Healthy Breakfast Options On The Go

Healthy Breakfast choices on the go

Breakfast, the most important meal of the day? With studies showing that people who regularly eat breakfast being less likely to be overweight, this may be true. It is important, however, to start the day off right. In order to do that a breakfast that fills you and gives you fuel to get the day off to a good start is definitely worth the extra time in the morning and with that in mind, we have come up with some healthy breakfast choices to get you started.

In this blog we will deal with a oat based breakfast and provide you with 2 recipes to start you off on the right foot. Both can be prepared ahead of time so are super quick for when you’re busy and on the run. Both recipes are full of slow burning fuel to keep you going for longer. For more recipes log on to safe food.

Granola

Healthy low sugar granola

Granola has become an increasingly popular choice for breakfast. Cereal companies have marketed it as a “healthy” option. Often times shop bought varieties contain a large amount of sugar which causes peaks in our blood glucose levels, leading to surges and slumps in energy. A way of avoiding this is to make your own low sugar alternative that contains all the taste but much less sugar per portion. Paired with fruit and plain natural yoghurt or greek yoghurt, this provides a tasty and healthy breakfast choice. Its also super simple to make.

This recipe will make roughly 10 servings

Ingredients:

275g Porridge oats 

30g desiccated coconut 

200g of nuts (mixed ie cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts pecans etc)

30g of seeds ( flax seeds, pumpkin seeds etc)

70g smooth nut butter of your choice 

120g honey 

2tbsp butter 

2 tsp Cinnamon

Method 

Preheat oven to 180 degrees

Mix all the dry ingredients together 

Melt the honey, butter and nut butter in the microwave for approx 30 seconds

Mix the wet and dry ingredients together and spread on a lined baking tray and press down firmly.

Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, remove and stir, return to the oven and bake for a further 5 minutes. Remove and stir again and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes. Repeat this until the granola is a golden colour and toasted.

Remove from the oven and let cool. Transfer to a large jar and enjoy with some natural yoghurt and berries/stewed apple/figs- Just about anything!!

Overnight Oats

If you enjoy porridge but aren’t into baking, then overnight oats are a great way to have oats for breakfast but with minimal effort. The great thing about them s they are super easy and incredibly versatile, you can really add anything you want to them. They are prepared the night before and left in the fridge overnight and are ready to grab on the go in the morning, perfect for those of us who have trouble dragging ourselves out of bed in the morning!

Ingredients

1/2 cup of porridge oats

120mls milk ( preferably low fat if watching calories)

2 tbsp greek or natural yoghurt

Handful of berries of your choice 

1/2 top cinnamon (optional)

2 tsp honey to taste

Method 

Mix all the ingredients together

Place in container with a lid ( an old jam jar that’s been washed should do the trick!)

Cover with lid and place in the fridge overnight

Enjoy cold the next morning or heat up as desired!

Breakfast is an important part of any day and in order to function at our best, whether in work, college or school, it’s important to start the day off right. Next week we’ll have some ideas for healthy recipes for breakfast that include eggs. Feeding your body healthy, nutritious food and training regularly is the best way to stay in shape. To book into our classes or for info on 1:1 training click here.