Mellow Yellow Breakfast Salad
This salad is da BOMB. And yes, you CAN eat salads for breakfast! I encourage you to do so. The combination of probiotics, prebiotics and antioxidants in this recipe make it an excellent choice for gut health and an immune boost.
Benefits
- The plain Greek yogurt adds wonderful tartness and PROBIOTICS.
- The Manuka honey adds a touch of sweetness and antioxidants (it also has antiviral properties).
- The pear, banana, and butter leaf lettuce add fiber (think PREBIOTICS) and other wonderful nutrients.
- The squeeze of lime will add some Vitamin C and other antioxidants.
- Add nuts of your choice for additional protein and fatty acids.
- Sprinkle some Ceylon cinnamon on top for additional antioxidants. Enjoy!!
Tips // Prep
- This recipe is about as quick and simple as they come! No tips today.
Alternatives // Substitutions
- For a non-dairy version, choose a plain, coconut milk yogurt or other non-dairy yogurt. Be sure to choose a yogurt with little to no added sugar.
- For those needing to limit sugar and/or carbohydrate intake, leave out the Manuka honey and swap the banana for berries. Note that a slightly green banana will have less sugar and more fiber than a ripe banana.
- Switch up the fruits and nuts as you desire! Berries would be another great fruit option.
- Add a few small slices of leftover roasted chicken for extra protein.
Mellow Yellow Breakfast Salad
*Gluten-free, dairy-free (if you use a nut milk yogurt), grain-free.**Elimination/Reintroduction Diet approved.
Servings: 1 serving
Ingredients
- 1 large banana slightly green for more fiber & less sugar
- 1/2 one lime juice from fresh lime
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon Ceylon cinnamon is preferred
- 2 oz pecans or other nut of choice!
- 1 large pear organic is preferred, pears are one of the dirty dozen!
- 1 dollop plain Greek yogurt use plain coconut yogurt for non-dairy alternative
- 1 tsp Manuka honey optional
Instructions
- Peel and slice banana.
- Peel and cut pear into small chunks.
- Place banana slices, pear chunks into small bowl and mix with juice from lime and cinnamon.
- Place pear and banana mixture over a bed of torn butter leaf lettuce leaves.
- Top with nuts and a dollop of yogurt.
- Drizzle Manuka honey over salad.
Notes
- For a non-dairy version, choose a plain, coconut milk yogurt or other non-dairy yogurt. Be sure to choose a yogurt with little to no added sugar.
- For those needing to limit sugar and/or carbohydrate intake, leave out the Manuka honey and swap the banana for berries. Note that a slightly green banana will have less sugar and more fiber than a ripe banana.
- Switch up the fruits and nuts as you desire! Berries would be another great fruit option.
- Add a few small slices of leftover roasted chicken for extra protein.
