Paleo Diet: The 5 Best Breakfast Ideas

The Paleo diet is a type of diet that is based on the diet of the Paleolithic period. In this article, you will find five breakfast ideas for the “Stone Age diet”.

Paleo diet: breakfast idea with coconut and chia pudding

This recipe is not only super quick to make, but also healthy. Chia seeds are good for your digestive system.

Ingredients for 2 people:

• 250 ml coconut milk
• 200ml of water
• 1 tbsp honey
• 0.5 tsp vanilla powder
• zest of 1/2 lime
• 60 g chia seeds
• 2 handfuls of blueberries

Preparation

Keep in mind that the pudding needs to be set in the fridge overnight.

• Mix the coconut milk with water and honey.
• Then stir in the vanilla powder, lime zest, and chia seeds until well combined.
• Pour the mixture into a glass or mug and let it set in the fridge overnight.
• Scatter the blueberries over the pudding just before eating.

Gluten-free crêpes for Paleo breakfast

The wafer-thin crêpes are perfect for a lazy morning. Ingredients for 8 pieces:

• 2 eggs
• 100 ml coconut milk
• 4 tablespoons arrowroot flour
• 1 tbsp coconut flour
• 1 pinch of salt and vanilla
• 3 tbsp coconut oil

Preparation

The first crepe will never be perfect, but practice makes perfect.

• Put the eggs in a bowl and beat them with a whisk until fluffy.
• Add coconut milk, arrowroot flour, coconut flour, and salt, and mix well.
• Heat some coconut oil in a pan and spread about 2 tablespoons of batter in the pan, starting from the center.
• Place the lid on the pan and let it cook for about a minute until the crepe comes off easily. Turn the crêpe over and fry the other side as well.
• Let the batter cook gradually, adding more coconut oil as needed.

Chestnut bread for a hearty but sweet awakening

The dough works completely without eggs or fat. The taste of the bread is slightly sweet, but at the same time, it gets a pleasantly hearty note from the chestnut flour. Ingredients for a loaf.

• 500 grams of chestnut flour
• 70 g sunflower seeds
• 150 grams of walnuts
• 140 grams of raisins
• 3 tbsp honey
• 1 pinch of salt
• 4 tbsp ghee or pasture butter
• fresh rosemary

Preparation

Allow a little more time for this recipe.

• Soak the nuts and sunflower seeds in water for 4-5 hours. Then strain the water. Also, soak the raisins – for 1.5 hours in 700-800 ml of water. Important: keep the raisin water after straining.
• Preheat the oven to approx. 175 degrees. Grease a loaf tin with ghee or pasture butter.
• Put the chestnut flour in a mixing bowl and gradually add the raisin water and mix to form a smooth batter.
  Then add honey and salt as needed.
• Remove the leaves from 1-2 rosemary and chop them finely. Mix into the batter to taste.
• Also, chop walnuts and sunflower seeds and mix them with the raisins. Stir 2/3 of the mixture into the batter. Reserve about 1/3 of the mixture. Then pour the batter into the baking pan.
• Bake bread at 175 degrees for 20 minutes. Then spread the rest of the raisin-nut mixture on the bread.
• Drizzle ghee or melted butter on top. Then put it in the oven for another 30 minutes.
• When the topping is nice and crispy brown, you can take the cake out of the oven and let it cool.

Avocado Smoothie Bowl for a hip breakfast

The ingredient beetroot gives the bowl a bright red color. Ingredients for 2 people:

• 1 avocado
• 1 beetroot (pre-cooked)
• 1 pear
• 100 ml almond milk

Preparation

You need a hand blender for this.

• Halve the avocado and remove the stone. Scoop out the pulp.
• Wash the pear and remove the core. Roughly dice.
• Blend the pre-cooked beetroot, avocado, pear, and almond milk into a smooth paste using an immersion blender. The bowl is ready!

Golden milk to start the day

Try the new trendy drink. Ingredients for 2 people.

• 1 piece of ginger
• 2 pieces of turmeric
• 150 ml coconut milk
• 150 ml almond milk
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 pinch of ground clove and pepper
• 2 tsp honey

Preparation

Again, you need the hand blender.

• Peel the ginger and turmeric and roughly chop both.
• Put the coconut and almond milk in a saucepan.
• Add ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, and ground cloves. Mix everything and heat for 5 minutes.
• Blend everything and divide the drink between two glasses. Sprinkle with fresh pepper and sweeten with honey to taste.