The six healthiest breakfasts you’ve ever cooked

A healthy and nourishing breakfast is the key to a good and productive day. That's why your meal should be not only delicious but also nutritious.

Bright Side has collected six ideas for the perfect breakfast - for all those who are fed up with regular oatmeal or eggs.

Oat pancake

You will need:

• 1 egg
• 1 egg white
• 3 tablespoons of rolled oats
• 3 tablespoons of milk
• cocoa powder (if you want to make a chocolate pancake)

How to make it:

1. Combine all the ingredients and mix them well.
2. You can cook the pancake either with oil or without it. Pour the batter in a skillet, cover it with a lid and cook each side until it turns brown.
3. Serve your pancake with any filling you like. You can also garnish it with fruit and berries.

Squash pancakes

You will need:

• 250g of squash or zucchini
• 2 eggs
• 30g of rye bran or dietary fibre
• Salt and pepper
• Ricotta or cream cheese
• Natural yogurt

How to make it:

1. Grate the squash. Add the eggs and bran, and mix well. Season the batter with salt and pepper.
2. Scoop the batter into a skillet and fry each side until the pancakes are done.
3. Make the sauce: combine the yogurt and ricotta, and mix thoroughly to get a smooth paste.
4. Serve the pancakes hot with the sauce.

Sweet rice rolls

You will need:

• 100g of cooked rice
• 2 egg whites (or 1 egg)
• 80g of ricotta
• Blackberry or any other berries (you can use banana or other fruit instead)

How to make it:

1. Combine the rice and egg whites. Scoop the batter in a dry skillet and cook each side until it's done. Make pancakes out of all the batter.
2. Mix together the ricotta and berries (or fruit) to make a smooth paste.
3. Spread the filling over the pancakes and roll them up.

Apple with oat and ricotta filling

You will need:

• 1 tablespoon of ricotta 
• 1 big apple
• Cinnamon 
• Nutmeg 
• 1 teaspoon of shelled walnut 
• 1 tablespoon of rolled oats 
• Honey

How to make it:

1. Wash the apple and carefully remove the core with a knife. 
2. Put the ricotta, rolled oats, walnut and cinnamon into the apple. 
3. Bake it for about 15 minutes (the apple should be soft). 
4. Serve the apple either hot or cold. Pour on some honey. You can also add natural yogurt or cream cheese.

Sweet oat pancakes

You will need:

• 50g of rolled oats
• 2 eggs 
• 15g of raisins
• Sugar substitute or honey

• 50g of fat-less ricotta

How to make it:

1. Mix all the ingredients with a tablespoon. 
2. Fry each side of the pancakes in a skillet.
3. Serve the pancakes hot. You can also top the dish with low-fat cream cheese or ricotta. 

Oatmeal served in a jar

  You will need:  

• 1/2 cup of rolled oats
• Ricotta
• 2 tablespoons of natural yogurt
• 1 banana
• Berries according to taste
• A pinch of cocoa powder or cinnamon (if desired)
• 1 teaspoon of honey (if desired) 

How to make it:

1. In a jar or food container with the lid, make layers of rolled oats, ricotta, 2 tablespoons of natural yogurt, berries and slices of banana. Sprinkle with cinnamon or cocoa powder if you like.
2. Screw the lid onto the jar. Shake the jar and leave it overnight. 
3. Enjoy the delicate and healthy dish in the morning. Add some honey, if you like sweet oatmeal.