Hi Friends!
Today’s guest post comes from my awesome friend Erin. She’s here to provide you with some healthy Christmas Morning breakfast ideas! She writes an awesome blog and is always around to tweet me workout motivation! Plus, she’s one of the most positive people I know 🙂 Be sure to hop on over and check out her blog!
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Hello Diet Plan readers! Erin here from Creative Soul in Motion, my home in the blogging world where I chat about living a healthy, active and mindful life that is full of adventure! I am so excited to guest blog for Lindsay, especially since I LOVE being part of her Foodie Penpal program (thanks Lindsay!). Anyways…
I love Christmas. When my brother and I were little I remember devising our Christmas morning plan on Christmas eve, usually on an etch-a-sketch. We would get up really early, around 5 AM, and sneak into the living room where we would cuddle on the couch and gaze at all of the presents. It’s one of my favorite childhood memories and honestly is more memorable than any gift I ever received.
But, if you’re anything like me and my family, once everyone is up Christmas goes by in a blur of chocolate, presents, candy, more presents, cookies and even more presents and breakfast isn’t even taken into consideration. Because really, isn’t it more fun to open gifts than it is to stop and make breakfast? However, over the last few years I’ve realized that not eating breakfast on Christmas does not set me up for a good day. In fact, whenever I skip breakfast I end up shaky, grumpy and generally regretting it by mid-morning.
That’s why I’m giving you some quick and easy but healthy ideas for your Christmas morning breakfast. So we’ll all be fueled up for a full day of festivities!
Easy and Healthy Christmas Morning Breakfast Ideas
Oatmeal with cranberries and nuts
Alright, alright, I know I talk about oatmeal a lot BUT it’s because it’s so good and so healthy for you! If you make it overnight, like I usually do, it’ll give your home a wonderful smell of cinnamon and goodness.
Cereal with a big smoothie
This is my go to breakfast throughout the year (except for winter time) and always gives me tons of energy throughout the year. Also, it takes literally 3 minutes to throw together.
Fruit salad with toast
This is a great choice for a large group! You can cut up some oranges, apples, pears and grapes, toss them with lemon juice the night before and have a beautiful fruit salad. It’s good to have a whole grain along with the fruit to give your body something that will last a little longer so you can make it through all the presents.
Toast with peanut butter and banana
This breakfast is going to give you fuel you up without slowing you down. Sometimes I like to slice up the bananas and apples and layer them on top of the peanut butter – trust me, it’s really yummy!
Pancakes!!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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We always have a decadent Christmas breakfast – eggs, bacon, sausage, quiche, and cinnamon rolls. 🙂
My mom normally makes a big breakfast the night before so we don’t have to take much time out from the important stuff… like opening our gifts:)
Aww, I love Erin! Great ideas…simple and delish. We don’t really have a set breakfast tradition for Christmas. The only mandatory thing is coffee. Preferably dark and strong. 😉
These are fabulous ideas!
Oatmeal or an english muffin with a fruit salad are my two favorite breakfasts. And, since I’ve been home for the holidays, my family has been enjoying them too. On Christmas morning we usually keep it simple with toast, fruit, and coffee. 🙂
Not gonna lie, I usually eat candy for breakfast on Christmas morning. lol. Sometimes my family will make something after we open gifts but I am usually in between houses at that time. This year I would like to make more of an effort to get a little nutrition in my body instead of making it a full day of sweet stuff!
Mmmmm!! We always have waffles, homemade spelt cinnamon buns and lots of fruit and coffee!!! YUM!!
xxoo
Peanut butter and banana on toast is my “to-go” breakfast. But on Christmas, we usually have cinnamon rolls. Yum!
Great ideas!
I normally make pancakes on Christmas morning 🙂