One of my favorite parts of Christmas morning is breakfast. Just like every other day of my life. [i.love.breakfast.] Our standard Christmas breakfast used to be something like this:

scrambled cheesy eggs
bacon
oranges
cinnamon rolls

Does anyone have a really unique Christmas breakfast menu??

Since I wasn’t going to be with my Ohio family for Christmas, I thought we should have a Christmas eve breakfast get together. Maybe a new tradition? My aunt + Jenna were eyeing up the banana scrambles on the blog recently, so I thought they would be perfect.

And they were…

Cinnamon Banana Scramble

3T rolled oats
1T ground flax meal
1T almond milk [or any milk]
1/2 banana
1t cinnamon
splash of vanilla
1T unsweetened coconut
drizzle of maple syrup/honey/agave [optional]

Mash banana until wet/egg-like with a fork.
Mix in all other ingredients until holding together. *The mixture will be very moist. If it is very thick + dry add a 1/2-1T extra milk.
Heat + grease a pan over medium heat.
Plop the scramble into the pan and shape into a patty, about 1/2” thick.
Cook for about 3min until browned.
Toast bread or english muffin.
Flip + cook until the other side is browned.
Top on toast and slather with peanut butter or other nut butter and whatever other toppings you want.

A few tips/ideas:

If you don’t like coconut, you can leave it out.
You can definitely mix in 1-2T chopped dried fruit and/or chopped nuts.
If you don’t have ground flax meal, add 1T whole wheat flour. [might need to add a little more milk if using flour]
If you don’t like bananas, check out the apple recipe below.
3T pumpkin or sweet potato puree would also work instead of banana or applesauce.
Add any other seasonings you like: ginger/cloves/all spice/etc

Apple Breakfast Scramble

3T rolled oats
3-4T unsweetened applesauce
1T ground flax meal
1T milk
1/2-1t cinnamon
splash of vanilla
1T unsweetened coconut
drizzle of maple syrup/honey/agave [optional]

Heat + grease a small pan over medium.
Mash everything in a bowl until it comes together. *The mixture will be very moist. If it is very thick + dry add a 1/2-1T extra milk.
Plop into pan and form into patty with a spatula. About 3/4” thick.
Cook on each side, until browned, about 3min.
Eat on an English muffin, with toast, or plain.

Literally, just rolled out of bed. :)

If you’re out of ideas for Christmas breakfast, or if you want something hearty, comforting + healthy, this breakfast is for you…and your family!

The parentals. My mom enjoyed an apple scramble and I finished her leftovers. :)

Cutie aunt + uncle! My aunt took notes and is going to make these again soon.

Growing up fast!!

I finally finished AJ’s gift. Another DIY, which was really hard to figure out for a 15yr old boy!

I made him a calendar that I designed in photoshop. This took quite a while but was really fun. I changed the fonts + colors for every month and noted major holidays. I also wrote out a funny teenage slang quotes on the top as the calendar theme.

AJ loved it and said the sayings I picked out were “legit.” Ohhhh, I’m so out of the swing of teenagers!! haha

Some of the sayings were:

“it’s my birthday, yo!” – for his birthday month
“she’s so fly” – february/valentines
“what’s up home skillet?” – older version…what’s up home slice?
“text me.”
“that’s legit”
“don’t be a h8er”

…and 6 others! Very fun gift to make and almost free. I just bought some nice cardstock paper to print it on. I love how it turned out and might make one for myself…with different quotes of course. ;)

It was a sad goodbye to the family but a happy hello to Chris + the pups. I cannot WAIT to sleep in, have a very chill morning opening gifts with the huz, watching movies, playing games and then heading to my uncle’s house for dinner.

No matter what you believe, or what you celebrate, I hope your Christmas [or regular old day] is filled with warmth + love.