Healthy Breakfast Recipes Worth Getting Up For

It can be very tempting to hit that snooze button those early mornings.  It is very important, however, to make time for a good, wholesome and nutritious breakfast.

By consuming a good breakfast, you will not set yourself up for the day, a healthy breakfast will also help you to concentrate, and will help keep you going until lunchtime, deterring you from those high sugar snacks.   

The following recipes are simple and fuss-free.

Granola recipe

Ingredients

• 150g raw mixed nuts
• 50 g dried apricots
• 50 g pumpkin seeds
• 50 g sunflower seeds
• 250 g porridge oats
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon desiccated coconut (optional)
• 50 g sultanas
• 50 g cranberries
• 6 tablespoons maple syrup
• 5 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

1. Roughly chop the nuts and apricots, then place into a large bowl.
2. Add the remaining dry ingredients and mix together.
3. Drizzle the maple syrup and olive oil over the dry ingredients and stir well until everything is coated.
4. Spread out over a large baking tray lined with parchment paper.
5. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until turning golden, stirring every 5-10 minutes.
6. Leave to cool completely, then pour into airtight storage jars.

Black Rice Pudding

Ingredients

• 200 g black rice
• 1 ripe mango
• 1 lime
• 1 tablespoon blanched hazelnuts
• 1 tablespoon coconut flakes
• 2 ripe bananas
• 200 ml hazelnut milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• manuka honey, optional
• 4 heaped tablespoons natural yoghurt
• 2 wrinkly passion fruit

Instructions

1. Cook the black rice according to the packet instructions, overcooking it slightly so it’s plump and sticky, then drain and cool.
2. Meanwhile, peel and destone the mango, blitz the flesh in a blender with the lime juice until smooth, and pour into a bowl.
3. Separately, toast the hazelnuts and coconut in a dry frying pan until lightly golden, then bash up in a pestle and mortar. 
4. Peel the bananas and tear into the blender, then blitz with the hazelnut milk, vanilla extract and two-thirds of the black rice – depending on the sweetness of your bananas, you could also add a teaspoon of honey. Once smooth, stir that back through the rest of the rice – this will give you great texture and colour.
5. Divide between four nice jars or bowls.
6. Spoon over the blitzed mango, squeeze half a passion fruit over each one, then delicately spoon over the yoghurt and sprinkle with the hazelnuts and coconut.