10 WHOLESOME POST-HOLIDAY BREAKFAST IDEAS

If you’re anything like me, your body is craving fruits, vegetables and whole foods after a long weekend of delicious indulgence.

I feel like a lot of people’s plan after indulging at a holiday is to skip breakfast or cut back to “make up” for that heavier eating.  But I want you to know you’ll be much better off starting the next day with a healthy breakfast and going back to your balanced eating versus skipping and skimping!

There is no need to “make up” for eating a less balanced diet over the holiday weekend and no matter what you ate the day (or days) before, your body still needs balanced fuel the next day!

So I’ve compiled a couple wholesome breakfast ideas for you to dig into come Monday morning which will slowly help your body to balance itself out and get back to its optimal state.

1. Apple Peanut Butter Chia Seed Oatmeal

If you follow me on Instagram you know what a fan I am of this breakfast.  The oatmeal contains soluble fiber which helps you feel fuller, longer.  The chia seeds are packed with omega-3 fatty acids, carbohydrates, protein, fiber, antioxidants, and calcium.  The apples provide not only a sweet flavor but fiber and a serving of fruit for the day!  The peanut butter adds some protein and healthy fat making a well balanced dish that will keep you going all morning.

2.  Yogurt Bowl: Plain greek or skyr yogurt mixed with chia seeds, topped with fruit, whole grain cereal and a spoonful of nut butter

Another one of my favorite breakfast options – and one that definitely holds me over!  The yogurt offers protein (just look for a plain option to keep the added sugar down – or choose Siggi’s flavored which is lower in sugar than other greek yogurt varieties), the cereal provides some whole grains (again just look for one that offers less than 5g sugar per serving to keep that on the lower side) and then you get the same benefits of the chia seeds and nut butter as above.

3. Whole grain toast topped with nut butter and fruit of choice

This is a meal traditionally done with bananas but I love it with apples.  They add an extra crunch that’s just so delicious.  Plus you get double the fiber from the apples and the whole wheat bread and a little healthy fat and protein from the nut butter.

4. 4-Ingredient Green Smoothie

I like to add a spoonful of nut butter to this sometimes for extra staying power then top it with my favorite whole grain cereal to finish it off!

5. PB&J (or AB&J!) on Whole Wheat with Fruit

6. Whole Grain Cereal with Milk and Fruit

7. Whole Grain Waffles Topped Nut Butter, Yogurt (Mixed with Chia Seeds) and Fruit

8. Oatmeal with Chia Seeds, Dried Fruit and Nuts

9. Eggs (cooked any way you like) with Whole Wheat Bagel or Toast and Fruit

Even better, scramble your eggs up with some reduced fat cheese and chopped veggies!

10. Oats in a Jar 

You can make these the night before by adding 1/3 cup oats, 1/3 cup almond milk, 1 tablespoon chia seeds and 1/3 cup greek or skyr yogurt, stirring then setting in the fridge over night.  In the morning, pull it out of the fridge, top with whole grain cereal and add a spoonful of nut butter!

You can also make these in the morning by adding cooked chia seed oats to a nearly empty nut butter jar with your fruit of choice!

Enjoy!

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