Easy breakfast ideas for holiday houseguests

We love some sparkle, Jacqueline. Well, we are in the Good Day Cafe now, and after doing a whole bunch of cooking for the holidays, well, coming up with something new in the kitchen to make in the morning for your house guests, that can be a challenge. So here to give us some easy breakfast ideas is Edwina Clark, a registered dietitian and founder of Edwina Clark Nutrition, Edwina, always good to have you. Thanks for having me again. It's lovely to be here. So before we get into these great ideas, talk about why breakfast is so important, no matter what time of day, really. Yeah, so breakfast is important every day of the week. We know that people who eat breakfast, they actually have better blood glucose regulation throughout the day. And blood glucose regulation affects appetite. And so it kind of sets you up for the rest of the day. We also know that breakfast is associated with better cardiometabolic outcomes. Okay, so yeah, like you say, starting your day with that, and I've learned to break the fast. That's what breakfast means from overnight, so you want to start your day with this. But the holidays, they can be stressful, you can be exhausted, and just kind of run out of creative ideas when it comes to your dishes, but what do we have to do to break the fast? have here that we can think about when it comes to the next morning? Yeah, so, well, I love breakfast. Breakfast can be eaten at any time of the day, as we all know. But yeah, during the holidays, you know, you often have extra house guests, you're feeding a crowd, you're also making a turkey, as well as many other dishes. And so we're doing easy, healthy breakfast that you can make for a crowd. And so we've got three different options here, and we are showcasing one of my My favourite local brands, Supergirl. Today and we'll go through it. We'll go through it. All right, so let's start down here So we have here we have sheet pan eggs Really easy way to make up eggs for a crowd rather than you know getting scrambling them All I did here was combine these eggs with some cottage cheese Some paprika and some cumin for a little bit of a southwest twist. Oh, okay, and then we've loaded our English muffins up With the sheet pan eggs, people can choose avocado if they want to, and the Supergirl pico de gallo, which is available in the produce section at Whole Foods. It is so delicious, and it's such a simple way to add veggies to any meal. I was going to say simple and to also make a good amount of it so that people can even go back for seconds if they want to. Do you whisk all of the cottage cheese, the eggs, you whisk it, and then you just lay it out in parchment paper, or is it that simple? So we're actually going simpler than that, and we put it all in the blender. Oh, OK. And so the cottage cheese gets this, like, beautiful, smooth, silky texture and really makes those eggs very creamy as well as protein-rich. OK, I love that. Lots of protein, like you said, too. OK, what do we have next? So the next thing we have is a bagel bar. So bagels, you know, when we do the cream cheese and just the bagel, they're not providing a lot of colour, they're not providing a lot of fibre, typically, and so we've upgraded them a little bit. We've got avocado with feta and, again, that store-bought pico de gallo from Supergirl really lifts it. We've got lox with cottage cheese, cucumbers and capers. And also... So peanut butter, you can do any nut butter with a big pile of berries. So we've just added a little bit more protein, a little bit more fiber to make it more filling. It's beautiful. It's really easy. People can make their own. I have never thought of a bagel bar. This is genius, Adriana. I'm definitely going to take this idea. And then what do we have right here? Yeah, so we're utilizing the sheet pan again. It's a great way to feed a big, big group of people. We have sheet pan pancakes. Oh. So pancakes can kind of be labor intensive. You know, there's a lot of standing over the stove. and flipping, you just do it once. I've utilised some of these higher fibre, higher protein store-bought options, so Kodiak Cakes, Simple Mills and Bob's Red Mill. They provide at least four grams of fibre per serving. And then, instead of just pouring syrup all over it, we've done Greek yoghurt with a simple berry compote, which is berries, frozen berries over the stove. Yes. It's antioxidant rich, so we're still keeping the protein, the fiber, and all the things that we need going, and the healthy carbs as well. This is great. I love it. I think the beautiful thing about this also is you can make some of these in advance. Yes. Yes. This is great. If people want to get more information, more ideas, more inspiration from you, where can they go? They can find me on Instagram at Edwina L. Clark, or they can find me at my website at www.edwinaclark.com. All right. I love this. Fantastic. I hope you guys just get the ingredients now so you won't even have to worry about it. This is great. We appreciate you for being here. Thank you. Thank you. All right, guys. Don't get too worried. We're back with more Good Day for you after this. Poetic justice, if I told you that a flower...