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Build Simple Breakfast to Fuel Your Family

During a period when many families are spending more time at home than normal, eating healthier is likely a popular goal. One of the many aspects to focusing on better nutrition starts with a better breakfast.

To help boost you and your family’s immunity, try focusing on protein- and fiber-packed morning meals that are low in sugar. That doesn’t have to mean hours of prep in the kitchen or stocking up on uncommon ingredients.

Avocado Toast

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2 slices whole-wheat bread

1 avocado, halved and sliced

2 poached eggs

salt, to taste

pepper, to taste

1/2 cup crushed SimplyProtein Barbecue Crunchy Bites

Crunchy Bites

Toast bread slices.

Divide avocado slices among toast. Place one egg on each piece of toast then sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste.

Top toast with crushed crunchy bites.

Yogurt Parfait

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1 cup Greek vanilla yogurt

1/2 cup assorted fruit, such as strawberries, blueberries and kiwi

1 tablespoon shaved almonds

1 SimplyProtein Chocolate Chip Cookie

Bar, crumbled

shaved coconut (optional)

In bowl, layer yogurt, fruit and shaved almonds. Top with crumbled cookie bar and shaved coconut, if desired.

Chia Seed Pudding

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3 teaspoons chia seeds

1 cup almond milk

1 SimplyProtein Lemon Crispy Bar

In glass jar or bowl, stir chia seeds and almond milk. Let rest 5 minutes then stir again.

Cover pudding in refrigerator; allow to set 1-2 hours or overnight.

Crumble lemon crispy bar and mix into pudding or cut into sticks for dipping.

Down Home Reunion canceled

Planning for this year’s Jennings Down Home Reunion was well underway just before the governor issued his stay-at-home orders as the coronavirus made its way to Louisiana. Organizers have now decided it would be safer to cancel the event and plan for a bigger celebration in 2021.

Highly qualified to find the milk and change the toilet paper

I once laughed- -to myself, of course--at resumes from bright young minds who put “able to operate a copy machine” on their list of qualifications.

At that time, operating our copier meant pushing a button, so I suppose these same job candidates were qualified to ride an elevator, find the butcher at the grocery store or sell encyclopedias door-to-door.

GO BIG with a bread bowl

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Spinach-Ham Dip

2 cups ricotta cheese

1 cup sour cream

1 package (10 ounces) frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry

1/4 pound ham, cubed

3/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

2 green onions, thinly sliced

1 round bread loaf (16 ounces), unsliced

Heat oven to 350 F.

In medium bowl, blend ricotta cheese and sour cream until smooth. Add spinach, ham, Parmesan cheese and green onions; mix until blended.

Coronavirus vaccine could be fast-tracked

Dear Doctor: I just read that a coronavirus vaccine won’t be ready until at least next year. How do vaccines work? And why do they take so long to make?

Dear Reader: When measured against the catastrophe of the current pandemic, the estimate of 12 to 18 months to develop and launch a coronavirus vaccine seems like an eternity. But, believe it or not, the proposed timetable is actually extremely fast.

How to use protective masks, gloves the right way

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Personal protective equipment is well-known and utilized often within the health care community and various other industries. It only is in recent months that personal protective equipment, or PPE, became something the general population learned more about as the COVID-19 outbreak took hold in the western hemisphere.

Keeping personal information safe during a pandemic

(StatePoint) Americans are spending more time at home, which means they’re likely spending more time online. While their attention is focused on staying healthy, they shouldn’t forget to stay vigilant about cybersecurity either.