Breakfasts

1. Avocado toast

Ingredients:

• 2 slices of sprouted grain bread
• 2 hard boiled eggs, sliced
• ¼ avocado, sliced thinly
• 1 tablespoon feta cheese
• 1 pinch of paprika

Method:

• Lay toast on plate and add hard-boiled egg.
• Top with avocado slices and sprinkle with feta cheese and paprika.

2. Energizing green smoothie

Ingredients:

• ½ banana
• 1 cup baby spinach
• 1 tablespoon hemp hearts
• 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
• 1-inch piece of fresh ginger
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk

Method:

Add all ingredients into blender and blend on high until smooth and creamy.

GF = gluten free      DF = dairy free

3. Creamy strawberry overnight oats

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup old fashioned oats

• 2 tablespoons chia seeds

• ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk

• ½ tsp vanilla

• 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter

• ½ cup strawberries

Method:

• Mix the oats, chia seeds, almond milk, and vanilla together until well combined.
• Place in a sealed or covered container and place in refrigerator overnight.
• In the morning, stir in the nut butter and strawberries. Serve cold and enjoy

DF = dairy free

GF = gluten free (make sure to buy gluten free oats!)

4. Fruity cottage cheese parfait

Ingredients:

• ½ cup 1% cottage cheese
• ½ cup pineapple
• 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
• ½ cup all bran buds

Method:

• Add cottage cheese into small bowl and top with pineapple.
• Sprinkle flax seeds and bran buds on top and enjoy.

5. Classic weekend breakfast

Ingredients:

• 2 slices of turkey bacon
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 egg
• 1 piece of sprouted grain toast
• ¼ avocado, sliced
• ½ grapefruit

Method:

• In small frying pan, add turkey bacon and cook until crispy.
• In a separate small pan, melt butter and add egg. Cook to preferred method (scrambled, over easy, etc.)
• Add cooked bacon and eggs to plate with toast, sliced avocado and grapefruit.

6. Coconut smoothie

Ingredients:

• ½ banana
• ½ cup plain 1% Greek yogurt
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened coconut flakes

Method:

• Add all ingredients, except coconut flakes, into blender and blend on high until smooth and creamy.
• Sprinkle coconut flakes on top of smoothie and enjoy!

GF = gluten free

7. 1-minute applesauce and flax muffin

My new favorite breakfast is a dairy free, grain free, high fiber muffin that takes less than one minute to make! This tasty breakfast option keeps me full all the way to lunch.

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup ground flax meal
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon unsweetened applesauce
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon raw cane sugar or coconut sugar or 1 packet of Stevia

Instructions:

Place the ingredients into a mug, stir and put it in the microwave for 50 seconds.

Allow to cool, flip mug over onto a plate and cut in half.

Butter with 1 tsp of apple butter and enjoy!

Time-saver trick:  mix dry ingredients the night before and in morning simply add applesauce and egg, stir, microwave and enjoy!

GF = gluten free

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