What I Eat - Breakfast Edition

You've probably heard the saying "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" and it's honestly true.

That being said, I don't always feel like eating breakfast but I've been trying to! When I wake up I'm not hungry at all. In fact, I don't get hungry until like 2 hours after getting up! So that can be tricky depending on what my plans are for the day.

I also have a bit of an egg intolerance so I try to stay way from eggs as much as possible. Which is why all my breakfasts are usually fruit based.

If I'm going to work I like to stick to something light since I'll eat a snack a little bit later in the day. I also try to stay away from dairy so if I mention a diary product I'm using then it's a dairy alternative! (i.e. coconut milk yogurt, earth balance butter, almond milk)

My go to is toast! The cool thing about toast is you can dress it up so many different ways.

this looks so gross lol but it tastes good I swear 

You can do peanut butter ad bananas, cream cheese and avocado, just cream cheese, or you can be weird and put butter, tomato and parmesan on it like me! I remember looking through the fridge trying to find something to eat one day and just thinking "ok I can do tomato.. that's healthy.. maybe I'll throw a lil balsamic on there." But then, I saw the parmesan and decided to give it a go. It's really not that strange of a combo but it just makes me laugh whenever I make it! You also don't have to have this on just bread. You can have a bagel, English muffin, rice cake.. literally anything.

Another breakfast staple is granola! I like to eat it on top of cereal, on a smoothie bowl, in some yogurt, or as a base with some fruit and almond milk! It's so yummy. My favorite is the honey almond one from Open Nature.

granola, blueberries, banana, almond milk

smoothie bowl I made with frozen tropical fruit mix, almond milk and I think a banana. topped with granola

My last easy breakfast is fruit! I eat fruit almost every morning. Fruit digests quicker than most foods so I try to have fruit be the first thing I eat in the day. Throw this stuff on cereal, oatmeal, toast, a smoothie, or eat it alone! It's always refreshing and tasty. I love berry smoothies (blueberries are my favorite fruit) and it's easy to just pick up some frozen berry mixes at the grocery store. The frozen ones last longer obviously, and they make the smoothie thicker. Which also comes in handy when you want to have a smoothie bowl cause otherwise you'd be having fruit soup. Trust me, you don't want that.

 peaches, a nectarine, and a banana

Eat ya fruit kids!

Cinnamon Apple Topper Recipe

Now I'm a big breakfast fan. I don't necessarily like making breakfast, but I sure do like eating it. This recipe is one of my faves for a quick breakfast. It can be used for many different things, but my favorite way to eat them is on top of oatmeal.

You could also use it on top of pancakes or waffles, ice cream, hell even throw it on top of a pork chop for some savory sweet goodness!

Here's the recipe.

Ingredients

• 5 apples peeled and sliced
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 
• 1/2 cup tightly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (you can just use nutmeg if you want)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon butter

Directions:

Before you start, make sure you mix all of the dry ingredients before hand so your apples don't get too brown!

Next you're going to peel and slice the apples and put them in a ziploc bag (or a container) and toss them in the coating you made earlier. Make sure all of the apples are coated. 

They'll look like this after you toss them! After you finish coating them, fill a saucepan with 2 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of butter. Do this on medium heat. After the butter has melted a tiny bit I pour the apples in and stir. Cook them for about 10 minutes or until soft. You'll want to keep stirring every once in a while to make sure the apples cook evenly. 

Voila! Your cinnamon apples are cooked and ready to eat or ready to store for a treat later! I like to keep mine in a mason jar in the fridge. 

Now beware! Your house will smell INCREDIBLE while these are cooking. It smells like fall. They also are probably going to take more than 10 minutes btw. It's different every time I make them so 10 minutes it's just the minimum amount I would do.