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ILet's
examine
a common
breakfast.
You might
have eggs,
American
pancakes
and sausage,
for example.
The first
thing
you can
do to
cut down
your calories
and have
more healthy
fare is
to change
out your
normal
links
for turkey
sausage.
Then,
focus
on your
pancake
batter
recipe.
You may
be using
a boxed
mix or
even mixing
your own
with white
flour.
Either
way, mixing
your own
batter
with whole
wheat
flour
only takes
seconds
longer
than dumping
from a
box. Most
recipes
only have
a half
dozen
ingredients,
so it's
really
just as
convenient.
Plus,
when you
make your
own healthy
food,
you know
exactly
what is
going
into your
body.
No chemicals,
no additives
and no
preservatives.
Of course,
eggs are
fairly
healthy
fare on
their
own. If
you're
lucky
enough
to have
access
to fresh,
farm raised
eggs,
that's
a good
choice.
If you
have high
cholesterol,
limit
your egg
intake
or just
eat the
white.
The
first
thing
you will
probably
experience
when you
start
changing
your diet
is a little
bit of
surprise.
Most people
think
that healthy
food is
tasteless
at best
and disgusting
at worst.
You should
be happy
to realize
that this
is absolutely
not true.
Healthy
food tastes
great!
After
you've
started
adding
whole
wheat
flour
to your
pancake
batter
recipe,
try it
in muffins,
cakes
and even
cookies.
You can
use whole
grains
in anything
from your
waffle
recipe
to a crepes
recipe.
Your modern
Cuisinart
waffle
maker
is probably
nonstick,
so it
will handle
whatever
you throw
at it.
Also,
add healthy
additions
to your
food like
fruit,
nuts and
even sesame
or sunflower
seeds.
It's also
a cinch
to grate
vegetables
like carrots
or zucchini
and use
them as
a healthy
addition.
We've
all eaten
carrot
cake,
right?
Why not
make carrot
pancakes
or zucchini
muffins?
Once
you get
your feet
wet with
healthy
breakfast
offerings,
you should
be really
excited
about
the possibilities.
Start
with adding
whole
wheat
flour
to your
buttermilk
pancake
batter
recipe.
Then,
expand
your repertoire
with a
waffle
recipe,
crepes
recipe,
cakes,
cookies
and muffins.
Add fruits
and vegetables
to any
of these
as a healthy
addition.
Before
you know
it, you'll
be eating
better
and your
family
probably
will hardly
notice
the change.
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