Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. It kick starts your metabolism, gives you more energy for the day and prevents you from snacking on junk food at morning tea.
Make sure you’re eating a big and healthy breakfast. Here are some of my favourite healthy breakfast ideas that I eat on a regular basis.
Overnight oats
My favourite healthy breakfast, hands down. I am a creature of habit and have this meal almost every day from Monday to Friday. If I haven’t had it for a few days, I actually crave it!
How to make it
- Soak 1/3 cup of rolled oats overnight in a little bit of unsweetened almond milk. You don’t want too much otherwise they’ll be too wet and soggy. But you don’t want too little otherwise they won’t go soft. Just enough so that they are a bit wet.
- Add ½ cup of frozen blueberries.
- Leave overnight in fridge.
- In the morning, add 1 scoop of whey protein, 125g of yoghurt and 1 tablespoon of honey (if you need it).
- Mix it all up and eat it!
Notes: I use Almond Breeze unsweetened almond milk, Black Swann dairy free yoghurt and Shape Health whey protein.
Protein pancakes
I love having these as a post workout treat on the weekends. Here’s one of my favourite recipes:
- Combine 1 mashed banana, 1/3 cup oat flour, 1 scoop protein and 2 tablespoons of cacao powder in a bowl.
- Mix well with a hand held blender.
- Add almond milk one tablespoon at a time until it is a thick batter.
- Cook pancakes over a medium heat, flipping once.
- Serve with fresh raspberries and chocolate sauce. My chocolate sauce was made from 1 tablespoon organic maple syrup and 1 tablespoon cacao powder.
- Makes 3 medium sized pancakes (1 serve).
Eggs and avocado on toast
So easy and so good. Whenever I go out for breakfast on the weekends, I’ll usually get this. If I make it at home I’ll usually have one wholemeal muffin with 2/5 medium avocado and 2 poached eggs.
Protein smoothie
Another one of my weekend post-workout treats. There are so many varieties but I usually keep mine pretty simple.
- Mix 1 frozen banana, ½ cup frozen berries, 1 cup coconut water and 1 scoop whey protein in a high speed blender.
- Top with muesli (optional) and eat!
- Makes 1 serve
To find out more about how to eat healthy, check out my clean eating guidelines and my daily diet! xx
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I start almost every other morning with oats cooked with half almond milk, half water, topped off with chia seeds and half a banana. It’s really comforting post workouts !
Hi Siya, Rachael here. That sounds delicious! :)
Hi Rachel!
I am wondering how much is “a little bit”? I tried making them for the first time last night and followed this lady on YouTube. This morning they are watery.
Thank you.
Hi Bridgette, I’m assuming you mean the overnight oats? :) I usually just put in a few tablespoons, enough to cover the oats and that’s it. It will take a bit of playing around and sounds like you probably put in a bit too much liquid x
Hi Rachael I was hoping you could tell me if you can taste the shape whey protein in your overnight oats ? What flavour do your prefer? And if you still use this brand ? Thanks so much I am trying to lose weight but I am falling short on my protein and calorie intake so Iam hoping this will keep me more satisfied
Hi Maddie! Yes I do still use Shape protein :) And I actually prefer to use the superfood blend in my oats but both the superfood and whey protein tastes really great. I prefer vanilla but again, both flavours are good :) They have small packs that only have a few serves in them and are quite cheap so you could always get one of those just to try and see if you like it before buying a big pack. Also don’t forget to use my 10% discount code (rachaelattard) xx
PS this is Rachael. I’m having website issues so I’m logged in through my boyfriends account lol xx
Hi Rachael,
Just wondering if there’s a reason you use almond milk rather than cow’s milk, other than preferring the taste? I’ve heard a lot of negative things about dairy lately and I never know what to believe!
Hi Jenny, I am lactose intolerant so I use dairy free milks. Dairy is good for you, as long as you don’t consume too much. The almond milk I use is really low in calories :)