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What’s a Good, Balanced Breakfast

November 23, 2015 36 Comments

“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” – Adelle Davis

We have heard this one a lot, haven’t we? But starting from school, my food habits have always been the other way around. I almost always used to skip breakfast, have meagre lunch and come home famished, only to hog for dinner. This went on till I reached Hyderabad. Somewhere, mom’s warnings and information from websites started getting me to think and I thought I might as well correct the mistakes before I get too old to do it 😀

Now, my meals are as balanced as possible, and food in office helps me to do this immensely. We have a wide range of options in our office cafe and every day is a new and fresh day as far as meals are concerned.


This is my typical breakfast on weekdays. Wheat flakes with 1/2 cup milk and one tsp sugar, one cup watermelon, one cup papaya and an orange (sometimes).

Here is how each of this helps to keep me balanced throughout the day 🙂

Wheat Flakes

Wheat flakes are very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Vitamin A, and a very good source of Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12 and Iron.

Papaya

Papayas have 33% more vitamin C and 50% more potassium than oranges with fewer calories. Papayas have 13 times more vitamin C and more than twice the potassium than apples. Papayas have four times more vitamin E than both apples and oranges.

Watermelon

Watermelon is an excellent source of vitamin C, and is also a very good source of vitamin A, notably through its concentration of beta-carotene. Watermelon is extremely high in water content, approximately 92%, giving its flesh a crumbly and subtly crunchy texture and making it a favorite thirst-quenching fruit.

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  1. SMN

    April 1, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    hey Nags, this is wat call a perfect and helathy with minimal work added breakfast.

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  2. Mandira

    March 17, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    that certainly is one healthy breakfast, and looks delish too!

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  3. Annu

    March 16, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    Thats very good healthy breakfast….

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  4. Raaga

    March 15, 2008 at 4:57 pm

    I tend to eat fruit around 4 p.m. have tried it for breakfast but the habit isn’t sustained. Lovely pics 🙂

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  5. Sagari

    March 15, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    very healthy breakfast nags

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  6. Matthew S. Urdan

    March 14, 2008 at 7:01 pm

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  7. Mona

    March 14, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    Papaya and Watermelon are not always there at my house, it very good to have fruits at breakfasts! Thats a good healthy spread!

    http://www.zaiqa.net

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  8. Madhumita.

    March 14, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    Coming here after awhile – like the new improved lay-out :-). And I intend to try your broad beans recipe in the next couple days.

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  9. RAKS KITCHEN

    March 14, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    Thats healthy and you had a breakfast like a Queen;)

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  10. SMN

    March 14, 2008 at 11:35 am

    hey Nags, this is wat call a perfect and helathy with minimal work added breakfast.

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  11. Saswati

    March 14, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    hi Nags!!nice and healthy combo,i must say.

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  12. easycrafts

    March 14, 2008 at 7:31 am

    Truly a balanced breakfast

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  13. Richa

    March 13, 2008 at 11:57 pm

    looking at that papaya makes me very happy 🙂

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  14. kamala

    March 13, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Nags
    Though i didnt comment in ur blog i am a regular visitor.The combination of fruits and wheat flakes …a healthy one.Pls visit my blog

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  15. Nags

    March 14, 2008 at 6:13 am

    Aparna, I use Powerpoint for most of my pics 🙂 Believe it or not!!

    The only time I used photoshop was that one time I blogged about it. Then got lazy. I am a very very lazy person you know.. 😀

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  16. Kalai

    March 13, 2008 at 9:02 pm

    Colorful, healthy and tantalizing! Nice one, Nags! 🙂

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  17. Cynthia

    March 13, 2008 at 6:19 pm

    Nags I used to do the same thing. Actually I still do (I know!) 🙂 I have to really make an effort to change though. Thanks for your inspiration to do so.

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  18. Vanamala

    March 13, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Hey nags

    fantastic pics and lovely bfast. Mine is almost same bfast in the weekdays 🙂

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  19. Mansi Desai

    March 13, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    Nice to know you hit the right track before you got too old!:) that so fits the theme Nags, thanks so much for sharing all the nutrition info too!!:)

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  20. Sreelu

    March 13, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    now I know how the glow is your face comes from,indeed a balanced breakfast

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  21. Dhivya

    March 13, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    Its indeed a healthy one…awesome pictures..

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  22. Uma

    March 13, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    Yep, sure healthy! You are just like me! My breakfast is almost the same like yours. very good entry.

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  23. DEEPA

    March 13, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    quite healthy one ….pics are awesome!!!

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  24. Laavanya

    March 13, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    Wow you really have a very healthy breakfast – when I lived by myself I never took such good care of my health. Kudos to you.

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  25. Namratha

    March 13, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    Heyyy Nags, I was thinking of something similar tooooo… 😀 Nice breakfast!!

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  26. Aparna

    March 13, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    Nice breakfast, that.
    Your pictures are looking nicer these days. Is it the photoshop or something else? Wouldlove to know the secret.:)

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  27. TBC

    March 13, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    Nicely presented.:-)

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  28. Rachel

    March 13, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    That is an energy-packed BF

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  29. Nanditha Prabhu

    March 13, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    i am sure it does give your day good start…it is so colorful and healthy:)

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  30. sra

    March 13, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    Very unlike me, but today I couldn’t face the thought of fruit for breakfast, so I upma-fied some leftover bread and ate it! I usually eat papaya and eggs for breakfast.

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  31. Asha

    March 13, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    That is one yummy , healthy breakkie!:)

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  32. Meeta

    March 13, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    Perfect & colorful. Isn’t a breakfast like this revitalizing to start the day off? I normally have my granola with a lot of fruit added into it. Nags perfect post!

    Reply
  33. Srivalli

    March 13, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    nags, thats one healthy bf…keep it up!

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  34. Siri

    March 13, 2008 at 11:25 am

    Nice n well balanced breakfast Nags.

    Siri

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  35. Seena

    March 13, 2008 at 11:20 am

    Healthy, but can’t take them in the morning.. tried and failed .. am always satisfied with a sandwich.. 😀

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  36. Happy cook

    March 13, 2008 at 10:48 am

    WOw you indeed have a very healthy beakfast.
    I am coming over for the breaky.

    Reply

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