Hey guys,
I shifted this back one day, so I'm going to be going through what I made each day from Sunday to Thursday of this week, simply because I came back to uni today for a few days to see friends and party, so I have basically no food here and nothing worthy of incorporating into a blog post!!
SUNDAY
As it is now officially summer, I went a bit crazy and bought copious amounts of fruit, including these absolutely delicious strawberries from Waitrose. As usual, I made my porridge with one cup of porridge oats to one and a half cups of semi-skimmed milk; I love this ratio because the porridge turns out not too thick but not too watery.
I added honey to sweeten it and then chopped up some strawberries and sprinkled some ground almonds as I think it adds a little something extra to the porridge. Green tea, as per!
MONDAY
On Monday I didn't have a very busy day at all so I decided to do a bit of experimenting for breakfast, which I always do when I get a chance! I decided to make pear and fig porridge. I put the milk and porridge oats on the hob and very early on added bits of chopped pear and cut up dried figs. I also added about a teaspoon of cinnamon. Once the porridge was ready, I added honey, sprinkled a bit more cinnamon over it and garnished with some pear, figs and walnuts. Compared to Sunday's breakfast this breakfast was quite autumn / winter inspired, but pear is my absolute favourite fruit to have with porridge and I thought figs and nuts would go well with it.
I had green tea much earlier as I woke up and read my book in bed for a while, so at the dining table I decided to simply go for water with lemon.
TUESDAY
On Tuesday I had to get up early for a doctor's appointment so didn't really have time to make porridge. I settled for this raisin and almond granola by Jordans, which is nice and simple and doesn't have a lot of sugar like many other brands of granola do, or cereals. I added some banana to the granola as well.
I didn't have time to make tea either as obviously it's hot so is not something to drink in a rush; instead I went for a very summery strawberry and frozen mango smoothie. I didn't have any almond milk so used semi-skimmed milk and a bit of water.
WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday I also had a very laid-back day so decided to do some major experimenting at breakfast. I found a recipe on Pinterest for 'paleo French toast', which is basically a concoction of eggs, mashed banana, cinnamon, honey, vanilla extract and nut butter. I firstly whisked the eggs in a bowl and then added the mashed banana. I poured the mixture into a pan and stirred it, gradually adding in the honey, cinnamon and one teaspoon of vanilla extract. Three eggs gave me quite a substantial portion but it turned out really well, very yummy indeed. I probably put a bit too much peanut butter on it though! The Meridian peanut butter I used has no added stuff in it so it's very healthy. You can get both the smooth and crunchy versions.
I also had some melon as I always have fruit at breakfast, as you know.
THURSDAY
This looks like a very plain breakfast but it was still delicious! I caught my train back to Guildford this morning so needed something to keep me going for the journey. I made porridge with honey and cinnamon and then made a little fruit salad consisting of melon, banana and pear, with a dash of orange juice.
Thanks for reading!
Rhi x
