5 Amazing yogurt breakfast ideas

For all the yogurt lovers who are looking for something different from the usual meusli, fruit and yogurt recipes. Here are a few other recipes with yogurt that will have you back for more.

Mango Lassi

For a soothing drink with a full breakfast or on its own, this will give you a refreshing start to your day. This one is easy and super delicious.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups full-fat plain Greek yogurt
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen mango flesh (frozen is the simple choice and is available in most markets)
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • ½ teaspoon cardamom
  • 1 cup crushed ice
  • Mint, for garnish (optional)
  • Chunks of mango, for garnish (optional)

Full Recipe here

Pumpkin Yogurt Breakfast Parfait

Delicious and healthy, what more can you ask for.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 12 oz plain low fat Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 cup canned pureed pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling!)
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • pinch of allspice
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 4 tablespoons chopped toasted walnuts, plus extra for garnish
  • 4 tablespoons sweetened dried cranberries

Full Recipe Here

Mango Lassi Greek Yogurt Tarts with Almond Crust

This one takes a little longer than the other recipe’s but is definitely worth the wait.

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INGREDIENTS

For the filling:

  • 2 1/2 cups of sliced champagne mango (around 4 mango’s).
  •  1/4 cup of granulated sugar
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  •  Pinch of salt
  •  Pinch of ground cardamon (a little goes a long way!)
  •  1 tablespoon of cornstarch
  •  2 tablespoons of water
  •  2 tablespoons of greek yogurt (you can substitute for soy yogurt if vegan)

For the crust:

  •  1 stick of butter at room temperature (you can replace for 2 ish tablespoons of coconut oil if vegan)
  •  2 1/2 cups of almond meal
  •  2 tablespoons of brown sugar
  •  1/4 teaspoon of vanilla
  •  Pinch of salt

Full Recipe Here

Blueberry Buckle with Lemon Glaze

Can double as breakfast or dessert

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INGREDIENTS

  • For the cake
  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups all-pupose flour
  • 2½ cups fresh blueberries
  • For the topping
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon grond cinnamon
  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces at room temperature
  • For the glaze
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Juice of ½ lemon, add more if needed
  • 2 tablespoons honey or vanilla flavored greek yogurt (optional)
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla

Full Recipe and Instructions Here

Banana Oat Greek Yogurt Muffin

Easy and delicious, its like a banana bread with chocolate.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup (225 g) plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 medium ripe bananas (200 g or 1 cup mashed)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups (160 g) rolled oats (old fashioned or quick)Advertisement
  • 1/4 cup (50 g) brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup (85 g) chocolate chips, mini or regular

Full Recipe Here

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I Duttits- Making a Rainbow Cake

A few weeks ago I posted about not being able to make a proper cake… Well this time I’ve done it. Last week was my husband’s birthday and he requested a rainbow cake.

OK I have to admit, I kind of cheated… I used ‘box’ cake but the colouring I did all by myself :p

I mixed the cake mix as indicated on the box. I used Betty Crocker cake mix and then divided into four bowls and added colouring.

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My plant was to decorate the cake with an icing bag, but my husband doesn’t like buttery icing so the icing was too stiff to push through a bag. Unfortunately I forgot my camera on and I couldn’t take a picture when I finished icing the cake. Therefore I only took a picture after we started eating the cake but here it is

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Happy Hour-White Wine Sangria

Back home one of the pubs near our home use to have happy hour on a Friday. It was the perfect day because it means you can wind down from a stressed filled week. Instead of going to the pub though I have decided to have my own happy hour at home by making a White Wine Sangria

 

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 Bottle Sweet white wine
  • 1/2 cup Raspberries
  • 1/2 sliced Lemon

Put everything together in a jar or bottle. Serve chilled.

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5 Ways to spice up Banana bread.

We all how to make a basic banana bread. It is easy and delicious.

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Basic Banana bread recipe.

INGREDIENTS.

  • 6 ripe Bananas ( most people use 4 but 6 makes it moist)
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 250 grams butter
  • 2 eggs
  • teaspoon vanilla essence
  • pinch of salt

Preheat the oven at 180 degrees. Mix all the ingredients together. Scoop into a bread pan and bake for 20 minutes or until ready. I usually have to bake mine for longer because I have a tiny Wiswell oven.

The Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Add some cinnamon and chocolate chips to your banana bread and there you’ve got it…

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Recipe Here

Nutella Banana Bread

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INGREDIENTS
  • 4 large ripe bananas { mashed }
  • 1 Cup Butter { room temperature }
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 Cups of Sugar
  • 4 Cups of Flour
  • ½ tsp. Salt
  • ½ Cup Warm Water
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 Cup Nutella
  • 1 Cup Chocolate Chip

Recipe Here

Cream Cheese Filled Banana Bread

For those cheese lovers out there, this one is for you.

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INGREDIENTS

  • Cream Cheese Filling
  • 1 large egg
  • 4 ounces softened brick-style cream cheese (lite is okay)
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Recipe Here

Pumpkin Spice Caramel Banana Bread.

With thanksgiving coming up, this might be the ideal recipe for your holiday.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups all purpose flour + extra to coat pan
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (I used McCormick)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter + 1 Tablespoon to coat pan
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs beaten
  • 6 mashed bananas
  • 1/2 cup caramel bits (I used Kraft Caramel Bits)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe here

Banana Bread Doughnuts

Last but not least, if you’re not in the mood to make a whole banana bread, why not make some doughnuts then.

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INGREDIENTS

Blend:

  • ½ C butter
  • ½ C applesauce
  • 3/4 C sugar
  • 2 whole eggs and 4 egg whites
  • Add:
  • 2⅔ C flour
  • Add:
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (about ½ a lemon)
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 4 overripe bananas- add one at a time

Browned Butter Glaze:

  • ¼ C butter, browned on stove
  • 2 C powdered sugar
  • ¾ tsp vanilla
  • 2-3 Tbsp lowfat milk

 

Recipe here

 

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Planning the perfect High-Tea

Even before Alice in Wonderland people have been enjoying High-Tea parties.  In the past the High tea was more of an afternoon treat to ease the hunger as dinner use to be served at 8pm. Nowadays however we can’t afford the luxury of tea time snacks during our busy work schedules. Therefore High-tea is reserved for special occasions and holidays

High-usually consists of sandwiches, cakes and scones served with tea.

Decor

Table arrangements

Food Display

The food display will be one of the most important things to get right. You could either display all the treats on the guest tables or have a separate food table.

For great ideas on how to decorate a food table you can buy Amy Atlas’s book ‘The Cake Parlour Sweet Tables’.

Food

Sandwiches

Adding some colour to the sandwiches always makes it look more edible. The idea is to keep these sandwiches small, and simple but visually appealing

Cakes

Even Marie Antionette knew how to enjoy proper cake. Instead of going for a full sized cake, these bite size cakes are perfect for your guests.

Tarts

Over the years mini tarts has become extremely popular. You could serve anything from apple pie to lemon marangue at your High-Tea

Scones

Never underestimate the basic scone with cream and jam but you could also bake blueberries or orange into your scone to give it a special touch

May your High-Tea be a sweet success!!!

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