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As part of our Eat Well campaign,
we have a question from Christine Mirabelli of Fall River, Nova Scotia.
She wants to know:
“What can I make ahead of time that would serve as a grab-and-go breakfast.”
Christine, your ideas?
- I know that breakfast is chaos, at my house,
probably at everybody’s house.
Everybody’s running around: “What’s going on?”
- That’s right!
- “We gotta go! Out of my way!”
So the night before, when we’re a little calmer, we can just take some time and plan ahead.
I like to go with some plain yogurt,
add some fruit, in a resealable container;
in the fridge, everybody can grab one, and go.
- Love it!
And you know, in terms of the fruit,
you can go fresh, frozen, canned fruit
– of course packed in juice – ...
- Yeah.
- because you want to keep that sugar in check.
But also fruit that’s easy to grab and go.
So bananas, pears, apples, oranges, easy, easy.
- Yeah, absolutely.
And then, when we talk about things that can be made in advance...
I mean, for me, the egg is so versatile.
- Love eggs.
- Perfect food.
- Absolutely.
You know, high in protein,
packed with a ton of nutrients.
You just can’t go wrong with eggs.
- Yeah, I think eggs too, just by how they look, they’re just saying:
“Pick me! Pick me! I look so great!
I’m gonna make your day. I’m gonna make it, I swear!”
- They really will make your day!
- They will make your day, it’s true!
So I have made omelet, and the day before, and in the morning...
then we can just put a little whole wheat tortilla, wrap it.
Again, easy to go.
And at the very least, and if you don’t have time to do that...
just a simple boiled egg gives you still all those nutrients.
- And we love boiling up at least a dozen eggs on the week-end.
They will keep in your fridge, in their shells, for up to a week.
So talk about convenience.
- If a party breaks out, you got lots of eggs…
- There you go!
- to make all kinds of great sandwiches.
It’s awesome!
Now, if that one situation arises and you say: “Well, we just don’t have any time”,
we don’t want kids not having breakfast.
So, the one thing that kids can do on their own,
is just take a whole grain English muffin,
some slices of cheese and tomatoes,
just wrap it up and run out the door. Easy.
- Love it!
And you know, what I love about that idea is:
you’ve got your protein, you’ve got fibre.
Awesome way to start the day.
- Completely true.
So for more healthy eating breakfast tips,
join us online at HealthyCanadians.gc.ca/EatWell
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