A Berry Balanced Breakfast
Now that blueberries and strawberries are in season or coming into season across the U.S., photos like this one (from the Serious Eats Flickr Photo Pool) nudge me into incorporating them into my breakfast. I've been doing the Fage thing—the kind with the little side "handle" filled with preserves, but nothing beats fresh fruit. I think it's time to switch to oatmeal spiked with fresh berries, but I could certainly use other tips. What strawberry/blueberry/berry breakfasts have you been doing lately?
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19 Comments:
This pic is really tempting. I've tried blue berry and strawberry in my ice cream, which was a great experience. Read about it at: http://eatntravel.pk/2009/05/27/marble-stone-ice-creamery/
Nabeel at 8:29AM on 05/28/09
There's nothing better than plain Fage with local honey and berries...I love the combo of raspberries, blackberries & strawberries. I'm not sure about where you are, but around here in GA the strawberries we've been getting are about as big as apples...and sweeeet! So delicious and perfect for snacking.
When I want a "splurge", I toast a croissant and spread a thin layer of cream cheese on the inside and slice up some berries.
juliebugsmama at 8:29AM on 05/28/09
my favorite is fage with berries and maple syrup!
RebeccaPicard at 8:44AM on 05/28/09
I eat berries plain. I remember when I used to live by trader joes how I'd buy a flat of blackberries for cheap and just nom nom nom away.
Aynsl156 at 8:48AM on 05/28/09
i've been doing the organic yogurt and oat granola thing with berries in the morning. one tip that i got from my personal trainer/roomie is to eat french vanilla yogurt (i use fat free) with your berries and toss in a handful of semi-sweet chocolate chips. if you eat it in the evening after supper, it feels like a sundae, but the chocolate only adds around 40 calories!
CheckPleaseGreenville at 8:55AM on 05/28/09
I make strawberry lassis with buttermilk and honey. Just whirr it all together, sweeten to taste.
Also, my very favorite yogurt in the whole wide world (this week) is Greek Gods full-fat honey flavor. It's not a honey-in-the-corner set-up, the honey is fully incorporated into the yogurt, which is thick and set and the best thing ever.
Michele Humes at 9:01AM on 05/28/09
This oatmeal looks delicious! I love berries in smoothies. Milk, yogurt (or Kefir or Greek yogurt), berries, banana (frozen is good), rolled oats, peanut butter, a scoop of whey isolate, a little flaxseed, and a few ice cubes in a blender. Perfect breakfast, since you get a bunch of protein from the milk, yogurt, whey, and PB, carbs from the fruit and oats, and healthy fats from the PB and flaxseed.
cycorider at 9:36AM on 05/28/09
Brilliant! I put fresh berries on a wonderful muesli cereal I found at Whole Foods, called Dorset (stick with the muesli flavor, the others have too much dried fruit). It's a little pricey, but it is made with real (intact) whole grains and no added sugar. It is good either cold or hot, but cold I put a few flakes on there (Flax Plus) to make it more crunchy. Add a few berries and soy milk = perfection.
summertomato at 9:49AM on 05/28/09
My trick is take some marscapone and add a bit of brown sugar or maple syrup (being Canadian you can guess our choice) and putting that in the middle of crepes with tons of the fresh berries. I also cook some of the berries down to make a coulis for the crepes. Yum!!
CherylAClements at 10:04AM on 05/28/09
I've been eating steel cut oats with a little squeeze of agave syrup with blackberries, strawberries, and almonds every morning. The other day I stirred in a spoonful of greek yogurt with honey and it was also good!
crystalginger at 10:24AM on 05/28/09
holy coincidence, batman-i just ate raspberries, blueberries, and cherries for breakfast this morning! i love them plain, although on occasion i will add them to cheerios or yogurt. (not the cherries-those always stand alone)
gastronomeg at 10:24AM on 05/28/09
fresh berries are the bomb mixed into Nancy's cultured cottage cheese [made with the same live cultures as yogurt]
petitesoeur at 10:55AM on 05/28/09
I had Kashi Go Lean cereal with my first farmer's market strawberries this morning in an attempt to get my scale to cooperate.
JudyH at 11:03AM on 05/28/09
French toast!!! Good bakery bread, real maple syrup or a sprinkling of powdered sugar, and berries - whole or pureed into a sauce. Or stick with the Fage, add a splash of juice or milk, maybe another fruit (frozen bananas or peaches are my favorite) and make a smoothie.
kimberlymac at 11:04AM on 05/28/09
1) I toss them in a fruit salad with bananas (and whatever other fruit I have on hand), and toss with some yogurt and agave, and a teaspoon of flax meal for a healthy fruit salad.
2) I do the same thing above, only over plain yogurt, and if I use bananas with the berries, I find I don't need sweeter.
3) Scatter berries over pancakes, waffles or French toast.
4) Cook the blueberries into pancake, muffins, etc.
5) Mini fruit tarts, using this simple tart shell method. (Since I don't have mini tart molds - for some crazy reason - I make then in a muffin pan, going up 1/3 of the height of the muffin molds.)
6) Make sorbet or ice cream (especially with the strawberries)
7) I am making a large batch of strawberry aqua fresca this afternoon.
8) Make smoothies. You can mix with yogurt, protein powder, ice cream, what ever. If I use a protein powder, my favorite combo is banana and strawberries, with pineapple juice and ice. Yum!
9) Add it to any cereal - hot or cold. I prefer them with cold cereal.
10) Cook or puree them into a sauce or coulis to top anything your heart desires.
11) The other night I just whipped up some shortcake biscuits in less than 15 minutes, and threw together some tasty berry shortcakes for three days straight with the sweet biscuits.
12. Make a crumble, cobbler or coffee cake.
Berries are one of the best brain foods around, so eat your berries! Enjoy!!
Cheers,
~ Paula
Paula Maack at 2:46PM on 05/28/09
This isn't so much of a healthy breakfast, as it is more of a mid-morning snack for me, but I have been using my strawberries to make strawberry mochi cake. Blueberry mochi cake works as well! You can view my recipe here: http://www.kirbiecravings.com/2009/05/strawberry-mochi-cake.html
kirbie at 2:56PM on 05/28/09
oatmeal with fresh strawberries and brown sugar and a smidge of butter and a smidge of milk is a great motivator for a go-to-work morning.
furlinedteacup at 8:11PM on 05/28/09
We've been making pre-gym smoothies with Greek yogurt, orange juice, and berries. Yum!!
Megs915 at 11:39AM on 05/29/09
the best way to eat berries is some heavy cream or buttermilk, a touch of sugar or honey and a spoon. doesn't get any better than that with a mug of coffee and some summer sun.
bogusrogus at 12:51PM on 05/29/09