Quick Fruit Toast

• Yield: 1 serving
• Preparation time: 10 minutes

This easy fruit and toast combination is fast, nutritious morning starter. Serve with Apple Shakes (refer to the site).

Ingredients:

2 1/2 inch-thick slices nonfat whole grain bagel, split and toasted

2 tablespoons honey

1 banana, peeled and sliced

2 tablespoons plain nonfat yogurt

Procedure:

1. Spread toast or toasted bagel halves with honey
2. Top with sliced bananas and yogurt.

Variations:

• Substitute rye bread for whole-grain bread, nonfat cottage cheese for honey, fresh navel orange slices for bananas, and all-fruit raspberry jam for yogurt.
• Spread bread with 2 tablespoons honey and 2 tablespoons nonfat cream cheese. Top with dried apricots instead of bananas. Delete the yogurt.

Each serving provides:

• Calories: 294
• Fat: 6 g
• Cholesterol: .5 mg
• Protein: 3 g
• Carbohydrates: 71 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2 g
• Sodium: 31 mg