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Starting Your Morning Off Right 2. Each morning, at least half an hour before eating or drinking anything else, add 1 tsp. of the sole solution to a glass of water and drink it. Your body will receive the energetic vibration pattern for 24 hours. Breakfast What your mother always told you is true: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Another truism is the saying to eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a queen, and dinner like a pauper. (Letting your body rest at night from digestion is critically important for the health of your digestive tract, which needs a break just like your muscles and brain and eyes obviously do.) And the more live or raw foods you can eat for breakfast, the higher and more sustained your energy will be throughout the day. Half an hour or so after drinking sole (salt water), have a bowl of granola with a scoop of sprouted seeds added—a highly nutritious breakfast for athletes, men with higher caloric needs, and anyone suffering from constipation. If you choose to eat cold cereal, choose whole-grain options such as Shredded Wheat, Grape Nuts, or Kashi. Another hot meal that is filling, satisfying, and very alkaline is hot millet porridge with a bit of maple syrup and coconut oil or butter. Add a big spoonful of soaked (sprouted) alfalfa seeds for live enzymes and high nutrition. (See the recipe for * You can also use coconut milk instead of coconut cream concentrate, for a thinner glaze. I like to use the rest of the can of coconut milk the next morning, with any leftover orange juice and agave mixed in, poured on millet porridge (recipe below). on page 108.) If you don’t have time to sit down and eat, have a Hot Pink Breakfast Smoothie (page 285), a delicious all-raw breakfast that you can take in the car, in a quart jar with a straw, to drink on the way to work or school. Another of my favorite breakfasts is Breakfast Pudding (page 296), which has live, sprouted nutrition but is also filling, slightly sweet, and delicious. For weekends and holidays, you can replace your processed breakfast food with more nutritious, whole-grain alternatives. We especially love Pumpkin-Oatmeal Waffles (page 292) topped with applesauce and a little maple syrup. And we make Sprouted-Buckwheat Blueberry Pancakes (Gluten Free) (page 290) with Berry Sauce (page 313) a few times a month. What Is the 1, 2, 3 Rating System in the Recipes? The recipes in this chapter are rated 1, 2, or 3. Recipes rated 1 are whole grain (and naturally sweetened, where applicable) and are a great transition for anyone coming from a diet high in refined foods. They are much more nutritious than anything using refined flours or sugars. Recipes rated 2 are even more nutritious, because they are made with the highly alkaline grain millet or the high-protein grain quinoa, or they have lots of raw vegetable ingredients—or they use soaked, sprouted, or 280 12 Steps to Whole Foods © Copyright Robyn Openshaw

Starting Your Morning Off Right fermented grains to neutralize phytic acid and release nutrients in the grains for absorption. This soaking process also breaks down (or predigests) proteins in the grains, making them easier on your digestive system. Recipes rated 3 contain only raw plant-food ingredients, the most nutritious of all, for those who are seeking a diet maximizing raw foods that provide their own enzymes and, therefore, don’t draw on the body’s ability to produce them. Your Journal Entry Most breakfast foods eaten in the Western world today are poor energy sources, full of stimulants and quick jolts to the blood sugar. As you’ve replaced those with sustaining, high-fiber, whole-plant-based recipes for 30 days, what have you noticed? 1. Do you have more energy throughout the morning? 2. Do you notice more stability in your blood sugar throughout the day, and particularly when you wake up? 3. Do you notice any improvement in your overall feeling of well-being? 4. Did you enjoy the breakfasts in this chapter? Which ones are your favorites? 5. Did you find that whole-grain weekend breakfasts give you something to look forward to? 6. Did you miss junk breakfast? 7. Have you eliminated any stimulants you used to use for breakfast (coffee, tea, etc.)? Do you miss them? Was it a difficult transition at first? 8. Any other observations during this month? © Copyright Robyn Openshaw 12 Steps to Whole Foods 281

Starting Your Morning Off Right<br />

fermented grains <strong>to</strong> neutralize phytic acid and release nutrients in the grains for absorption. This soaking<br />

process also breaks down (or predigests) proteins in the grains, making them easier on your digestive system.<br />

Recipes rated 3 contain only raw plant-food ingredients, the most nutritious of all, for those who are seeking a<br />

diet maximizing raw foods that provide their own enzymes and, therefore, don’t draw on the body’s ability <strong>to</strong><br />

produce them.<br />

Your Journal Entry<br />

Most breakfast foods eaten in the Western world <strong>to</strong>day are poor energy sources, full of stimulants and quick<br />

jolts <strong>to</strong> the blood sugar. As you’ve replaced those with sustaining, high-fiber, whole-plant-based recipes for 30<br />

days, what have you noticed?<br />

1. Do you have more energy throughout the morning?<br />

2. Do you notice more stability in your blood sugar throughout the day, and particularly when you wake<br />

up?<br />

3. Do you notice any improvement in your overall feeling of well-being?<br />

4. Did you enjoy the breakfasts in this chapter? Which ones are your favorites?<br />

5. Did you find that whole-grain weekend breakfasts give you something <strong>to</strong> look forward <strong>to</strong>?<br />

6. Did you miss junk breakfast?<br />

7. Have you eliminated any stimulants you used <strong>to</strong> use for breakfast (coffee, tea, etc.)? Do you miss them?<br />

Was it a difficult transition at first?<br />

8. Any other observations during this month?<br />

© Copyright Robyn Openshaw <strong>12</strong> <strong>Steps</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Whole</strong> <strong>Foods</strong> 281

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