You all know I usually have a bowl of porridge with raspberries for breakfast but I have to admit I’m getting a bit bored of the same old breakfast every day.
So I thought I should come up with a weeks worth of low GI breakfasts to ring the changes. Feel free to add your own ideas.
1. Wholegrain toast, cream cheese and smoked salmon.
This is my ‘posh’ breakfast which, thanks to smoked salmon being half price in Tesco this week, I have been enjoying for the last few days.
2. Cheese omelette.
I make this with 3 eggs. Whisk with ground pepper. Heat a drop of vegetable oil in a small frying pan and stir in the eggs. Grate over about 25g cheddar cheese. You can be brave and flip it over after a few minutes but I heat the grill and finish it off under the grill for a few minutes.
You can add lots of things to your omelette. Eg. Onions, bacon, peppers, mushrooms.
3. Granola.
I eat Lizi’s granola. It’s low GI and yummy.
4. Muesli.
Either buy a good quality, sugar free muesli or make your own from a mix of porridge oats, dried fruits, flaked coconut, nuts, seeds etc.
5. Boiled egg and soldiers.
Do I have to tell you how to boil an egg? If you insist- I bring water to the boil then put the egg into the water and simmer for 4 minutes.
Toast some wholegrain bread and spread with a little bit of butter and marmite. In my mind marmite is essential.
6. Fruit and yogurt.
Sometimes you don’t feel like eating much when you’re up early. A bowl of natural Greek yogurt with blueberries is perfect for days like these. You can use any fruit of course.
7. Huevos Rancheros.
A traditional Mexican breakfast – one for a Sunday morning I think.
In a frying pan heat a little oil. Gently fry a chopped onion, a chopped pepper, a crushed clove of garlic and a chopped chili.
Add a tin of chopped tomatoes and cook down for about 20 minutes stirring occasionally.
Make 4 wells in the tomato mix and crack an egg into each and cook to your liking.
Serve with a wholegrain tortilla if you can find them or whole grain toast.
Roll on tomorrow morning even if it is a Monday!
