RESTART Breakfast and Snack Ideas

Aug 6

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During the RESTART Sugar Detox, the questions I get asked most often are, "What do you eat for breakfast?" and "What can I snack on?" For people who have never cut sugar out of their diet it can be HARD to come up with tasty meals that have no sugar, especially if you have never done this before or are coming from a Standard American Diet. You start to realize that sugar is in EVERYTHING. Often, we are so used to eating grains of some sort to start our day, and grains are often paired with sugars to make them more palatable. So, I came up with a list of healthy, and fairly quick, meal and snack options that my family eats on regular basis to help get you started.

Be sure you get plenty rest and stay well hydrated. These are just as important as what you actually eat. Consider adding a pinch of sea salt to water periodically to help transfer water into cells. And start the day with lemon water to jump start your digestion.

Breakfast Ideas:

Sausage or bacon + any veggies + eggs
Frittata (spinach, sausage, mushroom is our fave)
Omelet (options are endless)
Breakfast Hashes (squash + ground beef, sausage + kale, chicken and apple) + an egg
Fried green apple and chicken thighs + greens + egg
Avocado, with an egg and bacon in the center, bake
Mushroom cap with prosciutto and an egg in the center, bake
Smoothie (low sugar berries + protein + fat to balance digestion)
Bacon and zucchini noodles with fried egg on top
Breakfast burritos, clean lunch meat with an egg and slice of avocado wrapped inside
Huevos Rancheros, egg + pico and avocado
Sautéed bacon, broccoli, spinach, baby tomatoes + fried egg

I feel like if you add an egg to anything it makes it "breakfast".

Sauté any veggie: melt fat of your choice (coconut, tallow, lard), add 1/2 diced onion and brown, add chopped veggie of your choice. Add an egg.

Add sauerkraut to any meal for a probiotic boost.

I feel like if you add an egg to anything it makes it "breakfast". Even dinner leftovers.

Sauté any veggie: melt fat of your choice (coconut, tallow, lard), add 1/2 diced onion and brown, add chopped veggie of your choice. Add an egg.

Add sauerkraut to any meal for a probiotic boost.

Make ahead grab + go ideas:

Smoked salmon with cucumbers
Chia pudding made with coconut milk, top with nuts and berries if desired
Boiled eggs + chicken broth
½ green apple with almond or coconut butter and protein coffee
Squash pancakes
Bacon and egg muffins
Zucchini pancakes
Apple, beet, carrot (ABC) salad
Muffin in a mug + coconut milk yogurt
Coconut milk yogurt + protein + berries + nuts or nut butter
Kabocha squash muffins

Think outside the box:

Soup is a great breakfast
Leftover dinner + fried egg
Burgers, or any patty type
Sauteed veggies

Snack Ideas:

Jicama sticks, baby carrots, cucumber and sliced peppers + guacamole
Veggies + paleo ranch (ranch dip made with sour cream)
Cashew or eggplant hummus + veggies
Chicken salad + cucumbers
Smoked salmon with cucumbers
Lunch meat + cucumber or avocado rolls ups
Homemade kale or zucchini chips
BLT bites (bacon, lettuce and tomato on a toothpick)
Cabbage salad
Plantain chips (watch the oil) + guacamole
Green apple + pate (liver is a superfood!)
Bacon wrapped avocado (wrap avo slice in bacon, bake)
Epic bars, Paleo Valley sticks, or other clean jerky
Pesto deviled eggs
Chicken skewers
Prosciutto wrapped asparagus
A cup of bone broth
Gelatin gummy snacks
Infused water with collagen protein

Think of your coffee or tea as a superfood:

Cinnamon
Reishi
Maca and other adaptogens
Collagen or gelatin powder, vital proteins
Chlorella or spirulina
Coconut oil or butter
Ginger
Raw cacao
Cayenne
Sea salt
Coconut milk
Peppermint (leaves or EO)
Cardamom

Coffee alternatives: Teecino, Four Sigmatic

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