In an effort to help our clients stay healthy and avoid from using their long term care insurance policy as long as possible, we are committed to featuring health tips and tricks found on the health tab of our website. Here you can find news, videos, and “Feature Friday’s Healthy Recipes”, available to you every Friday.

This Friday’s Featured recipe includes four healthy and easy breakfast Ideas meals! We’re happy to help you start your morning off on the right track. At home or on the go these breakfast ideas are great for all  (Please note none of these recipes belong to LTC TREE).

 

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup cottage cheese
• 2 large eggs
• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
• Maple syrup, jam, or sliced berries, for serving

Tomato Toast

INGREDIENTS

• Sliced heirloom tomatoes
• 1 large slice of sandwich bread
• 1 tablespoon cream cheese (Philadelphia regular worked well for us)
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh chives, rinsed and chopped
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• Olive oil, to taste

Avo Egg Toast

INGREDIENTS

• 1 slice whole grain bread, toasted (1.5 oz)
• 1 oz mashed, 1/4 small haas avocado
• cooking spray
• 1 large egg
• kosher salt and black pepper to taste
• hot sauce, optional

Arugula Omelette

Ingredients

Ingredient Checklist

• 2 cups refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed, or 8 eggs, lightly beaten
• ⅛ teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 cup torn fresh arugula or spinach
• 1 cup seeded, chopped tomato
• ½ cup crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese (2 ounces)
• ¼ cup pitted Kalamata olives, sliced

Kale Scramble

Ingredients

• 1/2 small sweet potato, diced
• 1 thin slice of a whole grain bread loaf
• 2 heaping cups of kale leaves
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus a little extra
• Dash of sea salt
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 free-range eggs
• Splash of white vinegar
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Pepper, to taste

 

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