Sunday, July 18, 2010 by Craig
“If your spending less than an hour a day on food you seriously need to rethink your priorities.” -Robb Wolf
That said, many of you find it difficult to find the time to plan out healthy meals. This is especially difficult in the morning. Here are some recipes to help you in your quest for healthy meals.
1. “Eggs with mushrooms and Pine Nuts”
Ingredients:
3 eggs
2tbs chives, finely chopped
1cup sliced mushrooms
1tbs olive oil
1tbs pine nuts
Salt and pepper
2. “Raisin Omelet”
Ingredients:
2tbs raisins
3 eggs
Dash ground cinnamon
Dash ground all spice
Dash nutmeg
Directions:
Boil raisins in some water for 1 minute. Drain well. In a bowl, beat together eggs, cinnamon, all spice and nutmeg. Stir in raisins. Heat a frying pan lined with baking paper. Pour the beaten eggs onto the baking paper. When the bottom of the eggs have cooked, turn the mixture over by placing another sheet of baking paper to the side and flipping and eggs onto it, then transfer it onto the heated frying pan and cook for another 2-3 minutes, or until browned on the bottom.
3. “Paleo Cereal”
This makes a great pre-work out breakfast, snack or dessert.
Ingredients:
1/2 apple diced
1/4 cup chopped nuts. (I like walnuts and almonds)
2 dates chopped
1/4 cup blueberries
Directions:
Put all ingredients in bowl, sprinkle with cinnamon and cover with coconut milk or almond milk.
4. “Scrambled Eggs with Chives”
Ingredients:
3 eggs
2tbs chopped chives
Salt and pepper
1tsp Olive
Coconut Oil
Directions:
Place oil in a frying pan on medium heat, fry onions for 3-4min or until slightly browned, remove from pan. Whisk eggs in a bowl then place in the frying pan, stirring continuously. When eggs have almost cooked through, add the chives and continue cooking for another 1min, or until eggs are cooked through. Serve right away.
5. “Bacon”
Bacon
6. Coconut Milk Smoothie
7. Paleo Apple Muffins
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups almond meal
4 omega 3 enriched eggs
1 organic apple finely chopped
1 very ripe banana
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup water
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 heaping tbsp cinnamon
Directions:
Pre heat oven to 350. Peel the banana and using a fork, mash the bananna in the bottom of a large mixing bowl. Using a hand held chopper if you have one, finely chop the apple, and add to the bowl. Add all other ingredients and mix by hand. The batter will not be super thick, but more like a cake batter. Using a bit more coconut oil, grease a muffin tin. Fill the tins about 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 15-17 minutes. You will know they are done when you can insert a toothpick into the middle of a muffin and it comes out clean. Serve hot out of the oven with some ghee melted on top, accompanied by eggs over-easy, and hot black coffee. If you eat them all at once, don’t blame me… Makes approximately 16 muffins.
8. Leftovers from dinner
If you are like me and cook most of you meals, you will typically have leftovers. This can make for a easy, delicious, 2-3 minute breakfast. Simply throw dinner into the microwave for 2 minutes and enjoy.
What are good brands for coconut milk and where can they be found?
I’ve used 365 and Goya. The 365 is great. Goya is a little mealy, but maybe you want that?
I use thai kitchen but I’ve used the “Whole Foods” 365 brand also. Both work well. Do not buy the reduced fat because all they do is add water to the product and charge extra. I know they are sold at whole foods but I think you can find them in most large grocery strores. I’ve purchased it at shoprite also.
Another good article about quick breakfasts:
http://crossfitaspire.com/2010/07/baby-step-1-change-your-breakfast/