Breakfast

I have been trying to 'balance' each of my meals throughout the day. Meaning, at every meal I include a carb, protein, and fat. I eat 4 small meals and a snack. I try to balance the snack as well being that the snack is usually my 'after workout snack' and it's generally a string cheese and an apple, celery with peanut butter and a glass of almond milk, toast and almond butter, or greek yogurt with chia, nuts, and berries. So, in an effort to balance my breakfast this morning I ended up with this:

an egg, egg white, quinoa, avocado, tomato, and half of a grapefruit. 

A couple weeks ago on Facebook I posted the question, 'What do you eat for breakfast?' I got a lot of responses and I've been trying to pull ideas from all of you for my own breakfasts (hence the grapefruit and avocado). 

Here were some of your responses:

1. Oatmeal and Grapefruit
2. Greek Yogurt with Walnuts and Almonds
3. Honey nut Cheerios new Meledy Crunch, sprinkled on yogurt with blueberries
4. Gluten free bagel or english muffin with lite cream cheese or a poached egg
5. Low cal, low carb lavish bread (with flax) with 2 eggs, mozzarella cheese and salsa! Serve with some side of fruit, like fresh raspberries or strawberries!
6. Egg white omelette with lots of veggies!
7. Green smoothie
8. Steel cut oats with cinnamon & raisins & Naked Green Machine

I've yet to try this smoothie but it sounds delicious. Any of you men out there that aren't intimidated by all these ingredients... let me know how it tastes! Sounds delicious.  

• 2 handfuls of Kale
• 1 cup each of blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, red grapes
•  Trader Joe's Omega 3 Trail Mix, 
• 1 banana, 
• 1 apple
• 1 avocado. 
• 1 dollop of almond butter
• coconut milk or almond milk
• Ice Cubes
• Dash of Cinnamon

Blend!

Thanks for all the great Ideas everyone. 

Lemonade's 'Avocado and Tomato Salad'

pic from brunch philly

I came across this salad in the Delta terminal at LAX at a place called 'Lemonade'. It's a restaurant in the Los Angeles area but until I tasted their food... I never would've cared. They have an amazing Avocado and Tomato Salad among 15 other choices of delicious salads. Avocado's are so good for your body, skin, and weight loss efforts due to their 'Mono Unsaturated Oils' and Vitamin E content among other things. This is my take on it:

Avocado and Tomato Salad

1 avocado
10-15 grape tomatoes, sliced in half
1/2 Lime or Lemon, Juiced
1 Tbsp. Balsamic Vinegar
1 tsp Olive oil
1/4 cup slivered almonds or pine nuts

Prepare the avocado: Cut the avocado in half and remove the pit (hit the pit with the sharp side of your knife and twist, the pit should come out easily). Use a kitchen spoon and scoop out the flesh. Cut the avocado into large cubes. Add the grape tomatoes to the bowl.

In a small bowl combine the Lime/Lemon juice, balsamic, and olive oil. Whisk with a fork until emulsified. Pour over the avocado mixture, add the nuts, and stir.