Foods Focus: Breakfast

We already know that vegetables, generous amounts of fruit and a daily consumption of fish is a huge aspect of the Mediterranean Diet. Now let’s focus on some specific foods that are included in the Mediterranean Diet that you eat on a regular basis. This should give you an idea on how these foods could be prepared. Lets start with the most important meal of the day; breakfast!

Breakfast Time: The foods listed below are already typically eaten by most individuals everyday. Remember, this is not really a ‘so called diet’ nor a specific plan of what to eat each day. This is just to give you a general idea of what foods you could decide to eat during your breakfast time.

Sample Meal #1

• Cereal (wholegrain)
• Low Fat Milk
• Banana
• Toast (whole-grain)
• Almonds

Sample Meal #2

• Low Fat Yogurt
• Fruit bowl (strawberries, blueberries, bananas, apples, grapes)

Sample Meal #3

• Oatmeal instead of Cereal
• Orange Juice
• Peanuts. Walnuts, or almonds

Sample Meal #4

• Coffee
• Melon
• Whole Wheat Bread and honey

Sample Meal#5

• Peanut Butter
• Toast (whole-grain)
• Banana
• Melon
• Pecans

Quick Note:

• you can add a table spoon of olive oil into your desired breakfast
• Remember nuts are eaten in small portions