Breakfast Benefits for your Brain!

Okay, my favorite way to use my microgreens is with my eggs in the morning. Hands down. Zesty Mix or Arugula would be my go-tos. 

Many times folks haven't thought about the use at breakfast! Which always surprises me. It's so easy, feels like such a great way to start the day AND an easy was to sneak in extra veggies.

And there are benefits!

“Daily consumption of leafy greens may be a simple and effective way to protect against loss in memory and other cognitive abilities.” – Martha Clare Morris, PhD

My basic breakfast would just be a couple over easy eggs resting on a bed of microgreens, with a dash of green Tabasco...or many dashes. I don't always hit the mark, but in aiming for 1 cup of raw greens or a 1/2 cup of cooked greens, this breakfast boost gives me a good start on this goal. (Read to the end for why I have this goal!)

On the weekends, and days where I have a little more time (or done a little more prep work) this will also include a layer of sautéed onions/garlic/red peppers/kale OR lately some roasted delicata squash with my onions and garlic. One morning we also make bacon and breakfast sausage...yum.

Of course the microgreens, as well as our pea shoots and salad mix go great with scrambled eggs (love to wilt some pea shoots in there!) and omelets as well. 

Leave no breakfast behind! Your brain just may thank you!

"A recent [2018] study published in Neurology found that people who consumed 1-2 servings of leafy green vegetables each day experienced fewer memory problems and cognitive decline than people who rarely ate leafy greens. Researchers studied 960 adults with no signs of dementia.

Lead researcher Martha Clare Morris and her team of nutritional epidemiologists at Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center estimate that people who consume about 1.3 servings of leafy green vegetables per day had brains that were about 11 years younger..."

Source: https://bluezones.com/2018/01/news-greens-every-day-keeps-brain-11-years-younger/