I eat breakfast every single day. I actually wake up hungry and head straight to the kitchen for a morning meal. Some people aren’t like me, but for me, I just can’t seem to function until I’ve had something to eat. Here are my usual vegan breakfasts:

1. Cereal and soymilk - Sometimes I’ll add some fresh fruit like strawberries or banana. Since many commercial cereals are fortified, this breakfast gives me plenty of nutrients usually including B12, the one nutrient sometimes lacking from a vegan diet. The soymilk provides protein and if that’s fortified too, then it’ll give me vitamin D, too.
2. Oatmeal - I like to cook up a half cup of oats with water in the microwave for one minute, add a bit of soymilk and agave nectar. Sometimes I’ll add some fresh fruit or raisins. This breakfast gives me healthy carbs with amino acids from the oats and a bit of protein from the soymilk. If I add fruit, I’m getting antioxidents, maybe some vitamin C and other nutrients.
3. Toast and nut butter - I vary between peanut butter and almond butter. This combo gives me fiber and healthy carbs from the toast, protein from the nuts, and some healthy fat from the nuts.
4. Tofu scramble - My husband cooks up a wonderful tofu scramble on the weekends. His recipe includes potatoes, spinach, and nutritional yeast along with the tofu and spices. So that breakfast nourishes me with a nearly complete spectrum of nutrients. (Nearly every vegan cookbook has a recipe or you can find recipes online.)

Some people aren’t like me and don’t wake up hungry. In fact, some people can’t eat much in the mornings. So for them, some excellent breakfast options are:

1. Pure, fresh fruit - provides plenty of antioxidents, vitamin C, fiber and other nutrients.
2. Fruit smoothie - if you add soymilk or ricemilk you’ll get some protein, too.

To the vegans reading this, what do you eat for breakfast?

Sections: Vegan Food
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