Southern Style, Country Breakfast Recipes

The old saying of start your day with a great song and a good breakfast still holds truth. By adding your favorite tunes to a great breakfast, you're sure to get off on the right foot and have a very enjoyable day.

Just in case you're not currently a advocate of eating breakfast daily, here is some food for thought.

If you are like most people, you awaken from a fast of anywhere from 4 to 8 hours, 10 to 12 if your lucky. While you've enjoyed your good nights sleep, your body has used up critical nutrients which must be replenished. Don't deprive your body, get to cooking or preparing the breakfast recipes your body rightly deserves.

A Healthy Breakfast - Get You Off to a Good Start!

Today serving a well balanced, healthy breakfast is much easier than ever. Fresh fruits, cereals, bread and freshly squeezed juices are all healthy choices. If you're looking for convenience don't forget canned fruits, ready to eat cereals, quick bread and pancake mixes and frozen fruit juices.

The Best Breakfast Food

Okay, so lets talk about what's for breakfast now that you are sold on the importance of eating a morning meal. The big question is what breakfast recipes should be on your menu.

It all starts with the JUICE. No breakfast is complete without fruit juice. Therefore, fresh or frozen juice is a must with your morning meal. Even is you have cereal with milk, you should still treat yourself to a thrust quenching glass of fruit juice. Here are some juice choices for you to consider.

•   Orange
•   Grapefruit
•   Apple
•   Cranberry
•   Tomato
•   Pineapple
•   Carrot
•   etc..

For those cold mornings when you need a jump start don't forget that warm milk, coffee, hot chocolate and cocoa are great breakfast drinks. Also, don't forget that fresh fruit served along with fruit juice is also a healthy breakfast alternative that you can enjoy.

All great breakfasts should include DAIRY products like cheese, eggs and milk. Depending on your dietary needs, there is a very large selection of cheese and milk products to choose from including:

•   Lactose Free
•   Low Fat
•   Reduce Fat

Eggs can be prepared and eaten in a variety of ways including fried, hard boiled, as an omelet, poached and scrambled. Check out these egg recipes.

Ready-to-eat warm and cold CEREALS can be quick and healthy breakfast choices. In addition to milk try serving your cereals with raisins, cream and fresh fruit, this adds variety. For tremendous flavor, add cinnamon and allspice to your hot cereals. If you're lactose intolerant and short on milk try serving dry boxed cereal topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

A well-balanced breakfast includes MEAT that is rich in protein which adds in muscle growth. Prime breakfast candidates include cold cuts served with bread, cooked American bacon, Canadian bacon, ham and sausage.

Freshly baked whole grain bread and other BREAD products like biscuits, coffee cake, French toast, muffins, pancakes and waffles are easy to prepare and delicious. For easy of preparation you can use quick mixes or prepared dough and bread products. All of these bread products can be eaten plain or served with your favorite jams, syrups, fruits, whipped cream and other accompaniments.

I'm sure you'll enjoy these breakfast food ideas for years to come. Your breakfast menu should be creative enough to keep you charged up wanting to eat first thing in the morning. Stop back in the near future for more breakfast recipes.