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Welcome Spring With A New Breakfast Habit
Consider eating savory rather than sweet breakfast.
It has been three months or more since 2022 began, and you have had time to try and, most likely, abandon several new habits. Consider starting the spring of this year with a new eating habit by breaking your fast with a savory meal. This change may sound unusual, perhaps even un-American to you. If you are in America, eating a breakfast of sugary cereal or a doughnut is a common way to start your day. However, there is evidence that fruit-like, flavored, colored puffed corn and wheat or fried, puffy dough are not good nutritional choices.
21 days is the lower end of the suggested amount of time to set a new habit. The habit of how to start your day with a feeling of energy needs to be addressed because everyone who is alive starts a new day—ammirite? You want to start your day off feeling ready if possible, and this article focuses just fueling up your body.
High Protein Breakfast. Persons interested in nutrition promote eating protein as a way to start the day feeling satiated and energized. A few ideas for high-protein breakfasts may be found here:
- “26 Easy High Protein Breakfast Recipes”
- “35 High-Protein Breakfast Ideas for All-Day Energy, According to Dietitians”
Savory Breakfast. A smarter move may be to look to other parts of the world where savory breakfasts are the norm.
In Jamaica, you might enjoy cornmeal porridge in the mornings. For more protein and taste, there are several fish alternatives that you might eat as well: saltfish (salted cod fish) and salted (pickled) mackarel are two examples.
In Japan, breaking the prior evening’s fast has both traditional foods and a traditional place setting. A small bowl of rice, a small plate of seafood, a small bowl of miso soup surround a larger dish of a grilled or salted fish such as salmon. There may be other small dishes of foods such as vegetables and eggs cooked in a Japanese style.
In Nigeria, you might see some foods that look like an American dish such as a bowl of cereal, pancakes, or instant noodles, but there are many local options such as akara (bean fritter), boiled or fried yam, nsala (catfish soup), and moi moi (a steamed bean mixture).
So, consider making a change for this new season: savory breakfast instead of sweet.
Melissa Edwards is currently writing about life lessons, meditating and seeking equanimity, cooking, education, and parenting. Writing and teaching are her ways of helping to make the world to be a better place.
