Ten Minutes, Three Ingredients — Breakfast at the speed of weekday morning
Three ingredients, ten minutes, ten options. The discipline of the very short list forces clarity; most of these recipes are recipes the way scaffolding is a building — just enough structure for the eater to see the shape.
I. Banana-Egg Pancakes
One ripe banana, two eggs, a pinch of salt — mash, whisk, fry as small pancakes. The pancakes of last resort that became the pancakes of first choice.
II. Three-Ingredient Granola
Oats, honey, neutral oil. Spread thin; bake at 150 °C for 20 min, stirring twice. Add anything else as a topping.
III. Yoghurt-Honey-Pistachio Bowl
The Greek breakfast. Sharp yoghurt, dark honey, salted pistachios. The Levantine breakfast under a different flag.
IV. Peanut-Butter-Banana Smoothie
Frozen banana, peanut butter, milk. Blend. Don't sweeten — the banana is enough.
V. Avocado-Honey-Lime Toast
Toast, mashed avocado, honey, lime. Tropical and surprisingly canonical.
VI. Cottage-Cheese-Berry Bowl
Cottage cheese, fresh berries, a drizzle of maple syrup. Eastern European in spirit.
VII. Toast-Butter-Marmite
British, controversial, three ingredients, ten seconds. Yes, technically savoury.
∞. Where to go next
If this collection found something useful, the place to keep going is the full A-Z catalogue or one of the cuisine pages. New essays appear weekly on the essays index.