A Healthy Breakfast

Fill your plate with a combination of these breakfast entrees and sides ranked by how healthy a serving is.

Perfect

• Fresh fruit is a safe option for any breakfast plate. Fresh fruit is packed with fiber, vitamins and minerals.
• Pack a ton of vegetables into your breakfast with a protein and fiber rich egg omellete .
• Water is literally the healthiest thing you can put into your body, have a lot of it, and have it often. You'll feel so much better for it.
• A hearty salad with lots of colorful vegetable is a light way to start your morning, dress lightly with lemon and a little olive oil.
• Milk is both good for you, with a ton of vitamins and minerals and filling as well. 2% or skim is best.

Good

• Hard boiled eggs are both filling and nutritious. Eating only the egg white is even better!
• Fresh squeezed fruit juice is not as good as raw fruit, but is still nutritious.

Decent

• Scrambled eggs can be healthy and better tasting by using a minimal amount of oil or butter.
• Bagels are great especially if they are whole wheat and without excess cream cheese.
• Sweet plantains can add some variety to your plate without breaking the bank.

Bad

• Bacon is so salty greasy and delicious, and it is for those reasons that we must eat it in moderation!
• Pop Tarts are just sugar, with a very very small amount of fruit sugar paste spread inside.
• Juice with added sugar or corn syrup should be avoided.
• Hashed Browns are crispy and yummy, but just like the bacon can be greasy and should not be consumed daily.

Easy Egg Recipes

We have gathered together a variety of tasty ways to get you egg-cited about eating this protein packed incredible edible super-food.

If you want to get a little more fancy try bringing these deviled eggs to a picnic.

A classic side item for breakfast is fluffy scrambled eggs served with a yummy side of bacon .

For a fast nutritious breakfast you can make this easy yet hearty egg omellete .

If you're looking for a new way to eat simple hard boiled eggs then you may want to try seasoned hard boiled eggs with butter. 

How To Hard Boil Eggs The Right Way

If you overcook an egg when boiling it, it gets a sulfuric taste and dark green ring around the yolk. Yechh! Peeling eggs are much harder if they are farm fresh! Eggs a few days old are best, your supermarket's eggs are probably a few days old when you buy them. If you absolutely must use eggs hatched the same day you plan to hard boil them then steam for 20 minutes instead of boiling. They should be easier to peel that way, if they still aren't put in the fridge for a day and they should be fine.

Preparing perfectly cooked hard-boiled eggs are a snap if you follow these simple steps:

1. Put eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water.
2. Set heat on high and let water slowly come to a boil.
3. When water is at a hard boil remove pan from heat and let sit for 12 minutes.
4. Cool by pouring cold water into the saucepan or by setting the eggs on ice.
5. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Enjoy!

Crisp n Tasty Healthy Salad

Ingredients

4 cups of any combination of : lettuce (roughly chopped) tomato (sliced or chopped) cucumber (sliced thin) spinach onion (sliced extremely thin) carrot (slices thin)

1 lemon sliced in half

2 tbsp olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Drizzle a tbsp or so of olive oil into the big bowl you're going to serve the salad in. 

Squeeze half the lemon on top of the oil. 

Sprinkle in a little salt and pepper. 

Place vegetables on top. Repeat steps 1 through 3. 

Serve and enjoy, the salad should be perfectly dressed!

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