The meal with which I begin my day often dictates my eating pattern for the rest of the day. In general, healthy choices lead to more healthy choices. My favourite way to break my overnight fast (12 hours between dinner and breakfast is optimal!) is with a fresh, cold smoothie. Starting my day off with a couple servings of fruit, one or two servings of veggies and some omega-3 fats, while staying full and energized for a few hours is my kind of breakfast.

The basis of all of my breakfast smoothies is: 1 ripe banana, 1-2 cups of greens (parsley, spinach, kale, lettuce), 1 cup of frozen fruit (blueberries, mixed berries, mixed tropical fruit, etc), 2 tbsp of high omega-3 fats (ground flax seeds, hemp hearts or chia seeds), and some liquid.

Banana-Parsley-Berry Smoothie
(makes 1 breakfast smoothie, 2 snack smoothies)

1 medium sized ripe/over-ripe banana 
1 cup mixed berries 
1 cup packed parsley, steams included
2 tbsp shelled hemp seeds (hemp hearts)
1 cup of cold water, or non-dairy milk (more if needed)

In a high powered blender, mix smoothie until uniform and all the berries are blended. 

Note: some blenders don't have the ability to liquify greens, especially kale. Experiment with your blender and find its limitations. Depending on your needs, it may be valuable to get a strong and efficient blender to continue using for smoothies, soups, cashew creams, and other sauces. 

This ain't no recipe, but it's a damn good idea!

Ahem. 
You will need: a banana, a nut butter, dried fruit and seeds.

Here you see homemade almond butter, goji berries and chia seeds.
Might I suggest peanut butter, raisins, and flax? Almond butter, apricots and pumpkin seeds? I'm sure you get the idea.

Make this for a quick nutritious bite heading out the door, or sit down and enjoy some tea and some more food on the side.  Eat well!