I went to my dietician yesterday. She mentioned that breakfast needs to be around 300 calories. Doesn't seem like much, does it? So I'm slowly going through what I eat in order to get the largest amount of food with the smallest calories. I know I could eat all raw veggies for breakfast and be able to eat a ton of it, but I was looking for some more traditional and fun. Like eggs! Yum!
So today, I had 3 medium eggs and two pieces of Healthy Life sugar free toast (this bread is fantastic!). With a little unsweetened soy milk added to the egg mixture, this equaled out to about 285 calories. I'm not one for dry toast. I was raised on margarine slathered white toast. I was already near my 300 calories for breakfast, but for just a tablespoon of bestlife buttery spread on each piece (which is not enough), I was adding in 120 calories to my breakfast!
So I went through my fridge and saw the Laughing cow cheese wedges I had recently purchased. I had a bit of regular but also the light mozzarella sun-dried tomato basil. For an entire wedge of the light tomato basil cheese, it's 35 calories. I put half of the wedge on each piece of toast and realized it was a generous amount. I was able to put more on my toast with more flavor, AND I saved 85 calories! So my entire breakfast turned out to be 320 calories. Not too shabby!
Let's look at the numbers between 1 wedge of Laughing Cow and 2 tbsp. of Bestlife.
Did you notice something between the numbers? You get more with the laughing cow cheese wedge, and 10 grams less fat. You also get some protein.
Am I knocking Bestlife? Absolutely not. Otherwise, I wouldn't have it in my kitchen. Bestlife is available at a great price at Wal-Mart, it's actually completely plant-based, so great for vegans, and it has NO hydrogenated fats. It's a fantastic product. This just shows how you can save some calories for your breakfast toast.
