Kath Eats Real Food

a healthy food, nutrition, and lifestyle blog

Guest Post: Snack Snoop

Here’s a snackalicious guest post from Lisa at Snack Snoop as she shares her dad’s favorite breakfast –

***

Healthy snacking is a great habit once you form it.  Including a fruit or vegetable at snack time gets you nutrients you need and energy to keep you going.  Avoiding snack pitfalls such as junk food can be a real problem.

I try to make something that tastes BETTER than anything I can purchase so I am not motivated to eat something crappy.  Here is my Dad’s favorite breakfast.  The great thing about it is that incorporates tomato into breakfast.  Tomato isn’t usually a breakfast food – but it should be.

This breakfast has protein, fresh fruit (tomato is a fruit actually), and whole grains to start your day well.  It is only a 100 calories so you should probably eat a few to get you off to a good start (and not end up too hungry before lunch)

forkath

Wasa-Jarlsberg Breakfast Snack

  • 1 Wasa Cracker
  • 1 Slice Jarlsberg Cheese
  • 1 Slice Tomato

Heat broiler or toaster oven. Slice tomato and sprinkle a little salt to taste. Place cheese on tomato and run under broiler until grilled (about 1 minute).

wasacheeseb

Wasa Crackers are usually whole grain and yummy (about 60 calories). They can be found in the cracker section of any supermarket. Jarlsberg is a tasty and naturally lowfat cheese (40 calories for a slice). And tomato – well it is just good for you. Having a tomato around the house will force you to add it to salads or sandwiches just to use it up – and you will be healthier for it.

I have other snack ideas on http://www.snacksnoop.com.

Lisa

Social

Reader Interactions

Comments

  3. Mmm – looks delicious.

    Geeky side note- while I think the distinction between fruits and vegetables is pretty arbitrary (we should just eat lots of plants, right?), tomatoes are sort of a vegetable. In the US, the USDA uses the distinction that the Supreme Court made in 1893: “a vegetable is a plant grown for an edible part that is generally eaten as part of the main course, while a fruit is a plant part generally eaten as an appetizer, a dessert, or out of hand.” (Quoting from the Encyclopedia of Healing Foods – GREAT resource.) So, legally speaking, tomatoes are usually a vegetable.

    Supreme Court opinions aside, the tomato is a member of the Solanaceae (nightshade) family, as are bell peppers, potatoes, and eggplants. Botanically, yeah, they’re fruit. As are peppers and eggplant. 🙂

    Reply

    • Wow – great point. I finished a PhD years ago for which I took plant anatomy, taxonomy, etc. – so I couldn’t let it slide when I wrote the post that tomatoes are a fruit – but I don’t think it really matters. Lisa

      Reply

  19. I guess Ive been lucky! Tomato has always been a part of breakfast in my family. My mother and aunt would just slice tomatoes and put them on the table as a breakfast side dish. Boiled green bananas, plantains and a spinach like vegetable called callalloo were also a part of breakfast though. Sometimes I forget how healthful the foods of my parents islands are! Yay for tomatoes for breakfast!

    Reply

  22. Mmm I love tomatoes with breakfast. I think it’s pretty common in Europe lately, whether they’re raw (like our breakfast buffet in Greece) or roasted/grilled, like when you get a “full English”. Love em!

    Reply

  23. I always have to have tomato in about 10 different forms (passata, tinned, puree, sun dried, fresh – large small etc) in my kitchen, I just love tomatoes 😀

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *