snack or lunch, try PB in the a.m.
Egg White Omelet
For a healthy and delicious breakfast make your omelets with egg whites. To personalize your omelet, Menke suggests adding your favorite vegetables. Here's your chance to get creative. You can add squash, zucchini, mushrooms, bell peppers and a little cheese. Don Williams, line cook at First Watch, 2540 Iowa, loves to make creative breakfasts at home.
"When I make omelets I'll fray the tip of a green onion with a knife and throw it in ice water," Williams says. "It makes a bush-like shape. I'll use black olives and the onion to create a palm tree shape on the omelet. Presentation means a lot." When it comes to omelets, anything goes. "I think people might not think about avocados in their omelets," Dennis Hill, caterer and chef at Sigma Kappa, 1325 West Campus Rd., says.
Hill has a quick and tasty breakfast suggestion for students: breakfast burritos. Scramble an egg and put it in a tortilla. Add cheese, salsa and avocado. The secret ingredient? "Sausage makes it really flavorful," Hill adds.
If you haven't acquainted yourself with Carnation Instant Breakfast nutritional energy drink, you're missing out. Not only
Pumped Up OJ Smoothie
do breakfast drinks taste really good, but they provide you with all sorts of vitamins and minerals to kick start your day. But beware: some store bought smoothies and drinks have very little nutritional value, so read the label to know what you're getting.
Make your omelet your own with your favorite veggies.
Photo illustration by Eric Braem/Kansan
For an on-the-go breakfast, mix up a packet of instant breakfast with milk and take it to class with you in an insulated thermos to keep it cold. Or heat it up on a cold day and enjoy. If you're looking for an alternative to your traditional glass of orange juice try mixing one packet of Carnation's classic French vanilla with one cup of milk and one generous scoop of orange sherbet, as seen on a packet of the versatile mix. Blend until frothy and smooth. Hill also suggests buying bags of mixed berries in the freezer section of grocery stores. Throw some berries, a banana and yogurt in a blender and whir away.
Once you find something you like, you'll want to eat breakfast everyday. So don't be afraid to experiment. Try new cereals you thought you might never eat or pick up different kinds of bagels next time you're at the grocery store. Or if you don't have any breakfast foods on hand eat leftovers. Menke says a slice of yesterday's cheese pizza really isn't that bad for you in the morning, as long as you like it cold.
—Amanda Wolfe, Jayplay staff writer, can be reached at awolfe@kansan.com.