Quick breakfast and tips on buying bread

I am feeling particularly lazy this morning. Not the time to be lazy when there is Christmas Eve dinner to be prepped and cooked. Maybe Santa will come and cook it for me ?; I’ve been pretty pre-e-e-tty good this year.

I would love to get more time to create some sophisticated recipes which yield delicious unusual meals. Those, I always think to myself, are worthy of a post. But then I looked at my and Soren’s breakfast plate and thought that if I were a busy mom or a not-so-busy mom (if that even exists), then I would want nothing more than a simple, almost a pretend recipe or meal idea. So here is one 60 second breakfast: mildly toast a slice of bread, spread some good quality but butter ( I used almond here) and top it with a ripe pear or an apple.

Despite the time it takes to make, it’s actually a legit healthy breakfast full of the necessary fats and proteins from the nut butter. I buy almond and peanut butter in my health foods store where you grind it yourself. Nothing other than peanuts or almonds goes in it unlike some of the jarred butters. It’s also the cheapest butter! But there are lots of jarred butters that are very good quality too; just check the ingredients to make sure there is nothing sketchy.

As for bread, we avoid most kinds of commercial packaged breads regardless of the benefits they claim they bring you. Most of the time these breads are highly processed and contain dangerous ingredients. If you are interested, here is an article written by FoodBabe on which breads you should stay away from and which ones you should eat. We like the most Ezekiel: it’s made with wheat, barley, millet, lentils, soybeans and spelt. All the ingredients are organic. And we also buy the sprouted spelt bread. Spelt is a grain closely related to wheat but that has a milder nuttier flavor. They say it’s a healthier choice than wheat and unlike wheat, where vital nutritional bran and germ are usually removed during milling, the vital substances of spelt are found in the inner kernel of the grain.

For babies and toddlers: if your bread is too soft, toast it just so it hardens a little bit. It’s easier to handle with hands that way even for the toothless munchkins.