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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Therefore, it’s even more important to make sure that you’re starting off the day with a healthy meal! Start your morning off right with these tasty and nutritious breakfast ideas:

Tired of eating your greens? Then drink your greens!

Leafy greens are awesome!  They provide much needed dietary fiber, folic acid, Vitamin C, potassium, and magnesium amongst other things!!  Drinking greens never tasted so good!

Ingredients:

1. Spinach, kale, and chard leaves
2. 1 cup of almond milk
3. 1-3 cups of frozen fruit of choice
4. 2/3 banana
5. 2 tbsp of flaxseed or half an avocado

How to:

1. Fill blender with spinach, kale, and chard leaves (mix and match or just use one if you prefer-I freeze my greens so they blend better)
2. Add 1 cup of almond milk
3. Blend the mixture well
4. Add 1-2 cups of frozen fruit of your choice (I use the tropical fruit medley and sometimes the berry fruit medley sold at Costco)
5. Add 2/3 of a banana (it’s really good if you freeze it)
6. Add 2 tablespoons of flaxseed or half of an avocado
7. Blend well, adding water along the way as needed
8. Enjoy!

Savory Breakfast Muffins

If you’re craving something savory in the AM, this is your go-to recipe!

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups of egg whites
2. 5 eggs
3. 3 oz of Basil
4. 1 Red Tomato or 12 Red Cherry Tomatoes
5. 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
6. 3 oz of mozzarella cheese
7. 1 tsp of salt
8. 1 tsp of pepper
9. 1 cup of blended greens
10. Cheddar cheese, shredded

How to:

1. Heat oven to 375 deg
2. Use nonstick oil to prepare lasagna pans or 24 medium size muffins with the following:
   1. A basil leaf, half a cherry tomato, a small pearl size fresh mozzarella. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, whisk egg whites, eggs, parmesean and cheddar cheeses, add two to three tbsp of water or milk, season to task while whisking well
4. Add egg mixture to 24 muffin cups or equally in 2 lasagna pans
5. Put in oven for approx 20 min or until golden on top.
6. Remove immediately and let cool
7. Enjoy!

Sweet Potato, Spinach, and Mushroom Salad

This is a healthy and beautifully colored dish that’ll be sure to make your taste buds happy!

Ingredients:

1. 4 chopped Mushrooms
2. ½-1 cup of chopped spinach
3. 1 Sweet potato-baked and cut into squares
4. 1 tsp of paprika
5. Salt and pepper to taste

How to:

1. Prepare a baked sweet potato in the microwave by piercing it with a fork several times. Microwave on high for 8 to 10 min or until tender, turning the potatoes once.
2. Sautee mushrooms and sweet potato on medium heat. While doing this add paprika, salt and pepper, to taste
3. Add spinach when the mushrooms and sweet potato have about 1 minute left to sauté
4. Serve with whole wheat bread on the side with slices of avocado sprinkled with salt and pepper

Make breakfast your best friend and try these recipes out today!