The Plan: Breakfast and Snack Time

Check out these two simple breakfast and snack recipes from The Plan by Aoife Hearne. This cookbook brings together all the recipes and practical advice you need to reach and maintain a healthy weight for life. Let the healthy choice become the easy choice.

Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. I recommend that you eat something within an hour of getting up in the morning. No matter where I am or what I’m doing I always make sure to start my day with breakfast.

Breakfast Recipe

Porridge and Fruit

A winter warmer – porridge is a staple in my home. You can mix it up with different fruit for variety.

Serves 1

Ingredients

30 g oats
150 ml low-fat milk
1 tsp cinnamon
1⁄2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp honey
Fruit Options
1 small banana
90 g strawberries
90 g raspberries
90 g blueberries
20 g raisins

Place the oats with the low-fat milk and cook for 90 seconds in the microwave or 3–5 minutes on the stove top.

Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Top with sliced fruit and honey.

Serve hot.

Calories:
Porridge 219
Porridge and banana 276
Porridge and strawberries 255
Porridge and raspberries 257
Porridge and blueberries 259
Porridge and raisins 278

Simple Snack Recipe

Baked Berry Squares

These are a hit with everyone in my house! A great snack that you can store in a one-serving container for a quick snack on the go.

Makes 12.

Ingredients

235 g rolled oats
2 eggs
90 g blueberries
120 g apple compote
40 g brown sugar
240 ml skimmed milk
15 g milled flaxseed
1 1⁄2 tsp baking powder
1 1⁄2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1⁄4 tsp salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 175°C/350°F/gas 4. Mix the oats, eggs, blueberries, apple compote, brown sugar, skimmed milk, flaxseed, baking powder, cinnamon, vanilla extract and salt together in a large bowl. Then pour into a 33 × 23 × 5 cm baking tin. Bake in the oven until the liquid is absorbed and the oats are tender, about 25–30 minutes.

Cut into 12 equal-sized portions.

Calories: 130

We hope you enjoyed these two simple breakfast and snack recipes. The Plan is available on our website, Eason and in all good bookstores.

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