Easy and healthy breakfast recipes!

Some say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Let us not discuss whether or not they are correct today but rather look at 5 easy and healthy breakfast recipes you should give a try.

• Milkshake with avocado, spinach and pineapple

This meal is as nutritious as it is colorful! Besides, it’s super easy to make. Perfect when looking for that healthy, easy breakfast recipe to bring you through the first part of your day.

You need:

• ¼ avocado
• 1 dl fresh spinach
• 175 grams frozen pineapple
• ½ tbsp fresh ginger
• 1 dl milk
• 1 dl apple juice

How to:

Mix it all in a blender and make it a smooth milkshake. Feel free to exchange the pineapple for other kinds of frozen berries you’ve got in your fridge. The milkshake will change its color but the taste will remain fantastic, and it will certainly keep its place in the list of easy and healthy breakfast recipes.

• Smoothie Bowl with raspberry and blueberry

This breakfast screams of nutrition. Blueberry is filled with antioxidants and is the perfect ingredient in easy and healthy breakfast recipes. The colorful mix gives you such a fresh start of the day you can feel the energy level increasing just by looking at it!

You need:

• 1 ½ dl milk
• ½ dl frozen blueberries
• ½ dl frozen raspberries
• ¼ banana
• ½ kiwi
• 2 tbsp fresh blueberries
• 2 tbsp fresh raspberries
• 1 tbsp pumpkinseeds
• 1 tbsp shredded coconut

How to:

Mix milk, frosen berries and banana in a blender till you get a smooth mass. Peel kiwi and cut it, before topping your smoothie with kiwi, raspberries, blueberries, pumpkinseeds and shredded coconut. Smoothie will always be found in the world of easy and healthy breakfast recipes, and for good reasons. All of these ingredients give you exactly what you need to get going in the morning.

• Oatmeal

This is for sure a classic. Did you know that almost 600.000 Norwegians have oatmeal every week? There are countless variations of this meal. Common for all of them is the solid, nutritious base, and you may top it with whatever your heart (or stomach) desire.

You need:

• 1 part oat
• 1 part water
• 1 part milk
• Topping

How to:

Cook oat, milk and water in a casserole. Top it with whatever you wish for. We recommend chopped nuts (cashew nuts, almonds, walnuts) and fresh berries (blueberry, raspberry, strawberry). Or perhaps chopped almonds and banana sounds better? Some honey on top brings sweetness to the meal and is a better alternative to sugar according to doctor and nutrition expert Berit Nordstrand. Too much sweetener will remove oatmeal from the list of easy and healthy breakfast recipes, so you better let fresh berries and fruits account for most of the taste.

• Protein pancakes

Pancakes can still be luxurious at the breakfast table. It doesn’t have to be unhealthy, just make sure to have a nutritious base. No list of easy and healthy breakfast recipes can be completed without the pancake! This recipe makes enough for three persons.

You need:

• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 dl skinny cottage cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 dl milk
• 2 dl wheat
• ½ tbsp baking soda
• salt
• ½ tbsp sugar
• ½ tbsp butter for cooking

How to:

Melt your butter and mix cottage cheese, egg and milk in a bowl. Put wheat, baking soda, salt and sugar into the bowl, and mix with butter. Stir until you’ve gotten that smooth mass you’re looking for. Leave it to rest for a few minutes, before steaking each pancake a couple minutes each side. Top your pancakes with cottage cheese and jam and you’ve made yourself a perfect alternative to an easy and healthy breakfast meal.

• Banana waffles

Who says breakfast has to be boring? This easy and healthy recipe gives you tasty waffles filled with nutrition to carry you through the beginning of your day. The recipe holds about 12 waffles.

You need:

• 2 bananas
• 5 dl oatmeal
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• 4 eggs
• 250 grams yoghurt natural
• 3 ½ dl milk

How to:

Mash bananas in a blender or with a fork. Add all dry ingredients and mix well. Add yoghurt and eggs before mixing the milk. Leave it to rest for half an hour before roasting waffles until golden. Voilá! These waffles are naturally sweetened due to the banana and you will not be needing any additional sweetening. That’s how you keep your breakfast easy and healthy while simultaneously giving your body nutrition to make it last for a long time!

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