Sunday Funday Breakfast & A New Favorite Find

So everyone pretty much knows that Sunday Funday is a tradition in our household. Regardless of whether it is bulking season (Adam-not me) or slim down time (me- not Adam)- Sunday requires a traditional breakfast of eggs, some sort of meat, and a carb. Our fav is eggs, scrapple, and pancakes but we do many variations of this. HOWEVER, just because we are indulging we still keep it on the straight and narrow as best we can. 

This is not your grandma's breakfast that was cooked with bacon fat that sat in the crock next to the stove..am I the only one who's grandma did that?? How we didn't have heart attacks at age 9 I'm just not sure. 

For example, here is a list of "you will never find this in our fridge" breakfast items…

- full fat cream cheese
- prepackaged pancake /waffle  mix
- pork bacon
- salted butter
- white bread
- whole milk
- cooking fat
- and the latest is pork scrapple..more about this in a minute

So you're probably reading that list and saying.."well I'm sure your breakfast tastes like ass"..Well in fact nope. It's yum-licious if I say so myself. So what are the best choices?
Well there are just better choices when it comes to having a traditional breakfast and you have to be ok with that. There is no fat free traditional breakfast but there is a slimmed down version. 

Here is goes..

Eggs- 
   Usually I just scramble mine, nothing fancy here. You can sub egg whites for a better option but it's my eggs and I like the yolk. If you make a omelet you can add some skim or almond milk but leave out the heavy milk/cream/full fat cheese.

Meats- 
   Turkey bacon - you have to play around with the brands to find which ones get crispier vs not and which ones are backstabbers and have more sodium than the pork version- read your labels. 

   Turkey scrapple- YUP I SAID IT- turkey scrapple! Oh Be Still My Heart…and let me tell you- uncurl your nose because you seriously can't tell the difference between it and it's original counterpart. FA-REAL- no lies. Same flavor, gets just as crispy, just as delicious..I even tried it out on my in laws over Christmas and they had NO IDEA. And these people are serious about their breakfast meats. 
So far, I only know that Rapa makes the turkey version- other brands may make it I just haven't seen it. I bought mine at Safeway but I'm sure it is in most stores. 

Original - 120calories/ 8 grams of fat
Turkey- 80 calories/ 4 grams of fat
Get yourself some!

   Pork Roll- don't judge me. It's apparently a Pennsylvania thing ( or a NJ thing? ) not sure- Adam introduced it to me and I'll say- it is NOT a healthy option but it is quite tasty so it's a rare treat sometimes. They do not currently make a turkey roll so we stick with it :)

Carbs-
   Whole wheat toast-  sub whipped cream cheese for the full fat version and save 50 cal and 4.5g of fat.    Better yet top it with natural pb for added protein.
   Potato shreds with onions, peppers, and seasonings
   Pancakes- never out of a box- I will be posting about my favorite pancakes soon…
   Vanilla Protein Banana Bread - posting about this soon as well ( dang I've got some work to do)

That's just how we do it in our house- there are obviously a million variations, recipes, etc…like a turkey scrapple sammich :)