Are you thinking about the best Christmas-themed breakfast to try this year? Don’t worry, we have that sorted for you already. We have made a list of some fascinating and easy-to-make simple Christmas breakfasts that will give you a memorable season like no other. These meals are light enough to serve as breakfast, yet tasty enough to leave you wanting more. Read on to discover these awesome meals and their recipes.
Easy-to-Make Christmas-Themed Breakfast
This list contains both drinks and meals that can pass for a light Christmas morning breakfast when eaten alone or in combination with other meals as desired.
1. Raspberry Chia Jam
The raspberry chia jam is a Christmas-themed breakfast recipe to enjoy with your main meal.
Yields: 1
Duration: 30mins
Ingredients
- 2 c. raspberries
- 1 tbsp. pure maple syrup
- 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp. black chia seeds
Procedure
- Cook raspberries on medium heat for about 8mins until it becomes syrup
- Next, stir into lemon juice and maple syrup. Add chia seed and leave for 20 mins
2. Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon & Chives
Yields: 4
Duration: 35mins
Ingredients
- 2 English muffins (halved)
- 4 eggs
- 8 slices smoked salmon
- 2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
- A little butter
- Chives (chopped)
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
- 2 tsp. white wine vinegar
- 125g unsalted butter (diced)
Procedure
- Mix lemon juice and vinegar in a bowl, then add egg yolks and whisk until foamy and light. Next, place the bowl in boiling water and continue to stir the mixture. Add butter until it thickens. Season your hollandaise sauce and keep it warm.
- Boil a pan of water and add vinegar to it, then put in your eggs and cook for about 4mins to get poached eggs.
- Finally, toast and butter muffins lightly, place slices of salmon, an egg, and some hollandaise on it, then garnish with chives.
3. Marshmallow Snowman Hot Chocolate
Make your favourite hot chocolate into a Christmas-themed breakfast by adding the marshmallow snowman. Your kids will love this.
Yields: 1
Duration: 5mins
Ingredients
- ¼ c. baking cocoa
- 4 c. milk
- ⅓ c. hot water
- ¾ tsp. vanilla extract
- ½ c. sugar
- A little salt
- 3 regular sized marshmallows
- Pretzel sticks
- Chocolate cookie icing
- Candy corn
Procedure
- First, make your hot cocoa. Mix cocoa, sugar and salt in a saucepan, then add water and boil for 2mins while stirring. Next, add milk and vanilla, still stirring. Remove heat once you reach serving temperature. After, whisk until frothy
- Next, use icing to make eyes and a mouth on the marshmallow. Open a slit in the middle and put candy corn as the nose. Also, open another slit at the back and press marshmallow onto the mug’s edge
- On another marshmallow, press in 2 dots of icing sugar for buttons and 2 pretzel sticks by the side for arms.
- On the third, add a dot of icing for a button and 2 pretzel sticks for the legs, then place them gently in your mug.
4. Chili Chocolate Waffles
Yields: 10
Duration: 25mins
Ingredients
- 2 c. flour
- 1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp. chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 3/4 c. milk
- 4 tbsp. butter (melted)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Fresh berries, whipped cream, maple syrup, powdered sugar (Optional)
Procedure
- First, preheat the waffle iron. After, cocoa powder, mix flour, baking powder, sugar, chilli powder, cinnamon and salt in a bowl.
- Next, mix eggs, butter, milk, and vanilla extract in another bowl. Combine the two mixtures and whisk into a smooth batter.
- Apply olive oil to the waffle iron and pour in the batter. Then, cook thoroughly until crisp.
- Add toppings (if desired) and serve.
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5. Red-and-Green Fruit Salad with Mint Syrup
The green and red colour combination gives your salad the touch of a Christmas-themed breakfast
Yields: 8
Duration: 40mins
Ingredients
- 1 c. red grapes (halved)
- 2 qt. strawberries (halved or quartered)
- 4 kiwis (peeled and cut into half-moons)
- 1/2 honeydew melon (peeled, seeded, and chopped)
- 1 c. green grapes (halved)
- 1/3 c. pomegranate seed
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. fresh mint
Procedure
- Boil sugar and ½ cup of water over medium heat, then remove heat and add the mint. Leave the syrup to cool for about 30 mins, then strain in a fine strainer. Refrigerate your mint syrup in a covered container.
- Next, put strawberries, grapes, melon, kiwis, and pomegranate seeds in a bowl and toss.
- Finally, drizzle the mint syrup over the fruit and serve.
6. Migas
Yields: 4
Duration: 10mins
Ingredients
- 8 large eggs
- 1 tbsp. olive oil or unsalted butter
- 1 c. tortilla chips (crushed)
- 2 oz. pepper Jack cheese (shredded)
- 1/4 c. pico de gallo
- Kosher salt and pepper
Procedure
- Whisk eggs, 1tbsp water and ½ tsp each of salt and pepper
- Put oil or butter in a pan over medium heat and cook egg for 2-3mins while stirring
- Lastly, put in tortilla chips, pepper jack, and pico de Gallo
7. Pomegranate Sparklers
Enjoy a Christmas-themed breakfast with this pomegranate sparklers that is both simple to make and healthy. See its health benefits.
Yields: 6
Duration: 5mins
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. pomegranate seeds
- 1 8-ounce bottle of pomegranate juice (chilled)
- 1 bottle sparkling white wine (chilled)
Procedure
- Put pomegranate seeds in 6 cocktail glasses
- Pour in pomegranate juice till the glass is half full, then add sparkling wine
Last Words
Sumptuous meals are better experienced than told, and what better time is there to experience the best simple breakfasts if not Christmas, a season of unlimited fun and experiences? Try new meals with your family with these Christmas-themed breakfast recipes and create lasting memories from the season.
Kindly let us know in the comment section which Christmas themed breakfast you enjoyed best.
