9 Simple Breakfasts That Won't Give You a Sugar Rush

Muesli, the Swiss standard, and their little sisters overnight oats and chia pudding, are creamy, spectacularly mushy, and utterly comforting. Fold in fresh fruit, coconut shreddies, nuts and seeds, fruit juice, yogurt, milk or alt-milk. Go to bed. Wake up to breakfast.

Find the muesli recipe here and the chia seed pudding recipe here. 

With a crust that’s just nuts and a tablespoon of honey, and a filling that’s straight-up yogurt, you’ve got a super-high protein, super-low sugar breakfast that’ll keep you going for a while. And you could easily switch up the yogurt (vanilla? fruity?) and the fruit depending on which way the wind’s blowing.

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Two! Ingredient! Banana! Pancakes! That’s all there is to say about that.

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Bet you have all the ingredients (all 6 of them) for these in your pantry. Bet you can’t eat just one! Bet you’ll make a batch next week, too, and another one to stash in your desk drawer.

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Eat it hot. Eat it cold. Eat it in a sandwich. Eat it for breakfast and lunch. Put your leftovers in it! Are you pulling the eggs out of the fridge yet?

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They’re ready in 20 minutes. Twenty! That includes prep time! Oh, and there are just 5 ingredients.

The recipe is here. 

Your eggs (poached, as above, or a weekday-friendlier fried) want to snuggle into a bowl of yogurt. These ones are kicked up with walnuts and chile—but a heavy sprinkle of roughly chopped herbs (and/or a splatter of hot sauce or olive oil) would be really lovely, too.

The recipe is here.

For the person who likes to linger over the paper at breakfast, even on weekdays: Make a batch of shakshuka on Sunday to carry you through the week, but fry (or soft-boil) an egg while your coffee brews every morning. Finish with a swirl of yogurt and a hit of parsley or mint or dill or all three, if you like.

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