My Breakfast Saved the Day!

I want to share one of my healthy breakfast ideas. This morning I got off to a decent start. My oldest son stayed home sick, so I was able to sleep in and remain tired longer than usual. I crawled out of bed around 8:30 and exercised to a 30-minute video. The only motivation I can think of this early in my day is that I do NOT get to eat a bite until I finish the video. I must say, it works pretty well! If I eat before I exercise, I feel more bogged down, and sometime I even get a side-ache… and we all know we don’t want a side-ache.

I checked on the baby – still sleeping, so I thought, “What can I make that is super-fast, that’s not cereal?” All of our good cereal is gone at the moment, and we have no bananas. I don’t feel like eating straight carbs. Blech. So I opened the fridge, and guess what’s sitting on the top shelf? The two full bags of Thomas English Muffins my hubby bought the other day when he was craving who-knows-what. But now I am SO glad he bought them.

Here was my assessment of the possibilities:

- I’m going to put an egg on this because it will make me feel full.
- Do I have mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, anything? Not anything I feel like making this time.
- Do I have any meat? Yes. Deli turkey.
- I don’t consider a side dish. There is no time for fluff.
- Did I just hear the baby cry?

Here’s how I made my breakfast:

- I grabbed a muffin, cut it in half, and tossed it into the toaster. (I had to do this first because, believe it or not, it is the longest step.)
- I pulled out a clean bowl, sprayed it with Pam, cracked an egg into it, and poked it with my finger, so the yolk doesn’t explode in the microwave… then I sprinkled salt.
- I nuked the egg for 45 seconds. (Test yours the first time you do this, and COVER it, so it doesn’t pop all over your microwave.)
- While it was cooking, I used the same knife from the muffin to slice a funky odd-shaped slice of cheese. I don’t care how hard that was, I was NOT going to dirty my cheese slicer for this tiny meal.
- The egg was done (I checked to make sure it was cooked on the bottom side). I put 2 slices of the deli turkey on the egg, then the cheese, and nuked it 15 more seconds, while I got my plate out.
- It was time to build the sandwich. DONE.

And it was so nice to be able to take the time to eat this while I waited for the baby to sleep a bit longer. And it was EXACTLY the right amount of time. I had the energy now to take care of the sicky, hold the baby, and entertain the kindergartener. It was nice.

I figured this to be only 5 Weight Watchers Points. That is good. Is it a lot for a breakfast? Not when you consider that you won’t be needing to take the time or points for a mid-morning snack! I’ll have to make one of my healthy dinners later…