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How to Eat Cafe Breakfasts AND Balance Your Weight!

November 18, 2017 by Michele 2 Comments

How to Eat Cafe Breakfasts AND Balance Your Weight!
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4 Ways Cafe Breakfasts are Perfect for Sharing!

I love Cafe Breakfasts! In fact it’s my favourite meal to eat out – especially for brunch or even lunch! It’s also a great way to catch up with friends. But eating out often can make it trickier to balance your weight, especially if you are trying to lose weight. 

Cafe Breakfasts are Big! 

If you think about the size of your everyday breakfast that you eat at home, it’s usually at least half the size of a Cafe Breakfast. 

The sourdough breads and fruit toast on Cafe Breakfasts are wonderful, but each slice is around 90g and like eating two slices of bread.

The Incinerator Waverley's Fig and rasin sourdough, ricotta and Incinerator berry jam
The Incinerator Waverley’s Fig and rasin sourdough, ricotta and Incinerator berry jam

This gorgeous nutty Spelt and Maple Granola with rhubarb, berries, pomegranate and whipped ricotta, from Monster Kitchen is actually a 200g serve of cereal. That’s like four or five cereal serves.

Monster Kitchen's Spelt Granola - original full serve - Cafe Breakfasts
Monster Kitchen’s Spelt and Maple Granola – a single serve

Cafe Breakfasts can be Heavy!

I was with a friend enjoying a Cafe Breakfast when she pointed out the brekkie mushrooms being prepared in the open kitchen. We were both amazed at the large knob of butter on each – no wonder they taste so great! Dishes eaten out often use a lot more butter, cream, oil and cheese than we might at home. 

This of course is no reason not to enjoy Cafe Breakfasts, but it is another good reason to split a dish.

So Cafe Breakfasts can Deliver Twice!

1. Share a Cafe Breakfast with a Friend

If you’re dining with friends there may well be someone else who’d like to share a dish, or even several dishes if you’re with a group. It can even be a good way to try a few different things. Cafe staff are usually very happy to give you an extra plate and serving spoon.

Monster Kitchen's Spelt and Maple Granola - a single serve shared between two!
Monster Kitchen’s Spelt and Maple Granola – a single serve shared between two!

Once you try sharing, you’ll be surprised at how satisfied half a dish actually is. In fact it’s lovely to leave feeling comfortable and able to look forward to lunch!

Celsius Coffe Co.’s Celsius Waffle -single serve
Celsius Coffe Co.’s Celsius Waffle – half a serve
Monster Kitchen’s Avocado, Dukkah and Poached Eggs – single serve
Monster Kitchen’s Avocado, Dukkah and Poached Eggs – a single serve shared between two
Milk Crate’s Courtyard Cafe – Swaffle – single serve
Milk Crate’s Courtyard Cafe – Swaffle – single serve, shared between two
Little Bird Barton’s Poached Eggs and Dukkah – a single serve
Little Bird Barton’s Poached Eggs and Dukkah – a single serve – shared between two

2. Add a side or an extra egg if you need to

You may sometimes need to add an extra side to make it easier to share a Cafe Breakfast. Like, if there’s only one egg, you might want to order another.

Monster Kitchen's Poached Eggs and Dukkah - a single serve
Monster Kitchen’s Poached Eggs and Dukkah – a single serve
Monster Kitchen's Poached Eggs and Dukkah - a single serve with an extra egg, shared between two
Monster Kitchen’s Poached Eggs and Dukkah – a single serve with an extra egg, shared between two
Monster Kitchen's Pork Belly, Green Mango & Chilli Jam - a single serve
Monster Kitchen’s Pork Belly, Green Mango & Chilli Jam – a single serve
Monster Kitchen's Pork Belly, Green Mango & Chilli Jam - a single serve with an extra egg, shared between two
Monster Kitchen’s Pork Belly, Green Mango & Chilli Jam – a single serve with an extra egg, shared between two

Or you might want to add some extra tomato, mushrooms or other brekkie veggies.

3. Take Half with You

If you are dining alone or there’s no takers on the sharing idea, you might want to take half your Cafe Breakfast with you to enjoy later. Most cafes are happy to give you a container, especially if they offer take-away brekkie anyway. Some may want a small charge, which is more than fair. 

Having said that, it is up to the business whether they are comfortable with allowing diners to ‘doggie bag’. And you do need to be mindful of food safety guidelines. Make sure you store it in the fridge and eat it within 24 hours. 

Milk Crate's Courtyard Cafe - Swaffle makes the rest of this home breakfast even better
Milk Crate’s Courtyard Cafe – Swaffle makes the rest of this home breakfast even better
Monster Kitchen's Pork Belly - makes an encore appearance with salad for dinner
Monster Kitchen’s Pork Belly – makes an encore appearance with salad for dinner at home

4. Leave you won’t Enjoy!

And if you prefer to just leave what you don’t need, it can help to know that most of what you pay for covers the costs of being there and the food creation.

Last tip! Don’t forget the Coffee!

Stick with Piccolo Coffees if you like yours milky. A large coffee is like having morning tea as well!

Piccolo Skim Latte
Piccolo Skim Latte

If you’d like more waistline-friendly ideas for eating out, do check out the Eating Out Tips page.

Do connect with  Food Lovers Dieititian Instagram, it’s a treasure trove of great eating outideas.

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  1. Eating Out Part 2 With the Food Lovers Dietitian for a Healthy Weight says:
    April 7, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    […] Cafe breakfasts are often nearly twice the size of what you’d eat at home and perfect for sharing. I love this idea because it means I never have to pass on the best dish on the menu. Even if it’s quite large or rich it still works. But what if you don’t have a friend with you who wants to shar? You might just like to take the rest home? […]

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  2. How to eat out at any meal and have a healthy weight says:
    January 26, 2018 at 4:00 pm

    […] Share dishes – especially cafe breakfasts  […]

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