Another Cheap and Healthy Breakfast

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Eighteen months ago, I wrote about a cheap, healthy, quick, hot breakfast that I had incorporated into my daily schedule. It was high on protein and fiber and low on carbs. Unfortunately it didn’t have any fruits or veggies, so it wasn’t a complete breakfast. It was still better than the average breakfast which consists of a cup of coffee most of the time.

Today, I’d like to bring you a new breakfast. Like the other breakfast, this is cheap, healthy, and quick - but it’s not hot. As a bonus, I’ve found that I can buy everything at Trader Joe’s. There are only five ingredients. This breakfast will take you a total 210 seconds a week to prepare - that’s 3.5 minute for you math majors.

A cheap and healthy breakfast:

Gather ingredients - Trader Joe’s High Fiber Cereal (Fiber One is a good, but more expensive substitute), Kashi GoLean Crunch, sliced almonds (or chopped walnuts), dried cranberries (feel free to substitute banana chips or other dried fruit as well).
Mix ingredients - See, this is easy…
Store in a container… …for use later on in the week
Add Milk… … when you are ready to eat.
Eat… … preferably with a spoon.

You’ll notice that this healthy breakfast is high in fiber from the cereal. It has bit of protein from the milk and almonds. This cereal has some antioxidants from the cranberries (or dried fruit) and almonds (or other nuts).

The most important part is that it’s really good - I look forward to eating this every day. I am going to switch off between this breakfast and my old breakfast, but try to mix in an orange or apple as mid-morning snack. I feel healthier just having a plan in place.

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Posted by Lazy Man on April 23, 2008 in Healthy Meals.

3 Responses to “Another Cheap and Healthy Breakfast”

Susan Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Having a plan is a big piece to the puzzle.
I love making my own muesli! I let it soak a couple of minutes in milk,and I add slices of a banana and flax seeds. It’s delicious!
AkiraSabine Says:
April 27th, 2008 at 12:39 am
My version of healthy breakfast would be oat porridge with soya powder and salt to taste. The soya powder adds fragrance to the otherwise bland oat. I take this whenever I have a busy day ahead which deprives me of mid day snack. This oat keeps me satisfied till lunch. Sometimes, my mid day snack would be a slice of fruit or an apple. I simply love fruits, I take them more than an average person.
MrCooker Says:
May 4th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Im way too lazy to make my own muesli.

Every morning some good old high fiber cereal and Im good to go.

Even though I got some tips on my blog, I usually go for the cereal.