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ashleybar:

such a lovely fall breakfast: toasted whole wheat pita with peanut butter, banana, roasted cranberries, cinnamon, and pumpkin butter!

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health-freeak:

Here are some great tips for a healthy breakfast:

1. Be consistent with your portions. For most people, a perfect breakfast has three components: one serving of a whole grain carbohydrate, one serving of a dairy or high-calcium food, and one serving of fruit. Together, that would add up to roughly 300 calories

2. Have a bowl of sweetened brown rice. Consider it a takeoff on prepared cereal. Brown rice is full of energy-providing B vitamins, as well as a great source of filling fiber.

4. Use organic eggs. They’re not much more expensive than regular eggs but are much higher in all-important omega-3 fatty acids, shown to benefit everything from your mental health (reducing risk of depression) to your heart health (reducing risk of atherosclerosis and atrial fibrillation),

5. Sprinkle on a teaspoon of ground flaxseeds. It could be over your cereal, over your yogurt, over your smoothie, or over your eggs. Next to fish and organic eggs, flaxseeds are one of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids.

6. Use Benecol, Take Control, or Smart Balance instead of butter. These newly developed soft food spreads contain heart-healthy plant stanols. Just 2 tablespoons daily can significantly lower your total cholesterol level.

7. Have lunch for breakfast. Instead of butter or cream cheese, top your morning (whole wheat) toast with 2 tablespoons tuna prepared with low-fat mayonnaise. The tuna is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids and an excellent source of energy-boosting protein.

8. Top your cereal with soy milk. Packed with potent phytoestrogens, soy has been credited with everything from protecting your heart to promoting stronger bones. But make sure that it’s fortified with calcium; otherwise you’re missing a great opportunity to get some bone-building calcium.

9. Hit the vegetarian section of the grocery. Soy bacon and sausage, gardenburgers, and soy crumbles make great sources of protein for breakfast without the saturated fat of their meat originals

10. Drink three cups of unsweetened orange juice every morning. The vitamin C in OJ not only boosts your immunity, but also improves your cholesterol levels. One study found that drinking three glasses of orange juice a day for four weeks raised levels of HDL, or “good” cholesterol, by 21 percent

11. Choose these toppers for your (whole wheat) bagel or toast:

• Two tablespoons nonfat cottage cheese sprinkled with flaxseed
• One slice low-fat cheese melted over a slice of mango
• Two tablespoons soy butter with a sliced banana
• One slice of baked ham and one sliced tomato

12. Shave one ounce of dark chocolate over a cup of nonfat yogurt. Mix. The calcium-rich yogurt can actually help in your efforts to lose weight, while the antioxidant-loaded dark chocolate can help reduce the stickiness of “bad” LDL cholesterol and keep your arteries more pliable. Plus, who can resist starting the day with chocolate?

 Hope you enjoyed this one (: xo

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seedsnsmiles:

Homemade vegan pho. (Homemade vegetable broth, rice noodles, smoked sesame and almond tofu, red bell pepper, sugarsnap peas, mushrooms, courgette, roasted soy beans and fresh parsley.)

For those who are interested, the broth recipe can be found here! I improvised a lil’ bit because I didn’t have all the ingredients, and as for everything in the broth… well, I just threw in what I fancied. :)

Can’t wait to make this in the fall! It looks AMAZING!

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Peas Pesto: 

*  1 package frozen peas, defrosted

*  1/2 cup shredded Parmesan

*  1 garlic clove

*  1/4 cup olive oil

*  salt and pepper

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