So my last post wasn't such a success as I never really finished it, also everything was glitching and it took so long to do I wasn't prepared to spend a long time on writing one blog post, especially when I had important school work to do. Anyway bad blog posts aside here comes a good'n
Today I had a great idea for a blog post, why not do a blog post on healthy winter breakfast ideas, everyone's always looking for healthy breakfast ideas, well I always am!
I find it so much harder to be healthier in the winter as there isn't as much fresh fruit about and in winter you want hot meals and hot drinks not cold fresh food!
Recently I have been trying to be healthier and thought breakfast was the best place to start!
I have been searching around for some ideas and I have put my own twist on the ones I liked, so here goes:
The first breakfast idea is a smoothie and this smoothie is designed for winter (in a way)
It includes:
Some handfuls of Frozen summer berries
1 Banana
1 Apple
1 Satsuma
1 Sharon Fruit
Some Apple Juice
(Put as much as you want of these in, this is just a guideline of how much I put in mine.)
You may look at the ingredients for this smoothie and think 'how is that designed for winter?' And trust me, I know what you mean but because I'm using frozen summer berries this is half designed for winter, over the past I have bought Morrisons' Frozen Summer Berries and Sainsburys' Frozen Summer Berries, I love to buy frozen berries for smoothies as they are so much cheaper than fresh fruit in summer and winter, in the winter, fresh summer fruits cost so so much yet frozen summer fruits are so much cheaper and you get a mix of berries in a pack, I think it's just great!
The blender I use is a Vitamix which is absolutely amazing because it has a very powerful blade and can blend frozen strawberries and only very high quality blenders can do that (so I have been told!)
Literally all I do is bung all the ingredients in the blender and blend it all up until it is a 'smoothie' consistency.
I think this smoothie is perfect if you're about to walk out the door or if you are running late as it's quick, easy and of course, delicious! The perfect winter breakfast smoothie!
The next thing is porridge with fruit and nuts (if you don't like nuts or have a nut allergy nuts are the not an important ingredient so do, of course leave them out.)
I used:
Porridge oats
Blueberries
Banana
Frozen Summer Berries
Walnuts
Semi skimmed milk
I made the porridge with semi-skimmed milk because making porridge with water I think is really not nice at all, to my taste anyway but feel free to make yours with water if you prefer or want to be even healthier!
Once my porridge was ready I added all the fruit to it. Because I only had frozen summer berries not fresh ones I just defrosted some of the frozen berries and added them to my porridge. Once all the fruits have been added to the porridge I sprinkled broken up bits of walnuts on the top just to add a bit of crunch and flavour but as I said if you have a nut allergy or generally don't like nuts, of course don't add them as they aren't a big part of the breakfast!
So this is what mine looked like, as you can see I wanted to make it look pretty and present it well towards myself so I just put each fruit in its own place!
I did really enjoy eating this, but I have to say, I don't actually like porridge so having this was a bit
of a change and after a while of it, I got a bit fed up of the porridge, but that's only because I don't like it. I was tempted to add sugar but I told myself, 'No Tasha no, you're being healthy' so I carried on eating my porridge until it was all gone so it was a great success!
My next healthy breakfast idea is a classic take on a normal pancake. Now personally I prefer Scotch pancakes to batter pancakes.
I homemake my scotch pancakes as I really enjoy cooking and it's fun to make pancakes!
What you will need for the pancakes:
135g plain flour
1tsp baking powder
2tbsp caster sugar
130ml milk
1 large egg
2 tbsp melted butter
(Also you can add 1/2 tsp of salt but I prefer not to.)
Method
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and caster sugar into a large bowl. In a separate bowl or jug, lightly whisk together the milk and egg, then whisk in the melted butter.
Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture and, using a fork, beat until you have a smooth batter. Any lumps will soon disappear with a little mixing. Let the batter stand for a few minutes.
Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add a knob of butter. When it's melted, add a ladle of batter (or two if your frying pan is big enough to cook two pancakes at the same time). It will seem very thick but this is how it should be. Wait until the top of the pancake begins to bubble, then turn it over and cook until both sides are golden brown and the pancake has risen to about 1cm (½in) thick.
Repeat until all the batter is used up. You can keep the pancakes warm in a low oven, but they taste best fresh out the pan.
This recipe makes from 4-6 pancakes depending on how big you make them.
For my toppings I like to add a dollop,of yoghurt, the yoghurt I like to add is Greek Style Yoghurt with Honey or Greek Yoghurt. I love Greek style yoghurt with honey as the honey adds a touch of sweetness for all of you with a sweet tooth, but also just plain old Greek yoghurt is a winner, adding a dollop of this to a pancake is just delicious!
Then for fruit I like to add either...
Blueberries
And/Or
Bananas
And/Or
Strawberries
All of these I have yoghurt with but if I don't want yoghurt I love to have this...
Cooked apple and sultanas - this is one of my all time favourite toppings, also cooked apple is one of my favourite things to eat! I think the cooked apples and sultanas go together perfectly, I know a lot of people don't like sultanas but with cooked apples and scotch pancakes, you're sure to love them!
And my last healthy breakfast idea is...
'Breakfast in a glass'
Now you may be thinking, this sounds a bit odd, but trust me, it's delicious!
At the bottom of your glass add muesli, then either Greek or natural yoghurt. Then continue to do the same again until you have no more room left in your glass. Next add fruit of your choice, I like to add bananas and blueberries as I love these fruits but obviously add the fruits you prefer. This is such a quick and easy breakfast idea, it's a good'n when it's one of those days when you're late for school in the morning and don't have much time to eat so you can just whiz this up and you will eat it in no time! I just love the simplicity of this breakfast, so easy and so tasty! Perfect!
Also I'm trying to get to like coffee at the moment so I have been enjoying having a very VERY weak cup of milky coffee in the morning with my breakfast, personally I think this is a perfect start to my day and hopefully all of my breakfast ideas with end up being a perfect start to yours!
I really hope you enjoyed reading this post today, as you can see it's a bit different to all of my others but I really enjoyed making this for you and I really hope you enjoy reading it!
I hope my breakfast ideas inspire you to eat healthier or change your breakfasts!
If you do recreate any of my healthy breakfasts don't forget to post your recreations of them on Instagram using the hashtag #tashasbreakfasts and feel free to tag me in your posts @tasha__may, I can't wait to see all of your creations and maybe you can inspire me to change my breakfasts like yours!
See you in my next post,
Tasha xxx
