breakfast with greek yoghurt

Well I thought I'd give it a whirl just to see if I liked this kinda thing, yoghurt on my breakfast cereal, so I added a dollop of it along with a chopped banana (which I usually add for a bit of long lasting energy) and.....

..........NO, it just didn't work for me. I love bananas on my cereal but this yoghurt just overpowered the soft, subtle flavour of the banana. It was a bit like an irritating bridesmaid trying very hard to upstage the bride. I'm afraid yoghurt is just not my thing with breakfast no matter how healthy I want to make myself feel.

Never mind, there's always another recipe to try out.

how do you like your eggs in the morning?

something a bit different from your boiled egg, Eggy bread (as it was known in our house growing up) or French Toast for those a bit posher than I.

  

And this really couldn't be any more simple and quick for a breakfast eat.

 

Using a fork whisk up 1 egg on a small plate, dip your piece of bread into the egg, turning over to soak the egg on both sides and fry in a hot frying pan with a little veg or olive oil.

 

 

Add you own topping, brown sauce is my favourite but mayo, tom ketchup and even a drizzle of maple syrup makes it a really tasty and filling breakfast before shooting out for those lectures.  Good for a midday snack or even for supper (does anyone really eat supper or is it a word that was made up for snacking before bed?)

pancakes, strawbs and maple syrup

the simplest and quickest of recipes for pancakes

110g/4oz plain flour (make sure you sift it first)
2 eggs
small pinch of salt 200ml/10fl oz of milk
2oz melted butter

For filling - strawberries, maple syrup or lemon and sugar or anything you fancy

Ingredients
Using a sieve sift the flour into a bowl, the higher the better as it makes it lighter.
Make a well in the flour and crack into it the 2 eggs, whisk all the flour into the eggs.
The flour will stick in the middle of your whisk but comes out later.
Add the pinch of salt.
Add the milk bit by bit and whisk well to get rid of all the lumps (they do eventually come out).

Melt all the butter gently in a frying pan and then pour it into a cup. A little of this will be used each time you make a pancake.

So, it's as easy as this.

Heat the pan quite high.
Add about a quarter of a cup of the mixture and swizzle it around the pan, not too much or the edges will burn as they will be too thin.
You will see the mixture darken and the centre goes last - time to flip it over. use a fish slice to flip or if you're feeling brave (or have no fish slice) flip it into the air and catch in the pan.

A minute on this side and job done.
Remove the pan, add a little of the melted butter and return to heat. Heat can go down a little now.
Fill pancakes with anything you fancy, savoury or sweet.

(photo not wanting to go landscape!)

Oatcakes for breakfast

Most supermarkets sell oatcakes and if you haven't tried them then you really ought to.  A lot like a pancake but savoury. Add any filling you like and grill for a couple of minutes either side.

This was my 'I'm in a rush to get out' snack.

A good bit of protein in the morning keeps the hunger at bay for a good few hours.

Oatcake with cheese and pancetta

Pancetta rather than bacon because it frys or grills so quickly

Fry bacon/pancetta for a couple of minutes, no need for any oil it has fat of its own. When it's done put it onto some kitchen towel paper to absorb any excess fat. Whilst this is frying grill the oakcake on one side for 1 minute, turn it over and lay a couple of strips of cheese on top and grill for another minute. Add the cooked bacon/pancetta, bit of mayonaise, roll and eat.

Delicious but 1 is never enough!

breakfast to keep away hunger

Having eaten this for breakfast I managed to get right the way through to 12.30pm without needing to snack at all, and I get massive snack attacks.

Porridge with bananas, honey and hazlenuts

I know making porridge is straight forward and doesn't really need a recipe but I came across a recipe for this in a magazine.  It got me thinking about the porridge I usually have, porridge with a blob of jam and milk to cool. Bit boring so I gave the recipe a go.

Make up the porridge amounts according to the pack (1 cup of oats to 1 and 1/2 cups of milk usually feeds 2), add a really good squeeze of runny honey and 2 banana chopped into big chunks. 

Throw all into a saucepan, bring to the boil stirring often and then simmer for a couple of minutes.

Pour into bowl and throw on some chopped hazlenuts.

I also tried this with strawberries on the top just to get more fruit into my system. Lovely