5 Ways to Eat Vegetables for Breakfast
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” - Michael Pollan, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
Eating plants at every meal ensures we’re getting the fiber and micronutrients we need to feel satiated, nurished, and energized. If we choose vegetables in the morning we start off without a huge sugar high that we might get from a sweet breakfast—even if our sweet breakfast is whole fruits. This might be new to some folks! Try it out and see how you feel.
Here’s an amazing list of vegetables from the Washington public school system. With photos!
Here are 5 ideas:
1. Smoothies
Add fresh or frozen vegetables to a smoothie. Fresh greens such as spinach or kale. Frozen vegetables such as spinach, cauliflower, or purple cabbage will not change the flavor too much.
Sweet potatoes or carrots can be pre-cooked, mashed/blended, and stored in the refrigerator then added to smoothies.
Recipe: Purple Cabbage Smoothie.
Vegan protein smoothie with fresh mint and spinach.
2. Omelette or scramble
Add nearly any vegetable to an omelette or scramble. Chopped greens such as kale, spinach, chard, or arugula are all great. An omelette could have nearly anything in it: broccoli, onions, sweet potato, bok choy, peppers, etc.
Egg scramble and green bell peppers.
3. Avocado Toast or Hummus Toast
Add chopped fresh veggies like tomatoes or peppers to the top of your avocado toast. Or add a handful of arugula or sprouts.
Photo is by forkintheroad.co
4. A Side of Steamed Veggies or Fresh Greens
You might think of steamed veggies as a dinner staple but they’re easy! Try them for breakfast.
5. Breakfast Sandwich with Greens
Create an open-faced sandwich with avocados, eggs, and kale.
Okay, one more!
6. Breakfast Potatoes
Add broccoli, peppers, onions and/or your favorite veggies to your breakfast potatoes and cook them all together.
Or, as pictured here, make vegetable salsas. This is a pepper salsa with parsley (red) and tzatziki sauce with fresh cucumbers (white) and fresh dill.
