When I was explaining to Natalie what I eat for breakfast, I think she figured it would take forever to make.....here's the trick:
I basically prepare my cereal fruit once per week -
I use a natural unsweetened juice brand name Ceres (south African). I empy a carton of this juice into a large saucepan, turn up the heat until the juice is steaming but not boiling, then I dump in two cups of dark raisins, 1/2 cup dried cranberries, 1/2 cup dried blue berries, 1/2 cup dried currents, 1/2 cup dried papaya or mango.
I leave this lot soaking until the juice cools down.
Meanwhile I grab a cantaloupe melon, which I cut in half, remove seeds, and using an ice cream scoop, quickly and messily scoop out the flesh into a large bowl. (You can also use a table spoon as a scoop.)
Once the dried fruit mix is cool, I add this to the melon, and put the whole lot into a large container with a tight fitting lid and pop in into the fridge for future breakfasts.
About once every two months I get a supply of lecithin granules, ground flax seed and wheat germ and I mix it up, store in a glass jar and refridgerate. There is supplement 1 for my Cereal mix.
Also about once every two months, I get in a supply of raw almonds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. I pre grind these in a small electric coffee mill, mix together, store in a glass jar and refriderate. Thsi is suplement 2 for my breakfast cereal.
It takes me about 5 minutes to prepare the fruit mix, five minutes to prepare the lecithin etc. mix and about 10 to prepare the ground nuts and seeds.
Now, with all that stuff ready to go - when I do the morning cereal routine, all I have to do is grab two bowls, add one scoop of soy protein, two Tbs. lecethin mix, one Tbs nut mix and 1/2 cup of fruit mix. If the mix is too dry, I slosh on more juice.
This all takes about 2 minutes.
I have been using various different dry cereals for my husband, since he likes to have a bit of cereal sprinkled on the fruit mix, so I give him some brown rice puffs, or barley shreddies, or Kasha cereal.
Since we rise at 4:45 a.m. and he has to be done breakfast and out the door by 6.15 and the between time is used for workouts, stretches and shower and breakfast...I too am in a real time crunch...
I've found that pre-preparing stuff REALLY makes my life easier....
Cheers
Weezy
I basically prepare my cereal fruit once per week -
I use a natural unsweetened juice brand name Ceres (south African). I empy a carton of this juice into a large saucepan, turn up the heat until the juice is steaming but not boiling, then I dump in two cups of dark raisins, 1/2 cup dried cranberries, 1/2 cup dried blue berries, 1/2 cup dried currents, 1/2 cup dried papaya or mango.
I leave this lot soaking until the juice cools down.
Meanwhile I grab a cantaloupe melon, which I cut in half, remove seeds, and using an ice cream scoop, quickly and messily scoop out the flesh into a large bowl. (You can also use a table spoon as a scoop.)
Once the dried fruit mix is cool, I add this to the melon, and put the whole lot into a large container with a tight fitting lid and pop in into the fridge for future breakfasts.
About once every two months I get a supply of lecithin granules, ground flax seed and wheat germ and I mix it up, store in a glass jar and refridgerate. There is supplement 1 for my Cereal mix.
Also about once every two months, I get in a supply of raw almonds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. I pre grind these in a small electric coffee mill, mix together, store in a glass jar and refriderate. Thsi is suplement 2 for my breakfast cereal.
It takes me about 5 minutes to prepare the fruit mix, five minutes to prepare the lecithin etc. mix and about 10 to prepare the ground nuts and seeds.
Now, with all that stuff ready to go - when I do the morning cereal routine, all I have to do is grab two bowls, add one scoop of soy protein, two Tbs. lecethin mix, one Tbs nut mix and 1/2 cup of fruit mix. If the mix is too dry, I slosh on more juice.
This all takes about 2 minutes.
I have been using various different dry cereals for my husband, since he likes to have a bit of cereal sprinkled on the fruit mix, so I give him some brown rice puffs, or barley shreddies, or Kasha cereal.
Since we rise at 4:45 a.m. and he has to be done breakfast and out the door by 6.15 and the between time is used for workouts, stretches and shower and breakfast...I too am in a real time crunch...
I've found that pre-preparing stuff REALLY makes my life easier....
Cheers
Weezy
