Jul 29

Breakfast Ideas

Jen’s healthy granola

Makes 2 big jars

Ingredients: 
  • 250g Organic jumbo oats 
  • 150g of Mixed seeds (pumpkin, linseed, sunflower, sesame) 
  • 200g in total (approx.) of bigger nuts such as pecans, almonds, cashews, roughly chopped. Add more if you want, but I feel 200g is enough otherwise the fat content goes up. 
  • Pinch of sea salt 
  • 80g coconut oil 
  • 120g maple syrup 
  • 2 tablespoons honey 
  • 80g coconut chips 

Instructions:

- Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C/gas 2. 

- Put the oats and any other grains, seeds, nuts and sea salt into a large mixing bowl and stir together. 

- Melt the coconut oil, maple syrup and honey together in a pan over a medium heat. When it starts to bubble remove from the heat and slowly pour over the dry ingredients, stirring with a wooden spoon as you go. 

- Tip the granola onto a large baking tray, spread it out evenly. Bake for 30-40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until everything is golden. After 20 minutes add the coconut chips (optional) -this is to make sure they don’t burn. 

- Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the baking tray. Once cooled, store the granola in airtight jars – it will keep for at least a month. Enjoy with 2 tablespoons of natural yoghurt! 

Healthy Smoothie 

Serves 1

Ingredients:
  • ½ cup almond milk 
  • 1 tbsp Greek yoghurt 
  • ¼ cup frozen blueberries 
  • ½ small banana 
  • 1 scoop whey protein 
  • 1 tsp each, flaxseeds, chia seeds, hemp seeds (Omega 3’s)


Blend together and add fresh mint. 

Smoothie Bowl 

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup frozen berrie
  • 1 frozen banana 
  • Almond milk or natural yoghurt 


Blend together. The consistency should be like frozen yoghurt. Top with fresh blueberries, chia seeds, granola. 


Bircher Muesli 

Serves 6 

You can make the whole batch and split the portions up and keep them in the freezer. 

Ingredients:
  • Green apple, grated 
  • 1 cup soy or dairy milk 
  • 2 tbs maple syrup or honey 
  • 1½ cups rolled oats 
  • ½ cup sultanas 
  • ½ cup slivered almonds 
  • 1 cup vanilla soy or dairy yoghurt 
  • 200g punnet blueberries 

Instructions:

- Combine the apple, milk, and maple syrup in a large bowl, then stir in the oats. 

- Cover and soak overnight in the fridge. 

- Preheat the oven to 170°C. Spread the almonds evenly on a baking tray and toast for 5-8 minutes, or until golden. 

- Before serving, stir the sultanas and toasted almonds into the oat mixture. Drizzle with vanilla yoghurt and serve with blueberries. 
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