Grab a packet of sugar-laden cereal off the shelf and gobble it down with some milk –. Or slather a slice of bread (that too grabbed off the shelf) and wolf it down and call it breakfast – that’s your breakfast these days. Have you thought about the nutrition that you are depriving your body of? And all that sugar, preservatives and unknown ingredients that you are putting in your body?
Throughout all these years of trying out various things, I’ve discovered (as clichéd as it may sound) that breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day. Have yourself a nice hearty breakfast and your day is wonderful, because you are fed, your body is happy.
But not everybody has the luxury of making oneself a nice, hearty breakfast every morning because, alas, us poor lot were not born rich and hence need to make a living by heading off to our respective jobs. Me despite being an aspiring blogger, too balance a full time job while I am writing this food blog and therefore I try to find things that would make my life easier at the same time, giving myself and my loved ones the maximum nutrition that the body commands.
This beautiful breakfast loaf is one such creation. Combining apples and Swiss cheese, this easy breakfast recipe is extremely simple to make and will keep up to a week in the refrigerator. Also, did I mention that it is healthier than most breakfast products out there?
Apple & cheese breakfast loaf
Ingredients
- Apples - 300g, peeled, cubed
- Butter - 3tblsps
- Swiss cheese - 300g, cubed
- Plain flour - 200g
- Whole-wheat flour - 200g
- Oats - 150g, quick cooking
- Butter - 120g
- Brown sugar - 100g, light
- Baking powder - 1tsp
- Baking soda - 1 ½ tsp
- Cinnamon - 5tsps, ground
- Eggs - 3
- Milk - 2 cups
- Vanilla - 1tsp
Instructions
- Heat oven to 190C. line and prepare 2 loaf tins with parchment paper.
- In a saucepan, melt 3 tblsps butter. Once hot add the apples and cook till slightly soft but still retains a crunch. Sprinkle cinnamon over and leave till cooled.
- In a separate bowl, cream the butter and the sugar. Add in eggs one at a time. Add the milk gradually and the vanilla. Toss in the apple.
- In a separate bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, plain flour, oats, baking soda and baking powder. Add in the cubed cheese. Toss well.
- Make a well in the centre. Pour the butter mixture into the bowl and mix well. Take care not to mix too much.
- Prepare two loaf pans with parchment paper and plenty of butter. Divide the batter into two pans. Bake in the centre of the oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. This should take 1 hour.
- Serve warm or store in a refrigerator until use. It keeps well up to 1 – 1.5 week.
Deliciously fluffy, soft and fragrant. Crusty on the outside and wonderfully pillowy on the inside. The chunks of apple and cheese combine sweet and salty in a comforting languor while the exotic cinnamon perfumes reminiscent of warm, sunny afternoons. The teeth have much to do in sinking into juicy apple chunks exploding with flavor and creamy cheese hunks coating the mouth with salty lavishness. This bread is softly sweet with the aroma of festivity, beautifully moist and can be consumed by itself but is enhanced when served with fruit. I like to have mine with a bowl of raisins on the side. Yum!
As I said, this is a healthy breakfast recipe that can be executed easily and will have you swelling with pride at the results. Your body is a temple. while it is important to indulge in the “bad” stuff every once in a while, it is also important to keep yourself in perfect shape the rest of the time. This is your secret to a healthy and happy life.
While I name it a breakfast loaf, it is ideal to serve up at tea time as well. A definite crowd pleaser, tried and tested!
