How to Make Choosing a Healthy Breakfast Simple & Delicious – #BreakfastLove
“Life is complicated, so we’re making healthy simple.” – IHOP… I am LOVING the new Simple & Fit menu from IHOP. It can be tough to make the healthiest choices when dining out, since you don’t always know how things are prepared, or how many calories a dish really has if it’s not listed. So it’s awesome when a restaurant cares enough to simplify it all, and clearly list the healthier options, and the details of what they include. Check out the new Simple & Fit line-up {and keep reading to win a $50 IHOP gift card too!}…
These are just a few of the incredibly yummy choices available, you can see the rest of the under 600-calorie breakfast choices on their site. And this is NOT like most of the “healthy options” sections of a menu that you’re used to, where you’ll find a small handful of choices. No way mister – IHOP has created 30 new delicious meals for you to pick from. Want to see my personal fave??
OhmyHECK. We headed out to IHOP a couple of weeks ago for a family breakfast. Since Mike and I are both on a mission to lose some extra pounds, we decided to check out this new Simple & Fit section of the menu. Mike did NOT think he would like it, since most healthier menus are usualy pretty bland and boring. But these Whole Wheat Pancakes with Blueberries were seriously awesome. Powdered sugar, tons of blueberries, and an amazing syrup combined to make it seriously hard to believe that these were under 600 calories. And – if you already have a favorite dish that you look forward to ordering when you visit IHOP, they also offer some simple swaps that you can make to healthify it. Check it out:
Hold the butter or whipped topping
Substitute turkey bacon
Ask for sugar-free syrup
Ask for egg substitute or egg whites
Hold the cheese or ask for less
Ask for dressings and sauces on the side
For your coffee, use a sugar substitute or request 2% milk instead of creamer
I usually feel bad when I have to ask for substitutions or changes to a menu item. But these are listed right on the menu as smart swaps to make your favorites a little healthier, and they love to customize your meal for you. Honestly – the servers at IHOP are always some of the nicest that we come across – it has such a family feel. Which is why our monthly family breakfast get-together is always at our favorite IHOP midtown.
Want to WIN your own free breakfast at IHOP?
Check out my giveaway for an IHOP gift card to take your family out for a fab breakfast – anytime of the day! They also have a few awesome deals going on right now to help your bucks go farther – The 7 for $7, seven new meals for only $7 bucks each. 55+ Senior Meals – discounted choices for every day, if you’re over 55. And the kids menu – which also includes Simple & Fit options – and be sure to check out your local IHOPs, since many of them have “Kids Eat Free” nights.
{Disclaimer: I received a complimentary gift card for IHOP, to try out their new Simple & Fit menu with my own family, so that I could offer a real moms opinion on these new dishes. All photos and opinions are 100% my own.}
My family heads to IHop for breakfast on the weekends, fairly often. I’ve looked at the Simple & Fit menu, and it has some great choices. Will have to give it a try! :)
I have gone to IHOP and had their healthy whole wheat pancakes, and I have to say that they make the best pancakes I have ever eaten! I really enjoyed their Healthy breakfast options. I certainly would love to win this gift card so I can eat at IHOP again. They also have a great selection of omelets that I have tried!
I love IHOP and think it is great that they’re offering healthier choices for their customers. Next visit I’m going to try the SIMPLE & FIT Whole Wheat French Toast Combo. It looks yummy!
I love knowing this now!! Thank you so much for blogging about it! Now when we go for our Gingerbread Hot Chocolate ((TO DIE FOR Y’ALL—IF YOU HAVEN’T HAD IT, GO NOW before it’s gone!)) we can balance out the horrendous caloric consumption that usually goes along with it… We always order off the specials menu (the extra one they give with cheap deals for the season) and haven’t seen the changes in the regular menu in ages. Going to scrutinize it for sure, now! Thanks again! :)
It’s nice that they offer these healthier breakfast options – you don’t often find that at a lot of restaurants, especially for breakfast. I would like to try the veggie omelette.
IHOP has some of the best pancakes! The new healthier pancakes I want to try soon. These pancakes that you show look so delicious! I am going to get to IHOP soon!
All of the Simple & Fit choices look good to me. I think I’d most like to try the mixed fruit crepe and then maybe the whole wheat french toast one. Yum!
Although I definitely need to get in better shape, I have a really hard time resisting unhealthy menu choices. But, the mixed fruit crepes look delicious.
I like that you can make so many substitutions because a lot of places aren’t very good with doing that. I think I would like the SIMPLE & FIT Spinach, Mushroom & Tomato Omelette.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I haven’t been to IHOP in ages and now I really, really want to try their simple & fit menu. I love that they have 30 meals to choose from since usually restaurants have only a couple healthy meals to choose from! Everything on IHOPs simple & fit menu looks delicious, I want to try it all.
I know I don’t like to skimp on breakfast meals, so this is awesome that they’re having this simple healthier breakfasts!!! I love chocolate pancakes and can’t wait to see what they have in place!
Those pancakes look delicious! I like having healthier options on the menu since it really does help me make healthier choices if I want to. I’ve tried IHOP’s sugar-free syrup and I really like it and it saves so many calories and carbs.
I love that Ihop is making it easier to eat healthy. I’m with you about asking for substitutions so it’s nice to know that they don’t mind them and even recommend them. thank you!
These choices sound really good, especially the Seasonal Mixed Fruit Crepes. When I’m travelling it’s always hard to eat properly but this menu would help out a lot.
I love that they serve breakfast all day- it’s my favorite meal out (food wise) but I don’t like to eat in the mornings. They have some great choices, love crepes.
They have so many fantastic options. IHOP is my son’s favorite so we went there on a “date night” last week. I was so please to find all of the healthy choices for both of us. I love that the kid’s menu includes some nutritional information so you can teach your children about healthy options.
They give you some great choices on their simple and fit menu and the two egg breakfast looks really good. I’ll have to give this a try next time I’m at Ihop
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I’m pretty impressed with the choices on that menu. Thanks for the heads up!
I love. I hop and the whole wheat french toast combo looks awesome to try in the healthy breakfast choices, great review thanks
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veggie omlette looks great!
Te pancakes look soooo yummy
I like healthier menu options and like having an idea what–and how much!–I’m eating. I also like the portion size on the senior meals.
My family heads to IHop for breakfast on the weekends, fairly often. I’ve looked at the Simple & Fit menu, and it has some great choices. Will have to give it a try! :)
I would like to try the Simple & Fit 2 egg breakfast
I’d love to try the Simple & Fit Whole Wheat French Toast Combo. So glad that iHop offers this lower calorie options.
Thanks so much.
All of the options look great! I am glad that there are some healthier choices (that still taste great!) to choose from when going out to eat!!
I like healthier options when I’m eating out. Your suggestions are good ones.
their pancakes with fruit instead of syrup are really good
The whole wheat french toast combo looks good.
I have gone to IHOP and had their healthy whole wheat pancakes, and I have to say that they make the best pancakes I have ever eaten! I really enjoyed their Healthy breakfast options. I certainly would love to win this gift card so I can eat at IHOP again. They also have a great selection of omelets that I have tried!
these look good! these dishes still look very indulgent for being under 600 calories
I love IHOP and think it is great that they’re offering healthier choices for their customers. Next visit I’m going to try the SIMPLE & FIT Whole Wheat French Toast Combo. It looks yummy!
I’m so glad I can choose one of these delicious breakfasts and not have to worry if it’s healthy or not!
Whole Wheat Pancakes with Blueberries look so good, I’d definitely try this first
Good tips! I have tried sugar free syrup and it tastes great!
All the choices look yummy!
Everything looks very yummy :)
THE WHOLE WHEAT FRENCH TOAST COMBO LOOKS AWESOME!!! THANX FOR THE INFO :)
I love that they now have a healthier menu. The Whole Wheat Pancakes with Blueberries look great.
Wow they have a great menu!
I one one of their light breakfasts and it was good.
Thank you.
never thouht you could get bacon on one of these!
The 2 egg breakfast looks good to me!
I love knowing this now!! Thank you so much for blogging about it! Now when we go for our Gingerbread Hot Chocolate ((TO DIE FOR Y’ALL—IF YOU HAVEN’T HAD IT, GO NOW before it’s gone!)) we can balance out the horrendous caloric consumption that usually goes along with it… We always order off the specials menu (the extra one they give with cheap deals for the season) and haven’t seen the changes in the regular menu in ages. Going to scrutinize it for sure, now! Thanks again! :)
It’s nice that they offer these healthier breakfast options – you don’t often find that at a lot of restaurants, especially for breakfast. I would like to try the veggie omelette.
The veggie omelet looks delish!
Some of these look great, especially the crepes!
I havent been to IHOP for a while. I am going to have to go check out their new items :)
IHOP has some of the best pancakes! The new healthier pancakes I want to try soon. These pancakes that you show look so delicious! I am going to get to IHOP soon!
the crepes look and sound amazing!
This makes eating healthy look good! I am excited to try this new menu! I love IHOP!
The wholewheat pancakes with blueberries sounds really good.
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All of the Simple & Fit choices look good to me. I think I’d most like to try the mixed fruit crepe and then maybe the whole wheat french toast one. Yum!
That mixed fruit crepes is my style. I loved eating crepes as kids. the pancake looks yummy too
It’s nice to see they offer healthier options for those of us who like to eat healthy.
the pancakes look so good! Love them with blueberries!
I love the new choices are healthier but still look delicious!
These are all good tips. I usually ask for turkey bacon or turkey sausage.
the pancakes look so good!!!
I like that they have healthier menu options now.
I love crepes the simple & fit mixed fruit crepes sounds great to me!
i haven’t been to Ihop in years but looks like i need to go back! some awesome choices
this looks so good right now
havnt been to i hop in like a year omgoodness it looks so good
We always try to eat healthy. Sounds like IHOP is making a lot of healthy options!
Although I definitely need to get in better shape, I have a really hard time resisting unhealthy menu choices. But, the mixed fruit crepes look delicious.
We love breakfast, but usually eat at home because of the high calorie and fat content. Glad to see someone is trying to do something about this.
I would love to try the whole wheat french toast.
Those pancakes look so good. Luckily we have an IHOP just down the street.
The whole wheat pancakes with blueberrys I love blueberrys and this sounds yummy !
I like that you can make so many substitutions because a lot of places aren’t very good with doing that. I think I would like the SIMPLE & FIT Spinach, Mushroom & Tomato Omelette.
The breakfasts look delicious—you’re making me hungry!
being southern, we like our comfort foods, eating healthier is a real challenge
Good tips–sometimes hard to follow, but every little bit helps!
ugh! that looks so incredibly good. i want some right now. yum yum yum.
Oh wow, that french toast meal looks fantastic!
the crepes look great.
I like that you can get egg whites
Wow – the healthy and fit pancakes look so yummy!
That looks so good! I Love that they have so many healthier options.
WTG IHOP!
they look so good!
I love the egg choices.
Now these sound yummy!! I am so happy to know that some places are starting to have healthier food.
Ooh, I’d love to try the whole wheat french toast! I’m glad to see they’re trying to offer healthier options.
They have some delicious choices on their Simple & Fit menu
I love IHOP and their Simple and Fit menu – I ve had several items on that menu before – like the French Toast combo…really tasty.
I love to eat at Ihop , their pancakes are delicious
Love how their using seasonal fruit on the crepes.
Id like to try SIMPLE & FIT Whole Wheat French Toast Combo
I can’t believe that I can have the Simple & Fit Whole Wheat French Toast Combo and not feel guilty! I have to go to IHOP.
Looked awesome !!!!!
Those pancakes look delicious!!
The pancakes sound delicious, but I am very eager to try out their crepes.
I like their Whole Wheat Pancake with Blueberries.
Wow all those choices look great…it makes choosing healthier easier
Love that they list the healthy options on the menu and make it easy for us!
Thanks for letting me know about these great breakfasts at Ihop
Oh my gosh, those pancakes look AMAZING. I’m going to have to stop in to iHop for breakfast one day this week!
I am all for healthier choices especially when they are just as delicious and low in calories
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I like that they have healthier options and the trick is not smothering them with extra sugar.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I haven’t been to IHOP in ages and now I really, really want to try their simple & fit menu. I love that they have 30 meals to choose from since usually restaurants have only a couple healthy meals to choose from! Everything on IHOPs simple & fit menu looks delicious, I want to try it all.
drooling.the 2 egg breakfast is probably what i’d order :-p
good tips! i love IHOP because they do have healthier choices. my fav is the whole wheat with blueberries..and my lil girl loves their veggie omelet!
This menu looks great, especially the veggie omelet.
Can’t beat their pancakes!
having a healthy menu means alot in a restaurant!
Whole Wheat Pancakes with Blueberries sounds awesome
2 egg breakfast for me :)
pancakes look so good!
I want those crepes! Unfortunately, I could probably eat three plates of them.
oh wow those made my mouth water
It’s great that they have over 30 healthy menu options! It’s usually so hard to find much healthy to pick from when eating out.
The pancakes look so yummy! I am craving them now.
The Seasonal Mixed Fruit Crepes look yummy.
Wow, that’s a lot of healthy options!
What a great idea. More places need healthy options that are actually tasty!
I know I don’t like to skimp on breakfast meals, so this is awesome that they’re having this simple healthier breakfasts!!! I love chocolate pancakes and can’t wait to see what they have in place!
Those pancakes look delicious! I like having healthier options on the menu since it really does help me make healthier choices if I want to. I’ve tried IHOP’s sugar-free syrup and I really like it and it saves so many calories and carbs.
I love that Ihop is making it easier to eat healthy. I’m with you about asking for substitutions so it’s nice to know that they don’t mind them and even recommend them. thank you!
These choices sound really good, especially the Seasonal Mixed Fruit Crepes. When I’m travelling it’s always hard to eat properly but this menu would help out a lot.
All of the simple and fit meals look delicious. I would love to try the veggie omelet. I also like the swaps you listed to eat healthier at IHop.
All looks yummy! I’d choose the Veggie Omelet.
I love that they serve breakfast all day- it’s my favorite meal out (food wise) but I don’t like to eat in the mornings. They have some great choices, love crepes.
The French Toast looks yummy!
is there high fructose corn syrup? we avoid that at all costs. thanks for your suggestions though.
My favorite IHOP meal is Belgian Waffles w/strawberries, and leaving the whipped cream off would be an easy thing to do.
The seasonal mixed fruit crepes look awesome! I am hungry now lol.
I’m glad to see that the simple and fit menu still includes bacon in some dishes.
The pancakes are the best!
This all look so good! I cant wait to try them.
great tips i like finding ways to eat healthier and i will be trying these
I like the Funny Face Pancake at 480 calories & the SIMPLE & FIT Whole Wheat Waffle with Blueberries
The french toast looks amazing.
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I like your ideas about asking for sugar-free syrup and turkey bacon because, I love pancakes. I do love their butter pecan syrup though.
it’s so great to have healthy options when eating out. the simple and fit two egg breakfast looks especially yummy!
Love the crepes option
The seasonal mixed fruit crepes look really good!
They have so many fantastic options. IHOP is my son’s favorite so we went there on a “date night” last week. I was so please to find all of the healthy choices for both of us. I love that the kid’s menu includes some nutritional information so you can teach your children about healthy options.
Thanks for the giveaway… the veggie omelet & fresh fruit look great !
all of these look good but I adore the fresh fruit crepes.
That all looks good, but I am diabetic and need a carb menu instead of calorie intake.
The Veggie Omelet looks yummy.
Seasonal Mixed Fruit Crepes yum
They give you some great choices on their simple and fit menu and the two egg breakfast looks really good. I’ll have to give this a try next time I’m at Ihop
I like the light omelet with lots of veggies.