium
- helping to improve your mood
- helping to improve concentration work out tasks more quickly
- preventing snacking on junk and overeating the rest of the day
Some Breakfast Ideas
BREAKFAST IN A BOWL
- 30g Breakfast cereal eg. Weetbix, Special K, All Bran, untoasted muesli + chopped fruit + low fat milk
- Pot of Low fat/diet yoghurt + chopped or tinned fruit
- 30g dry porridge cooked in low fat milk + add fruit
- Instant oat sachet x 1
BREAKFAST IN A FLASH
- Toasted fruit bread / small fruit bun + scrape of margarine
- Rice cakes x 3 + 1tbsp peanut butter + banana
- Wholemeal bread x 1 or fruit bread + banana
- Weetbix x 1 + sliced banana (cold or warm)
- Peanut butter x 1tbsp on wholemeal or multigrain bread
- Fruit smoothies: blend 1.5 cups low fat milk + ½-1cup (small tub)
- yoghurt +1 cup fresh, tinned or frozen fruit and add 15g oats
- Wholemeal crumpets with low fat ricotta + strawberries
- Wholegrain toast with Marmite / Vegemite + 1/4 of avocado
HOT BREAKFAST
- Wholegrain/multigrain/wholemeal toast x 1 + low salt baked beans
- Bagel + ham + mushrooms + spinach + tomato
- Breakfast wrap + Boiled egg + spinach + mushroom + tomato
- Wholegrain/multigrain toast x 1 + scrambled eggs x 2 (made on low fat milk) + cooked tomatoes
- Toasted sandwiches made with ham, pineapple, tomato + baked beans
- Pikelets +fruit + yoghurt
- Boiled eggs x 2 + tomato + mushrooms + wholegrain toast x 1
- Omelette with tomato + mushroom + spinach
