Try these Breakfast Buckwheat Bowls with Fruit if you're looking to get out of that breakfast recipe rut. These buckwheat bowls are super healthy, filling, and tasty. They are also gluten free!
As a food blogger, I always have dozens of lunch and dinner recipe ideas that I want to try. But our breakfasts are usually super predictable.
We do overnight oats most weekdays days (such as these tropical overnight oats, or of these overnight oat topping ideas). And on weekdays we switch off between homemade breakfast sandwiches and pancakes (such as these carrot cake pancakes or pumpkin spice pancakes - because I like to sneak in a little hidden veggies in our pancakes!).
I don't get too creative with breakfast because I am always SUPER HUNGRY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. I just do what's quickest and requires the least effort on my part.
Anyone else like this??
Buckwheat for breakfast
Once I discovered that buckwheat makes a GREAT morning porridge, I was excited to have another option for a quick breakfast recipe.
Buckwheat cooks in just 10-15 minutes, and it's pretty much impossible to mess it up. Which is perfect for mornings - I don't function well before I have my coffee.
Buckwheat breakfast bowls
For this recipe, I cook buckwheat in a mixture of water and milk (any milk - cow's milk or a vegan milk alternative) and a bit of agave syrup. Cooking buckwheat in water+milk+agave gives it a nice flavor and makes it a bit sweeter than if you were to cook in in plain water.
It's the same idea as cooking oatmeal - it doesn't taste great if it's just cooked in water without milk or any sweetener.
Then I simply top the buckwheat with fresh fruit, a drizzle of agave or honey, some chia seeds, shredded coconut, and basically anything else that I like!
Super simple.
Healthy breakfast
These buckwheat bowls are loaded with nutrients: Buckwheat itself is SUPER nutritious. It is a pseudograin, meaning it's not really a grain, but people eat it like it's a grain. Buckwheat has fiber, protein, and a ton of nutrients and vitamins. Buckwheat is also gluten-free.
I wrote more about buckwheat in my recipe for buckwheat kasha with mushrooms, if you are curious to learn more about buckwheat.
The fruit adds fiber, antioxidants, and vitamins. All of this means you have a very tasty, filling bowl that is good for you.
Not bad for a 15 minute breakfast!
Perfect for meal prep
You can double or triple the buckwheat recipe and cook a bunch of it, so you have cooked buckwheat ready to top with fruit and eat for breakfast. PERFECT for meal prep!
Or just cook it the night before and then top with fruit in the morning, so you don't have to think about breakfast first thing in the morning. If you're like me and you're tempted by less healthy breakfasts in the morning, this is a smart thing to do.
Other variations for these buckwheat bowls
You can switch up these buckwheat bowls so you are not eating the same thing every day. Some ideas for you below:
- Top the buckwheat bowls with different fruit, such as sliced strawberries, mango, apples, pears, raspberries, blackberries, or peaches
- Stir in a heaping tablespoon or two of Greek yogurt to give the buckwheat kasha a thicker consistency
- Add a pinch of cinnamon and brown sugar instead of agave or honey
- Add some hemp hearts for extra crunch and nutrition (get them here)
- Top these with freeze dried fruit. I absolutely LOVE freeze dried strawberries on top of breakfast buckwheat! These are great and last me a while
- Add some slivered almonds, crushed walnuts or pecans, or pepitas (such as these) and some dried fruit, such as dried cranberries or raisins to these breakfast buckwheat bowls. It's a great crunchy and sweet combination!
source: https://www.babaganosh.org/breakfast-buckwheat-bowls
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