8 Quick Healthy Breakfasts For Busy Students

You know how they say, that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? On average, we have to consume around 2000-2500 calories per day. Moreover, the bigger part of this amount has to be consumed during your breakfast. It gives us just the right amount of energy to last through the day.

Well, for students it is even more important as they undergo lot of stress and challenging situations at school. So it is crucial for them that their body and brain functions are as good as possible. To ensure the same, it is advised that they must follow a healthy diet.

However, not all of them have time to cook. So for those students who are constantly on the run, we have prepared a list of 8 quick but healthy breakfasts.

1. Scrambled eggs

This is the first association that most people have with the word ‘breakfast’. It is super easy to cook and it tastes delicious. To make it taste even better you can add bacon or fresh tomatoes and put some cheese on top. Eggs contain lot of protein so having a breakfast like that will make you feel full for a significant part of the day.

Scrambled Egg

Recipe by sujata hande

Scrambled eggs is a dish made from eggs (usually chicken eggs) stirred or beaten together in a pan while being gently heated, typically with salt and butter and variable other ingredients. There are few other ingredients which can be added in this dish like cheese, chives, herbs etc. It is quick recipe. Whisking and cooking plays an important role in this recipe. Need to whisk eggs vigorously to get fluffier scrambled eggs. Don’t overcook else they will become hard and brown. It will take 3-4 minutes for cooking. This is American style scrambled egg. In Indian style it is called as Egg Bhurji which includes Eggs, Finely chopped onions, tomatoes, green chili and lots of masalas. It is one of the popular street food in Mumbai and named as Egg or anda Bhurji Pav.

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2. Cottage cheese

Dairy products are extremely good for your health and including them into your breakfast routine would benefit you greatly. For example – you could try cottage cheese. Most people are not big fans of it, but it really does wonders for your body.

Paneer (Cottage Cheese) Pudding

Recipe by Monika Patel

After a rainy relaxing weekend, I was in no mood to grab my bag and leave for office at 9.30 in the morning. With traffic jam all over the place due to water logging, Welcome to monsoon. Its raining here and I am just fed up working from Monday to Friday.

I think I need a long break with my office job and all I want to do is cooking some good food and relaxing. Wow who doesn't want that? My boss going to sack me if he got to know all this, with all these thoughts running in my mind the whole day.

I am now back from office and I thought of making my Monday a bit exciting so I ended up making this enticing Paneer (Cottage cheese) pudding.

These lovely cups are not only tasty also healthy. Layered up with all healthy ingredients like Museli, Almonds, Blackstarp Molases, sugar free Paneer (Cottage Cheese) custard & dark chocolate brownie.

Combined together to make a beautiful crunchy creamy Paneer (Cottage cheese) pudding. Try out the recipe, I am sure this will lift up your mind too and these Paneer (Cottage cheese) pudding would give a perfect end to your busy, tiring and boring Monday.

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When I was in college I used to make myself a bowl of low-fat cottage cheese, mixed with almonds, raisins and banana. If you follow this recipe, not only you will get a healthy breakfast, but it will also be delicious.

3. Oatmeal

This grain is among the healthiest on earth. It is especially good for those, who suffer from various digestive system malfunctions. It helps you to clean your body from cholesterol and is a natural resource of vitamin B. It is also great for your skin.

Healthy No-Bake Oatmeal, Dates And Assorted Nuts Energy Bars

Recipe by Donna George

These Energy Bars are the most decadent yet healthy thing to emerge from my kitchen this week, and let me tell you they are worth every crunchy bite! They are the perfect bake-sale treat, hiking snack, or healthy homey dessert.

Or have one for breakfast, with your morning cuppa or a glass of milk.

These home-made energy and protein bars are super healthy because they do not contain any butter or flour. Filled with the goodness of creamy house-made peanut butter and an assortment of nuts and dates, this delicious recipe is definitely a keeper.

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For it to taste better, you might add some raisins and honey to it. Sprinkle it with cinnamon and your perfectly healthy breakfast is ready! Just remember not to eat those fast cooking oatmeal, they are full of sugar and will not benefit or affect your health in any way.

4. Buckwheat with milk

In this case, you have a chance to combine the dairy product with a healthy cereal, how awesome is that? This combination is great for those, who are following a diet or are trying to lose weight.

Buckwheat And Sesame Halwa

Recipe by Sweta Biswal

One of the most popular Makar Sankranti recipes is the ’til-gud’ or ’til ki barfi’. Both the primary ingredients used in this recipe are believed to keep the body warm and their consumption is considered to be beneficial during the cold months. But since sesame and sugar are high in calories, I put my own twist by substituting a portion of the sesame with buckwheat flour.

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Just make sure you are using dairy products that do not contain a high percentage of fat. You can also add a sandwich with cheese to include more calories into your breakfast.

5. Marshmallow

You might think that this is not healthy to eat something like marshmallow in the morning. And you would be wrong here. The thing is that marshmallow is cooked using natural juice and is, in fact, a healthy product. Despite being a light snack, it can bring you this feeling of being full after your breakfast. Combine it with a cup of green tea if you are on a diet – that will just do the trick.

Marshmallows – Home Made

Recipe by Pooja Khanna

Marshmallows are fluffy, chewy sugar candy and we all love them – cute cushiony yummies! Marshmallows have a very soft spongy texture, with delicate sweet flavor.

This home-made marshmallow recipe is a simple way to achieve those yummy fluffy cute looking candies, in your own kitchen.

I found the home-made version more soft and fluffy than the packet ones. They are very delicious and, when you make your own marshmallows; you can cut them into various shapes beside squares using cookie cutters.

If you have a stand mixer, It is super easy to make. And if you don't have one, the hand blender will do just the right job. Only requirement will be that you will need another person to pour in the boiling hot sugar syrup into the dissolved gelatin while you will be slowly whisking.

You will require a candy thermometer, so its easier to know, when to pour the hot sugar syrup to the gelatin.

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6. Smoothies

This is a kind of breakfast for people who are not big fans of eating hard food in the morning and prefer beverages. But you know what, a smoothie can be just as healthy and nutritious as oatmeal or even omelet!

Healthy Mango Greek Yogurt Smoothie Recipe | Mango Smoothie Greek Yogurt

Recipe by Plattershare Food

This healthy mango greek yogurt smoothie is very simple and easy to make. Juicy mango is the most favorite sought after fruit during summer.

Cook or blend or bake them, it is always a special treat. Enjoy this fresh mango smoothie as a part of your breakfast or brunch or snack.

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You just need to combine the right ingredients. For example, you could mix milk, bananas, apples and strawberries. Add a bit of mint and it will be done! There are plenty of other smoothie recipes over the Internet so you can look for something that you would like more. Overall, they are a great option for a morning snack – healthy and nutritious.

Also See: 6 Ingredients That Will Give Your Smoothies a Boost

7. Toasts

This is probably the easiest breakfast option out of all that were mentioned here before. However, there is one thing you must remember and that is choosing a whole grain type of bread. Comparing to white type bread it has much more vitamins.

Cheese Chilli Toast

Recipe by Priyashii’s Kitchen

Mumbai!! We can certainly call it as a home of street food. Cheese Chili Toast is a brunch recipe prepared with Bread Slices and hotness of Green Chilies.

It is a popular Indian Street food snack adapted from United Kingdom. Lazy Sundays, we can skip our breakfast and jump to lunch directly with this brunch recipe, which can be easily prepared within fractions of seconds.

This Cheese and Chili flavored toast will be liked by everyone specially kids. So have a look at the recipe.

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As a topping you could use avocado or nut butter, both options are healthy and really tasty. Add some chia seeds as well; they contain a high level of calcium (6 times more than milk!). In addition, you could make yourself a cup of cocoa, this drink is perfect for the morning as it gives you energy, but unlike coffee – this one will have a long-lasting effect.

8. Fruit salad

Fruits contain all necessary elements for filling you up with energy for the day. In addition, they are usually tasty so it is a double win! This is a great option for those, who are in a huge hurry every morning. 

You can make the salad in the evening and leave it in the fridge – it will be just as tasty in the morning. For extra taste, you can put a bit of mint or lime in it. Best is to eat fruit on an empty stomach.

Ambrosia – A Fruit Salad Recipe

Recipe by Plattershare Food

Ambrosia salad recipe is the variation of fruit salads which originated in the United States of America. A fruit salad, fruit cups or fruit cocktail has a variety of fruits with a sauce base.

Ambrosia recipe usually has sour cream, yoghurt or whipped cream as main ingredients with pineapple, oranges, freshly grated coconut and marshmallows added to the salad.

Top it with nuts and dry fruits, ambrosia fruit salad is a healthy and delicious snack or dessert which can be served chill to the kids.

Do you know, In Greek name Ambrosia means – Foods of God meaning "the food that Gods love" and definitely the this fruit salad with marshmallows is a divine bliss. Let's learn how to make ambrosia.

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Do not eat these in the morning

Alongside everything we just mentioned, there are also some foods that you should not include into your breakfast, for example, coffee, black tea or energy drinks.

Sure, they give you that feeling of restoring your energy, but in fact, that is just a chemical reaction that will wear off pretty quickly. After that effect fades, you will feel even more tired and hungry than before.

Conclusion

So here are the 8 quick yet healthy breakfasts for busy students. Whichever recipe you like the most just remember that breakfast is very important and in any case, you should not miss it. It is your biggest source of nutrition and vitamins during the day.

Being a student requires lots of mental work and having a good breakfast will ensure that you will not get too tired from that.

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