If I had to choose – you know back to the wall kinda situation – breakfast is probably my favourite meal of the day.  Normally because I wake up famished but mostly because there’s just SO MUCH choice!  Do I fancy sweet?  Savoury?  Both?  My favourite breakfasts are the weekend ones because we actually get to eat together.  Sometimes there are still alarm clocks involved but the best best ones are where you get to wake up naturally rather than jarred awake by an intrusive noise.  Pad down to the kitchen, kettle on, pancakes whisked up and devoured with sticky fingers.

However, weekday mornings are VERY different.  I’m SO fortunate to be able to work from home but Phil still has the daily commute, office life and office politics to deal with – yet this incredible man still brings ME a cup of tea in bed.  Every morning.  Superstar husband right there.

So I’m always looking for something that’s healthy, nutritious and filling enough to last him all morning and that can be prepared ahead so he can ‘grab n go’ in the morning blur.  And don’t cookies feel like the perfect decadent breakfast.  I mean COOKIES!  FOR BREAKFAST!  That’s what being an adult is all about.  Cookies for breakfast.

Make them healthy cookies – vegan, gluten free and sugar free – pack them with filling oats, quinoa flakes and chia seeds, protein rich peanut butter and warming spices and you have the absolute best of both worlds.

This is quite a soft ‘dough’ once mixed and I scoop about 1 tblsp of mixture per cookie and shape and flatten in my hands before putting on the tray.  They don’t spread so you can place them quite close together.  The chocolate drizzle is optional.  Though I might respect you a little less if you don’t think pretty much everything in life is improved with a little chocolate drizzle.

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