These 5 Healthy and Quick Breakfasts will get you going and help you be ready to slay your day! 🙂
Do you get into a breakfast rut where you have the same thing almost every day? Sometimes I do and wish that I could change it up to have something different on my menu.
After giving it some thought, I decided on this list of 5 healthy and quick breakfast options.
These are very common recipes but thought I will share the recipes I use.
- Granola
- Avocado Toast
- Egg in the nest
- Oat crepes
- Quick French Toast
Granola
There are millions of granola recipes out there! In an attempt to find the best one, I have been experimenting for the last few years. (yes you read right, I did say years!!)
After all the searching and a lot of experiments, I finally found the best one that has become my go-to granola recipe! Hurray! This recipe is from the blog Cookie and Kate. Thank you, Kate! My search is finally over. You can find her recipe here: http://cookieandkate.com
I follow her recipe with a few variations. The combination of nuts that I use are almonds, pecans, walnuts, and cashew nuts. Additionally, I use 1/4 cup of flaxseeds. However, I do not use any dry fruits as that is my personal preference.
The fun part about making granola is you can customize it to your own taste and make it your own. I recently made another batch and added 1/4 cup quinoa before baking, it turned out quite delicious and crunchy.
If you whip up a batch over the weekend, granola is an option any day of the week without much effort!
Enjoy it with milk and berries/bananas etc or like a parfait with yogurt and berries, or just as is!
Avocado Toast
Avocado Toast is as simple as it sounds! Toast up a slice of bread, slice or dice or mash an avocado, put it on the toast, add a little lime juice, salt, and pepper, that’s your basic avocado toast.
Make it healthier with whole grain bread!
There are so many ways to make it yummier., here are just a few options:
Add cheese slices, grated cheese
A fried egg on top
Some bacon, ham, sausages, etc
Add everything seasoning
Sliced/Pickled Jalapenos, Siracha, Hot sauce if you like it spicy
Egg in the nest
This one is a favorite of my kids, I guess it’s the name that makes a difference, they just find it interesting!
So easy to make and can be done in under 5 minutes.
Heat a pan on medium heat.
Make a hole in the middle of a slice of bread. ( I use a plastic medicine dispenser, it is just the right size).
Butter one side of the bread, put that side down on the pan, then butter the other side while it’s on the pan.
Crack an egg into the hole on the bread. Try to spread the egg white evenly. Season with salt and pepper. Let it cook for a few minutes. Place the bread circle that you cut out on top of the hole lightly. Gently flip the bread, and let it cook on the other side.
My kids like the egg fully cooked so I break it up to cook it faster. My personal preference is a runny yolk, I think that it’s almost like a sauce, but hey that’s just my choice!!
Your egg in the nest is ready. This too can be topped with cheese, bacon, avocado, spinach, etc
Oat Crepes
This is an easy blender recipe with just a few ingredients, made with heart-healthy oats for the win!
In a blender add,
1/2 cup rolled oats
Blend oats into oat flour.
Add:
3/4th cup milk, 1 egg, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp vanilla essence
Blend all together. Make crepes. It is essential to use a non-stick pan to keep your crepes from sticking to the pan. The batter is thin and the oats tend to settle, so mix it every time before you make another crepe.
Makes about 6 crepes. These are filling and tasty so you might end up doubling the recipe!
My kids love them with Nutella. So I just roll them up and it is a healthy tasty breakfast ready in no time.
Quick French Toast
There are lots of recipes for french toast. However, I follow my Mom’s recipe that she used to make for us when we were kids. It is a very basic recipe and can be whipped up any time not just for breakfast.
A childhood memory of mine which I remember is coming home from school in the afternoon and my Mom would have made french toast for us, we could smell it as we opened our front gate to get to our house! Those are really happy memories that I will cherish forever. Thank you, Mom!
Firstly In a shallow bowl, beat one egg with a fork till frothy, then add 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, and finally around 3/4th cup of milk. Beat the mixture until it’s mixed.
Dip your bread slices in this mixture and fry on a preheated pan with a little butter or ghee. Fry on both sides till sugar has caramelized and it’s nice and brown, be careful not to burn it.
Dust with powdered sugar. Serve hot.
Options that it can be eaten with are strawberries, maple syrup, honey, bananas, blueberries, etc.
Hope you enjoyed reading about these 5 Healthy and Quick Breakfasts. Let me know if you try any of them and if you enjoy them, I would be thrilled to hear from you!
Have a Great Day!
