Dragging yourself out of bed while it’s dark and cold outside is no easy feat. But it’s made all the less painful when you are greeted by a warm, indulgent breakfast, like these tasty recipes.
A healthy breakfast with a nordic touch. This ginger and carrot spelt porridge is tasty and packed with fibre. This is an edited extract from Nordic Light by Simon Bajada, published by Hardie Grant Books (RRP $49.99), and is available in stores nationally.
Do you have a restrictive diet and need inspiration for how to make food more exciting again? Charlotte Binns McDonald has created a gluten-free buckwheat fruit slice that will make you very happy.
Putting a modern twist on an old breakfast recipe to make your summer brunch a special one.
Go the extra mile and create a more nutritious version of the average ham and cheese croissant. A little more filling makes for a healthier, tastier brunch meal.
This creamy porridge is the perfect breakfast treat.
Bring a nicer touch to your breakfast menu with fruit skewers on top of granola. It's a simple way to dress up a muesli bowl and tastes great.
These muffins use brown rice and oat bran to pack a healthy punch to your mid-morning snack.
Jamie Oliver's blueberry pancakes with bacon butter are what weekends were invented for.
Start the day with a healthy breakfast of cinnamon porridge. This is a FODMAP friendly recipe for a Low FODMAP diet.
For those of you who are looking for a guilt-free, gluten-free snack in between meals or pre-exercise, go no further than these choc raspberry muffins. This is an edited extract from Surfing the Menu – Next Generation by Dan Churchill and Hayden Quinn (Published by Simon & Schuster, $49.99), and is available in bookshops nationally.
It’s no secret that I love sweet things, especially at brekkie time. This loaf is so good because it really feels like you’re eating cake for breakfast, though it’s actually grain free and just so happens to be paleo too! A slice or two of this will have you all powered up and ready to go, with the eggs giving you a whack of protein and the banana acting as a great source of complex carbohydrate and delivering a big hit of the B vitamins you need to get energy into the body. Recipe extracted from Food to Make You Glow by Lola Berry, published by Pan Macmillan Australia.
These muffins hum with the addition of chai spices and dried apple and are great for lunch boxes or morning or afternoon tea.
These are easy to carry around, full of flavour and simple to make. They also freeze very well, so you can make a big batch and they’ll last you a long time. If you like a sweet snack in the afternoon, too, take an extra bar with you to enjoy later in the day. Recipe extracted from Deliciously Ella with Friends by Ella Mills, published by Hachette Australia.
Fluffy chocolate pancakes meet banana and rich caramel sauce in this decadent recipe. Go on, you know you want to.
This easy sweet and sour slice can be served up for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. It's that good!
