Breakfast!

We are all about breakfast!    Lunch often has to be pack-able and dinner  comes with its own expectations, but breakfast allows for great variety, not to mention decoration.

Next question … what’s for breakfast?  Below is a visual menu of simple, delicious breakfast options – click on a picture for details.  Guess what, they are all vegan as well.

Blend tofu, basil, mint, roasted red chilli, almonds (pine nuts or any other nuts), olive oil , salt. Spread over toasted bread and slice tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes). Coutesy Chetana, Bangalore.

Steel cut oats, soaked and cooked. Topped with almond and date and surrounded with sliced apple.

Under those sliced bananas is a slice of toast with peanut butter. We’ve surrounded this with sliced peaches. Peanut-butter-peach-banana. Who needs J when you can have PB&PB?

Slice ripe mangos and place on toasted bread.

Savoury Oatmeal with vegetables

Bread quarters with hummous and sliced tomato

Idli made of rice and urad

Mix 1 part sprouted ragi flour and 2 parts water, bring to a boil while stirring continuously. Video

We started with 18 cups of oats and now have 27 cups of granola!

A familiar choice is  ragi – usually with fruit and nut though I have also had it with buttermilk, as is popular in Andhra.  Idli, dosa and pesarottu are standard favorites, of course and we love them dearly.  For a quick breakfast, I love toast topped with sliced fruit. Add some nut or nut-butter and the combination is fantastic.  For savory toppings, hummous, pesto or పచ్చడి (pickle) along with some cucumber or tomato slices go well together. Oats also led themselves to variety – cooked with some vegetables or topped with fruit and nut. Or just toasted and made into granola!  Check out this visual menu and bring some variety to the breakfast table.

Nothing sets up the day like a hearty, fresh breakfast … make a habit of it.