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3 fantastic breakfast ideas to make your mornings better
The first meal of the day has never looked this appetizing!

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day– but also the one we often skip due to the early morning rush to prepare ourselves for work and the kids for school. But with a little inspiration and help from The Maya Kitchen, you can certainly put together a hot and healthier breakfast on the fly. So, wake up to a great morning and never miss a proper meal again with these three easy, good-for-you recipes.

Quick, simple and delicious, this Champorado with Whole Rolled Oatmeal recipe only requires four ingredients — MAYA Champorado Mix, whole rolled oatmeal, sugar, and water. A bowl of this flavorful champorado will surely warm your belly and keep it full well until lunch time!

If you have picky eaters who don’t like fruits, the Healthy Breakfast Hotcakes with Fresh Fruits might help change their stubborn mind – plus, it’s so easy to make with the MAYA Original Hotcake Mix that you can even get the kids to join in. Prep the batter and pour it into a slightly greased pan or flat skillet. Just wait for the top to turn bubbly, then flip over. Finish by topping with fresh fruit and maple syrup or honey.

Serve a hearty Beef Pastrami Benedict in less than 30 minutes. Take a piece of ciabatta bread and pile slices of pastrami, tomatoes and arugula leaves. Place one poached egg on top, then drizzle with hollandaise sauce. You can make your own hollandaise at home to use for a variety of meals. Here’s how: Beat egg yolks in a pot of simmering water, remove the bowl from heat, and then pour butter lemon juice, salt and white pepper. Continue mixing until it smoothens, and you’ve got the sauce ready to go.

Start your day right, gather the kids around and make yourselves a hearty, healthy breakfast! If you want to learn how to prepare more easy and impressive meals, check out The Maya Kitchen’s basic cooking and baking classes or log on to www.themayakitchen.com for more awesome menu ideas.

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Champorado with Whole Rolled Oatmeal

Fruity Hotcakes

Pastrami Eggs Benedict


CHAMPORADO WITH WHOLE ROLLED OATMEAL

5 cups                                     water

1/2 cup                                   sugar

                                                        1 pack                                     Maya Champorado Mix, 113.5 grams

                              1/2 cup                                   whole rolled oatmeal

 Boil water with sugar and 1 pack Maya Champorado Mix. Stir occasionally for 10 minutes or until rice is cooked. Add whole rolled oatmeal and continue cooking for another 2 to 3 minutes, add more water if the champorado is too thick. Serve with milk as desired.

Yield: 4 to 5 servings

HEALTHY BREAKFAST HOTCAKES WITH FRESH FRUITS

                            1 piece                                   medium sized egG

2 tablespoons                       oil

      3/4 cup                                   water

                                                                   1 pack                                     Maya Original Hotcake Mix, 250 grams

                                                                                             assorted fruits for toppings

                                                                                maple syrup/honey

Beat egg slightly in a bowl, then add in water, oil and hotcake mix. Stir just until slightly lumpy (do not overmix). Pour 1/4 to 1/3 cup batter onto a pre-heated slightly greased pan or flat skillet. Cook until bubbly. Turn to cook the other side. Topped hotcakes with assorted fruits and pour maple syrup/honey on top. Serve.

Yield: 8 to 10 hotcakes

BEEF PASTRAMI BENEDICT IN BENEDICT

         3 – 4 pieces                            ciabatta bread

                                                                  Olive oil, as needed

8 slices                                   pastrami

       1 piece                                   egg, poached

                                                                                           sliced cherry tomatoes, as needed

                                                                            arugula leaves, as needed

                                        3 pieces                                 poached egg or soft cooked egg

                                                                                 prepared hollandaise sauce

Lay a piece of ciabatta bread on to a plate. Drizzle olive oil on bread. Arrange slices of pastrami, tomatoes and arugula leaves on top of slice of ciabatta, place 1 poached egg on top then drizzle with prepared hollandaise sauce.

Hollandaise Sauce:

                1/2 cup                                   clarified butter

         2                                              egg yolks

1 1/2 teaspoons                    water

           1 1/2 teaspoons                    lemon juice

                                                                                           salt and white pepper to taste

             6 pieces                                 poached egg

Put the egg yolks and water in a bowl placed over a pot of simmering water. Make sure the bottom of the bowl, does not touch the simmering water. Beat vigorously with a whisk until lemony in color. Remove bowl from the heat then slowly pour in the clarified butter while beating continuously and vigorously, until emulsified. Season to taste with lemon juice, salt and white pepper. Set aside.