Breakfast the Slimming World way

. . . (and not bank-breaking either)

Breakfast is a bit like marmite.  Some love them and some hate them.  The general concensus among nutritionists is that breakfast is a Very Good Thing but I reckon it's what works for you and breakfast definitely works for me.

When I'm planning, sometimes my mind goes blank so this post is as much for me as for anyone else so here's a list of tried and tested breakfasts that I have enjoyed and which fill me up and start the day off with a tasty bang!

Oat based breakfasts:  40g oats = one healthy extra B
. . . plus any syns you add
I add fruit and natural yogurt when appropriate.  Lovely.

Porridge - add any fruit or any spice you fancy, sweeten with stevia or equivalent, add yogurt if you like.  Sheer comfort food, perfect when there's snow on the ground and you have to go out!

Baked oats.  Some recipe links here and plenty online - Google Slimming Eats (or Pinch of Nom) baked oats for bags of ideas.

Overnight oats - look for recipe links as above.  There are so many.  Basically it's oats, fruit and yogurt/milk plus any flavourings or spices, in a jar, left overnight.  Very refreshing after a hot, summer night (no, not that kind of hot, summer night!).

Oat galettes

Basic waffles

Pumpkin oat waffles

Vanilla toffee waffles

Citrus waffles

Banana oat pancakes - great for when you run out of eggs

Banana oat pancakes - with egg

Fluffy Pumpkin oat pancakes


'Cooked' breakfasts
The bacon is either medallions of back bacon with the fat removed.  Sometimes the latter is on yellow sticker which makes it a much more frugal breakfast - I trim, portion out and freeze so I always have some available.

Beany bacon and sausage breakfast bake

Baked eggs

Rosti egg cups

Boiled eggs and toasty soldiers

Fried, poached or scrambled egg on toast

Beans, mushroom or tomatoes on toast (ar a mix)

Bacon and egg roll/sarnie

A selection from bacon, egg, sausage (low syn), hash brown (home made), potato waffle (toasted, around 2 syns per waffle), tomato, mushroom, baked beans, etc.

Tomato baked eggs


Other breakfasts
Anything fruit/yogurt based.  SW does not encourage smoothies, pure juice, etc, but whole fruits are fine.  Some fruit counts as speed and some doesn't, but it's all good!

With all of the above, check the ingredients.  Some count as healthy extras, some need synning but most are free foods.  Do check though.