Organic Schmanic

[offbalance]

This is crazy. Maybe it's time to add Safe to my Netflix queue, as the world appears to be going THAT bonkers. :P

Of course, this is doubled by the fact that my supposedly "organic" burrito (from Amy's Organic, natch) left a funky taste in my mouth this morning. Ugh. I've been trying to find inexpensive,healthy breakfast options that are also portable. I really am not a big cereal fan. I'll eat it, but for some reason I never find it either filling or satisfying. If I have a bowl of cereal at say, 8:30, I'll be hungry again by 10. I like oatmeal just fine, but I'm growing tired of it as Spring begins to assert itself. Healthy is the sticking point. I mean, there are plenty of OPTIONS around me for breakfast - McDonald's, Dunkin Donuts, Smoothie huts...and lots of places that offer every possible breakfast option under the sun (pancakes? Waffles? French toast? No problem!). Now, I love eggs and I love omlettes, but not every day. Lox gets expensive, and I try to avoid having bagels more than once a week if at all.

I started this at 9:30. Work intervened. Agh.

Today I've been busy but felt like I've been doing little of consequence. It's definitely spring.

Comments

[teany.livejournal.com]

I don't think the funky taste has to do with the fact that it's organic, butt he fact that breakfast burritos are weird...

I'd suggest trying oatmeal with with berries or bananas if you want to keep in line with the warm weather. I honestly haven't found anything else that's filling, except maybe toast or an english muffin with peanut butter.

[lemurtanis.livejournal.com]

The full feeling can be maintained with stuff high in soluble fiber or with low glycemic-index foods. (Why yes, I have read three books on this subject recently.) Stuff that works for me: fruit, fruity yogurt, cereal/skim milk or oatmeal. These days I wake up and have either a bowl of cereal or an apple along with some yogurt (Activia is actually pretty good stuff, found in most supermarkets) and I'm good for several hours. Sometimes I take a chewable fiber tablet (Benefiber, also has calcium) and that's pretty filling as well.

[squiddeh.livejournal.com]

My breakfasts usually are made up of two to three small meals. typically i'll have a piece of toast with peanut butter at home...or half of a grapefruit...or a banana. When I get to work I have a slightly larger meal like an egg white omlette, or a breakfast burrito...or oatmeal and a hardboiled egg.

that small meal before i leave the house really gets my metabolism going. I'm usually very hungry by the time I get to my second meal...and i'll probably have another fruit snack before lunch.

i'm doing the several smaller meals a day thing.

[shackledangel.livejournal.com]

...I'm no help... I eat pop tarts. ^^;;

[herrsprengstoff.livejournal.com]

I do cereal at work in the mornings - I've found mixing grape nuts in with whatever I'm having I tend to stay full longer...

Also, making waffles on the weekend, then wrapping them in plastic and chucking them in the freezer to be toasted during the week also provides an awesome breakfast. Waffles with nuts and berries cooked in for the win!

Additionally, müsli plus yogurt equals awesome. Maybe a piece of fruit as well.

Not sure if any of those are helpful :)