Healthy Breakfast Options

By now, you probably have that one healthy breakfast staple that gets you through the day—but who says you have to settle for the same bowl of oatmeal or egg white omelet every morning? Not I - Breakfast is the prime time to get your day off to a healthy and delicious start, so let it live up to its full potential! Here are five quick and easy healthy breakfast options.

Meal #1

EGGS 'N' GREENS

1 tbsp olive oil 1 cup sliced mushrooms 2 cups spinach 1 egg Salt and pepper to taste

Add half the olive oil to a heated skillet, sauté mushrooms and spinach, and set aside. Add remaining olive oil to the skillet. Crack egg into the pan, and cook sunny-side up. Add egg to vegetables. Drizzle with Sriracha sauce.

Meal #2

HOME FRIES WITH SAUSAGE

3 links Applegate Naturals chicken breakfast sausage 1 cooked sweet potato, cubed 1 1/2 cup chopped kale 2 tsp olive oil 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

Heat chicken sausage. In a pan, sauté sweet potato and kale in olive oil until soft, sprinkling in red pepper flakes.

Meal #3

BERRY ENGLISH MUFFIN

1 Tbsp almond butter 1 Slice Ezekiel whole-grain English muffin/bread 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 cup sliced strawberries

Spread almond butter on sliced muffin, and top with cinnamon, and berries.

Meal #4

OATMEAL WITH PECANS AND BERRIES

1 cup steel cut oats or Quaker Rolled Oats 1 cup skim milk 2 Tbsp chopped pecans 1/2 cup raspberries 1/2 cup blueberries

Prepare oatmeal and mix in pecans, raspberries, and blueberries.

Meal #5

PANCAKES WITH ALMOND BUTTER AND BERRIES

2 whole-wheat pancakes 1 Tbsp almond butter 1/4 cup each blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries

Heat the pancake in a toaster or toaster oven, then top with almond butter and berries.