Ayurveda and TCM have confidently secured their place in our Instagram feeds with modern interpretations. Both old teachings rely on warm breakfasts - and on cold days we literally long for a warm breakfast porridge instead of a cold smoothie. But a healthy, warm breakfast isn't just beneficial for the body on cold days.
Here you will find tips for your warm breakfast and simple recipe ideas that will help you start the day relaxed and strengthened.
What are the benefits of a hot breakfast?
According to Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, a warm breakfast has several advantages over cold foods:
- On the one hand, it is more digestible because warm foods are easier to digest than cold ones.
- This also has the effect that the body does not have to use as much energy for digestion.
- You feel lighter and experience less fatigue than after a heavy first meal.
- The result: more well-being to start the day!
Of course, reheating yesterday's pizza in the microwave isn't enough to enjoy all the benefits of a hot breakfast. The meal should not only be warm, but also nutritious and easy to digest, so that the body gets the greatest benefit from the warm meal.
Breakfast should provide nutrients and fill you up, but not be too heavy. The basis for the first meal is steamed fruit and breakfast porridge made from cereal flakes in combination with warming spices and plant-based drink. It doesn't always have to be porridge: you can also create completely different warm recipes from cereal flakes.
Is a warm breakfast really healthy?
Whether you should have a warm breakfast always depends on where you are and what time of year you are. On winter days when there is hardly any light and you are sitting at the breakfast table with two pairs of socks, a warm porridge for breakfast is a real treat. Studies show that heat has a calming effect: warm food stimulates the nerve cells in the mouth, which measure temperature and transmit information to the brain. Warm foods are particularly pleasant for the body in cold or stormy weather.
When summer temperatures climb above 30 degrees at 8 a.m. in the morning, you're probably craving a refreshing smoothie rather than a warm porridge.
In addition, everyone has a different digestive system and can therefore digest cold foods more or less well. You therefore have to find out for yourself whether you would rather start the day with creamy warm porridge or a refreshing smoothie bowl .
Whatever recipe supports your personal well-being: trust your gut feeling and stop letting other people's eating habits influence you.
Sweet recipes for your healthy warm breakfast
You can now unpack your bowls and plates: these recipes will give you ideas and inspiration for a warm breakfast that will not only brighten up rainy autumn days. Let yourself be tempted by tropical muffins, juicy brownies or creamy porridge.
Simple Porridge Variations
Oatmeal not only keeps you full for a long time, it also gives you energy for a long time and provides strength for long and strenuous days. Topped with a little nut butter, seeds and kernels and fresh fruit, porridge is the perfect warm breakfast for every day. Our 12 favorite porridge recipes offer you enough variation options so that you don't lose the joy of the cereal porridge.
Cinnamon rice pudding with warm compote
On cold days, nothing lifts the mood like warm rice pudding with a heavenly sweet compote of grapes and plums. Even better: you use rice pudding flakes instead of whole grains of rice and your healthy warm breakfast is ready in just a few minutes. Perfect for late risers who only want to get up quickly in the morning and then enjoy their leisurely breakfast in bed.
Chocolate Banana Brownies
What is cake doing on the list of recipes for a healthy warm breakfast? It's simple: our chocolate banana brownies with nut butter swirl are made from sprouted grains, coconut oil, plant-based milk and bananas. Instead of refined sugar and empty carbohydrates, valuable minerals and vitamins end up on your plate. They taste best straight after baking!
Tropical Breakfast Muffins
Muffins are of course warm if you eat them straight after baking, but what is healthy about this breakfast? It's simple: without refined sugar, these tropical breakfast muffins provide filling fiber and at the same time taste fruity and fresh like vacation. You can also easily prepare the muffins the day before and quickly warm them up in the morning.
Blackberry casserole with spelt crumble
This sweet blackberry casserole is a highlight on the breakfast table, and not just at Christmas time. With just seven ingredients, you can create a festive and healthy warm breakfast that will delight you with its wonderful cinnamon flavor. The sweet and sour berries are refined with crispy spelt crunch.
Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
Pancakes made with the right ingredients give you a warm, cozy feeling in your stomach in the morning. These pumpkin pancakes are made with easily digestible buckwheat flour and are therefore gluten-free. What makes the pancakes so temptingly good are the warming spices: ginger, cinnamon and cloves.
Hearty and warm breakfast
You absolutely don't feel like sweet fruit with creamy cereal porridge in the morning? Then with these tips you can easily have a hearty warm breakfast!
Salty millet porridge with spinach and sesame
Porridge doesn't always have to be sweet. Next time, simply prepare your grain porridge in a hearty way: Instead of plant-based drink, cook the millet flakes (you can also use oats, quinoa or spelled) in water and use the spices you like: salt, pepper, ginger, cumin or turmeric . You can also simply simmer a handful of chopped vegetables such as carrots, French beans or zucchini. Top the cooked porridge with avocado, fresh herbs, peppers or blanched spinach and sesame - your hearty alternative to sweet porridge is ready.
Warm breakfast with bread: Is that possible?
Admittedly, bread is not always easy to digest and is usually eaten cold. However, you don't have to give up bread just because you want a warm breakfast. Simply toast your bread fresh and enjoy it warm. Serve with tofu scramble or fried vegetables such as mushrooms, spinach and tomatoes. Vegetable or pulse spreads with fresh herbs are also a healthy bread topping if you don't want a completely warm breakfast: This is what a healthy breakfast with bread tastes like.
Savory pancakes with avocado cream
We love all kinds of pancakes, but we also love pancakes in the morning - especially when they come with a creamy avocado filling. A warm breakfast that will definitely make you happy! You only need three ingredients for the dough:
- 1/2 cup buckwheat flour
- a pinch of salt
- and 1/4 tsp turmeric.
How does my breakfast stay warm on the go?
There isn't always enough time to enjoy your cereal porridge warm straight after cooking. Are you convinced that your warm breakfast supports digestion and metabolism? Then don't miss out on these advantages and get a thermal mug that will become your new, loyal companion. This keeps your breakfast warm until you can eat it in peace at work, in class or on the train.
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