The best breakfast cereal in the world?

As an avid breakfast cereal eater I’ve set my mind to listing the best in the market. There are many moods of breakfast. Sometimes I crave all natural cereals, sometimes sugary cereals, sometimes high fibre ones and sometimes just plain old wheat-bix. (There’s never a time that I don’t eat breakfast. Not from a virtuous ‘the most important meal of the day’ mind, more that, like I said, I love breakfast cereals). So, I’ve listed the best breakfast cereals by category. Best for kids: Weetbix or any whole gain wheat biscuit type cereal. Kids can burn the carbs... [Read more...]

Breakfast cereal – a parent’s view

As a parent of three young children (and deep into middle age) I’m a lot more concerned about the food we eat. Especially at breakfast. Breakfast cereal is good. Right? For some reason most of us think cereals and especially muesli are good for us and our family. Of course, there are the obvious examples but surely grains and milk are are a healthy way to start the day. If only it were so. Are your kids eating a bowl of sugar? Eating a healthy breakfast or a bowl of sugar? Take 2 minutes and check the levels of sugar in the cereals your kids are eating. Go on, I’ll wait. Surprising... [Read more...]

Fast Breakfast Recipes

Breakfast used to mean ‘breaking the fast’. In other words eating your first food after many hours. In today’s world it just means fast. No-one has time for cooking or complicated breakfast recipes in the week, especially the working week. But, that’s no excuse for eating badly in the morning. I think most of us have heard breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It’s just that not many of us treat it importantly. Looking at the supermarket breakfast aisle we’re faced with a wall of cereals all making some sort of health claim. To be perfectly honest... [Read more...]

Creative Breakfast Ideas Involving Fruit

The American Dietetic Association stresses not only the importance of breakfast, but the quality of breakfast foods consumed. A nutritious breakfast will give you a healthy start to your day. Fruit is one important food that should be included in ones breakfast as it is packed full of vitamins and antioxidants. The following is a list of creative breakfast ideas involving fruit: 1. Spread peanut butter on a small pita and wrap it around a banana. Make sure you get your calcium with a large glass of cold milk. 2. Have a delicious waffle that is topped with berries and yogurt. 3. Fill a pita with... [Read more...]

Breakfast Recipes for weight-loss success

Here’s a delicious irony. I love the the fact that eating is the best strategy to losing weight. Diets, especially those that demand complete and instant change to routine, in many cases are counter-productive. That is, after the diet you put the weight straight back on. Maybe even more weight than you lost. Plus, diets are plain boring, hard-work, anti-social and expensive. Much better to eat your way to weight loss or weight management. Or to general health and wellbeing for that matter. And there’s no better place to start than at breakfast. If you had just one weight loss strategy... [Read more...]