Anna Wootton

Healthy Breakfast Challenge Update!

How has the Healthy Breakfast Challenge been going for everyone??

We have been having some major fun here. My roommates and I enjoyed a baked pumpkin French toast casserole, a la Chocolate Covered Katie, on the weekend. I used xylitol and stevia to sweeten and my non-veggie, regular-eating roomies didn’t even detect the different sweeteners or the tofu used. It was a hit!

Yeah, it didn’t come out too cleanly, but it tasted great…

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To be honest, I didn’t taste the pumpkin that much, so I would say you could quite easily make it without – perhaps up the other sauce ingredients a bit, or not. However pumpkin does provide a fantastic array of nutrients so you could do the opposite and try increasing it to 1 cup of pumpkin for the recipe. I haven’t tried this but let me know if you do!

Thanks to everyone for sharing the news about the challenge – Elle, Annie, SaraKarey – and for all of you for participating! Some of you have been great about sending in your breakfast pics regularly, using the hashtag #healthybreakfastchallenge – if submitting on Twitter – and I have loved seeing all of your posts; they have definitely given me inspiration for quality breakfasts!

And because so many of you live on-the-go lifestyles there are some great ideas in here for healthy rushed breakfasts too. So take a peek at what you guys have been enjoying…

Clare at Flake and Cake has had a variety of breakfasts over this past week!

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– Yogurt and fruit when in a rush

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– Oats with yogurt and berries when there’s a bit more time to cook at home

Elle at We Can Begin to Feed cooked up some delicious and healthy concoctions, like:

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– Banana protein cake with yogurt and fresh blackberries picked locally in BC

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– Flourless protein pancakes with cooked apple and yogurt

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– Quinoa with yogurt and peach slices canned in spring water – all in a Tupperware for on-the-go nutrition!

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– Oats with protein powder, cinnamon, yogurt, berries and hemp hearts

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– Eggs on sauteed veggies with half a fresh pair

Karey at Nutty About Health came up with some droolworthy dishes:

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– Strawberry French toast with chocolate peanut butter and sugar free syrup

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– Chocolatey peanut butter pancakes

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– Stacked French toast with bananas, chocolate peanut butter and turkey bacon on the side

Nadja (on Twitter here) sent in some breakfasts also:

– Oats with a mashed banana

– Amazing breakfast smoothie with banana, lemon juice, orange and apple

– Baked apple filled with ground hazelnuts and a little lemon juice

– Oats with sliced-up orange

Lucie at Fit Swiss Chick sent in:

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– Oatmeal with banana, cinnamon and almond milk

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– Blueberry protein cream made with 100g lowfat Greek yogurt, 1 scoop Sunwarrior vanilla protein powder, 1 T stevia, dash of cinnamon and nutmeg

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Sara at My Less Serious Life sent over her breakfast cereal mix:

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– Kashi 7 Whole Grain Puffs with All Bran, sliced banana and cow’s milk

I’m so impressed with how much variety and creativity you all have with coming up with healthy breakfasts. I can’t wait to continue to see what you come up with as the holidays draw nearer. Remember that breakfast fuels us for the day so starting off with a healthy one is always key!

If any of you have any concerns about your health or diet please drop me a line! I’m still studying so can’t coach anyone yet but I would love just to try to help in any way I can!

And remember – if you want to participate, info is all here.

Keep those Challenge pics coming in now…and I will link this post up to Healthy Diva Eats’ Marvelous in My Monday link party!

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  • November 12, 2012
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    So many ideas for a yummy breakfast meals! I have been in a rut for breakfast, only want certain things. So glad you linked up! <3

    Happy Monday!

  • November 12, 2012
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    yay for healthy breakfasts! thanks for including me!

  • November 12, 2012
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    Karey at Nutty About Health

    Ooh, that Baked Pumpkin French Toast Casserole sounds like something I’d love! I’m still going strong with the healthy breakfasts & loving every one! The French toast & pancakes seem to be my go-to’s usually. I’m addicted.
    Thanks so much for the love & featuring my breakfasts!!! You rock! The Healthy Breakfast Challenge is such a great mission… keep up the good work! 🙂

      • November 12, 2012
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        Karey at Nutty About Health

        Aww, thanks! Ok, I’ll keep up my mission to make you drool. Thanks again for including me in your post! 🙂

  • November 12, 2012
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    Ahhh I’m so slacking on this! I decided to do a sugar-free challenge and as a result my breakfasts haven’t been super interesting. I’ll definitely try to work on this!

    All those breakfasts look amazing 🙂

  • November 12, 2012
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    Yum everything looks great here! Some great ideas for healthy breakfasts! I need to switch it up sometime:)

  • November 12, 2012
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    Wow! Look at all these marvelous breakfasts! Unreal… thanks for including mine and I will keep them coming. I am going to pin this post for reference cause these ideas all look so great! Keep ’em coming!

  • November 12, 2012
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    Mmm the stacked french toast sounds delicious!

  • November 13, 2012
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    Aaawww thank you so much for including me! All these breakfasts look so good! Will try to switch my ruts, so will submit new ideas! It’s such a great idea, thank you!!! xxx

  • November 13, 2012
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    wow i wasn’t expecting at all to be in that post!! Thank you very much for this challenge, it juste reminds me to start every day in a healthy way! And i also love seeing all these pictures, give me some great ideas of recipes to try!

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