Top 5 Healthy, Quick and Easy Breakfast Recipes to Jump Start Your Day

Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It basically means to break the fast you've been observing since you went to sleep the night before! You may have often observed your parents say that it is the most important meal of the day! Let’s see why.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Here’s why.

Studies have proven that eating breakfast can improve memory and concentration, energizes you, balances mood swings, and lowers stress levels. Eating breakfast daily has long term benefits, it can help control high blood pressure, restore glucose levels, negate the risk of heart disease and diabetes, reduce weight, stimulate your metabolism and help you burn calories during the day.

But then again, eating breakfast is not just about stuffing our body but about eating mindfully to supply our body with all the vital nutrients. So, lets get started with a few tasty recipes that are packed with nutrients and also so easy to make.

Top 5 Quick Healthy Recipes

Banana Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour

1/4 cup instant oats

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon flax meal (optional)

1 cup mashed ripe bananas about 2-3 large bananas

1/2 cup Honey or Jaggery

1/3 cup coconut oil

1/4 cup milk

2 tablespoon shredded coconut

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease muffin tin with butter or cooking spray or line with liners. Set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, baking soda, flaxmeal, cinnamon, shredded coconut and salt. Set aside.

In another large bowl, beat the mashed bananas, honey, coconut oil, milk, and vanilla. Slowly, add the dry ingredients and mix until fully combined. Do not over-mix.

Divide mixture evenly into the muffin tin. Sprinkle with cinnamon if desired. Bake muffins for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

Take them out onto a plate, top them up with some shredded coconut and sea salt flakes. Enjoy!

Oats Ragi Rava Dosa

Ingredients

1/2 cup Ragi Flour (Finger Millet/ Nagli)

1/4 cup Instant Oats

1/4 cup Rice flour

1/4 cup Semolina (Rava)

3 cups Water

2 finely chopped Green Chillies

1 inch grated Ginger

1 finely chopped onion (optional)

1 grated carrot (optional)

1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper powder

1 teaspoon Cumin (Jeera) powder

A few chopped coriander (Dhania) leaves

Salt - to taste

Ghee

Instructions

In a large bowl combine the Semolina, Ragi & Rice flour and salt. Stir 3 cups of water to make a thick batter. Allow the batter to rest for about 10 minutes.

Add the remaining ingredients- green chillies, grated ginger, pepper powder, cumin seeds, onion, carrot and finely chopped coriander leaves. Mix well.

Finally add more water (if needed) the batter should be of thin pouring consistency. It will be thinner than the pancake/dosa batter.

Heat dosa tawa on high heat. Pour a ladle of the dosa batter and spread it around the surface of the tawa.

Drizzle about 1/2 teaspoon of ghee around the dosa and allow it to cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat.

Flip it and cook the other side as well and allow to cook for another minute. Once golden and crisp on both sides transfer the dosa into a dish and serve hot!

Oats berry Smoothie

Ingredients

1 cup fresh or frozen berries (you can use whatever berry is available)

1 cup of milk

1/2 cup instant oats

1 banana

1 teaspoon honey

1/2 cup water

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions

First, pulse oats in your mixer grinder.

Add in all the other ingredients to a blender and blend till everything is well combined and smooth.

Pour the Berry Oat Smoothie into two glasses and enjoy!

Quinoa Poha

Ingredients

1 cup Quinoa

1 chopped Tomato

2 medium Chopped Onions

7-8 Curry leaves

2 Green chilies

1 Chopped Potato

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp red chili powder

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

2 tbsp ghee

2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

1 lemon for lemon juice

Instructions

Place the Quinoa in a strainer and place it under running water. This way it will be washed. Heat 2.5 cups of water in a pan and once the water starts boiling, add the Quinoa. Cover the pan with lid and cook until the quinoa is completely cooked.

Once the quinoa is cooked, take it out in a plate and let it cool down.

In another Kadhai, heat some ghee. Once hot, add mustard seeds and let them crackle. Now add onions, green chillies and curry leaves and sauté until the onion becomes translucent. Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and mix everything well. Then add the boiled potatoes and tomatoes and mix well. Lastly, add the cooked quinoa.

Add few drops of lime juice and chopped coriander and serve hot with a cup of hot tea or coffee and enjoy!

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

Ingredients

1 medium apple – chopped

2 tablespoons coconut oil

3/4 cups instant oats

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ cup fresh berries

Few walnuts and/or pumpkin seeds (optional) for toppings

Instructions

In a small pan heat the coconut oil. Once hot, add in the apples and sauté for about 5 minutes, until the apple soften and are fragrant.

Add in the oats and sauté for about 2 minutes to gently toast them.

Add in the water, and turn up the heat to bring to a boil. Mix in the cinnamon. Once the oatmeal is at a gentle boil, turn down the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently

Serve immediately with your favorite toppings. I topped mine with some walnuts, fresh berries and pumpkin seeds.

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Parthhvi Haria