Hello again my friend!

I hope you had a wonderful Shavuot and were able to enjoy the gorgeous weather we've been having recently.

My email this week is all about breakfast. Often dubbed "the most important meal of the day", it's sadly all-too-easy to overlook a good breakfast in the bustle of the morning rush. However a well-balanced, nutritious breakfast can set the tone for your whole day. Choose wisely and you'll fill up with slow-release energy to keep your mind sharp and your metabolism humming. Plus you can curb those mid-morning hunger pangs that can lead to unhealthy snacking or a grumpy disposition! Eating a healthy, filling breakfast is like fuelling your car before a long journey. You don't want the fuel light to come on before lunch, do you?!

Give yourself the breakfast you deserve by choosing healthy foods that are packed with essential nutrients and delectable flavours. Simple options like nut butter and berries on wholegrain sourdough toast, or scrambled eggs with sliced vegetables, can be power-packed meals that give your body all the good things it needs to start the day. Add a rainbow of fruits, whole grains, proteins, and healthy fats and breakfast can go from a mundane munch to something altogether magical!

Recently I've been enjoying chia pudding with yogurt as my breakfast of choice. It's light, creamy and delicious and fills me up till lunchtime with its excellent balance of protein, fibre and healthy fats. I like it topped with fresh summer berries, or sliced banana and crunchy seeds, but the options are endless. You can find my recipe and all the details here. ​

Below you'll find more of my favourite healthy breakfasts that are perfect now that the weather is warmer - no hot bowls of porridge here! Why not enjoy a delicious, nutritious breakfast outdoors? Let's make the most of Summer!

Delicious breakfasts to start your day off right

Below are some of my favourite breakfast recipes to set you up for the day and power you through till lunchtime, and beyond!

• ​Israeli breakfast platter​
  Filled with fresh vegetables, cheese, eggs and olives, this filling wholesome breakfast always feels like holidays to me!
• ​Homemade granola with apple and honey​
  Crunchy and delicious, enjoy it with yogurt and fruit, or simply add milk for a quick and nutritious bowl of cereal.
• ​Easy banana scones​
  Put your spotty bananas to good use! These naturally sweet banana scones can be made in advance and enjoyed for breakfast with butter, jams, nut butter, honey, or any combination!
• ​Easy mixed berry chia jam​
  Chia seeds are bursting with protein and fibre, and provide the thickener in this super-fruity sugar-free jam. So simple, and perfect on toast, swirled into yogurt, or a a banana scone!
• ​Bircher muesli (overnight oats) with berries and nuts​
  Naturally high in heart-healthy beta-glucans, oats provide slow-release energy and fibre too. Berries and nuts add antioxidants, vitamins and essential minerals.
• ​Sugar-free breakfast muffins with granola topping​
  A wonderful, naturally sweetened make ahead breakfast packed with nutritious ingredients like fruit, veg and whole grains. Delicious plain, or split and buttered.
• ​Fruit and nut yogurt parfaits
  Delicious pots of fresh berries, creamy nut butter and yogurt, in beautiful layers, topped off with crunchy flaked almonds.
• ​Seven species granola bars​
  Made with the Biblical seven species, these chewy bars have a unique flavour and are a tasty, nutritious breakfast or snack.
• ​The best fruit salad​
  ​A big fruit salad will keep in the fridge for a couple of days, so you can shovel out a portion for breakfast with almost no effort! Did you know that fruit salad fills you up for longer than the same amount of fruit in a smoothie? Read this to discover why.

Looking for something else? You'll find all my breakfast recipes here,or else use the search box and drop down menus at the top of family-friends-food.com to locate whatever you're after.

Shabbat recipe of the week!

When the weather is warmer, classic Shabbat dishes like kugel, cholent, hot soup and the like are altogether too much! It's cold dishes and salads all the way, in my opinion.

This Italian tuna and white bean salad, served in crispy lettuce cups is easy to make, delicious, and cool and refreshing on a hot day. They're easy to serve as a starter, or simply add them to a menu of fish and salads for a delicious and beautiful option.

Shabbat Shalom

Half term is behind us, so it's just Shabbat and then we're back into the old routine! Definitely need to make the most of this one.

Here's wishing you Shabbat Shalom - a Good and Peaceful Shabbos! May it bring blessings of health, happiness, peace and safety to everyone.

With love, Helen x.

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