I’ve had such a fun and busy week traveling…first to Charleston, South Carolina to see my family, then to Tampa, FL to meet with some fellow fitness authors and now I am back in Charleston at my family’s house.

Regardless of my location, I have been able to keep up with my healthy eating and my workouts (you didn’t expect anything less did you?) Planning ahead and making sure I had looked up the local supermarkets, health food stores and good restaurants in the areas I was visiting is the key to staying on track, even during busy traveling times.

Now along the way I was able to pick up a new and delicious breakfast idea, right from my father in law. The first morning I was here, I saw him put 2 hard boiled eggs (cut in half) on 2 slices of whole wheat bread, with some apple butter spread on both pieces of toast.

YUMMY! I had never thought to do that before.

Now I did have to modify it just a wee bit to make it DSP approved. Here is my version:

· 2 slices of Sprouted Grain bread toasted (the cinnamon raisin variety is the best for this, but any kind will do).

· 1 heaping TBSP of homemade apple sauce (recipe below)

· 2 hard boiled organic eggs

There you go… a perfect breakfast sandwich.

Of course you can modify yours to best fit your portion sizes based on your meal plans (more or less eggs, 1 slice of toast instead of 2). But I assure you the combination is oh so tasty!

Here is my super easy homemade applesauce recipe:

· 3-4 large apples (Any variety). Try using different kinds and see which one you like best or you can do what I do…mix and match several different kinds.

· Stevia to taste

· Cinnamon to taste

· Water

Cut up apples and place in a large pot (no need to peel them). Pour water over them until you have covered the bottom of the pot (you don’t need much water at all. Just enough so you don’t burn your pot while cooking the apples). Bring to a boil and let the apples cook until they are nice and soft (this may take anywhere from 20-30 minutes). Turn off the heat and let the apples sit on the stove to cool for several hours. Once cooled, put into the blender with a few shakes of Stevia and cinnamon (Remember a little bit of Stevia goes a long way so you only need a little bit to sweeten the apple sauce). Place into a glass container and store in the refrigerator.

I hope you enjoy my applesauce and my latest “breakfast sandwich” as much as I do.

I have filmed an entire video with some more great breakfast ideas and will even show you which breakfast foods to stay away from. This video was actually a part of a whole series of videos I filmed to go along with Mike Geary’s great book “Fat Burning Kitchen.”

If you’ve already watched this whole series of videos, make sure to let me know what you thought of them by posting your comments below.

To access the rest of the videos (Snacks, Lunch and Dinner and Drinks), you can visit Mike’s page here:

http://fatburningkitchen.thedsp.info

  

Here at my house we’ve gotten into a Saturday morning ritual of waking up a bit later, getting in our morning workout and then making one of our favorite breakfasts, French Toast!

You’ll see that all of the ingredients below are Diet Solution approved and completely healthy. How does it taste? Absolutely delicious. And that has been verified by my husband, my in-laws, my parents and several friends that have stayed at our house and enjoyed our Saturday morning ritual with us.

French Toast a la The Diet Solution

Ingredients:
2 slices Sprouted Grain, Spelt or Rice bread (we’ve tried using all of them and they all work well)
2 whole eggs
1 TBSP butter
Maple Syrup or Apple Sauce (no sugar added)
Cinnamon to taste

Directions:
Scramble the 2 eggs in a bowl large enough to fit one slice of bread. Dip the bread and make sure it is coated generously with the egg mixture. Heat a pan (on low to medium) large enough for 1 or 2 slices of bread and add the butter. Once the butter is melted in the pan (if it begins to turn brown, you have the heat up too high) add the bread coated with the egg mixture. Cook the bread on each side for 3-4 minutes covered (I find that covering the pan cooks the egg more evenly but you can cook it uncovered as well). Serve with maple syrup (1 tsp per slice is more than enough) or topped with apple sauce and cinnamon (that’s how I like mine.)

Is this a cheat meal or a meal “off” of my usual healthy eating? Not at all. All of the ingredients are wholesome and natural and fit right into mine (and your) healthy eating plan. If you need or want a bit more protein with your breakfast, you can add a piece of bacon, breakfast sausage or even another egg on the side.

Speaking of “cheat meals”…

Joel Marion thoroughly explains exactly how to incorporate a cheat meal into your healthy weight loss plan in his incredible Cheat Your Way Thin program. I make sure to keep my nutrition library up to date with all of the best programs available and this is definitely one of them.

You can read more about Joel’s program here:
http://cheatyourwaythin.thedsp.info

Enjoy your French Toast!

In health and happiness,

Isabel De Los Rios
www.TheDietSolutionProgram.com