Our usual morning rush means that we can only dream about having the time to make and eat a delicious and nicely served breakfast — it simply takes too much time to cook. No doubt all of us prefer an extra hour of sleep to breakfast.
1. Banana and blueberry pancakes
INGREDIENTS
1 cup of wheat flour
1 glass of milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 tablespoon of butter
1 tablespoon of sugar
Salt
Berries and fruit for garnishing
Honey or syrup
PREPARATION
1. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
2. Whisk the egg. Pour in the milk and stir the batter. Add the milk and egg mixture to the dry ingredients and mix carefully.
3. Melt the butter and stir it into the batter.
4. Scoop the batter onto a frying pan and cook each side for two to three minutes. If the pancakes don’t stick to the pan, you don’t need to use oil.
5. Garnish the pancakes with the berries and fruit and pour the honey over them.
2. Frittata with vegetables
INGREDIENTS
6 eggs
3 bell peppers
1 onion
200 g of broccoli
200 g of asparagus beans
1/4 lemon
50 ml of olive oil
2 cloves of garlic
50 g of butter
Salt, ground black pepper and spices
PREPARATION
1. Whisk the eggs together with the salt and spices.
2. Divide the broccoli into florets. Peel the bell peppers and cut into thin strips. Slice the onion into half-moons.
3. Chop the garlic and mix it with the lemon juice and olive oil.
4. Fry the onion with the butter until it gets soft. Add the broccoli and fry for one minute more. Add the bell pepper and beans and fry everything together for a minute. Then add the garlic and, 30 seconds later, the eggs.
5. When the eggs harden a bit, put the frittata in the preheated oven. Bake for seven to ten minutes at 180°C. Before serving, salt and pepper the dish and garnish with chopped greens.
3. Yogurt with granola and fruit
INGREDIENTS
2 cups of natural yogurt
1 tablespoon of powdered sugar
2 teaspoons of shredded almonds
1 cup of granola
1 cup of fresh berries and fruit
PREPARATION
1. Combine the yogurt, powdered sugar and almonds in a bowl.
2. In an ice-cream bowl, make layers using 2 tbsp of the yogurt, 2 tbsp of the granola and 2 tbsp of of the fruit and berries.
3. Make the same layers out of the yogurt, granola and fruit three more times.
4. Garnish each serving with almonds and fresh mint. Add honey if desired.
5. Cool the breakfast in the fridge and serve.
4. Cheese and chicken muffins
INGREDIENTS
2 chicken breasts
1 cup of grated cheese
1/2 cup of flour
1/2 cup of milk
2 eggs
4 tablespoons of sour cream
Spices and greens
PREPARATION
1. Mix together the cheese, milk, eggs, sour cream and spices.
2. Boil the chicken breasts until they’re done, and cut the meat into cubes.
3. Add the chicken and chopped greens to the batter. Mix thoroughly.
4. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Fill cake molds with the mixture. Bake the muffins for 15 minutes.
5. Cottage cheese pancakes with banana and honey
INGREDIENTS
200 g of cottage cheese
1 egg
1 banana
3 tablespoons of flour
Vanilla
3 tablespoons of seed oil
2 tablespoons of sugar
Salt
Honey
PREPARATION
1. Blend the cottage cheese, banana, egg, vanilla and sugar in a blender until you get a smooth paste.
2. Add 1 tbsp of flour and mix. Then stir in the rest of the flour to make the batter a little bit stiff.
3. Heat up the seed oil in a skillet. Scoop the batter with a tablespoon to make small pancakes.
4. Fry each side for two to three minutes.
5. Serve the pancakes hot. Garnish them with slices of honey and banana.
6. Chicken and vegetable pita
INGREDIENTS
4 thin pita breads
1 medium-sized carrot
2 small cucumbers
Chicken fillets
Salt and pepper
1/2 teaspoon of ground paprika
1 medium-sized bell pepper
100 g of lettuce
Sour cream or any sauce you like
PREPARATION
1. Grate the carrot or slice it into strips. Slice the cucumber into strips too.
2. Cut the chicken fillets into cubes.
3. Heat up one tbsp of seed oil in a frying pan. Fry each side of the chicken for five to seven minutes. Put them in a bowl and cover to keep warm.
4. Place the bell pepper into the same pan, add salt and pepper to it. Stir-fry it until it turns soft but crunchy.
5. Grease the pita with the sauce and lay all the ingredients, leaving one edge two cm empty. Wrap this edge over the filling.
6. Make a roll and serve immediately.
7. Sweet blueberry pizza
INGREDIENTS
1 sheet of pizza pastry
120 g of cream cheese
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/3 cup of blueberry jam
1 cup of fresh blueberries
PREPARATION
1.Preheat the oven to 210 °C.
2. Mix the cheese and cinnamon in a bowl until you get a smooth paste. Spread the cheese over the sheet of pastry and add the blueberry jam. Sprinkle the blueberries on top.
4. Bake the pizza for about 15 minutes — the cheese should melt and the blueberries release their juice.
5. Let the pizza cool down for a couple of minutes and enjoy your meal!
8. Ham and cheese panini
INGREDIENTS
2 slices of bread
2 slices of ham
2 slices of cheese
4 basil leaves
Paprika
PREPARATION
1. Place the ham and two basil leaves on a slice of bread. Sprinkle it with the paprika. Place a slice of cheese and the rest of the basil on top, and cover the sandwich with the other slice of bread.
2. If you have a waffle-iron, put the sandwich in it and press well to toast the sandwich until it turns a golden color. If you don’t have this device, place the sandwich on a preheated skillet and press with a spatula. Roast both sides until a golden crust appears.
9. Chocolate cake baked in the microwave
INGREDIENTS
4 tablespoons of flour
4 tablespoons of sugar
3 tablespoons of cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
A dash of salt
1 egg
3 tablespoons of milk
1 tablespoon of butter
2 or 3 soft toffees
PREPARATION
1. Mix all the ingredients in a 300 ml bowl. Place the batter in two heatproof cups or molds.
2. Bake in the microwave for one minute at 700W. Then take the cakes out and top them with pieces of toffee.
3. Bake for one minute more. Let the cakes cool down a bit before serving.
10. Pizza Margherita on a tortilla
INGREDIENTS
1 wheat tortilla
Mozzarella
1 tomato, sliced as thin as possible
Basil leaves
3 cloves of garlic
1,5 tablespoons of olive oil
1,5 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
PREPARATION
1. Press the garlic and mix it with the olive oil. Grease the tortilla with one half of the mixture. Bake it in the preheated oven for five minutes at 180 ºC.
2. Slice the Mozzarella.
3. Place the tomato and Mozzarella slices on the tortilla, salt and pepper it.
4. Bake for seven minutes. Watch it carefully to make sure that it doesn’t burn.
5. Combine the rest of the oil with the balsamic vinegar. Chop the basil. Sprinkle the pizza with the basil and the sauce.