Breakfast Recipes
Although nothing can replace sleep starting the day with a healthy breakfast can improve your mood and help you stay alert.
Whole Weat Pankcakes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Serving Size: 6
Ingredients
- 1 c white whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour
- ¼ c ground flaxseed
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1 omega-3-enriched egg
- 1½ cups water
- 2 Tbsp canola oil
Instructions
- Combine the flour, buttermilk powder, flaxseed, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir to mix in another mixing bowl. Beat the egg with a fork or whisk. Whisk in the water and oil. Add the flour mixture. Whisk just until combined. Do not beat. Allow to sit for 5 minutes.
- Heat a griddle over medium-high heat. Turn off the heat and coat the griddle with cooking spray. Turn the heat back on to medium-high. Ladle ¼ cup of the batter onto the griddle to make each pancake.
- Cookfor 1 to 2 minutes or until the bottoms are browned and bubbles form on the top, adjusting the heat as needed. Flip and cook for about 2 minutes or until cooked through. Reduce the heat if the bottoms are browning too fast. Repeat until all the pancakes are cooked. Serve right away or place on a rack to cool for freezing.
Ginger-Mango Smoothie
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Serving Size: 2
Ingredients
- c low-fat vanilla yogurt
- 1 c peeled and chopped mango (about ½)
- 4 oz ounces soft tofu
- 2 Tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1 tsp finely chopped crystallized
- ginger
- 1 tsp flaxseed oil
- Pinch of cardamom
Instructions
- Combine the yogurt, mango, tofu, flaxseed, ginger, oil, and cardamom in a blender. Puree until smooth.
Open-Faced Broiled Egg, Spinach, Tomato Sandwich
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Serving Size: 1
Ingredients
- whole wheat english muffin
- ¼ c fresh spinach, cooked and squeezed dry (about 4 ounces)
- 1 slice tomato
- 1 hard-boiled egg, sliced width-wise
- 1 Tbsp omega-3-enriched mayonnaise
- Salt-free seasoning blend
Instructions
- Set the muffin half on a toaster oven pan or double sheet of foil. Top with the spinach and tomato. Lay on the egg slices in an overlapping spiral. Dollop on the mayonnaise and swirl slightly to partially cover the egg slices. Sprinkle on seasoning to taste.
- Place under the broiler for 2 to 3 minutes, watching carefully, until the mayonnaise is lightly browSet the muffin half on a toaster oven pan or double sheet of foil. Top with the spinach and tomato. Lay on the egg slices in an overlapping spiral. Dollop on the mayonnaise and swirl slightly to partially cover the egg slices. Sprinkle on seasoning to taste.
- Place under the broiler for 2 to 3 minutes, watching carefully, until the mayonnaise is lightly browned