Breakfast Boxes

I've been sick - the achy body, headache, chills kind of sick. It's moved into a cold and slowly but surely energy is returning.  At 11:00 a.m. on my first day back at work, I was tuckered out if that tells you anything! In the midst of this, Karl began teaching his first of two two-week summer classes. This first set is the most intensive as he's tweaking quite a bit of his curriculum. He's up at 5:00 a.m. and out the door by 6:00 a.m. Yes, I was definitely still sleeping at that hour to beat out the sickies!

Even though I'm sick, I want the best for my man! A tidbit of info about my hunk of a man is that he doesn't notice whether he's hungry most of time. How in the world did he survice without me in his life?! It's rare I don't notice when I'm hungry. In fact, it was a trait Karl was warned about :) 

I knew he'd be headed to the office early so I asked him the night before his first class if I could pack up some cereal and milk so he'd at least have something to take with him for the morning. "Nah!" he said, "I'm fine." I knew he really meant it even if I didn't like it very much. Being sick and without much energy, I took him at his word. I included an apple with the lunch I packed him so he at least had an option in the morning! The next night I asked again about anything I could send for breakfast. He mentioned he just needed a bar of something since he's running around so much. As soon as he said those words,  I thought, "AH-HA!! I know exactly what I'm going to try!" 

I've been enjoying finding random blogs here and there, and with that, some fun recipes! I tag them in my homemade spreadsheet to track my interests since pinterest still has yet to do what it does to accept people. My sister even tried sending me an invite but it's not coming through. Whatever. I'll find my own way to track what I like :) So back to breakfast for my man!  The most wonderful thing of all is that the recipes I wanted to try were easy-peasy. Perfect for not having very much energy.

The first is the 5 Minute Muffins - High Protein. He loved them! Success :) I did have a moment of clear thinking as I was finishing scooping up the last of the batter into the mini muffin tin....dark chocolate chips. Who doesn't need a little bit of antioxidants in the morning?! Done. Delicious addition. On a side note, I don't have a blender but a hand mixer did just fine.

The second is the  Chocolate Chip Granola Breakfast Bar (the original is called a triangle but I like a bar better!) I'm going to ease up on the honey the next time I try it since the honey we bought from a local has a bit of a strong taste to it. I also want to try adding some raisins and possibly some nuts. Mmmm. The hubbs liked it again! Another recipe winner! These will be great for hikes on the trail too - whenever we get to that. Needless to say, my man now has some on-the-run breakfast boxes!! I love that he's getting some all natural goodness into his system as fuel for his long days.