I am not a big breakfast person. In fact, it’s my least favorite meal of the day. But I’m no fool either and after reading about seven zillion Self Magazine articles on how eating breakfast can do everything from curb your appetite to making you skinnier to clearing up your skin and improving your sex life (well, maybe not the latter…), I figured I better find a way to like brekky. Here are my five top breakfasts under 200 calories:
1. Greek Yogurt (plain or vanilla) with five almonds or Tbs of slivered almonds. 1/2 baked apple. Coffee with skim milk. The baked apple is the key here. To keep them really on the low cal side, get medium green apples, slice in half lengthwise and sprinkle with cinnamon, dash of nutmeg, squeeze of lemon and quick splash of whiskey. Bake them at 350 degrees until they are soft but not babyfood, basting the apples a couple of times. The should be browned. Do this with just two apples and you have breakfast for four days.
2. Egg white omelet with crispy toast and butter, coffee with skim milk. The key here is the omelet. Get a carton of egg whites rather than wasting four eggs on just whites. It ends up cheaper that way, too. Use a small sautee pan and grill with Pam any veggies you want. I usually use whatever is leftover from the night before — asparagus, mushrooms, onion. Give the veggies a quick toss and remove from pan. Put eggwhites in at a low heat and let it take it’s shape of the pan. Add the veggies back in. Sometimes I add a tiny bit of goat cheese or fresh herbs from the kitchen too. Fold omelet and let the mixture get its groove-on for a minute or so. On the toast: I love toast, man. But toast makes me chunky so I limit the white carbs. If I have leftover piece of sourdough bread or part of a baguette, then I toast it up and put a bit of Brummel and Brown on top.
3. Ham and Cheese Sandwich, hot tea. I’ve had this trick up my sleeve for years! Take one Orowheat Sandwich Thins (completely awesome 100-calories wheat bread product) and put a hefty helping of spicy mustard on it. Place three deli turkey slices (we use Whole Foods roasted turkey since it’s nitrate-free) on top. Next put sliced tomato with a dash of salt on it. Then sprinkle with lowfat cheddar cheese. Broil until cheese is bubbly. Careful with the cheese because it can get too crispy too fast since it’s got a lower fat count.
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