Breakfast is such an important part of a your morning ritual – it sets the mood for the rest of your day! So take a little time to plan out well-rounded breakfasts packed with tasty, nutritious ingredients (aka. meals that will get you excited to wake up in the morning). Here’s a few things to keep in mind while planning your list of breakfast ideas:
Create protein-packed meals to fuel you for the day. While eggs are the most common protein option, don’t forget about the power of chia seeds, hemp seeds, oatmeal, nuts, and nut butters.
Sneak in greens where you can – it’s easy! I always say, the more greens the better! Meals such as scrambles, hashes, egg muffins, or casseroles make it easy to add leafy greens and *all* the veggies.
Mix up sweet and savory options throughout the week. For those mornings when you don’t want something savory, it is possible to have better-for-you sweet options that don’t come in a cereal box. Make a batch of chia pudding, creamy overnight oats, or yogurt to enjoy throughout the week!
Skip the long lines and enjoy brunch with friends and family right at home! These hashes and frittatas will have your guests swooning. And the best part? They’re easy to make and look extra fancy on the table.
Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash: A simple combo of roasted sweet potatoes, kale, bacon, onion and bell peppers is honestly the breakfast of champions.
Turkey Cranberry Hash: If you’ve got some leftover turkey from Thanksgiving, this hash is a delicious way to serve it up the next morning for the whole family.
Spring Vegetable Frittata: This frittata is loaded with spring’s best greens and dotted with herbs and goat cheese.
Kale And Butternut Squash Frittata: Come butternut squash season, this hearty frittata will steal the hearts of all brunch lovers.
Smoked Salmon Frittata: Amp up your frittata game with fresh smoked salmon! Mix in goat cheese, scallions, shallots and herbs for a meal that is sure to impress.
Looking to kickstart your morning with something sweet, fruity, and refreshing? Say hello to yogurts, smoothies, and my all-time favorite acai bowls.
Homemade Yogurt: If you love yogurt, it may be time to pick up a yogurt maker. It’s incredibly easy to make at home and the results are so creamy and delicious!
Coconut Yogurt With Blood Oranges And Cacao Nibs: Citrus and chocolate always work together so well together.
Acai Bowl: Oh yes, this sweet and refreshing smoothie bowl is packed with antioxidants and topped with fruity goodness.
Clean Green Smoothie Bowl: Instead of drinking a green smoothie, turn it into a smoothie bowl. It’s extra refreshing and topped with fresh fruits.
Peach Breakfast Smoothie: Blended with fresh peaches, yogurt, chia seeds and a few spices – it’s like a healthy sweet treat for breakfast.
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A crustless quiche is a savory egg custard that’s baked without the traditional pastry shell. Without the crust, a crustless quiche is similar to an Italian frittata. The difference? Quiche traditionally has more dairy than a frittata. Here’s what you’ll need for the base recipe of this crustless spinach quiche. The great thing about this recipe is that it convinces even the spinach-averse (like our son!). But you can customize it to have whatever vegetables you choose. Here’s what you’ll need:
Eggs
Oregano, garlic powder, salt and pepper
Frozen spinach
Cottage cheese: often a quiche recipe uses whole milk, but cottage cheese makes magic here! It brings a bold, savory flavor and velvety texture
Parmesan cheese
Jarred roasted red peppers
This recipe is so simple: all you have to do is mix up the ingredients and bake it up for 25 minutes until puffed and golden! How does it all work? Here are a few notes on some of the ingredients and how they make the magic:
Use frozen spinach, not fresh. Why? Frozen spinach has already been blanched so it has reduced greatly in volume versus fresh spinach. It also has a chewy, desirable texture: it’s hard to describe, but trust us! Think spinach artichoke dip.
Thaw the spinach under warm water. Simply place it in a colander and warm it under water! However, we’ve noticed that some spinach brands are frozen solid into blocks: you may need to use a microwave to thaw in that case.
Important: squeeze out as much water as possible! This prevents a watery crustless quiche. Use your hands to squeeze it out while the spinach is in the colander. The spinach should feel like dry crumbles when you are done.
You can turn this crustless quiche recipe into hundreds of different flavor variations based on your preferences! If you’d like, you can add other flavors to this one like a handful of chopped ham or crumbled bacon. Or, you can drop the spinach and use other cooked vegetables. Add ½ cup additional mix-ins to the recipe below, or remove the spinach entirely and substitute about 1 to 1 ½ cups mix-ins. Here are some ideas (make sure they are finely chopped):
Sauteed broccoli
Ham or cooked bacon
Caramelized onions
Roasted peppers and onions
Sautéed peppers
Sauteed mushrooms
Feta cheese, smoked mozzarella, gouda or goat cheese
As a note, you’ll want the veggies on the done side when you sauté them, so they don’t release too much moisture while baking. They should be finely chopped for good distribution.
Last thing on this crustless quiche with spinach: want to make personal sized versions? You can! Make up mini crustless spinach quiche using a muffin tin! Here’s what to do:
Spray a standard-sized muffin tin with cooking spray.
Follow the recipe below, but pour the egg mixture equally into 12 muffin cups.
Top with additional red pepper.
Bake 22 to 24 minutes, until set in the center and golden around the edges. Allow to cool, then run a butter knife around the edges and remove from the muffin tin .
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