Better Breakfast: Part 2

Better Breakfast…continues…

When you wake up in the morning, after not eating all night, your blood sugar is low and you are more sensitive to carbs…I’ll talk about this in more detail another time.

What you NEED to KNOW, is that if you eat the typical high carb breakfast (even ‘healthy’ whole grain cereal, bread, oatmeal- they are very high in carbohydrates), your pancreas reacts by releasing insulin to get the sugar to the cells to give you energy.

The problem is that since you’re most sensitive to this after ‘fasting’ all night, your pancreas releases more insulin than is really needed and ushers the sugar into the cells so FAST, that you end up with very low blood sugar in a short amount of time. (In addition to this…you’re more likely to store extra carbs as fat first thing after waking…that’s a topic for another time .)

NEXT TIME I’ll explain more about what happens when you have low blood sugar…

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For now, here’s another of my favourite breakfasts recipes…If you don’t like coconut milk you can use any other type of milk but do yourself a favour and use something with FAT in it (not skim milk)!!

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Paulette's Chia Seed Pudding

This recipe makes a great breakfast, snack or dessert. Check out the notes below for tips and flavour ideas.

Prep Time5 minutes mins

resting time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time5 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Keyword: Low Carb

Servings: 2

Calories: 221kcal

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp Chia seeds ground
• 3/4 cup Almond milk unsweetened (or other milk is fine; i really like unsweetened chocolate almond milk for this too)
• 1/4 cup Heavy whipping cream 38% M.F. (or coconut milk)
• 1 tbsp swerve or monk fruit sweetener
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract pure

Instructions

• Mix all ingredients together and let sit for 5 minutes.
• Stir to evenly distribute the chia seeds and allow to sit, covered, in the fridge for 3 hours or overnight.
• When ready to ready, stir and add more liquid if it's too thick. This can be eaten cold or warmed up a bit.
• Serve with a few berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries).

Notes

This is a basic vanilla flavoured recipe. You can change the flavour by adding different flavoured extracts or by adding other fruit or granola. Also, feel free to use whatever milk you like. It's also good with coconut milk!

Key Lime- add lime extract and a bit of lime zest

Cinnamon Roll- add cinnamon extract and/or powdered cinnamon and a bit more vanilla

Strawberries- add a few chopped berries or low sugar strawberry jam. This is particularly good with the chocolate almond milk variation.

Other toppings: nuts, low-sugar granola, a few sugar-free chocolate chips 

TEXTURE TIP: if you don't like the tapioca-like texture of chia pudding, simply run it through your blender before you add the toppings! 

Net Carbs for Each Serving: 2.25 g

See also: Better Breakfast Part 1, Part 3, Part 4 and Step Away From the Cereal

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