Healthy Breakfast UK Style

Is there such a thing as a healthy full English?

Yes of course there is and we always offer it at our B&B - www.stswithins.plus.com. Buy half-fat pork sausages and grill these with the bacon and half a fresh tomato. Heat some baked beans and poach a free range egg. Of course if you are cooking for yourself and are worried about the ingredients of sausages get Duchy organic. A balanced meal containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. This light meal contains approx.400 calories the same as some sticky cereals and a piece of toast and jam. I know all this becuase I am also a nutritional therapist.

We also offer continental breakfast - weetabix, cheerios, shredded wheat, muesli or porridge with milk or yogurt and fresh fruit, followed by a roll or croissant (how healthy do you want to be)? Cereals give complex carbs and are often fortified e.g. Cheerios contain rice, wheat, oats, corn and are fortified with vitamin C, a range of B vitamins, calcium, pantothenic acid and iron. We make our own jams and bread - see previous blogs for the recipes. My gooseberry jam won 1st prize at Great Shefford (Berkshire,UK) country fayre. Wash all this down with an orange juice and copious amounts of tea or coffee and you are set up for the day.

Of course you also get a comfy bed, TV, radio, tea tray, hot shower, glorious West Berkshire countryside, oh yes, and fried bread on request.