Sunny breakfast ideas
Want to try something original or
different, then for inspiration why not turn to breakfasts from
around the world! A weekend or holiday might be the ideal time to
prepare an Italian or Indian breakfast. Or go on a mealtime escape
by preparing a British, German, Scandinavian, Spanish or even a
Japanese breakfast.
- A bracing blueberry tonic
- Citrus fruit and fresh mint salad
- Crusty browned bread "à l’orange"
- Currant and lemon scones
- Not hungry when you get up? Start with juice as a way to reawaken your appetite in the morning. Try having breakfast after you’ve washed and dressed, bring along a muffin and fruit to eat while arriving at work or school. Little by little, add some cheese or yogurt for a breakfast that is balanced and complete!
- Don’t have time? Plan breakfast in advance and set the table each evening. Consider getting up 10 minutes earlier!
- Find breakfast boring? We’ve assembled some tips that ought to make breakfasts more interesting even for picky eaters! Given the wide assortment of products now headed for the breakfast table, those favouring something new or different as well as those who prefer something more traditional, are sure to find what tickles their fancy.
- Bran melba toast with jam, gruyère and a pear.
- A bowl of muesli cereal topped with vanilla yogurt and a clementine.
- Toasted raisin and nut bread, peanut butter and orange juice.
- Sweet or salty, muffins and breads are easy to prepare and freeze ahead of time. Just warm them up in the microwave and serve with some cheddar and fruit juice. Quick!
- The alarm didn’t ring? Reach for individual servings of fruit juice, milk, cheese, yogurt shakes, cereal or fruit bars. Zoom, zoom, zoom!
- Buckwheat pancakes with honey and mascarpone cheese. Yet again, spread cream cheese and smoked salmon on a pancake and roll it up
- Squeezed fresh fruit juices: blood orange and pineapple; orange, grapefruit and raspberry; improvise as you will!Orange juice, cream of wheat with milk topped with strawberries, sunflower seed bread and goat cheese.
- Milk shake: milk, yogurt, frozen strawberries, banana and wheat germ, all tossed together in the blender.
- Fruit kebabs in a tall fruit glass; drink the juice first, then enjoy the fruit!
- Try tropical butter on a muffin or croissant: mix equal quantities of butter and citrus fruit marmalade, add a pinch of cinnamon.
- Scrambled eggs with cheese, whole wheat English muffins and
fruit salad with yogurt sauce.
Explore the shelves at your local Metro for these treats and more ... Then “go for it!”
- In Germany, breakfast typically includes Brötchen (rolls), butter and some ham. Cheesecake may be offered. Grapefruit juice and coffee complete the meal.
- A British breakfast is rather substantial. Orange juice and tea served with a drop of milk are common, along with scrambled or poached eggs and fried bacon. The meal concludes with toast, muffins, scones or oat pancakes, topped with butter and marmalade.
- Spanish breakfasts tend to be light. Doughnuts either plain or orange flavoured are dipped in thick, flavoured hot chocolate. Spaniards are also partial to citrus fruit juices and melon-based fruit salad served with small, very thin crepes or biscuits.
- In Japan, green tea is favoured in the morning. Breakfast may include a bowl of seaweed soup or white rice, accompanied by salmon, salted and grilled.
- The “jalpan”, or Indian breakfast, is an important meal including a yogurt vegetable salad, fried crepes soaked in jam, fruit and yogurt. It’s all washed down with tea or flavoured herbal tea.
- The Italian breakfast will surround you in the aromas of full flavoured coffee or cappucino, accompanied by chocolate and hazelnut biscotti, bread with ricotta cheese, panettone (brioche bread) or small croissants.
- A Scandinavian breakfast features knächebröd (whole grain bread), marinated or smoked herring and light coffee.