Most parents have sleepless nights, hectic mornings and laundry that doesn’t get folded. Cutting corners where you can means spending more time with family. But, serving quick, nutritious, home-cooked meals will improve your family’s health and your budget.
Here, Tori Wesszer, foodie and registered dietitian, shares her tips and meal ideas to make busy mornings less stressful.
• Pull out the crockpot before bed to make oatmeal for the morning. You can jazz it up with your family’s favourite toppings.
• Freeze leftover smoothies in icepop moulds. These are awesome in the summer for kids to eat for breakfast. They think they’re eating a dessert rather than a mom-approved nutritious meal.
• Go for tried-and-true scrambled eggs with whole grain toast. It’s an easy breakfast that takes minutes to make, and if you pair it with a cup of orange juice you get potassium, folate and 100 per cent of the daily quota of vitamin C.
• Prepare as much as possible the night before to leave more time for connecting with your family. This will set a happy and healthy tone for the day.
This is one of her favorite breakfast recipes that can be made the night before in just a few minutes:
Creamy Orange Chia Pudding
Serves: 6
Prep time: 5 minutes
Setting time: 4-24 hours
Ingredients:
• 1 1/4 cups Florida Orange Juice
• 3 cups vanilla unsweetened almond milk
• 1 cup white chia seeds
• 3 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp grated orange zest
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• thinly sliced Florida Orange peel for garnish (optional)
Directions:
1. Whisk all ingredients together in a large bowl. Let stand for 10 minutes and whisk again.
2. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight, then dish it up and serve. Garnish it with a fresh orange peel if desired.
Tori Wesszer is a registered dietitian and founder of the Fraiche Nutrition blog.
Find more recipes at www.floridajuice.com/ca.
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