Start Your Thanksgiving Right with 3 Healthy Breakfast Ideas
Thanksgiving is one holiday where the focus is traditionally on the meal. If you are in charge of organizing the majority of your Thanksgiving feast it is likely that most of your day will be spent in the kitchen preparing your finest dishes. It’s possible that most of your menu planning will be on the dinner. However, breakfast ideas are important, too, even if you’re just planning what to fix for yourself on Thanksgiving morning. Though holidays can be stressful and super busy, it’s important to take care of yourself and to give your body what it needs, especially on a holiday when it is your turn to host.
No matter what time your Thanksgiving dinner will take place, it is important to start your day right with a healthy breakfast. Here are three breakfast ideas that are quick and easy to fix but will provide the energy you will definitely need to cook and entertain on Thanksgiving Day. Additionally, these breakfast ideas do not require a lot of effort and preparation, leaving you the time you need to fix the big meal of the day.
Just about every one of us overindulges when it comes to Turkey Day. Eating breakfast can help you consume less food that day. Health Magazine stresses the importance of eating breakfast on Thanksgiving and reports that those that starve before the holiday meal are setting themselves up to splurge on all of the goodies found on the dinner table. WebMD states that it is not a good idea to save up calories by skipping a morning meal and that eating breakfast is one of the “10 Tips for a Thinner Thanksgiving” from the leading health information services web site.
While you’re shopping for your Thanksgiving dinner ingredients, be sure to pick up enough supplies for one of these breakfast ideas. You’ll begin your busy holiday in a happy and healthy way and you won’t feel as tempted to overeat at suppertime. These three breakfast ideas are paired with a bottle of water because it’s important to stay hydrated, too.
Breakfast #1
1 english muffin
1 banana
2 eggs, which can be whole eggs, egg whites or egg beaters
1 bottle of water
Breakfast #2
1 �½ cup of Cheerios, Rice Chex, or Wheat Chex
1 cup skim milk
1 �½ cup strawberries
�¼ cup walnuts
1 bottle of water
Breakfast #3
2 cups of pineapple
10 crackers (any kind)
�¾ cup cottage cheese
1 cup baby carrots
1 bottle of water
Any of these three breakfast ideas allow you to treat yourself to quick morning break before the holiday madness officially begins.
Sources:
“Your Healthiest Thanksgiving from Breakfast to bedtime,” Health magazine.
Kathleen M. Zelman, “10 Tips for a Thinner Thanksgiving,” WebMD.
