Last week the first flu fighting food was pumpkin and we learned how much of a super food they really are! Pumpkins are loaded with carotenoids, high in fiber, are an ample source of vitamins and low in carbohydrates!
I gave you a Pumpkin Pear Muffin recipe which would be really simple to pull out in those rushed mornings for a quick breakfast.
Did you know that it is VERY important to eat breakfast? Did you know that breakfast can help keep you healthy during cold & flu season?
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So forget the flu shot, fight back with food instead! For the next 4 weeks I am participating in a joint series called Five Flu Fighting Foods which will cover recipes & tips to help build your immune system so that you stay healthy! Come back each Wednesday as we reveal five different foods that will help fight against the cold and flu viruses that run rampant this time of year. I will give you hints at the end of the Healthy 2day Wednesdays post each week.
What’s more, each post will be opened up to all of our readers who will be linking up their favorite recipes with these key flu-fighting ingredients, so that you can get lots of ideas for creative ways to serve them to your family! This series is co-hosted with these amazing ladies, consider subscribing to their blogs:
This week the focus is on Breakfast!
To be completely honest, I am not a good breakfast eater so I need to hear what I am writing the most! Usually I will have a cup or two of coffee, maybe a granola bar and not eat until lunch. This has just been my habit for a long time and I know I need to change this.
So anyone who has ever told me it’s good to eat breakfast was right! Breakfast gives you energy, helps with weight control, helps build your immune system among many other things. So, with several benefits that eating breakfast can do plus getting into the habit of eating breakfast helps fight the flu, I am going to give you and more importantly me 5 Reasons to Eat Breakfast: (in no particular order)
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1. Breakfast foods are “Nutritious & Delicious” There are generous amounts of breakfast ideas floating all around on Google and probably some in your recipe box that have been passed down from generations. Take the traditional recipe you have or that you find and substitute the unhealthy ingredients for more nutrient dense ones. Here are some ideas:
- Green Smoothies
- Protein Shake
- Cottage Cheese
- Omelets
- Oatmeal
- Yogurt and Granola
- Fruit and Peanut Butter
- Fruit and Cheese
- Pumpkin Blueberry Pancakes
2. You are setting a healthy example for your kids. I know this is something I need to work on! Since I am lucky enough to be a stay at home mom I know I set the tone and example for what my kids think healthy means. If they see me skipping breakfast or making unhealthy choices and not eating fresh real food, they are going to want to do the same and eventually start following the example I set for them and this goes for everything in life really.
3. Breakfast gives you energy needed to start the day. Between the time you go to bed and the time you wake up and eat breakfast there are generally 8-12 hours so essentially your body was fasting during that time and when you eat breakfast in the morning you are “breaking” the fast and that’s how we get the term breakfast. Glycogen is restored when you eat a healthy breakfast which helps to give energy to your muscles and refuel your energy tank. I can definitely relate because some days when I don’t eat breakfast I feel sluggish.
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What do you eat for Breakfast in the mornings?
Sweet Apple Steel Oats @ Christian Mommy Blogger
Immune Boosting Breakfast Lentil Soup @ Intentional by Grace
1-2-3 Granola @ Quick and Easy, Cheap and Health
Gallo Pinto: A Costa Rican breakfast @ The Humbled Homemaker
Apple Chai Muesli @ The Purposed Heart
- Your recipe must include a Breakfast recipe or tip. Any entry that does not include breakfast with be deleted.
- Please link your posts to one of the hosting blogs, this way your readers can have access to all of the other great breakfast recipes & tips as well!
*Linked to: Works for Me, Homemaking link up, Wildcrafting Wednesday, What’s Cooking Wednesday, The Mommy Club
About Rachel
Hi,
I shared my Grain-Free Fried Chicken and a video for making Salmon Patties. I also shared an article about the Challenge part of the Grain-Free Challenge!
I usually eat oat-based things, like oatmeal, steel cut oats, muesli, granola and the like. Occasionally, we’ll have pancakes, waffles or muffins. Great post!
I don’t have a breakfast link up this morning, but we usually eat Buttercup Breakfast Pudding a couple of times a week: http://shanonhilton.blogspot.com/2011/10/recipe-buttercup-squash-breakfast.html
Thanks for hosting. –S
I shared my post on How to Soak, Sprout, and Dehydrate Nuts, Beans, and Seeds. I am writing a series of posts called REAL FOOD 101, and this one is this week’s installment. I hope you enjoy! http://www.ournourishingroots.com/2011/11/01/real-food-101-how-to-soak-sprout-and-dehydrate-nuts-beans-and-seeds/
Also, go check out the other REAL FOOD 101 posts from before. I’ve covered How to Make Chicken Stock and How to Make Water Kefir. Our Nourishing Roots is new, so if you can go out of your way to check it out, then I will love you for it! Thank you for supporting me as I start out 🙂 http://www.ournourishingroots.com/category/real-food-101/
Anne- I know eating oat based breafasts would help me in the morning! and be somewha easy to make.
Shannon- I will definitely have to check out your Buttercup Breakfast Pudding, sounds yummy! (You should add the post to the link up!)
Kendahl- Welcome to the world of blogging, how long have you been on the adventure? Your blog sounds like one I would like, thanks for sharing!
Great post, Rachel. I am the opposite of you – I HAVE to eat breakfast or I don’t function -haha! And I mean a big breakfast too! 🙂 When my husband and I first got married, we never ate breakfast, but somehow overs the years, we got just got into the habit. Now, he would look at me like I was crazy if I didn’t serve breakfast. 😉
Oh, and those pumpkin blueberry pancakes sound amazing! Thanks for sharing that link!
Rachel, I have been at Our Nourishing Roots for only a few weeks, but I have been blogging since 2006 on a personal blog. So I’m “new” to taking blogging a little more seriously! I truly love it, and it’s been fun to find your blog and other people I didn’t know about before. I’m glad you’re liking Our Nourishing Roots too!
I shared my Ginger Cake recipe today! It’s lovely for this time of the year!
Breakfast has always been one of my favorite meals! Those Pumpkin Blueberry Pancakes have long been a staple since working on that cookbook. So delicious!
I’ve shared two great breakfast recipes of my own: Egg Roll-Up Breakfast Burritos and a Sunny Side Up Brunch Salad.
I have to have my breakfast! Those pancakes look so good! And thanks for some healthy breakfast ideas…easy to get in a rut 🙂
I am now sharing my White Cheddar and Chive Crackers recipe: http://www.ournourishingroots.com/2011/11/03/white-cheddar-and-chive-crackers-grain-free/
This goes along with my post from earlier this week where I did this weeks installment of REAL FOOD 101: How to Soak, Sprout, and Dehydrate Nuts, Beans, and Seeds. Enjoy!