Healthy breakfast bowl

For so many years I had this really firm notion that breakfast was something to be eaten out of a bowl. Like cereals. Whole grain cereals with skimmed milk. Or steel cut oats which is a very popular breakfast dish in Denmark. Everywhere I would read how this was the best way to start the day and how the whole grains would keep me full and satiated for so long. I just could not grasp why it made me ravenously hungry after just 2-3 hours. I would feel dizzy and uncomfortable and have severe hunger pangs if I didn’t get my mid morning snack. Sometimes I even had to reschedule meetings because I knew I needed to eat. I feel so silly thinking back at that time now.

FROM CEREAL TO FRIED EGGS
The first thing I noticed when I swopped my bowl of cereal for a plate of fried eggs was how full and satisfied I felt all morning. And not just in the morning. My 3-PM sugar cravings would also diminish and my impulse control, if that’s even a word, would be so much better. I could actually see a bowl of candy and not eat from it.

Later I became even more hard core and today I can eat just about anything for breakfast. I often have leftovers from dinner for breakfast. My kids taught me that. At some stage they got really tired of eating eggs for breakfast which really shouldn’t come as a surprise since I served them eggs every single day. I asked them what they wanted instead and they said things like: beef patties, salmon, mackerel, cheese, veggies. And who was I to judge what a “real” breakfast dish should look like so I started making larger portions for dinner and serving the leftovers for breakfast. Today, I love  having that myself and I love sending my kids off to school knowing that they won’t crash at 10.

Having breakfast in a bowl comes in many shapes and who says you can only fill your bowl with cereal, porridge or yoghurt. I often fill it with whatever-I-have-available. And that’s pretty much my favorite breakfast of all times. Like this one:

SERVES 1 PERSON

• leftovers from the caramelized cabbage with spicy ground beef
• 1 handful of fresh spinach leaves
• 2 eggs
• some avocado
• coconut oil or butter for frying

DIRECTIONS

TIP: a lovely add-on to this dish would be to place a little bit of fruit, like apple or banana slices with a spoonful of almond butter on top. That will give you that sweet little finish to your meal.