For a best-selling author who writes books with sharp titles like French Women Don't Get Fat and French Women Don't Get Facelifts, 67-year-old Mireille Guiliano isn't what you'd expect. The former Veuve Clicquot CEO is instantly warm and chatty—with the kind of vibe that compels strangers to divulge their most pestering neuroses. "Eating on the go! That is your problem," she says eyeing my Skinny Vanilla Latte as I walk into apartment. Despite its 14th Street location—a notorious thoroughfare for disgruntled New Yorkers–the split-level pad is an oasis of calm with a really sick view. A proponent of a texture-rich breakfast that "forces you to chew," Guiliano and her adorable husband, Edward, have been eating what she's dubbed the "magical breakfast" for over a decade. Culled from a recipe she learned from her grandmother, the "magical breakfast" is a light and tart parfait with intestine-wringing benefits. The magical ingredients? Detoxifying lemon juice, high-fiber flaxseed oil, and acacia honey. Below, a step-by-step tutorial on the five-minute recipe that Guiliano says, no joke, saved a friend's daughter from her three-cupcake-a-day habit. It's just that good.
SHOPPING LIST: While Guiliano makes her own homemade yogurt and picks up her supplements from a West Village health grocer, some version of the ingredients can be found at your local supermarket. If Quaker Oats isn't your speed, Guiliano suggests sugar-free cereal as a substitute.
MIX MASTER: After pouring a teaspoon of flaxseed oil into 1/2 to 2/3 cup of low-fat yogurt, Guiliano adds the juice of one Meyer lemon.
SWEET DISPOSITION: The author artfully drizzles in a teaspoon of acacia honey. The sweetness, she says, tricks our bodies into registering the mixture as "dessert." The result? Fewer cravings and a lowered likelihood of finding yourself downing donut halves alone in an abandoned break room.
CAPTAIN OATS: Carbs? For reals? Oh yes, says Guiliano, who crushes up two tablespoons of raw, old-fashioned oatmeal and two teaspoons of walnuts with a pestle. In the event that you don't own a club-shaped mashing instrument, make a week's worth of the mixture in a large glad bag and then give it a loving beat down.
ET VOILÀ: Mix it all up and you are ready to chow down like a discerning French woman. And don't worry, just because you're being virtuous for breakfast doesn't mean you have to ban your favorite foods. "It's okay to have a glass of wine, good bread, or a few bites of dessert," Guiliano says. "It's about how you pick your moment." French Women Don't Get Facelifts, the author's follow up to the best-selling French Women Don't Get Fat, goes on sale Monday.
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