After eating in the Hickey Dining Hall for 6 semesters straight I learned two things, one being that the endless French fries are bomb and two being there are a lot more healthy options than you think...
So I'm going to write this meal by meal because I feel like there is a lot to say for each.
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For breakfast the Hickey always has oatmeal which is super good for you. It's loaded with antioxidants and nutrients and fiber to keep you full till lunch. They have cranberries available sometimes you can throw in for some flavor, or a small bit of the born sugar they leave out. When I was at Army Camp this summer we ate ours plain but if I had to choose how to dress it up I would cut up the granny smith apples they have, maybe throw in some grapes and a spoonful of chocolate chips. (That part isn't good but I have a horrible addiction to chocolate.)
But if oatmeal isn't your style, they brought some healthier cereals into the dining hall. My go to is the Special K Red Berries. A bowl of this is less than 250 calories if portioned correctly. This cereal also contains fiber that will keep you full for a while and get your digestive system moving.
There is also the yogurt and fruit they have everyday. They always have plain or vanilla yogurt and a lot of the time they have strawberry or whipped blueberry. The fruit definitely needs a little more variety but you can throw in your melon and honeydew into some vanilla yogurt and top on a spoonful of granola and there you have it. DIY parfait. You can also throw in chocolate chips with the strawberry yogurt if you have a sweet tooth start at 7 am like I do. Or dice up some pears and apples and dip it in the blueberry yogurt.
Lastly, you can't forget about the MTO omelet and egg station. I usually get three (yes three... gotta get that protein) over easy eggs. Or I ask for two and do a DIY RC breakfast sammie with English muffins (less bread than a bagel) and Swiss cheese. Swiss probably isn't the best cheese out there for you but Brad got me hooked on it when we lived in the apartment this last summer.
So when it comes to breakfast, you can totally skip the donuts and muffins they leave out (all day most of the time (ew)) and grab something way better for you. You will feel so much better through out the day.
