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Breakfast is the best start to the day. Traditionally the British Breakfast is a feast made up of fruit juice, cereal, bit fry-up (including bacon, sausage, mushrooms or tomato, fried egg and fried bread) followed by toast and marmalade all washed down with lots of hot tea. Many households had this type of meal either regularly or sometimes only on Sundays.
Fortunately these days we are more conscious of our health and the alarming number of calories such a meal contains. Sometimes to such an extent that we omit breakfast all together. But this is wrong. Breakfast is still the most important meal of the day.
So what do you do when you know you would like the big British Breakfast but know you shouldn't eat it. Easy. Follow these few simple rules and if you are still not sure look at the alternatives we suggest.
- Never fry anything when you can grill or bake it. Bacon and especially sausages contain
Lots of fat. (Prick sausages frequently whilst cooking to ensure all the fat drains away).
- Try to balance out your fat intake. For example if you are having bacon don't put butter
or margarine on your toast or bread.
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Eat eggs in moderation and don't fry. Either poach or scramble your eggs.
- Leave the fried bread alone. If really want it you could dip the bread into beaten egg and
then fry. The egg forms a coating thereby stopping the bread from soaking up too much fat
Healthy Alternatives
If you are being really careful about what you eat or are following a diet then here are a few healthy alternatives for Breakfast and their calorie content:- One fried egg with bacon and fried bread = 450 calories
- Bread dipped in beaten egg and fried with 140g baked beans = 300 calories
- One poached or boiled egg (medium) on toast with a scraping of low fat spread = 200 calories
- Smoked haddock (140g) with tomato = 200 calories
- Baked beans (140g) on toast, no spread = 200 calories
- 100g Fruit juice with one medium egg, scrambled on unbuttered toast = 200 calories
- 2 medium eggs (scrambled) with tomato on unbuttered toast = 250 calories
- 2 Chipolata sausages with 140g baked beans and 1 crispbread = 250 calories
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Energen Crispbread with 25g Edam cheese (no spread) and one apple = 151 calories
- Unbuttered toast with 1 teaspoon of honey = 86 calories
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Author: Ann Brady
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