Breakfast

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