Much like my uselessness when it comes to lunches, I’m a bit of a breakfast bore. And before we get into nine straight months of porridge territory, I’m striving to fit in the remnants-of-summer breakfasts while I still can.
My first foray into buckwheat for breakfast was courtesy of Loving Earth, when they sent me some of their Deluxe Buckinis as a new-baby gift after I had Pepper. Oh it was a bowlful of beauty, especially with a chopped fresh banana, some juicy strawberries and a dash of coconut cream. Perfect breakfast for a crazy-busy (and crazy-starving) mum.
I created this breakfast after staring at a bag of plain buckwheat in my pantry for what seemed like ever. I just didn’t know what to do with it, and I was also a bit reticent to go to so much effort just for breakfast.
Ha. It’s hardly any effort at all, and SO crunchy, toasty, sweet and delicious. Thoroughly recommended, especially if you have jars of superfood bits and bobs like I do, without quite knowing what to do with them.
It’s customisable according to what you have on hand, but the coconut/banana/berry/nut combo is pretty essential. It gives you all sorts of flavour bursts and the banana and berry add the right kind of sweetness and soft contrast to the crunchy bits.
So without further ado (so much ado! Word vomit or what. Sorry about that), make friends with my buckwheat breakfast:
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Quick! before the weather gets too cold, have this toasty, crunchy, sweet buckwheat breakfast. So good.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup buckwheat
- 2 tablespoons desiccated coconut
- a handful of walnuts, chopped
- A sprinkle each of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sour cherries, white mulberries, and whatever else you’ve got lying around (I use mostly the Loving Earth stuff)
- Yogurt/milk/coconut cream
- 1 banana
- a few strawberries/blueberries/raspberries/all three!
- And when in season – you MUST have fresh mango in it. Holy schnikies, it is utterly divine – I look forward to it every summer!
Instructions
- Toast the buckwheat in a dry frying pan over medium heat for a few minutes until it starts to get some colour.
- Add the walnuts and the coconut and toast for a few more minutes, stirring constantly, until all is golden and toasted. You can add a little coconut oil toward the end, if you like.
- Add your other nuts, seeds, and sour cherries to toast for a minute, and then set aside to cool.
- Serve with your yogurt or milk (mine HAS to be coconut milk, real coconutty), chopped banana and all the berries you can fit.
Keywords: toasted buckwheat cereal, toasted buckwheat breakfast, buckinis
Sounds great…I have to be careful with cereal…as I have a fetish…and snack on them like no tomorrow!!
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Hot damn do I love a good bowl of cereal.
That looks delicious! I’ve just started eating toasted muesli and I love it! I have a ton of buckwheat that I don’t know what to do with, so I’ll give this a crack.
Maybe put the buckwheat IN your muesli!
Yu-um. I love adding the buckinis to the top of my smoothies for the crunch-factor but this looks like an excellent way to use all the bits and bobs I have in my pantry!
I sort of don’t get the point of that? I don’t want my smoothies to be crunchy! Nor do I want to eat them with a spoon, so I’ve just sat here confused for a good couple of months 🙂
That looks super yummy and I never thought of coconut milk ( which would be delicious). I always avoid cereal because I am lactose intolerant and I don’t like the taste/ texture of soy milk on cereal.
yeah I was a bit funny with soy milk and cereal until I found Vitasoy Soy Milky lite. so awesome! But for this I like the richness of the coconut milk/cream.
I too have had buckwheat sitting in the pantry for the longest time. Do you think if I made a big batch it’d store ok?
yep, if you didn’t use coconut oil, maybe keep it in the fridge tho.
I will give it a go then!
is this buckwheat groats?? is that the type of buckwheat I should be using?
Yes, that’s the type! Buckwheat flour wouldn’t work as well 🙂
Yum, you are making me hungry.
I know, I’m just looking at it now thinking how hungry it is making me!
I never stopped eating porridge this year!
I usually make the switch to yogurt at some point in the summer but for whatever reason this year I just kept making porridge.
I think I will give this one a go though…maybe with yogurt and grated apple and chopped dates!
Ha I never stop with the porridge. I love it – and it’s sanctioned by Katie180!
Looks amazing Stacey!
Thanks!
Looks good Stacey I make my own healthy granola ,I’m lazy about breakfast too!
Wow this looks delicious
SO GOOD!
Veggie mama, in my country (Nigeria) we do not have buckwheat, so can normal wheat serve or replace? thanks for blessing my appetite
Oh hello! You’re a long way away! I would use oats 🙂
Oh my, this looks amazing. Hitting the shops to pick up the ingredients…looks too good not to make 🙂 I to am a breakfast bore, so thanks for the inspo 🙂
Haha me too – I hope you like it! the coconut milk… get it.
Do you soak the buckwheat overnight and then toast it? Just wondering about what’s best for digestion. Could I give this to my toddlers for bf?
I don’t, I’m not a big believer in soaked grains. I have no trouble eating it this way. I think it would be great for toddlers, the fruit is a big draw card! 🙂