Recipe: Quick, high-protein healthy breakfast on-the-go

This one’s a two-fer. First, one of my all-time favorite quick and easy, but delicious, breakfasts:

Avocado melt on toast

1 whole wheat english muffin, or 2 slices Ezekiel bread – toasted
1/2 avocado, sliced and mashed slightly onto toast
1/2 tomato, sliced and placed on top of avocado
1 oz lowfat cheese or veggie shreds soy “cheese” – divided to top both toasts
sprinkle toasted sesame seeds and a bit of freshly ground sea salt on top
Toast slightly under broiler or in toaster oven until cheese melts slightly and seeds brown.

Serves two people, or one really hungry one.

Following is the breakfast I’ve been bringing to work every day lately. I don’t get tired of it, it gives me a good pickup in the morning, and it’s HUGE and complex enough that I’m not hungry again for about 4 hours, and it holds me through a workout two hours later.

1 Morningstar veggie “sausage” patty
1 hardboiled egg – organic, cage free, etc.
1 container Activia Nonfat yogurt. Any flavor, but I prefer peach.
1 whole piece of fruit, cut into bite sized pieces (peach, apple or banana) or 1 cup berries
1 cup mini wheats (frosted if you want a little bit of a splurge)

Eat patty, cold but thawed. Follow it with egg – the mixture of flavors is wonderful.
Mix yogurt, fruit and cereal in a large bowl and eat.
Have coffee if you feel the need. I often have 2 espresso shots over ice with a couple pumps of sugarfree vanilla syrup and a tablespoon of milk. It’s wonderful.