For a Fabulous Fast Breakfast Turn on Your Steam Oven

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and yet the most challenging to prepare because who really has time to spend cooking and cleaning first thing in the morning? However, with a little planning, you can use your steam oven to prepare a variety of healthy foods, many of which can be cooked in advance and quickly reheated. 

Poached eggs are very easy to cook in a steam oven. Simply set the oven to the Steam mode, crack an egg into a lightly oiled ramekin, and cook for approximately five and a half minutes. You can slip the poached egg onto an English muffin breakfast pizza, or you can add some cooked vegetables and cheese to the ramekin before adding the egg.

You can even prepare the poached eggs, refrigerate them when cool, and simply reheat them. In this case, be sure to consume the prepared eggs within three days. You can also steam eggs for hard-boiled eggs or eggs with a softer yolk to enjoy with toast or a grain bowl.

There is definitely a lot to be said for overnight oats, but did you know you can also cook oatmeal in the steam oven? Simply add the oats to a bowl, add water or your preferred milk, and cook in the steam mode for approximately 6 minutes. Even if you leave the oats in the oven for 10 minutes, they will be just fine. It’s a no-fuss, easy, healthy breakfast.

These hearty muffins with grated carrots, apples, walnuts, and coconut are the perfect snack to keep on hand for breakfast. They are very easy to make and freeze well. Of course, you could also make egg and bacon muffins or individual egg bakes and simply reheat them as needed.

Even some desserts can work well for breakfast, such as this blueberry peach crisp with an oatmeal topping. You can enjoy it for dessert with ice cream, reheat it for breakfast, and serve it with a dollop of yogurt.  

Baked French toast makes a wonderful breakfast treat and best of all, it can be prepared the day before. If your oven Timer has a Delay Start option, you can even program the oven to begin heating the following morning, so all you have to do is pop the prepared French Toast casserole into the oven, and in 40 minutes, you will have a delicious, no-fuss breakfast.

So you can see that with a little planning and some advanced cooking, it’s fairly easy to load the refrigerator and freezer with a variety of delicious healthy foods that work well for breakfast and can be quickly cooked or reheated in the steam oven.