"’When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,’ said Piglet at last, ‘what’s the first thing you say to yourself?’ ‘What’s for breakfast?’ said Pooh. ‘What do you say, Piglet?’ ‘I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?’ said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. ‘It’s the same thing,’ he said."–A. A. Milne,‘The House at Pooh Corner’
Breakfast, the most important meal of the day. How many times have you heard the refrain?
It’s true for me. The right breakfast fuels me until lunch. The wrong breakfast — one with too much sugar and processed carbs — sets me up for a craving and binging roller coaster ride I’d just as soon avoid. Skipping breakfast produces a similar result — overeating whatever is readily available (usually something less than healthy) to quell my excessive appetite.
I love breakfast and have learned through lots of trial and error that the best one for me includes some combination of complex carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fat. There are plenty of easy breakfast recipes calling for oatmeal, fruit, yogurt, eggs, cheese, and veggies out there.
Summer can be a bit of a breakfast challenge, especially if you live in the desert like I do. My appetite whithers, but fruit alone isn’t enough to sustain me. Just thinking about breakfast foods that work in the warm months — steamy oatmeal with fruit, crustless quiche, veggie and cheese omelets — weighs me down.
There are many wonderful easy breakfast recipes perfect for summer — cool fruit smoothies, refreshing fruit parfaits, good for you homemade granola, light and healthy muffins, breakfast pizzas, and my favorite of the moment, muesli.
Muesli, combination of soaked grains, nuts, dried fruit and yogurt makes a perfect warm weather breakfast. It’s one of my current favorite easy breakfast recipes for summer. Just stir it up the night before and breakfast will be waiting for you in the fridge the next morning.
Here are a couple muesli recipes for you to try.
Easy Breakfast Recipes for Summer #1: Cranberry Muesli Recipe
Combine the following ingredients in a medium bowl and then cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours and up to 1 day:
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup cranberry juice
6 tablespoons old-fashioned rolled oats
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
2 tablespoons slivered almonds
1 tablespoon unsalted sunflower seeds
1 tablespoon wheat germ or ground flaxseed
2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
Just stir and serve.
This recipe for cranberry muesli makes 2 servings.
Easy Breakfast Recipes for Summer #2: Overnight Refrigerator Oatmeal Recipe
Here is a non-dairy alternative to muesli, that milk-soaked cereal staple of the Swiss. I opt for this when I am trying to watch my dairy intake.
Combine the following ingredients in a medium bowl and then cover and refrigerate overnight:
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
2 cups vanilla soy milk
1/4 cup dried fruit of your choice, cut into bite-sized pieces if necessary
1/4 teaspoon salt
Just stir and serve.
Serves: 4
This Overnight Refrigerator Oatmeal Recipe is adapted fromThe Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight & Eating Greatby Pam Anderson.
"’When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,’ said Piglet at last, ‘what’s the first thing you say to yourself?’ ‘What’s for breakfast?’ said Pooh. ‘What do you say, Piglet?’ ‘I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?’ said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. ‘It’s the same thing,’ he said."–A. A. Milne,‘The House at Pooh Corner’
Breakfast, the most important meal of the day. How many times have you heard the refrain?
It’s true for me. The right breakfast fuels me until lunch. The wrong breakfast — one with too much sugar and processed carbs — sets me up for a craving and binging roller coaster ride I’d just as soon avoid. Skipping breakfast produces a similar result — overeating whatever is readily available (usually something less than healthy) to quell my excessive appetite.
I love breakfast and have learned through lots of trial and error that the best one for me includes some combination of complex carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fat. There are plenty of easy breakfast recipes calling for oatmeal, fruit, yogurt, eggs, cheese, and veggies out there.
Summer can be a bit of a breakfast challenge, especially if you live in the desert like I do. My appetite whithers, but fruit alone isn’t enough to sustain me. Just thinking about breakfast foods that work in the warm months — steamy oatmeal with fruit, crustless quiche, veggie and cheese omelets — weighs me down.
There are many wonderful easy breakfast recipes perfect for summer — cool fruit smoothies, refreshing fruit parfaits, good for you homemade granola, light and healthy muffins, breakfast pizzas, and my favorite of the moment, muesli.
Muesli, combination of soaked grains, nuts, dried fruit and yogurt makes a perfect warm weather breakfast. It’s one of my current favorite easy breakfast recipes for summer. Just stir it up the night before and breakfast will be waiting for you in the fridge the next morning.
Here are a couple muesli recipes for you to try.
Easy Breakfast Recipes for Summer #1: Cranberry Muesli Recipe
Combine the following ingredients in a medium bowl and then cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours and up to 1 day:
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup cranberry juice
6 tablespoons old-fashioned rolled oats
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
2 tablespoons slivered almonds
1 tablespoon unsalted sunflower seeds
1 tablespoon wheat germ or ground flaxseed
2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
Just stir and serve.
This recipe for cranberry muesli makes 2 servings.
Easy Breakfast Recipes for Summer #2: Overnight Refrigerator Oatmeal Recipe
Here is a non-dairy alternative to muesli, that milk-soaked cereal staple of the Swiss. I opt for this when I am trying to watch my dairy intake.
Combine the following ingredients in a medium bowl and then cover and refrigerate overnight:
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
2 cups vanilla soy milk
1/4 cup dried fruit of your choice, cut into bite-sized pieces if necessary
1/4 teaspoon salt
Just stir and serve.
Serves: 4
This Overnight Refrigerator Oatmeal Recipe is adapted fromThe Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight & Eating Greatby Pam Anderson.