English Muffin Breakfast Pizza

The only thing that's better than pizza for dinner is pizza for breakfast.  Of course, this recipe has one up on even pizza for breakfast.  Here's a healthy breakfast pizza recipe that everyone can appreciate.

Ingredients

2 Whole Wheat English Muffins cut in half
1 whole egg
2 egg whites
1/4 cup chopped green peppers
1/4 cup chopped red peppers
1/4 cup chopped mushrooms
1/4 cup low fat shredded cheese
2 tbs. low fat cream cheese

Directions

1 - Preheat oven to 350 degrees and put the English Muffins in the toaster.
2 - Chop the peppers and mushrooms.
3 - Scramble the eggs and cook them with the peppers and mushrooms together.
4 - Once it's all done cooking, spread an equal amount of cream cheese on each half of the English Muffins.
5 - Put an equal amount of eggs, peppers and mushrooms on each English Muffin and then sprinkle cheese on top of each one.
6 - Bake in the oven for 3-5 minutes or until the cheese melts.

This is a quick and easy recipe that's not only delicious, but it's also completely healthy!  Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, spend Everyday Living Fit!

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Super Bowl Survival Guide

Super Bowl XLVI is this weekend so you know what that means; junk food.  That’s ok though.  This can be one of those exceptions to your diet.  You work so hard all of the days leading up to it so you can relax and eat a bit of junk and not feel too bad about it.  That being said, it’s still best to stick to the less damaging of the junk foods.  Some options are even healthy so you won’t stray from your diet at all.  Here’s a Super Bowl food guide to help you out this year. 

Chips and Dip

Good Eats – Chips and Salsa

14 chips: Calories 120, Fat 4g, Sodium 150g, Carbs 22g, Protein 2g

4 tbs. Salsa: Calories 20, Fat 0g, Sodium 200mg, Carbs 3g, Protein 1g

You’ll save 20 calories 4 grams of fat by getting baked chips instead of regular.  Salsa is almost all vegetables and is a great choice for a dip.

Bad Eats – Potato Chips and French Onion Dip

14 Chips: Calories 150, Fat 10g, Sodium 180mg, Carbs 15g, Protein 2g

4 tbs. Dip: Calories 120, Fat 10g, Sodium 460mg, Carbs 8g, Protein 2g

You’ll save 130 calories, 17 grams of fat and 290 mg of sodium by switching to chips and salsa!            

Pizza

Good Eats -Thin Crust Pizza

1 slice: 270 calories, Fat 12g, Sodium 530 mg, Carbs 22g, Protein 10g

Bad Eats - Regular Hand Tossed Pizza

1 slice: Calories 330, Fat 14g, Sodium 870 mg, Carbs 37g, Protein 13g

Beer

Good Drinks                Calories               Carbs               Alcohol %

Budweiser Select            99                         3g                     4.3%

Michelob Ultra                 95                         2.6g                  4.1%

Miller Lite                         93                         3g                     4.2%

Bud Light                        110                        6g                     4.2%

Coors Light                    102                        5g                     4.15%

Bad Drinks                         Calories               Carbs             Alcohol %          

Budweiser                               145                       10.6g                5.0%

Miller Genuine Draft               143                       13.1g               4.7%

Sam Adams Boston Lager   160                       18g                   4.75%

Sierra Nevada                        175                       14.1g                5.6%

Bottom line: stick to the light stuff.  The lights all taste great and the alcohol percentage in the heavy stuff is a fraction of a percent more which isn’t worth the calories or carbs. 

Hopefully this guide will help direct you away from the grease and towards a much healthier choice.

Until tomorrow, spend Everyday Living Fit!

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