{"id":182,"date":"2018-05-06T18:20:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T23:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/?p=182"},"modified":"2018-05-06T18:20:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T23:20:55","slug":"my-favorite-healthy-breakfasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/2018\/05\/06\/my-favorite-healthy-breakfasts\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Healthy Breakfasts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? Not only is it the most important meal, it is my favorite meal to have. Having a good, hearty breakfast gives me the energy I need to get through my day. When I plan on having a good breakfast, it makes my mornings just a little more enjoyable. Below are some of the things that I have been loving to eat for my favorite meal of the day. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scrambled eggs with spinach and a side of Ezekial bread<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This breakfast is very easy and fast. I take 3 eggs whisk them in a bowl and put them in a frying pan. I add a tiny bit of spinach and scramble that all together. On the side, I love having Ezekial\u00a0bread with some sugar-free raspberry\u00a0preserves. Ezekial bread is a bread made from whole grains that have been allowed to sprout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Jazzed&#8221; up oatmeal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To me, oatmeal is just too plain for me to eat it by itself, and I know I am not alone on that thought. I love &#8220;jazzing&#8221; up my oatmeal to make it taste good, but still keeping it healthy. All I do is put 1 cup of plain rol<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-184 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/oatmeal-3171723_1920-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/oatmeal-3171723_1920-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/oatmeal-3171723_1920-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/oatmeal-3171723_1920-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/oatmeal-3171723_1920-1140x771.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/oatmeal-3171723_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>led\u00a0oats in a bowl with about 1\/4 cup of water. I microwave that for 2 minutes. I like my oatmeal a bit more &#8220;soupy&#8221; so I sometimes add a bit more water to mine when it comes out of the microwave. I add about 1 tbsp maple syrup, 1 tbsp peanut butter, granola, and bananas. That is usually what I put in my oatmeal. Sometimes I add some dark chocolate chips as well as some fresh fruit and some almonds!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Avocado Toast\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is exactly what it sounds like, toast with avocado on it! I take 2 pieces of Ezekiel bread and toast them. Once they&#8217;re\u00a0toasted I spread a tiny bit of butter on them. I take a<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-183 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/breakfast-1314355_1920-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/breakfast-1314355_1920-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/breakfast-1314355_1920-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/breakfast-1314355_1920-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/breakfast-1314355_1920-1140x713.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/files\/2018\/05\/breakfast-1314355_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>n avocado and cut it in half, I take one of the halves and spread it out between the 2 slices. I season with some pink Himalayan salt and pepper. I usually don&#8217;t put anything else on the toast, but sometimes I will fry 2 eggs and put those on top of the toast. The other half of the avocado I put in the fridge for another day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Avocado and egg burrito.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is something I like to make when I have a little more time on my hands. It doesn&#8217;t\u00a0take that long but it takes a little more work than some of the breakfast listed above. I take some mushrooms, green peppers, and onions and fry those in a pan. I also scramble\u00a02 eggs while the veggies are cooking. Once the veggies and eggs are finished, I take one whole grain tortilla and put the veggies, eggs and some avocado in the tortilla. I fold the tortilla\u00a0in half and put it in our panini press. It will stay in the panini press for about 5 minutes or until there are nice grill marks on the tortilla. This is a great breakfast for on the go because you can wrap it up in tinfoil and eat in on the way to school, work or once you get to your destination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? Not only is it the most important meal, it is my favorite meal to have. Having a good, hearty breakfast gives me the energy I need to get through my day. When I plan on having a good breakfast, it makes my mornings just a little more enjoyable. Below are some of the things that I have been loving to eat for my favorite meal of the day. Enjoy! Scrambled eggs with spinach and a side of Ezekial bread This breakfast is very easy and fast. I take 3 eggs whisk them in a bowl and put them in a frying pan. I add a tiny bit of spinach and scramble that all together. On the side, I love having Ezekial\u00a0bread with some sugar-free raspberry\u00a0preserves. Ezekial bread is a bread made from whole grains that have been allowed to sprout. &#8220;Jazzed&#8221; up oatmeal To me, oatmeal is just too plain for me to eat it by itself, and I know I am not alone on that thought. I love &#8220;jazzing&#8221; up my oatmeal to make it taste good, but still keeping it healthy. All I do is put 1 cup of plain rolled\u00a0oats in a bowl with about 1\/4 cup of water. I microwave that for 2 minutes. I like my oatmeal a bit more &#8220;soupy&#8221; so I sometimes add a bit more water to mine when it comes out of the microwave. I add about 1 tbsp maple syrup, 1 tbsp peanut butter, granola, and bananas. That is usually what I put in my oatmeal. Sometimes I add some dark chocolate chips as well as some fresh fruit and some almonds! Avocado Toast\u00a0 This is exactly what it sounds like, toast with avocado on it! I take 2 pieces of Ezekiel bread and toast them. Once they&#8217;re\u00a0toasted I spread a tiny bit of butter on them. I take an avocado and cut it in half, I take one of the halves and spread it out between the 2 slices. I season with some pink Himalayan salt and pepper. I usually don&#8217;t put anything else on the toast, but sometimes I will fry 2 eggs and put those on top of the toast. The other half of the avocado I put in the fridge for another day. Avocado and egg burrito. This is something I like to make when I have a little more time on my hands. It doesn&#8217;t\u00a0take that long but it takes a little more work than some of the breakfast listed above. I take some mushrooms, green peppers, and onions and fry those in a pan. I also scramble\u00a02 eggs while the veggies are cooking. Once the veggies and eggs are finished, I take one whole grain tortilla and put the veggies, eggs and some avocado in the tortilla. I fold the tortilla\u00a0in half and put it in our panini press. It will stay in the panini press for about 5 minutes or until there are nice grill marks on the tortilla. This is a great breakfast for on the go because you can wrap it up in tinfoil and eat in on the way to school, work or once you get to your destination. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7434,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[759],"tags":[403026,870224,55605,870327,384395],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-avocado","tag-breakfasts","tag-healthy","tag-healthy-breakfasts","tag-toast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7434"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/norastouchofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}