When I went down to the kitchen for breakfast I saw that Art had already prepared everything. I had to laugh. Art's sister had sent us a bunch of healthy additions for our morning meal so the table was loaded.
The clear container holds my mixture of cereals that I concoct for myself. We always add some dried cranberries and a prune or two.
Then there's Art's All Bran and flax seed. Now we've also got dried apricots, two kinds of granola and hemp seed.
Then I've got my fish oil that my nurse practitioner wants me to take along with multivitamins, calcium, bananas and a papaya.
Please ignore the mocha I always make myself. It's my morning vice. Art has a healthier green tea.
How do you start your day?
The clear container holds my mixture of cereals that I concoct for myself. We always add some dried cranberries and a prune or two.
Then there's Art's All Bran and flax seed. Now we've also got dried apricots, two kinds of granola and hemp seed.
Then I've got my fish oil that my nurse practitioner wants me to take along with multivitamins, calcium, bananas and a papaya.
Please ignore the mocha I always make myself. It's my morning vice. Art has a healthier green tea.
How do you start your day?
A lot you add
ReplyDeleteI do also.
Cranberries, nuts, fish oil and an assortment of supplelments.
Doing all I know
to stay reasonably healthy :)
i am staring at a glass of bone broth. lately it has been my breakfast of choice.
ReplyDeleteMy breakfast is different every day. This morning it was yogurt with (homemade) granola and blackberries.
ReplyDeleteI have been having oatmeal lately and always a cup of coffee.
ReplyDeleteIt all looks very healthy. I am more inclined to eat cereal for lunch than for breakfast these days. I make muffins with grains and fruits and seeds and coconut oil to have with my coffee. Or I just have coffee and then some fruit later in the morning.
ReplyDeletelooks delicious, I like yogurt, raspberries and splenda, peppermint tea and whole grain toast
ReplyDeleteA piece of rye toast, with vegenaise and tempeh on the top, a skim milk latte. Hardly ever varies, and I like it that way. :-)
ReplyDeleteToday was oatmeal and some fruit, but I love eggs fixed some way or other.
ReplyDeleteWow, that table looks like fun. I have toast and coffee while reading on the Internet, a far cry from your rich breakfast (and company). :)
ReplyDeleteI eat a very similar cereal with banana and dried cranberries for my evening meal. Lunch is my big mieal and breakfast is always two pieces of peanut butter toast and a fiber bar. You are far more creative.
ReplyDeletemy breakfast meals are often quick and without much thought
ReplyDeleteMultigrain toast with butter. I tell my doctor, "I eat butter. Deal with it." And coffee, of course.
ReplyDeleteThe end result looks gloriously healthy. :)
ReplyDeleteIn the winter I have porridge with raisins and fruit, either fresh or stewed, and in the summer I have muesli (which I make myself) with yoghurt and fruit. Monotonous I know, but I don't seem to mind having the same breakfast every day.
ReplyDeleteI just wrote to Denise that I'm not absolutely sure what porridge is except for the nursery rhyme. I'm wondering if it's the same as the oatmeal we eat here.
DeleteI start it a lot like you, Kay. I make a dry muesli filled with nuts and dried fruit. But my a.m. vice is coffee with half and half. Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteFruit, yogurt,walnuts, flax seed, raw oatmeal lightly blitzed in the food processor, and green tea. I never get tired of it, I guess because I vary the fruit.
ReplyDeleteFrom now on I'm coming to your house for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteLately, I have been cooking crispy bacon and soft-boiled eggs. I eat a lo-fat piece of brown bread and David eats a large slice of regular white bread, both are toasted. I have marmalade, he eats a Trappist monk preserve of one kind or other and butter. We both have fruit of some kind, mostly grapefruit in winter and cantaloupe in summer. Sometimes I fix french toast ala peanut butter and jam sandwich or high protein crepes. Sometimes I bake gluten free muffins. This morning we had cornbread,
I meant to write "almond butter."
ReplyDeletewide choice of food
ReplyDeleteYou are so healthy! I start with coffee, then I've been having a sandwich. Truly! It works for me. For the last two days I've gone for walks and need the energy! It's been so hard without yeast, eggs and dairy for hubby. It's really changed my menu planning.
ReplyDeleteMay your diet keep you peppy for decades to come!
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu
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My start is very simple and regimented. I alternate hot cereal and cold cereal from day to day. after that it's toast and coffee. Quick and easy! Fast and dirty!
ReplyDeleteI have a few ounces of OJ with my calcium supplement and then a blender shake with skim milk, SlimFast powder, half an banana, a chunk of silken tofu and a half cup of frozen blueberries.
ReplyDeleteI start with coffee. It is very cold before I finish it. Then, I make a simple breakfast of cereal with fruit, or oatmeal, a smoothie. My favorite smoothie is made of almond milk, frozen strawberries, frozen bananas, and a handful of almonds. I also love to have raisin bread toasted and topped with peanut butter. That is probably my favorite breakfast.
ReplyDeleteCraisins are a wonderful development of our time. Cuppa cawfee for sure at the same time and I read the newspaper. Grape Nuts (I never could get anyone in my family to eat them. Now my granddaughter is living with me, and I notice some of the little bee bees missing from the tiny little box some days.) I like freshly made oatmeal. I often forget to eat breakfast until ten or so. (Duh) The other day I forgot to eat, and I ordered oatmeal at Morning Brew in Kailua (3 doors down from the Book Ends Bookstore, my favorite.) Boy was it good! Yum. I asked them their secret, and they said little bits of chopped walnut mixed in along with the fresh blueberries and strawberries.
ReplyDeleteGosh! I've never had grape nuts before. Walnuts, blueberries and strawberries sound wonderful!
DeleteNow, I don't work for the Grape Nuts company, but that brand started off as a health food well over a hundred years ago. Somebody must eat them. My father liked Grape Nuts back in the day. The thing is, one must wait at least a few minutes after pouring milk and wait for them to soften a bit. Otherwise, they feel like "bee bees" in the mouth and many people have rejected them at that point. A little brown sugar and craisins or fruit of one's choice can help.
DeleteRegarding longevity of marriage in your previous post, I was happily married for 51 years. I always said one of our "secrets" that whoever really really really wanted something got what they wanted. An example might be Art's desire to travel. One of Helen's main marriage ideas was that "marriage is a conversation," as she said many times. We certainly talked over everything. I was surprised when I made that points at her Memorial Service and a fair number of people told me they don't discuss very much of anything at all in their marriages. Also, I was the oldest in my family and she was the youngest. Could there be something to that theory?
ReplyDeleteDiane of schmidleysscribblins mentioned birth order and I've heard that before too. I wrote back to her that Art is the youngest of two and I am the oldest of two. Art's sister's name is also Kay. In fact to reduce confusion, his mom called her Kay Ann and me Kay Dear. I also said that Art has no problem being bossy either even though he was the younger sibling. He also knows how to handle me when I am being bossy.
DeleteI took great note of your breakfast table. In the winter I like to eat porridge with a variety of fruit. My favorites are strawberries, blueberries and bananas. I have enjoyed reading everyone else's choices also. It has been an education.
ReplyDeleteI do sort of know what porridge is, but I don't know if I've ever had it. I need to go back to England and try a bowl.
DeleteI remember the nursery rhyme:
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.
Nine days old? Really?