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The brunch recipes people actually make again

Tested, measured brunch and breakfast recipes: real timings, per-person quantities, and the steps that actually change the result.

Every recipe gives real timings, adjustable per-person quantities, and estimated nutrition. No three paragraphs of preamble before the ingredient list.

Morning drinks

Coffee, hot chocolate and juices. Half the brunch experience, and almost always the rushed half.

A mug of thick homemade hot chocolate 10 min
  • Quick
  • 4 ingredients

Real hot chocolate: the old-fashioned recipe

Thick hot chocolate made with melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder, in 10 minutes and 4 ingredients.

  • 310 kcal
  • 9.1 g protein
  • 3.2 g fibre
  • Very easy

Per serving, estimated from the ingredients

Savoury

Eggs in every form, toast and tartines. The only part of the table that has to be cooked to order.

Creamy scrambled eggs served on a slice of toast 10 min
  • 10 minutes
  • 5 ingredients

Creamy scrambled eggs: the right method

Scrambled eggs that stay creamy: the right temperature, the stirring rhythm, and why salt goes in last. …

  • 248 kcal
  • 16.8 g protein
  • Easy

Per serving, estimated from the ingredients

Pancakes and sweet

Pancakes, waffles, French toast. Ratios to the gram, because that is where it is won or lost.

A stack of fluffy pancakes at breakfast 25 min
  • No baking powder
  • Whipped whites

Pancakes without baking powder

Thick, fluffy pancakes with no baking powder or bicarbonate: the rise comes from whipped egg whites. 8 …

  • 138 kcal
  • 4.5 g protein
  • 0.5 g fibre
  • Easy

Per serving, estimated from the ingredients

Healthy breakfast

What actually keeps you going until lunch, with the protein figures to check it.

A bowl of crunchy homemade granola at breakfast 45 min
  • Batch for 10 days
  • No refined sugar

Homemade granola: the crunchy cluster recipe

Crunchy homemade granola in big clusters, baked at 150 °C: the exact ratio, the slow bake, and the one …

  • 285 kcal
  • 7.6 g protein
  • 4.7 g fibre
  • Very easy

Per serving, estimated from the ingredients