Showing posts with label greek yogurt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greek yogurt. Show all posts

Friday, January 14, 2011

Monday - Friday: BREAKFAST

Eating breakfast is a necessary component to my 9-5, and it sort of baffles me how many people do not eat something to start their day right.  It's not to say I am the Master of the World's Most Nutritious Breakfast or anything, but I can't function properly if I do not incorporate the meal into my morning.  For a brief period of time, I woke up early enough to make tea and have toast at home.  Those days are dead and gone. 

These days my breakfast mainly consists of a combination of the following goodies: yogurt, oatmeal, a croissant, a chocolate croissant (a recent addition to the line up), a banana, coffee, a latte, or tea.  I try not to have the everything bagel with cream cheese or egg sandwich with bacon super often, mostly because the latter would throw off my appetite for lunch.  The most recent Food and Wine has a recipe for breakfast quinoa that I would really like to try, as an alternative to oatmeal, but with raisins instead of apricots.  I still can't get down with a lot of dried fruits.

The first time I ever had Greek yogurt, it was revolting.  It was Fage Total, and it was like a super stiff whipped sour cream.  Adam always preferred regular yogurt with fruit on the bottom, and I soon transitioned out of the pre-blended, strawberry-banana combos, but I wanted to give greek yogurt another shot.  I purchased Chobani Champions at our local grocery store - yes, Greek yogurt marketed towards children - and I was sold.  Marketing for children works on everything, especially with food.

I still can't eat the total varieties and try to go for 2%, but Stonyfield makes my current favorite: