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It can be hard to find the time to fit in a breakfast as we rush around in the mornings before college or work. Sometimes, the choice between mascara or toast can be just too much.

However, a new study has found it may be in our best interests to make sure we fit a breakfast in as those who don’t go on to ingest an extra 250 calories a day!

In aid of Breakfast Week, the research found that skipping breakfast and eating extra snacks throughout the day could eventually lead to a weight gain of two stone over one year – wow!

The study also found that when we skip breakfast, we are much more likely to reach for an unhealthy snack throughout the day to make up for it.

There are so many other great reasons to make sure you eat breakfast in the morning from concentration levels to energy levels. It sounds like it may be worth getting out of bed that little bit extra in the mornings!

Here are some healthy and easy breakfast ideas to get you started. 

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This chocolate and nut granola will satiate your sweet cravings while providing you with a healthy, clean and antioxidant-filled breakfast. 

Really, what more could we ask for?!

If you make a big batch of this on a Sunday, it will do you for the week. 

What you'll need:

  • 150g jumbo oats
  • 40g hazelnuts, chopped
  • 40g pecan nuts, chopped
  • 3 tbsp. desiccated coconut
  • 3 tbsp. raw cacoa powder
  • 3 tbsp. maple syrup

What you'll need to do:

  1. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and pre-heat the oven to 180°C. 
  2. In a bowl, combine all of the ingredients, making granola-style 'clusters' with your hands
  3. Spread evenly on the baking tray and cook for about 20 mins, or until golden. Be careful as it can burn very quickly.
  4. Serve with yoghurt and fruit. 
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January is a time for getting our eating habits back on track after the Christmas time indulgence. Not that we regret a thing. Not even eating Bailey’s whipped cream from the tub with a spoon.

Here are some simple and most importantly satisfying breakfasts perfect for January.

1. Avocado on toast
Mmm…is there anything better in life than a perfectly ripe avocado? This is probably one of the easiest breakfasts to whip up.

What you’ll need:
1 slice of toast
½ avocado
Salt/pepper

What you’ll need to do:
Simply slice or mash the avocado on the toast, sprinkle with some sea salt and pepper and you’re good to go! If you want you can also top the avocado with some fried mushrooms or a poached egg!

2. Scrambled egg pita
This is exactly as described, scrambled egg in a pita! It’s fast, filling and so tasty!

What you’ll need:
1 egg, scrambled
1 pita

What you'll need to do:
Toast the pita and add the scrambled egg inside. If you like you can add some rocket, wilted spinach or even juts ketchup – yum!

3. Granola
This one takes a little bit more effort – but it is so worth it! Crunchy, sweet and healthy, this granola can be made at the beginning of the week and kept in an airtight container.

Here’s our favourite granola recipe

4. Smoothie bowl
If you don’t know whether to have granola or a smoothie, why not have both?

What you’ll need:

1 frozen banana
1 handful kale
1 handful of blueberries

What you'll need to do:
Simply blend the smoothie ingredients, pour into a bowl and top with nuts, seeds, granola, fruit – anything goes! Except bacon…

5. Cinnamon toast
This is the perfect Sunday morning breakfast. Sweet and indulgent but with moderately healthy ingredients, this is almost too good of a discovery!

What you’ll need:
1-2 slices of toast
1-2 tsp coconut sugar
2 tsp cinnamon powder
2 tsp Sunflower spread

What you’ll need to do:
In a bowl, combine the spread with the cinnamon and sugar. When the bread is toasted to your liking, spread the cinnamon spread on while still hot and allow to melt. So good with a cup of coffee!

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Porridge is a great, filling morning option, but who has the time in the mornings to make it, let alone to sit down and eat it?

Overnight oats are a really quick fix if you’re looking for a breakfast option to keep you going ‘til lunchtime that you can take along to school or work without mess. And the best part is, once you assemble the ingredients, your fridge does the rest of the work. These oats can be eaten cold if you’re on the go, or they can of course be heated up in the microwave.

The basic idea is one part oats (porridge oats, rolled oats or even basic museli) to one part liquid (your choice of milk or water) in a sealable container. You can add a splash of cream, yoghurt or even orange juice for extra flavour and texture.

Then sweeten the oats with whatever you want – seriously, we mean whatever you want. Honey, maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, seeds, dried fruit, berries, nut butters… the list is endless. Anything yummy, basically. Then pop in the fridge and leave overnight!

Here’s one of our favourite easy recipes that uses yoghurt and milk:

Zingy Strawberry and Chia Overnight Oats

Ingredients:

  • 40 – 50g oats
  • 40 – 50ml milk (almond is tastiest here but whatever you prefer)
  • 40ml Greek or vanilla yoghurt
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1 teaspoon honey or maple syrup
  • 4 strawberries, thinly sliced.

Method:

  1. Mix all ingredients in a sealable container or jar until combined
  2. Leave in fridge for a minimum of six hours
  3. Add fresh strawberries, nuts, or any toppings you prefer – or just eat as-is!
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We don’t know about you, but when we stay in a B&B, we make it our business to make sure we’re up early enough for the fry-up. And if it’s a buffet? Well, we won’t leave until there’s nothing left!

However, it seems we’re in the minority these days as Jurys hotel group have analysed the habits of their one million guests’ breakfast eating habits so far this year, and they found that British guests are eating twice as many fry-ups than Irish guests.

What are we eating instead? Muesli, bran flakes, probiotic yoghurt and fruit. Lovely.

We’re all for healthy living, but surely you can allow yourself a fry-up when you’re on holiday? It’s all part of the fun!

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We all know breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but what we didn’t know was that it can help us burn calories.

According to new research, if you eat a good breakfast,, you will lose more calories than if you skip it.

The University of Bath divided a certain number of people aged between 21 and 60 into a ‘fasting’ group and a ‘breakfast’ group. It’s kind of obvious who did what in each group!

While the study found that having breakfast didn’t stop snacking during the day, those who did have it were more active, making them use more energy – about 442 calories worth.

Principal investigator in the study, Dr James Betts said: “The main finding from our study is that people who eat breakfast burn more calories. Most people would think this is because of reduced snacking and increased metabolic rate but actually this is due to moving around. They were more active during the period that they had eaten breakfast. People moved around if they had been fed and there are many benefits to being active.”

So, if we eat breakfast, we have more energy which we end up burning off anyway – amazing!

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Dublin restaurant BEAR has revealed an exciting new menu – just in time for that lovely Bank Holiday weekend!

The South William Street eatery will launch its new weekend menu this Saturday (May 31st), showcasing a fresh and delicious new twist on brunch.

There’s no need to sacrifice your lazy weekend lie-in,  as the menu is available from 10am to 5pm!

The restaurant will showcase over 20 new dishes across four menu sections – The Early Riser, Weekenders, Grill and Salads.

You can make it personal with a choice of sauces and sides, or add eggs, bacon, sausage – pretty much anything within reason!

There’s a choice of fresh juices or toast the weekend with drinks from the bar.

Get your weekend off to healthy start with Grilled Pink Grapefruit with ginger sugar at €4.75 or Spelt Granola topped with caramel apple, highbank orchard syrup and yoghurt for €5.25.

Stand out weekenders dishes include the Spuntino Egg – a duck egg yolk resting on serrano ham and emmenthal in a nest of crusty bread, drizzled with truffle oil at €8.95, the Red Flannel Hash with steak, beets and potato topped with two fried eggs, served with hot sauce on the side for €11.95, and the Pineapple and Cream Cheese stuffed French Toast, €8.95.

The high heat grills at BEAR will give you a mouth-watering Minute Steak & fries at €10, an 8oz Rump at €14.95 or a 9oz Strip Loin, €19.95.

The sauce selection at two each or three for €5 includes tarragon red wine garlic butter, smoked garlic aioli, roast chili, watercress & horseradish butter, chimichurri, chipotle mayonnaise or pink peppercorn whiskey thyme butter.

BEAR is a collaboration between Jamie Heaslip and Jo’Burger – and buys only from Irish owned companies.

Follow BEAR on Twitter.

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While we’re used to having some simple streaky rashers with our fry, there are now many weird but delicious ways to munch on some bacon pieces.

Bacon Rice Krispie Buns
When sweet and savoury collide. Just stick with your regular Rice Krispie recipe but swap the usual melted chocolate for some peanut butter instead and of course, stick some cooked bacon pieces into the mix as well.

Bacon Cheesecake
Another sweet and salty treat. Make your usually plain cheesecake recipe and sprinkle some bacon pieces on top.

Cheese and Bacon Dip
Not as weird but still really delicious. All you need is some cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream and of course, bacon.

Bacon Cupcakes
An American treat. This bacon and maple syrup mix has become a huge hit with food lovers.

Bacon Cookies
Not only sweet but can also be seen as an arguable breakfast treat. All you need to make these bacon cookies is your regular oatmeal cookie recipe and again, bacon.

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New research has shown that tummy trouble is costing the Irish economy a whopping €45million every year!

The study, carried out by All-Bran, surveyed 500 women aged between 18 and 60 and found that most women (89%) experience embarrassing stomach complaints, such as bloating or gas, at least once a week.

Sound familiar?

One in five (21%) of those who work admitted to taking at least one day off in the last 12 months as a result.

On top of this, one in five (21%) women who have taken time off for tummy woes worry that it has harmed their prospects of a promotion, pay rise or bonus.

13% of women fear it has negatively impacted their relationship with their boss, while a quarter (26%) admitted to avoiding the work toilet for fear of being shown up by their stomach.

More than half (60%) also said that the problems make them feel unproductive and unable to perform at their best at work.

Outside work, the impact can be just as hard to digest. 15% women have missed out on social events or family occasions due to the state of their stomach whilst almost half (49%) said tummy niggles make them feel self-conscious about showing off their body on holiday.

The research also found that almost one in five (18%) of women skip breakfast at least twice a week, which is one of the main causes of poor digestive health.

In response, All-Bran is launching a new campaign – SOS: Save Our Stomachs – to encourage people to up their daily intake of fibre, which is scientifically proven to improve digestive health.

SOS spokesperson, Dr Ciara Kelly said, “Many women see stomach complaints as a normal part of everyday life – but, for the majority, it doesn’t have to be that way.

“Having a healthy diet which you like, by eating healthy foods that you enjoy is the first step towards better digestive health.  Most of us could see a big improvement just by eating a high-fibre breakfast, like All-Bran, every morning.”

For tips on how to improve digestive health, visit www.allbran.ie.

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Get your day off to a good start with these super tasty morning muffins.

What you’ll need:

  • 300g self-rising flour, sifted
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 150g light brown sugar
  • 250ml full-fat milk
  • 2 free-range eggs, beaten
  • 100g butter, melted
  • 25g dried cherries and cranberries

What you’ll need to do:

  1.  Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a muffin tray with paper muffin cases.
  2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and then stir in the sugar.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs and melted butter, then pour into the dry ingredients and quickly mix together. Stir in the dried fruit.
  4. Divide the batter between the 12 muffin cases. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the muffins comes out clean.
  5. Leave to cool for five minutes in the tin before serving or munching yourself.
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Sick of having a fry-up? Here are five delicious breakfast alternatives, which are not only easy to make but healthy too.

Greek omelette
Usual omelette recipe. But instead of the usual ingredients, stick in some chopped tomatoes, olives and feta cheese for this tasty Mediterranean treat.

Tomato egg-stacks
A lot easier than it sounds. Sauté two cloves garlic (finely chopped). Add four thick slices of tomato and cook for one minute per side. Then top off with four fried eggs.

Pineapple and cream cheese omelette
A weird but delicious combination. Again, the usual omelette recipe and then simply add some crushed pineapple, cream cheese and crumbled bacon.

Creamy eggs with bacon
Maybe not the healthiest on the list, but it’s definitely different from having some black and white pudding. Just scramble some eggs and add some cream and bacon. Sounds messy, but it’s delicious!

Cheese and egg sandwich
Simple and definitely different. Spread some cottage cheese on your favourite bread with half a chopped scallion and top with one sliced hard-boiled egg.

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These muffins are decadently healthy and perfect for breakfast on the go.

The secret ingredient to these gently spiced muffins is sweet potato which makes them moist and fluffy.

What you’ll need: 

  • 1/2 large sweet potato
  • 100g almond flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 120ml almond milk
  • 2 handfuls of blueberries
  • Handful of chopped walnuts
  • Zest and juice of one orange
  • 60ml honey
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • Pinch of salt

What you’ll need to do: 

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a muffin tin with liners.
  2. Cook the sweet potato and mash, allow to cool.
  3. In a large bowl mix all of the dry ingredients together.
  4. In a separate bowl beat the eggs, honey, orange and almond milk together.
  5. Add the blueberries and walnuts to the dry ingredients.
  6. Mix the wet ingredients and dry ingredients together to create a batter.
  7. Pour the batter into the muffin cases and bake until a skewer comes out clean, about 25-30 mins.
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