Healthy Breakfast Ideas
Recently on my Facebook page, Natural New Age Mum, we had a discussion about breakfast cereals and how bad most of them are. Pretty much all of the packaged stuff you buy is devoid of any real nutrition, as it has been so heavily processed. Have a read of this article from Cyndi O’Meara, nutritionist at Changing Habits for some more information.
This prompted me to ask – What healthy breakfasts are you feeding your family?
The response was overwhelming! There were so many great ideas, so I thought I would share them all together on this blog post for you. It’s a great resource to print out and stick up on the fridge for inspiration.
Okay, so let’s eat breakfast!
“Cereal” type Breakfast
*make your own home-made muesli
*organic puffed brown rice & fruit
*organic muesli, natural yoghurt & frozen berries
*home made granola sweetened with apple juice topped with fruit compote and natural yoghurt
*porridge made with steel cut oats
*rolled oats, pour on enough boiling water to just cover, add chia seeds, homemade natural yoghurt and berries
*power porridge from Teresa Cutter
*pre-soaked oats with rice milk and a smidge of local honey
*oats & dates (or sultanas) soaked overnight in your choice of milk -add chia & sunflower seeds the next morning
*oats, which have been soaked overnight in warm water & yoghurt, then cooked adding raw milk, grated apple and sultanas – and sometimes a dollop of raw cream!
*porridge made with quinoa, chia seeds, farm fresh goat milk, stewed pear and LSA (linseed, sunflower, almond)
*Kiera’s Quinoa.
1/3 cup quinoa flakes, 1/3 cup coconut yogurt, blended fresh young coconut meat, 1/3 cup milk or alternative, 1/4 tsp maqui powder, 1/2 tbls chia seed, 1tbls red quinoa sprouted, 1tbls nut meal, 1/2 banana, 1 heaped tbls of nut butter. Put in a jar the night before, give it a shake then pop in the fridge quick stir in the morning maybe add some chopped fresh fruit and there’s breaky.
Bread Breakfasts
*spelt sourdough & avocado
*banana on toast, spread with home-made nut butter
*mushrooms, sliced, sautéed in oil or butter, on toast with a little salt and pepper
*paleo pumpkin bread from Teresa Cutter with avocado or nut butter
*bruschetta with freshly rubbed garlic, flax oil, with fresh tomato and basil from the garden, salt and pepper
*avocado on toast with Herbamare and lemon
*sprouted bread with cashew butter and avocado
*banana bread, made with no sugar
Chia Porridge/Pudding Breakfast
All the rage at the moment! A basic chia porridge is so simple to make – just add liquid (I prefer coconut milk) to chia seeds until they are covered and a bit over and leave to thicken (40 mins at least or overnight if you like). Add lots of yummy things. To the one in this photo, I have added organic coconut milk and Nutraorganic’s Acai-Berry superfood powder and topped with bananas and blueberries. When I am not allowed sugar or fruit, I add nuts, other seeds and a good slurp of coconut oil.
Here are some more ideas:
*Chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, raisins, chopped dehydrated apples, pour your favourite milk over and let sit for 5-10mins to thicken.
*1 can coconut cream, 1/3 cup chia seeds, 2 TBL spoons honey (or maple syrup), 1/2 tspn vanilla essence, 2 limes – juiced and rind grated. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and spoon into cups. Let sit for 30mins and then place in the fridge. Should be ready to eat in another 30minutes. So easy and so yummy! From Wholefood Mama.
*chia pudding with raw cacao and blueberries
*Quirky Cooking’s Layered Maqui Chia pudding
Fruit Breakfasts
*poached fruit
*my Roasted Rhubarb with greek yoghurt
*chopped fruit, seeds and nuts sprinkled on top
*apple slices, spread with nut butter
*fresh fruit salad & yoghurt
*yoghurt and fresh berries with Superfoods for Kids Berry Choc Chunk or C Berry Blast
*ice cream ie frozen fruit whipped in blender or thermomix (bananas and berries are best)
*fruit salad with chia seed & avocado on top
*CADA (a gorgeous recipe, originally from Fleur Whelligan at Like Chocolate for Women).
This is the version I make – one chopped green apple, a small handful of coconut, 2 dates, a small handful of almonds, one tablespoon of chia seeds and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Simply pulse in your thermomix or food processor until it resembles muesli!
Egg breakfast
*Fruit Omlette. 1 banana and 2 eggs whisked to make omelette. Serve topped with kefir yoghurt and raspberries
*2 eggs scrambled with goat milk and chia seeds. Add nitrate-free bacon & chopped spinach to the mix as a variation.
*Scrambled eggs with tomato or grated carrot
*2 pieces of nitrate free bacon, 2 eggs scrambled, poached or fried with grass fed butter and a 1/2 tomato cooked and 1/2 avocado.
*french toast (egg soaked spelt bread), fried in butter or coconut oil.
*eggs (poached, scrambled, boiled) with any of the following: salmon, nitrate-free bacon, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, steak, avocado.
*hash veggies (grated veg with a bit of almond meal and an egg to make patties) served with nitrate-free bacon, asparagus and eggs.
*a couple of ethical preservative free sausages with an egg and spinach.
*poached eggs on toast with spinach.
*slice of organic ham, poached egg and home made guacamole ( I make mine with mashed avocado, salt, pepper, lemon juice, Moroccan seasoning, diced tomato and a little bit of spring onions)
*fried salmon and mushrooms with poached eggs
*poached eggs, grilled tomato, mushrooms, cooked spinach and even broccoli
*poached egg on rye sourdough
*soft boiled egg (using mainly the yolk) smeared onto buttered sourdough toast
*scrambled eggs with fresh herbs on multigrain or sourdough bread
*toast with avocado or hommus with a poached egg
*omlette with vegetables – mushrooms, tomato, herbs
* my Egg Thingys
Pancake breakfast
*ricotta oat pancakes from Teresa Cutter
*GF pancakes (rice flour, buckwheat ground in thermomix, then add arrowroot and xantham gum) with soy milk, cinnamon, apple and an egg.
*banana pancakes – mash 2 bananas, add 2 eggs, whisk and then add your choice of flour (I use wholemeal spelt or SR and Spelt combo) add water or milk or greek yoghurt until the right consistency and then cook in whatever size you like.
*buckwheat pancakes that I add 2 eggs and natural yoghurt or ricotta cheese to the batter for extra protein plus cinnamon for sweetness.
*Aimee’s Paleo Banana pancakes
Mix together: 5 organic egg yolks, 1/4 cup coconut flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp bicarb soda, pinch salt, 1 tbsp coconut milk, 2 ripe mashed bananas, cinnamon and vanilla. Leave to stand while you use a hand mixer to whip the egg whites separately. Once white mix is firm, gently fold into banana mix. Cook on fry pan on low heat with coconut oil. Pancakes will darken due to sugar in bananas, but thats fine. Once cooked, stack and drizzle with coconut milk and pure maple syrup.
*My Healthiest Pancakes Ever and 10 Healthy Pancake Recipes
Liquid Breakfast
*Fruit smoothies
*Brekkie smoothie – frozen berries, coconut milk, yoghurt, ice, psyllium, sunflower seeds and a little bit of stevia. Another yummy one is pear, almond milk, ice, yoghurt and sunflower seeds.
*Mixed berry smoothie made with flaxseed and almond milk.
*Banana, mixed berries, natural plain yoghurt and almond milk smoothie. Optional – add tofu.
*Mega smoothie of raw egg, yoghurt, coconut oil, chia seeds, vital greens and banana.
*Smoothie with vegan protein powder, berries and mixed seeds or muesli.
*Green spirulina smoothie
*frozen mixed berries, banana, egg, yoghurt, lsa (linseed, sunflower and almond meal) and milk smoothie
*super smoothie – organic almond milk, organic honey, banana, chia seeds, cacao & maca shake
*fruit smoothie – 1/2 a mango, a handful of raspberries & blueberries, 4 strawberries, 1/2 a fresh banana, 2 tsps of oats & 2 cups of almond milk
*My choc banana protein smoothie
*My pineapple mint green-tea green smoothie
Other Ideas
*half an avocado, grilled with a tiny bit of organic ham and cheese
*slice tomato & onion, put in a saucepan & cook until tender, season with salt & pepper serve on sourdough toast
*leftovers from dinner
*My Blueberry Breakfast Slice (photo below)
What a list!! I had trouble typing and not drooling on the keyboard! Thank you so, so much to all of you that took the time to tell me about your healthy breakfasts. Hopefully we have inspired you to try out something new.
What do you have for a healthy breakfast? Please post any ideas in the comments!
Want more??
Check out my friend Brenda Janschek’s 14 Winter Warmer Breakfasts!
Great list 🙂 I love the onion and tomato on toast, my mum would make a big pot of this when we were younger and we all loved it, she also made a kidney, bacon gravy mix that was divine on toast too 🙂 totally drooling now!
we had that too – but with liver not kidneys!! 🙂
Excellent blog post, I’ve pinned it so I can refer to it often. Thanks 🙂
thanks Karen – so many people have fabulous ideas! 🙂
Got to be a book in this:)
yes, there would be! 🙂
Thanks for sharing these great ideas – certainly plenty to choose from.
Have a great day !
Me
thanks -hope it got you inspired 🙂
I often make sourdough pancakes. It uses sourdough starter as its flour contingent so you need to feed your starter the night before and it’s as easy as pie. I serve with yoghurt and fresh or frozen fruit or for me the sweet tooth, organic maple syrup. My starter is fed with rye flour too for extra goodness. Yum!
Porridge is another favourite. This morning was porridge and apricots that I’d bottled.
yum – sourdough is not something I have done before – can you do it gluten-free?
I’m pretty sure you can but I’ve not tried. I can’t eat wheat but I can eat it once it’s sprouted or soured. I think the ebook (from a healthy living book bundle) covers gluten free sourdough. Once you have your starter you can do anything I believe. I think cinnamon scrolls will also become a favourite.
Super duper blog, extremely yummy ideas for the most important meal of the day, definitely printing this off for the fridge. And a pooh and piglet chat at the end! What’s not to love about this post? X
don’t you love it – Pooh is so smart! 🙂
Awesome! So many fabulous ideas 🙂
I have been inspired to try some new things too 🙂
Lots of great ideas here. Can’t wait to try some of the others Was chuffed to see my pancakes made the list 🙂 I made your blueberry breakfast slice at Christmas and it was fantastic for my 2 year old who was too busy to sit and eat but would happily grab a slice and wander off to play with everyone.
thanks for contributing Cheryl!! So glad you liked the BBS 🙂
Nothing beats a bowl of leftover brownrice with egg/avo and lots og spices!
I do also love my weet-bix, I make them the night before and freeze overnight
Thank you for this! Recently my toddler has been getting more fussy with the old Weet Bix and toast and also myself, being pregnant, I often just doesn’t feel like the stock standard stuff. Your list will give us some ideas to play with 🙂
Let us know what you try out! 🙂
Thank you! This is amazing.
Thanks Stacey – we have some clever people in our FB community 🙂
OMG! I am going to stick this on my fridge. Hubby complains that he’s hungry at work by 9.30 – that’s because I can’t break his toast and vegemite habit. Thanks for this, so many great ideas. I think CADA sounds like my idea of heaven…
add an egg and he would be fine!! lots of protein at breakast lasts me for ages 🙂
Hi Sonia, I’d love to see the recipe for your “healthiest pancakes ever” but the link took me somewhere else! Thanks, Kelly 🙂
Hi Kelly – thanks for letting me know! I will fix it now for you. 🙂
Because almonds are naturally very nutritious, almond milk doesn’t need to be fortified. You can make almond milk yourself at home, and it will have the same nutritional value as the almond milk available commercially.
This is an amazing post… I am definitely going to bookmark…. From someone who doesn’t eat breaky… Maybe I could be tempted….. I am trying to make the switch to healthy ….. But can I ask what is nitrate free bacon?? And what brands do you buy???? Is bacon that is homemade at the local rural butcher nitrate free?? There are a few other ingredients here I am going to have research….:-) many many thanks for an amazing post!
You would have to ask your butcher what they use in their bacon. I buy an organic bacon from my local organic supplier who sources it directly from a farmer. I hope you are tempted to eat breaky – the health benefits of doing so are amazing – let me know how you go! 🙂
Ricotta pancakes? That’s something I gotta try 😀 I also make my own gluten-free, paleo pancakes with coconut flour. It’s a great option if you want something easy in the morning and healthy 😉 Thanks for such a great list, will be scrolling through these recipes!
yum !!
This is an awesome post. Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. I’m sharing this on my Facebook page. Thanks for all your hard work.
thanks Bec! 🙂
Thank you, these all look delicious & nutritous 🙂 x
Thanks Amanda! 🙂
Just posted our favourite breakfast today….Sweet Potato Boats. Basically a whole baked sweet potatoe topped with bolognaise, cheese, sourcream and avocado! Pinkfarm families are big advocates of a “Royal Breakfast”….meat and fat for breakfast! It has done wonders for us and our families.
Thanks this list is great and just what I need. Always find breakfast a struggle and seem to stick to the same couple of things which doesn’t always work when I am in a hurry as we usually have eggs for breakfast. Glad to see a heap of quick easy alternatives
Thanks Christine! 🙂
Such an amazing list. Thank you!!! I was introduced to you by your breaky slice. Had no blueberries so I used raspberries and it’s now a staple in our house… Served warm with home made yogurt we can’t get enough of it.
Oh that’s awesome! Thanks for the kind words Kirby 🙂