A Healthy Breakfast Choice at Denny’s

I was totally surprised today. As a special treat for the kids, since I’m going to be gone for a week, I decided to take them all out for breakfast. We started to go to IHOP but that was so crowded and loud we walked out and headed over to the newer Denny’s.

Now I was prepared that I was going to have to peice something healthier together off of the sides menu, since in my mind, Denny’s is NOT a place I associate with as healthy. I remember looking at some of the nutritional info for their breakfasts at one point in the past and making note NOT to eat breakfast there.

Well… today was  a special occasion, and my skinny kids don’t have a problem with calories and fat…so we went.

And I was totally surprised.  Denny’s has added  a few new things to their breakfast menu since I’ve been there last. 

The Build Your Own Grand Slam allows you to pick up to 4 items, including healthier choices like turkey bacon, chicken sausage, egg whites, whole wheat pancakes, fruit, oatmeal, and yogurt. Very cool.

I wish I had had my camera, but I didn’t. So you’ll have to take my word for it… I built My “Healthier” Grand Slam out of

- chicken sausage

- turkey bacon

- egg whites scrambled

- whole wheat pancakes (which I took off most of the butter and only ate 1/2 of  because the portion size is huge.)

and then I paid extra for a side of fruit.

Yummy! Starting out the day with protein and healthy carbs has really helped today, especially as I’m running around trying to get errands done before I leave tomorrow.

I’ll have to remember this for another time when the kids are up for a special morning out.