Posts Tagged ‘breakfast’

One Good Decision Does Lead to Another!

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

There's a commercial for a popular breakfast bar, touting the message that one good decision can lead to another. We follow a woman throughout her day in split-screen as she makes healthy choices (because she ate that popular bar) and not-so-healthy choices (curse that pastry!) I thought of that commercial a couple of weekends ago when ...Read More...

Brain Power!

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

It’s back to school time! All month we'll look at ways to power up you and your kids to make the most of your day. It's a perfect time to make sure you’re serving "brain food" so that your kids are the class geniuses and you are too (even if it’s been years since you ...Read More...

Back to School Breakfasts

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

It's Back to School time! We'll talk this week about starting your kids' day off right with a good breakfast. No kids? Adults will benefit from this as well. Breakfast is important for so many reasons. It revs your metabolism, stabilizes your blood sugar after too many hours of not eating and helps you avoid overeating ...Read More...

What’s For Breakfast?

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

I'm always looking for new breakfast ideas. Lately, I've been playing around with different grains like quinoa. Quinoa (say "keen wa") is a non-wheat grain that's considered a complete protein because it supplies the nine essential amino acids that we have to eat because our bodies need them but can't make them. Quinoa is easy to ...Read More...

Pumpkin For Breakfast

Monday, November 15th, 2010

So I'm staring down the contents of my refrigerator this morning, craving something new for breakfast. Hmmm . . . how to use the remainder of the pumpkin puree I opened a few days ago without putting it in my oatmeal for the third time this week? Here's what I came up with: Pumpkin for Breakfast ...Read More...

Back to School: Eat Your Breakfast!

Monday, September 6th, 2010

We’ve got a back to school theme this month with great information that everyone can benefit from. Plus September is Better Breakfast Month. Makes sense to talk about the most important meal of the day: breakfast. Eat Your Breakfast Breakfast is important for so many reasons. It revs your metabolism, stabilizes your blood sugar ...Read More...

Start Your Day in a Better Way

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Building a Better Breakfast Have you ever taken a good look at the word "breakfast"? It's made of up two words that tell you exactly what breakfast is: "break"-ing the "fast". The "fast" is the period of time you've slept, hopefully for several hours in a row. You're not eating during this time, unlike during your waking ...Read More...