4 Healthy Pinoy Breakfast Ideas for Students

The current school year has been holding its classes online due to the pandemic. Because of this sudden shift, some students now have the privilege to have more free time in their schedule. And hey, what better way to spend it than with a plate of freshly cooked Pinoy breakfast.

Here are four recipes you can follow to make a healthy breakfast for students!

Champorado with Gourmet Tuyo

Photo credit: Panlasang Pinoy

Ingredients:
1 cup glutinous rice
4 to 5 cups water
½ cup sugar
4 pcs pure cacao tablea
A pinch of salt
6-12 pieces San Marino Gourmet Tuyo

Perfect for the rainy months, champorado is a timeless Pinoy food staple that can be eaten anytime—even at breakfast! Best of all, you can make your life easier with ready-to-eat San Marino Gourmet Tuyo in glass jars.

Spam fried rice

Photo credit: Salu-Salo

Ingredients:
2 tbsps olive oil
4 eggs , lightly beaten
4 cloves garlic , chopped
1 350g can CDO Chinese-Style Luncheon Meat, diced into small pieces
1 cup frozen mixed vegetables , thawed
4 cups cold cooked rice
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 green onions, sliced thinly

Most Filipinos prefer rice on their first meal, so what better way to energize your day with some fried rice! Simply stir fry day-old rice with cubed bits of CDO Chinese Style Luncheon Meat, throw in your veggies, and you’ve got yourself a meal!

Corned Beef Sinigang

Photo credit: Kawaling Pinoy

Ingredient:
5 cups water
1 small onion, peeled and quartered
2 Roma tomatoes, quartered
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 6-inch radish, peeled and cut 1-inch thick
1/2 of your choice of tamarind soup base mix
2 bunches bok choy, ends trimmed
320g Highlands Gold Corned Beef
salt to taste

The typical Filipino diet always has a viand, so this is for all you ulam lovers! Use your can of Highlands Gold Corned Beef at home in place of meat and follow your usual Sinigang recipe. Now that’s an easy way to make a stew!

Ube Cheese pandesal

Photo Credit: Kawaling Pinoy

Ingredients:
59.15ml warm water
1 packet (2 1/4 tsps) active dry yeast
88.72g white granulated sugar
44.36g butter, softened
2 eggs, lightly beaten
59.15ml warm milk
118.29g mashed cooked ube
22.18ml liquid ube flavoring
4.93g salt
406.25g flour
14.79ml vegetable oil, for kneading
226g Danes Cheese Sweet & Creamy, cut into 14 two-inch and 1/4-inch thick squares
54g bread crumbs

If you have an oven at home, it’s about time to hop into this reinvented classic! All you need are your typical baking goods to make your usual pandesal, with the addition of mashed cooked ube and a block of Danes Cheese Sweet & Creamy. Perfect for mornings, merienda times, or even a midnight snack!

Do you have a CDO product at home? Show us what Pinoy breakfast you’d recommend for students in the comments below!