You don’t have to set your alarm for 4am to have time for a healthy breakfast.

Here are 3 ways to make your healthy breakfast quicker…

How to make your smoothie in 5 minutes

A morning smoothie might feel like a lot of work you don’t have time for, but with these easy prep tips, you’ll be blending in minutes.

1. Use pre-washed or frozen greens (or pre wash them the night before and keep then in your salad spinner in the fridge). This way you can just toss them in the blender in the morning.
2. Use frozen fruit and freeze your bananas ahead of time. Buy a bunch of bananas and let them ripen for a couple days. Once they’re ripe, peel them, break them in half and freeze them – then they’re ready to go when you want a smoothie. If you prefer avocado instead of banana to make your smoothie creamy, you can find frozen avocado in many grocery stores.
3. Pre portion out your dry ingredients (seeds, protein power, turmeric, matcha, etc) and put them all together for single servings in small containers. Then in the morning you just toss the one container into your blender – fast and easy – instead of getting out all your containers and packages from the pantry and fridge. You can prep these on the weekend for the whole week.

With these steps, you only have to put three things in your blender (greens, fruit and dry ingredients) then add your water or plant based milk and blend.

Need a smoothie recipe? Try my favourite one here

Oatmeal ‘to go’

If you love all the great nutrients in oatmeal (protein, fibre, iron) but don’t have time to cook it in the morning, try these Berry Seed Breakfast Cookies. They’re made with oats, seeds, berries and sweetened only with banana. Bake them on the weekend (they’re quick and easy to make) and you’ll have oatmeal ‘to go’ for busy mornings all week. Get the recipe here.

Crunchy Granola (without all the added sugar)

Granola with your favourite plant based yogurt or milk and fruit makes a quick, easy breakfast. Unfortunately, many packaged granolas contain a ton of added sugar (check the label) making them not as healthy as you might think. To keep your sugars down, try this homemade crunchy granola recipe. I like to make a double batch since it keeps well in an airtight container in the fridge for up to two weeks. Get the recipe.

As you can see, a little prep goes a long way in making weekday mornings quick and healthy.

Take amazing care of yourself,

Kim