Healthy Breakfast

So in case you haven't noticed, I LOVE BREAKFAST!!!  The best meal of the day!  But being from the south, I would love to sit down to a bowl of grits and a huge plateful of biscuits and sausage gravy, with eggs on the side!  However, My hips would NEVER forgive me!  So I try to eat a healthy breakfast, so that I start my day off right.  I found this awesome article the other day with some breakfasts on it.  The author of Eat This, Not That, also has a website, and guess where I found that article....  You got it, on that website!  Here are a few I liked!!!

Quick and Healthy Oatmeal
Ingredients:
1 cup Vanilla Soy milk
1/2 sup Old Fashioned Oats
1/4 cup Blueberries or Raspberries
1 Tablespoon Maple Syrup

Directions:
1.Combine milk and oats in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.  Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Serve topped with berries and maple syrup.
Only 360.7 calories, 7.4 g fat, 0.6 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 57.9 g Carbs, 17.8 g sugars, 8.1 g dietary fibers, and 18.3g of protein to each serving!

Easy Cheesy Mushroom Scramble
Ingredients:
3 eggs
1/2 cup pre-sliced fresh mushrooms
1 ounce 2% shredded Mozzarella
1 teaspoon pam cooking spray

1. Crack eggs into bowl, and whisk to break yolks.
2. Add mushrooms and cheese
3. Spray pam on hot pan
4. Add eggs and cook until firm sirring and flipping often.
5. and in my case, I end sharing with at least three of my six kids!  LOL!

293.1 calories, 19.1g fat, 7.2 g saturated fat, 649.7mg cholesterol, sodium 414.2 mg sodium, 3.3 g carbs, 1.7 g sugars, 0.4 g dietary fiber, 28.1 g protein

Hope that helps add to your healthy breakfast recipes!!!
~Mommy of 6 <3

Breakfast Burrito

Ingredients:
2 tbsp salsa
1/4 C shredded low-fat cheddar cheese
1/4 C fresh cilantro
1 large egg plus 4 large egg whites, beaten
1/2 C diced lean ham
1 large (8'') whole-wheat tortilla

Directions

1. In a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute the diced ham over medium-high heat, just until the surface starts to brown. Place the cooked ham in the tortilla, then add more cooking spray to the skillet and scramble the eggs together with the cilantro. Add the eggs to the tortilla, top with the cheese and salsa, and fold.
Mommy of 6 <3

Overnight Caramel French Toast

Overnight Caramel French Toast

Ingredients:

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup butter

2 Tablespoons light corn syrup

12 slices of white or whole wheat bread

1/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided

6 eggs

1 cups milk

1/2 cup liquid french vanilla coffee mate

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
1. In a small saucepan, bring the brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.
2. Pour into greased 9X13" pan.  Top with six slices of bread.  Combine sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon; sprinkle half over the bread.  Place remaining bread on top.  Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture, set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, milk vanilla, coffee mate, and remaining cinnamon.  Pour over bread.  Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or over night.  Remove from the refrigerator30 minutes before baking.  Bake uncovered, at 350degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Makes 6 servings!!!

Breakfast from a mug?

Omelet in a Mug

Ingredients:

2 eggs slightly beaten

2-3 Tablespoons shredded cheddar cheese

2 tablespoons fully cooked ham, diced

1 Tablespoon diced green pepper

salt and pepper to taste

a dash of hot sauce (optional)

Directions:
In a microwave safe mug coated with cooking spray, combine all ingredients.  Microwave, uncovered, on high for 30-40 seconds: stir.  Cook 30-60 seconds longer until eggs are completely set.

Makes for a very yummy breakfast for the mom or dad on the run! 

Serves 1

Oven Denver Omelet

This is warming on the chilly mornings, and filling too!  You can completely customize and add anythign you like to it.  I like a little bit of squash and zuchini added, others like spinach added, and my kids, well they just like it with the onions, peppers, ham and cheese.

Ingredients:

8 eggs

1/2 Cup half-and-half

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup finely chopped fully cooked ham

1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper

1/4 cup finely chopped onion

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. In a bowl, whisk together eggs and cream until light.  Stir in half the cheese, ham, green pepper, onion, salt and pepper.

2. Pour into greased 9" square baking dish, and top with remaining cheese.  Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until lightly golden brown.

Serves 6

Enjoy ,

~Mommy of 6 <3

Ham and Cheese Strata

Ham and Cheese Strata

6 slices toasted bread, cut into cubes

1 can (10 3/4 oz) cambells Cheddar Cheese Soup

1 cup milk

4 eggs

1 1/2 cups shredded swiss cheese

1/2 cup cubed ham

salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:
1. Place bread cubes in a 2 qt. greased baking dish. 
2. Mix soup, milk and eggs.  Add cheese and ham, and sprinkle top with salt and pepper.
3. Pour over bread, covering evenly, cover and refrigerate 3-4 hours or over night.  Uncover
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean.
Cut into bars, and serve!  We love it topped with salsa.  YUMMY!!!

Enjoy,
~The Mommy of 6 <3