Breakfast

What do your kids and you, eat for breakfast?
I am an advocate of always eating a little bit of fruit before I eat cereal, toast or eggs. Your will tend to feel full faster if you do this and then hopefully eat less.

Breakfast truly is a very important meal, especially for children who cannot get up and get something to eat in class, like you can at work or at home. Feeding your children in the morning not only takes care of hunger pains, but gives fuel to their brains.

I suggest whole grain, low fat foods like: cream of rice, oatmeal, cream of wheat (these items can be made in the evening and then heated up in the morning), Grape Nuts, Wheaties, Shredded Wheat, Rice Chex, Cheerios, whole grain toast and eggs, yogurt with granola. Treat yourself to bagels occassionally. They are usually high in fat. these types of food fill the children up for a longer period of time. These foods do not turn into fat, but to energy and they will tend not to feel as lathargic during the day.

A tip about yogurt and anything lowfat! I will almost always advocate eating foods that are not "non-fat" or "lowfat". Read the ingredients. Many times you are trading fat for chemicals. It is easier to burn off fat by eating healthy foods and exercising, but you cannot get rid of chemicals. If you start reading the labels of your bread, cereals, cookies, milk, yogurt, chips, etc., you will find "Partially hydrogenated" in almost everything! This is a cancer causing chemical and if you eat it in every food, every day for years and years, this can possibly be the cause of many different illnesses later in life.

The next time you go to the pantry or to the market, read the ingredients sof the food you are eating. You are what you eat.

Tuesday is fish night. Do you like fish? If so, after you clean the fish, squeeze fresh lemon juice, olive oil, salt pepper and fresh chopped garlic (maybe chopped parsley too). Bake or saute it to your liking. It is delicious! Accompany it with steamed rice or pasta, cooked (not too cooked) vegies and a salad. Try dark green lettuce in place of iceberg or romaine, it is has more vitamins and minerals.

I would love your feed back or suggestions or questions. Tomorrow I will give you my delicious challah recipe.

Keep eating healthy and exercising.