#SlimForTheSummer: Eating Out In NI, Our Top 10 Healthy Hotel Breakfasts
By Jessikah Hope Stenson
These are Northern Ireland’s healthiest breakfasts according to two of the biggest industry bodies in the country.
To celebrate the Year of Food and Drink, Northern Ireland Hotels Federation (NIHF) and the Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland (FSA in NI) have revealed ten healthy breakfasts all of which are under four hundred calories.
Local accommodation providers took up the challenge in January 2016 as part of the Northern Ireland Year of Food & Drink, to develop a breakfast option that not only showcases local produce, but encourages people to kick-start their day with a nutritionally balanced breakfast.
Galgorm Resort and Spa, Ballymena
(326 Kcal)
Lightly curried rice cooked with smoked haddock and topped with a boiled egg
Ibis, Belfast
(356 Kcal)
Cold pressed pumpkin juice, red grapefruit, poached egg on a toasted brioche bun with Fermanagh back bacon
Culloden Estate and Spa, Holywood
(362 Kcal)
Cinnamon Crunch French Toast
Salty Dog Hotel, Bangor
(370 Kcal)
Poached Cavanagh Free Range Eggs, grilled Annaghmore Mushrooms and Broighter Gold Rapeseed oil Hollandaise.
Hilton Templepatrick, Antrim
(387 Kcal)
Homemade wholemeal flatbread with smoked cod, purple sprouting broccoli and poached egg
Tara Lodge, Belfast
(388 Kcal)
Crisp toasted Irish wheaten bread and poached eggs, combined with the rich flavour of smoked salmon.
Holiday Inn, Belfast
(389 Kcal)
Superfood breakfast with smoothie, poached egg, potato cake, yoghurt and bacon
Cairn Bay Lodge, Bangor
(394 Kcal)
Crisp greens, slow roast tomatoes, soft salty halloumi, creamy avocado, and a soft poached egg topped with the spice and crunch of dukkah
Holiday Inn Express, Queen’s Quarter, Belfast
(400 Kcal)
Ham, Egg, and Avocado Breakfast Burrito
Janice Gault, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Hotels Federation, said: “We have some great products to showcase and Northern Ireland.
“Local chefs tested out their breakfast recipes using the FSA’s free online tool MenuCal to work out the Calorie count of their food.
“We were very impressed with the range of menu suggestions that were submitted through the competition. There’s everything from curried rice and fresh fish to purple sprouting broccoli, bacon and egg."
Julie McKinstry-Harvey, Senior Dietary Health Advisor at the FSA added: “Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day.
“People who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight or obese and have a lower risk of certain diseases such as heart disease and diabetes."