Healthy toast toppers 1

I've decided to do a series of healthy toast toppers. It's so easy just to reach for the butter, marmite or jam but there are so many amazing foods you can have on top of toast which will transform a slice of toast and make it more into a meal. There are loads of fruit/veggies that go great on top of toast, so I am going to do a few posts with a few ideas in each for some healthy breakfast or lunch ideas!
All recipes below serve 1.

 Avocado and salmon

Ingredients

1 ripe avocado

2 slices of smoked salmon

1 lemon

Salt

Pepper

Fresh coriander

Your favourite bread

Using the back of a fork, mash your avocado up. Squeeze in the juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon depending on preference, add in some salt (ideally pink himalyan salt or a good quality rock salt) and pepper. Finely chop your fresh coriander (or an alternative herb if you wish) and add this in too. Re-mash the avocado to make sure all the new additions are combined.

Spread your avocado mix over your toast and finish with a 1-2 slices of smoked salmon.

Almond butter and banana

Ingredients

1 banana

Almond butter (or any nut butter)
Optional: Cinnamon

Your favourite bread

This one is pretty self explanatory. Chop your banana into discs. Spread your nut butter over your bread and top with your banana! For a little extra flavour, sprinkle with cinnamon.

Tomatoes, garlic and chilli

Ingredients

Olive oil

Approx 15 plum tomatoes

1-2 red chillies
1-2 cloves of garlic
Fresh basil

Your favourite bread

I like to buy mixed colour tomatoes for this one but it's completely not necessary. Use as much or little of both garlic and chilli as you wish, or of course they can be omitted.

Chop up your tomatoes into different sizes, some havles and some quarters. Finely chop your garlic, chilli and basil.

Add a tablespoon of olive oil into your saucepan on a medium heat and add your tomatoes. After 5 minutes, your tomatoes should start going squishy. Add in the garlic, chilli and basil and cook for a further 2-5 minutes.

Look out for the next healthy toast toppers post (that's a bit of a mouthful to say!) and meanwhile, I hope you enjoy experimenting with what you put on top of your morning slice of toast!

American pancakes (plus 3 fruity toppings)

Pancakes are not something I make often, but when I do (usually as a treat) I really enjoy them. One of my all time favourite pancake toppings is lemon juice and sugar, but today I thought I would be a bit more adventurous and come up with 3 alternative toppings, seeing as Pancake Day (Tuesday 17 February) is creeping up on us.

Scrambled Egg and Spears

One thing I love about the weekends is being able to spend extra time on my breakfast, rather than just throwing some cereal in a bowl or some bread in the toaster as I run out the door for work. There are endless studies which say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it should also be one of your biggest meals of the day. Whether this is true or not, I think it is fairly obvious that your body needs energy when you wake up, as you have just gone an extended period without food. Breakfast actually means breaking your fast. Your body needs fuel to function, so why deprive yourself of it? There's nothing like a good breakfast to set you up for the day, so that's why at the weekend when I have the time, I always make extra effort with my breakfasts.

Nutty Berry Bars

Today I am going to share with you my take on granola bars. Absolutely packed with flavour, they are very substantial and will easily keep the hunger at bay for a few hours. They are a very good alternative to chocolate bars as they have much better nutritional value, are much healthier, and will keep you full for much longer! They really are more tasty too.