If you don't know what to have for breakfast today ...

Try this rich tasting breakfast that can be made in just 10 minutes! The ginger not only adds a delicious twist to the blend of banana and yogurt but helps boost your metabolism-a great way to start the day!

Prep and Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup low-fat plain yogurt
• 2 large ripe bananas
• 2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
• 1 large papaya
• 1 cup seedless grapes
• ¼ cup sliced almonds

Directions:

1. Blend together yogurt, banana, and ginger in blender.
2. Spoon out meat of papaya and divide papaya and grapes between two bowls.
3. Mix with blended yogurt and top with sliced almonds.
   Serves 2

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Daily Food Tip

If you could eat the perfect meal, what would it be?

First, we would insist that there is not such thing as "the perfect meal." The idea of a perfect meal simply does not fit with food or nourishment as we understand it. Nourishment always fits into a person's current state of health and place in life. Nourishment is dynamic, not static. A person's nutrient needs can change overnight, and they can change back and forth, sometimes dramatically. There is not one single food, or even combination of foods, that can provide optimal nourishment meal-by-meal, day-by-day, over any length of time. Nourishment simply does not work that way. Our nourishment goals are changing goals. They change as we change, and they always depend on a variety of foods that cannot be accomplished in any one meal. The seasons of the year, for example, can be an important backdrop for our food variety, and optimal nutrition can often mean seasonal eating that varies between winter, spring, summer, or fall.

Our perfect meal would actually not necessarily be one specific meal but one that meets certain criteria. It would be filled with an array of different colored vegetables, a dish made from whole grains and legumes, a small portion of a protein-rich food such as omega-3 rich fish (like salmon), lean meat or more legumes, with some nuts and seeds included in a dish. It would also feature fresh fruit for dessert. Ideally, since this is our perfect meal, all of the foods would be grown/raised organically, the fish would be wild-caught in a sustainable manner and the land animal would be humanely raised.

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