From time to time I’ve shared ideas with you for low calorie breakfast foods. Whether eating out or at home who couldn’t use a few more ideas? This week I came across a helpful video on suggestions for what menu items you might order at fast food restaurants that deserve the label of healthy AND low calorie. I’ve also got a couple of videos on how to prepare a healthy breakfast at home.
The fast food breakfasts video I found is a clip from a CBS news program featuring a Nutritionist and contributor to Cooking Light Magazine. Her suggestions are good! So I wanted to pass the information on to you.
I don’t eat out for breakfast very often unless I’m traveling. But when I do need a quick meal it’s nice to know ahead of time what kind of choices I might have. These selections might work for you whether your goal is to keep your calorie count to 1500 calories a day or as little as 1200.
(My apologies. I’m having trouble getting the first video to show up properly on my website. You can view it on the CBS website: Healthy Fast Food Breakfast The second and third videos should work!)
Dani Spies shares lots of healthy recipe ideas on YouTube. If you want to learn more about how to prepare your own healthy meals and snacks you’ll want to check out what she has to share. The video I have for you today is for her Spinach Scramble.
She suggests using frozen spinach for the recipe, which is a great idea for easy preparation any time. But if you have access to fresh local spinach at certain times of the year you could just as easily prepare the eggs with fresh greens.
The last video I’d like to share today is for making Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin Pancakes. I make a similar recipe with oatmeal but without the raisins. There are a couple of other differences but otherwise it’s very similar to mine. I love my oatmeal pancakes and I’m going to give this recipe a try as soon as I can.
I calculated the calorie count for the pancakes to be about 114 calories per small pancake if the recipe makes about 15. The site doesn’t tell me how many pancakes can be made but they suggest the recipe will serve 4. I would imagine they are basing that count on 3-4 pancakes per person.
See if you can make about 15-16 pancakes and keep your serving to only 2-3 pancakes. That way you can keep the calorie count under 350 calories. Also go easy on the syrup! I’ve taken to not having any syrup on my pancakes at all much of the time. If I do use syrup I choose to use real maple syrup with great flavor so I only need to use a little. Or I top my pancakes with a little fresh fruit or a combination of yogurt and fruit.
You can find the recipe for these pancakes on the Rouxbe website: Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin Pancakes If you give this recipe a try, consider freezing the extras to have a quick and easy breakfast when you have no time to cook!
NOTE: The Rouxbe website seems to have a lot of great videos on basic cooking techniques, however, to view the lessons you would need to join the Rouxbe Cooking School.
I hope these healthy low calorie breakfast food ideas have given you some new thoughts about how to start your mornings out right. Till next time, watch those calories and eat healthy food!
UPDATE: For more healthy breakfast ideas (also low calorie if you watch your portion size) you may want to see a new article posted on the Whole Living website: Eat Like a Nutritionist: 8 Healthy Breakfasts.
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Hey! I was just looking through your blog and i must tell you it’s great!! But i started watching my weight recently and i got this app Caloricious from istore. And ryt now its helping me keep in shape. It’s like a cuztomised food search engine for your diet. You just need to key in the right stuff like gluten free or low fat cereal, things like that. I really loved it you should try it too! http://www.caloricious.com/ download it here http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caloricious/id382994066?mt=8#
The UI is really easy .. just check it out!
Seems like an interesting app. I would like to see it have more options for drilling down to find the best nutritional choice at the right calorie count. There seem to be two levels right now if I am understanding it right. On the first level I can choose a high protein nutrition bar. That should bring up high protein choices. Good, however, it doesn’t tell me how much protein the bars have. That’s a drawback. I can then choose to do a second search to narrow down the choices by say calorie count. That’s helpful. But what if I want to look for a third feature? Say bars having less than 12 grams of sugar? It’s also not clear how many products are in the data base. The best choices may not even be included.
The app definitely has potential. Maybe it will improve in time. Thanks for sharing.
Lori
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