Breakfasts! 25+ quick and easy, healthy, yummy, gluten and dairy free ideas

A common request from clients when they’re changing their diet towards a healthier one – which often means adding in more protein and healthy fats, and reducing starchy carbs – is what to eat for breakfast instead of cereals, toast, muffins or sweet dairy yoghurt.

Here are some savoury and sweeter options to give you some variety. I’ve included a few treats for the weekends like my fluffy chia pancakes.

These suggestions and recipes are healthy, delicious, gut-loving, and gluten as well as dairy free.

Savoury

• Paleo bread or sprouted gluten free grain toast with avocado, tomatoes, a protein like smoked fish, pate, sardines, bresaola and rocket or baby spinach or sprouts

• Toasted slice of pumpkin (done 4 times in the toaster) with a protein such as fish, meat or eggs and rocket or baby spinach

• Paleo bread or sprouted gluten free grain toast with stir fried mushrooms and fresh basil

• Paleo or sprouted toast with nut butter, avocado and sliced fresh tomato

• Prosciutto, egg and veggie muffins. You can make this ahead. Recipe here

• Hidden greens with bacon or sausage. Recipe here

• Eggs any way – poached, scrambled, vegetable omelette, pre made frittata. Add some greens

• Broth with a handful of greens and a protein. Recipe here

• Soup like pumpkin and broccoli. Could add a protein like bacon, or leftover chicken

• Leftover vegetable and meatballs. Make ahead and reheat. Here's one recipe for turkey meatballs

• Beetroot salad with bacon. Salad recipe here

• Fill half and avocado with an egg and grill or bake, dressing with sprouts or chopped herbs

Sweeter

• Quick 3-ingredient banana pancakes. Recipe here

• Coconut or whole dairy (if tolerated) yoghurt with (wild) berries, mixed nuts and seeds

• Paleo or sprouted toast with nut butter, ½ sliced banana and coconut flakes

• Paleo granola with milk of your choosing and berries or papaya. Recipe here

• Smoothies e.g. detox green, pick me up, super berry, mega magnesium, choc-cauli. Some recipes here

• Super green muffins. Recipe here

• Paleo breakfast cookie using nut flours

• Quinoa pear porridge. Recipe here

• Chia pots. Recipe here

• Breakfast bars (no added sweeteners please)

• Buckwheat cinnamon groats (soaked the night before)

• Zucchini fritters with green sauce. Make ahead or eat when you have more time. Green goddess sauce recipe here

• Coconut chia pancakes, for when you have more time. Recipe here

• Occasional fermented oats (if you tolerate them) recipe

Happy eating!

Nore xo