ìOUTA HEREî BREAKFASTS FOR WEEKDAY MORNINGS

Breakfast on the go has become a necessity for many, but you donít have to sacrifice health and taste. To prevent the late-morning energy dipónot to mention crankinessóthat comes from skipping breakfast, take the time to eat a morning meal with a good mix of vitamins, minerals, protein and other nutrients. These ìrise and shineî ideas offer a break from the usual bowl of cereal or fast-food pit stop:

ï Fill a buttered, toasted English muffin or warm flour tortilla with scrambled egg, microwaved bacon and fresh tomato slices.
ï Stir sliced banana or apple, raisins and a drizzle of maple syrup into a bowl of steaming oatmeal.
ï Add chopped tomato to scallion cream cheese and spread on a hot toasted bagel.
ï Top a slice of leftover cheese pizza with thin tomato slices, and heat in a toaster oven.
ï Spread whipped cream cheese on a large celery rib, and stud with raisins.
ï Layer Jack or American cheese with tomato slices on a piece of whole-wheat bread. Toast or broil the open-faced sandwich until the cheese melts.
ï Stir fresh or frozen blueberries into lemon or vanilla yogurt.
ï Mix chopped tomato, cucumber and scallions into a serving of cottage cheese.
ï Spread a few of your favorite crackers with peanut, hazelnut or soybean butter, and grab an orange on the way out the door.

PHOTO #FTC-196 — FRESH TOMATO GRATIN
Brunch gets better when a golden-crusted
tomato gratin is spooned onto the plate.

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Click here for the recipe for Tomato Bread Pudding .

        
FTC-IC-133 —
TOMATO BREAD PUDDING
Cooking tomatoes concentrates
the sugars, as in any fruit, for
this spicy-sweet bread pudding