A Little
of Everything

Dr. Monique Tello is a practicing physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and a healthy lifestyle expert for Harvard Medical School. She recommends her own go-to breakfast: a fruit/yogurt/grain/nut bowl that she eats every single day. It's quick, easy and affordable too. “We buy large bags of frozen mixed berries at the wholesale club or discount grocery, as they are much more economical than fresh fruit and don't go bad,” she says. “Fruit is frozen at the peak of freshness, so the quality and vitamin content can be better than what's in the produce aisle.” She defrosts the fruit in the microwave and tosses it on top of a large dollop of plain yogurt and then sprinkles it with nuts, seeds and low-sugar granola. “The fruit makes up the bulk of this meal,” she says. “There's fiber in the fruit, and plant sugars in their natural form, not to mention healthy fat in the nuts, and plenty of protein in the yogurt.”