Healthy Scrambled Eggs & Farmhouse Breakfast Watch Week!

Healthy Scrambled Eggs & Farmhouse Breakfast Watch Week!

Today is the start of 'Farmhouse Breakfast Watch Week' with the fabulous website 'Shake up Your Wakeup' backing the campaign. The idea of the campaign is for the nation to celebrate breakfast and share all the wonderful creations and recipes that people come up with. To get involved all you have to do is upload a picture of your breakfast between the 20th-26th January on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram using the hashtag #BreakfastWatch.

 

I often talk, tweet and write about the benefits of the most important meal of the day (breakfast!!), but in case you needed a reminder, here's a quick summary of why breakfast is SO good for you!

• Breakfast gives you energy - Breakfast tops up your energy stores for the day and helps to regulate blood sugar levels.
• Breakfast gives your brain a boost - Eating breakfast helps improve your memory, concentration and aspects of mental performance.
• Breakfast can make you happier - Eating something in the morning can help improve your mood and make you feel less stressed. Going for long periods without eating can result in low blood sugar which can affect mood.
• Breakfast is good for your waistline - People who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight and more likely to be in their ideal weight range than people who skip breakfast. Skipping breakfast can make you more likely to reach for high sugar and fatty snacks too.
• Breakfast provides important nutrients - If you miss breakfast you may miss out on important nutrients. Breakfast foods are good sources of nutrients such as calcium, iron and B Vitamins, as well as protein and fibre.

To kick start Farmhouse Breakfast Week, I was lucky enough to be sent an amazing hamper filled with goodies.. I thought I'd share them with you as there were some fantastic new 'healthy' products which I felt must get a mention!!

First up are these porridge pots.. you may have noticed a few of these appearing in your local shops and I must say that I am a big fan.. The Roar Porridge Pots are so delicious and come in three mouth-watering flavours.. Apple, Fig and Cinnamon (above), Pure Oats with Pumpkin & Sunflower Seeds and Raspberry & Pomegranate. Each pot comes with its own honey sachet meaning it's up to you if you want the pot to be a little sweeter! The ingredients list also looks fab: oats, milk powder, apples, figs and cinnamon.. and all you have to do is add hot water, stir and wait for 3 minutes! Moma! are another brand which produce the porridge pots but they also have Bircher Muesli pots (perfect for the summer) and breakfast shakes .. I cannot wait to give these a try!

Second up was a selection of Waitrose Mixed Seeds, a Moor Farm Shop Granola Bar (all the way from Baschurch) and Cornish Cake (all the way from.. well you can guess!!). I'm a big fan of any type of nuts and seeds and would advise anyone wanting better hair, skin and nails to add them into your diet.. they are a fantastic source of healthy fats, protein and the antioxidant Vitamin E which will not only help you to look great, but feel great too! The granola bar was one of the first things I munched on when this selection box arrived.. and the cake was a perfect 'brunch' sweeter treat *enjoy in moderation* !!

 

Last in the hamper was a lovely selection of breads (to be used in today's breakfast (scroll down!!), apple juice, fruit, Cornish salt and pepper (also featuring in today's recipe) - it's 59% sea salt flakes and the rest is black peppercorns, red bell pepper and cracked green peppercorn.. and PimpHill Farm Muesli .. with no added wheat, nuts, salt, sugar or lactose .. it's packed with apricots, figs and seeds and I can't wait to try it! The muesli also comes with a fab muesli bar recipe which I will be adapting and featuring on my blog in a few weeks *watch this space*.

 

So then, on to today's breakfast, which was inspired by one the the #BreakfastWatch recipes.. nic's nutrition's healthy scrambled egg on toast. Sometimes a hot breakfast is the only thing that will do, but hot doesn't have to mean unhealthy.. here is how to make my lower fat version of the humble eggs on toast... 

 

 

1) Whisk together 1 whole egg, 1 extra egg white and a dash of skimmed milk..

2) Place in a small saucepan and cook, stirring until lightly scrambled & add a generous helping of pepper (and a touch of salt)

3) Mean while lightly fry a handful of spinach leaves with a dash of water & spray of olive oil along with cherry tomatoes and mushrooms..

4) Serve on a piece of wholemeal bread, toasted and spread with tomato puree.

 

I like to serve this breakfast with a glass of fresh juice.. and the whole breakfast comes in at ~250 kcal.. perfect!!

 

This amazing photograph was tweeted to me by a follower (the lovely @MissySJH)
after she read this blog post - I couldn't wait to upload it!!

 This breakfast is packed full of protein and low GI carbs which means that you will be full until lunch time.. the tomato puree adds vitamin C as well as antioxidants and is both low in fat and calories.

 

Look our for my breakfast tweets this week on twitter @nicsnutrition!

 

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Nic x

 

P.s I did miss one thing out from this post that was also in the hamper.. but that deserves it's own blog post complete with recipe so you can make it at home too.. look out for that this week!!