This is a segment called What Kristin Had for Breakfast. Welcome.
Sometimes I think it’s helpful to see what other people eat, especially if you are trying to focus on health and moderation. Oh, and especially if you’re trying to shed some of that “winter layer” that has somehow managed to stay on you for 2 years. So here’s what I ate for breakfast.
Sunday: A handful of raw trail mix and a Starbucks passion iced tea. Oh, and a bite of #3‘s turkey bacon sandwich. Older sisters must always have a bite of younger sisters’ food.
Monday: A whole wheat English muffin with a smidge {and by smidge I mean 1/2 a tablespoon} of natural peanut butter on one side and raspberry jam on the other side. A hard boiled egg. Some sliced strawberries. Yumminess.
Tuesday: Breakfast date with Glennard! We shared a pancake breakfast at Mimi’s, so I had 2 pancakes, 2 slices of bacon, a scrambled egg, and half a grapefruit. Although the service and food at Mimi’s is decidedly mediocre, they have somehow figured out how to make pancakes extra delicious. I am married to a true pancake lover, so it looks like Mimi’s will be in my life for a while.
Wednesday: Egg white omelet with green bell pepper and a sprinkling of goat cheese. I used to hate egg whites but now I love them. End of story. Light English muffin with 1 teaspoon of butter.
Thursday: Boulevard Bread’s fruit plate. We’ve talked about this. It’s delicious. I should try to make it for myself because it would save me lots of cash every week, but then I would have to buy myself a fresh baguette every week and that would mean I would be forced to eat an entire fresh baguette every week. It’s happened before. It could happen again.
Friday: Weigh-in day. Beginning of a new week. My day to eat sweets and have a glass of wine. Since it’s currently Thursday and I haven’t eaten Friday’s breakfast yet, I am pulling this stuff out of my ear. Not my rear, my ear. Ears are family friendly. Rears are not. Back to breakfast. Maybe I’ll have a latte and some toast. Maybe I’ll have an egg sandwich. Maybe I’ll eat apple slices or a hard boiled egg. Or I might skip breakfast and have a brownie. Because I can.
Happy Almost Friday, folks!!
~Kristin
1. I like that Friday is the start of your week and that your weigh-in day coincides with the day you can have sweets and wine. I think this is a portrait of balance = )
2. I completely understand the logic of not buying the baguette to save money…even as painfully frugal as I am, I have to spend the extra money to get things at places where there is portion control because I canot be trusted to be alone with them.
3. I’m sure you have since you and Glenn love good food, but have you been to Brian’s in Hillcrest? I mention this because you say Glenn is a pancake lover and they have this oatmeal banana pancake that pretty much changed my life, so I need to make sure he’s had it (and I’m not even a pancake person!). If not, we may have to go when you come back.
4. When reading about the English muffin, I thought you meant you literally put pb on one side and jelly on the other (read: there was something on either side, not half, of the muffin) so I thought you were totally crazy and I didn’t understand how you picked it up to eat it without getting totally sticky. Alas, I saw the picture and realized I was the crazy one…
5. Since you shared some good ones, here are some of my recent, healthy breakfast faves:
*Nonfat greek yogurt with fresh strawberries and a few tablespoons of Kashi Go Lean Crunch Almond Flaxseed
*Smoothie made with chocolate protein powder, ground flaxseeds, fat free milk and frozen blueberries (or strawberries or bananas)
*Egg whites scambled with a little lowfat Mexican blend cheese and salsa
Happy Friday – and happy breakfasting!