I have a bad sugar addiction which I’m still working on. In the meantime, the one thing I have mastered is how to have a very healthy breakfast.
I’m sure you’ve already heard that a healthy breakfast is important for your brain and energy, “Yadda, yadda, yadda”. And this is all so true and so essential, but I’m guessing if you’re reading this blog then you’re also concerned about your skin. So you don’t want to eat anything that will aggravate your acne, cause a breakout, or contribute to premature aging.
To eat for our skin, we want to follow three simple rules -
- Eat low Glycemic Index foods
- Avoid refined sugars
- Eat as many nutrients as possible
These three simple rules are all very easy to follow for each meal that you eat throughout the day. And breakfast is probably the easiest.
If you want to be ridiculously healthy, then you can follow a raw food diet and drink a powered up green smoothie, or you could make a savory grain ‘porridge’ out of something like amaranth or quinoa.
I’m not quite there yet myself, so I’ll give you my daily breakfast which tastes amazingly good, is exceptionally nutritious, and of course one of the best ways to start the day.
What I eat every day for breakfast
I love oatmeal. Now before you groan and click away, hear me out.
Oatmeal never used to be something that I loved. I liked how my mother used to make thick creamy oats in winter (that I used to cover in sugar), but when I grew up and tried to make it myself, it was always a bland disaster.
There is no fine art to making good oatmeal, but there are a few secrets that can turn your boring-bland-cardboard-tasting oatmeal into a meal that you’re going to go to bed at night dreaming about waking up to in the morning. And you don’t have to coat it in sugar to make it taste good.
I have even converted my travel buddy into an oatmeal-aholic. In the first few weeks of traveling together, he took one look at my oatmeal and opened a box of Cheerios or Wheatabix. And then one day he actually tasted my oatmeal. He’s since never gone a day without eating it!
Fran’s the best breakfast ever oatmeal
Serves 1
3/4 cups raw oats
filtered water
milk or milk substitute
1 Tablespoon of puffed amaranth
1 Tablespoon of sprouted flax
1 Tablespoon of flaked or shredded coconut
1/2 Tablespoon of goji berries
a small handful of fresh or frozen berries
1/2 banana, sliced
1 teaspoon of raw honey
kefir or yoghurt to taste
Loving preparation
- Pour oats into a medium sized saucepan and add enough water and milk to turn it into a watery soup. You will need to experiment with how much liquid you prefer. The more liquid you use, the creamier the oatmeal will be.?
- Heat on medium-high until boiling, then reduce to simmer on low until thick and creamy.?
- Pour into a serving bowl then add the remainder of the ingredients. Stir to combine.
I like to add a lot of kefir to give it a very creamy consistency, but again this is up to how you prefer it. You can also use your chosen milk type instead of the kefir or yoghurt.
This is an amazing breakfast that will give you an awesome energy boost and stop those mid morning sugar cravings. Enjoy!
I have a bad sugar addiction which I’m still working on. In the meantime, the one thing I have mastered is how to have a very healthy breakfast.
I’m sure you’ve already heard that a healthy breakfast is important for your brain and energy, “Yadda, yadda, yadda”. And this is all so true and so essential, but I’m guessing if you’re reading this blog then you’re also concerned about your skin. So you don’t want to eat anything that will aggravate your acne, cause a breakout, or contribute to premature aging.
To eat for our skin, we want to follow three simple rules -
These three simple rules are all very easy to follow for each meal that you eat throughout the day. And breakfast is probably the easiest.
If you want to be ridiculously healthy, then you can follow a raw food diet and drink a powered up green smoothie, or you could make a savory grain ‘porridge’ out of something like amaranth or quinoa.
I’m not quite there yet myself, so I’ll give you my daily breakfast which tastes amazingly good, is exceptionally nutritious, and of course one of the best ways to start the day.
What I eat every day for breakfast
I love oatmeal. Now before you groan and click away, hear me out.
Oatmeal never used to be something that I loved. I liked how my mother used to make thick creamy oats in winter (that I used to cover in sugar), but when I grew up and tried to make it myself, it was always a bland disaster.
There is no fine art to making good oatmeal, but there are a few secrets that can turn your boring-bland-cardboard-tasting oatmeal into a meal that you’re going to go to bed at night dreaming about waking up to in the morning. And you don’t have to coat it in sugar to make it taste good.
I have even converted my travel buddy into an oatmeal-aholic. In the first few weeks of traveling together, he took one look at my oatmeal and opened a box of Cheerios or Wheatabix. And then one day he actually tasted my oatmeal. He’s since never gone a day without eating it!
Fran’s the best breakfast ever oatmeal
Serves 1
3/4 cups raw oats
filtered water
milk or milk substitute
1 Tablespoon of puffed amaranth
1 Tablespoon of sprouted flax
1 Tablespoon of flaked or shredded coconut
1/2 Tablespoon of goji berries
a small handful of fresh or frozen berries
1/2 banana, sliced
1 teaspoon of raw honey
kefir or yoghurt to taste
Loving preparation
I like to add a lot of kefir to give it a very creamy consistency, but again this is up to how you prefer it. You can also use your chosen milk type instead of the kefir or yoghurt.
This is an amazing breakfast that will give you an awesome energy boost and stop those mid morning sugar cravings. Enjoy!