[greenfrog]

Does anyone have any good suggestions for brain-friendly breakfast foods? Typically I've been eating oatmeal with yogurt and fruit (e.g., blueberries, raspberries, peaches, bananas) - sometimes with ground flaxseed added for omega-3s - juice, often a boiled or scrambled egg, sometimes fried tomatoes or bacon or spelt toast with PB or J. I would like to mix it up a bit more - any ideas?

[Mark in Idaho]

You could climb onto a lilypad and snatch a fly or two. From your post, it is obvious you are not a vegetarian so I figured a fly or two would be OK. LOL

I add raisins and dried cranberries to my oatmeal then top it off with toasted almonds and cinnamon.

I had to google to find out what spent toast was. I rarely eat refined flour breads either. We have a delicious 7 whole grain bread baked locally.

My wife makes a olive oil stir fry of onions, colard greens, bell peppers, mushrooms, spinach, and garlic with a fried egg plopped on top. She has mashed sweet potatoes garnished with toasted almonds, a wedge of avocado (Omega's) and a small bowl of yogurt or oatmeal with blueberries. It is too much olfactory sensation for me. She prepares a number of small containers of the veggies ahead of time so all she needs to do is dump them in a fry pan. She bakes the sweet potatoes ahead of time, too. Her nutritious breakfast is quick and easy.

It's a high nutrition breakfast that an ovo-vegetarian can enjoy.

She gets her brain nutrition from real foods. I take mine in pill form after my oatmeal or bowl of whole oat Cherrios and fruit.

[Eowyn]

Scrambled tofu is yummy and high in tryptophan!

Check this out -- this is from the cafeteria at the Weimar Center where we had our program. SUCH YUMMY FOOD!! http://newstartclub.com/recipes/type/breakfast/

[greenfrog]

"You could climb onto a lilypad and snatch a fly or two. From your post, it is obvious you are not a vegetarian so I figured a fly or two would be OK. LOL"

Ribbit.

[Lagr]

spinach-banana-pear smoothie and toast with almond butter!

the almond butter I use has flaxseed, but adding ground flaxseed to the smoothie would work too. i know what i'm eating tomorrow morning.

[Mark in Idaho]

I think I would prefer to eat the spinach separately. The rest sounds delicious.

[Lagr]

ha, it's surprisingly good!