Since you wonderful, lovely people were all so helpful with healthy vegetable suggestions (‘though I’m still waiting on recipes from Keilyn and Darren!), I’m going to pose a new question to you:

Breakfast...?

I need to eat healthier breakfasts, and I’m all for suggestions. But, I have very specific criteria about breakfast food:

• nothing sweet (that includes fruit)
• must take 5 minutes or less to prepare
• must be more than just carbs (because otherwise I’m hungry before I even get to work)
• no oatmeal-type substances (bleah)
• nothing too heavy or filling (I’m often not hungry when I wake up, but I need to eat something so the tea doesn’t upset my stomach)

I think that’s it, but I’ll add more criteria here if I think of any.

I’m not fond of cereal—I think it’s one of the stupidest inventions. Who came up with the ridiculous idea of taking a crunchy food and pouring milk on it, thus making it a ticking time bomb of a meal, making you eat it as fast as possible so the last bits don’t get soggy before you get to them? I mean, come on! It’s absurd.

That said, I had Raisin Bran for breakfast today, and it was adequate.

I was also thinking of hard boiling eggs ahead of time, but what would I eat with a hard-boiled egg? Slice it and make a sandwich?

I was never so content with breakfast as when we traveled in Germany. It truly made me understand that part of my genetic makeup. Rye bread, hard-boiled eggs, salami, cheese… Now that is breakfast!

I’m looking forward to hearing everyone’s suggestions!