Jun

25

The Toothpick Breakfast

Filed Under Eating Healthy, Healthy Habits, Healthy Meal Ideas 

Every once in a while, I like to share a healthy meal idea with you.  Today, it’s breakfast time.

What You Need

  • One small cucumber
  • Some Cheese.  Any kind will work.  I’m partial to pepper jack.
  • A handful of blueberries

Preparations

This is an ultra simple breakfast.  Just slice up the cucumbers and the cheese.  Stick one on top of the other and you’re done.  The blueberries are great either between bites of cucumber and cheese or afterwards.

Calories

What calories?  Well ok, that’s not quite true.  Depending on the amount of cheese you use, this meal could have a few hundred calories in it.  So be careful not to overdo the cheese.  The cucumber has almost nothing.  Blueberries do have some calories in them but relatively few.  Using my portions, I get about 300 calories in a breakfast like this.

Nutrition

This is an amazing meal in terms of nutrient.  Zero emptry carbs, good amount of protein and fiber, plus the blueberries are a great source of antioxidants.  It’s hard to find a better way to start your day.

Cost

Most expansive part of this breakfast is usually the blueberries.  However, if you keep that part under control, you’ll probably spend around $3 each time you eat this meal.

Time

Preparation time is about 1 minute.

Small Editorial

When I told a friend about this, he said “wait, that’s not a breakfast, that’s an appetizer.”  Folks, there’s no rule that says what you can or cannot eat on a given part of the day.  There’s nothing that says you can’t have an egg for dinner and there’s nothing that says an appetizer can’t be breakfast.

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What a great day to start the day.  I feel full, it tasted wonderful (those blueberries were amazing!) and I got a good start to a very nutritious day.  Now I’m going to go take a short walk to the post office.

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Comments

2 Responses to “The Toothpick Breakfast”

  1. John's Weight Loss Blog on June 25th, 2008 9:33 pm

    Great reminder that nothing is sacred in terms of when to eat food. I need to think about making simple omelets for dinner some times…

  2. weight management on June 26th, 2008 4:23 am

    Sounds good. Sounds simple…sounds like something i’m going to have to try!!

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