Meal prep breakfast bowls Greek style, combining boiled eggs with chopped cucumber, tomatoes, capsicum, feta and olives. A healthy start to the day that’s super easy to make!
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years festive period, however it is you like to celebrate. Even if that’s just seriously chilling out on the lounge – it’s what we did a lot of! Our house renovations are finally at a point where we have an almost-finished living room, and it was nice to have some time to enjoy it 🙂
Now, onto these meal prep breakfast bowls – Greek style. I thought we should kick off the new year with something fresh, colourful and very easy to make. Perfect for popping into a container or jar and toting into work now that the holidays are *sob* over! (Yay for you if you get longer holidays!)
The tangy feta and salty olives add lots of flavour to the brekky bowls. With a drizzle of quality extra virgin olive oil, they’re simply delightful. I like to tuck a few rice crackers in around the side for some carbs but you could also add some cooked quinoa, brown rice or sweet potato.
How to meal prep breakfast bowls to perfection!
To make sure these breakfast bowls are fresh and tasty, I recommend preparing the bowls as follows.
- Make about 3-4 days ahead (if desired!): pre-chop all of the veggies and distribute between airtight containers/jars. Olives can go in as well, and any dried herbs you’re using. Crumble over feta. Boil the eggs but don’t peel them – store them in a separate container in the fridge.
- On the day of eating: Take out a container, drizzle over olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Peel eggs and add to container. You’re good to go, with some crackers too if you like!
Meal Prep Breakfast Bowls Greek Style
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 small cucumber
- 1 tomato
- 1/2 small capsicum
- 2 handfuls rocket or baby spinach
- 60 grams feta cheese
- 6-8 kalamata olives
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2-3 tsp dried parsley or other dried herbs of choice - OPTIONAL
- salt and pepper to season
Instructions
- Boil eggs for 5 minutes or until cooked as desired. (Five minutes usually gives me a firm egg with a slightly soft yolk right in the centre). Set aside and allow to cool down.
- Prepare the vegetables - slice up the tomato, capsicum and cucumber.
- Divide the rocket, tomato, capsicum, cucumber and olives between two containers/bowls. Crumble over the feta, and dried herbs if you're using them.
- Seal the containers and place in the fridge, as well as the eggs. On the day of eating, remove a container from the fridge, drizzle over some olive oil, salt and pepper, and peel and add two eggs.
Notes
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What a beautiful, fresh way to start the day! I could eat this for breakfast or lunch any day of the week. Easy to make ahead is my way of making things work in my schedule, so this is great!
Thank you so much, Judy! I also need to have lots of options for “make ahead” food to keep me going, otherwise the weeks just get too busy!
What a fun idea for breakfast! So colourful and bright. This would be great for a mid-morning late desk breakfast at work.
That’s exactly what I make this breakfast for – I often have to eat my breakfast at my work desk! 🙂
BEAUTIFUL pics!! And those look like perfection to me! What is capisicum….I am not familiar with that? I would simply love this bowl to start my day!
Hi Tessa, thank you for your kind words! Capsicum is probably what you know as a pepper 🙂
Mediterranean diet always inspires me to make a better food choices . Just look at this breakfast bowl, how better could it be ? Spectacular!
Yes Tatiana the Mediterranean diet is such a winner! Something we always keep coming back to. Thanks so much! 🙂
Oh my goodness these breakfast bowls are beautiful!!! My husband and youngest would devour this. I love those olives in there too – so fun with the Greek theme.
Thanks so much Emily! 🙂 I had so much fun styling these bowls, I can’t say they always look this pretty when we eat them.
Yummy! Loving all of the colors and textures in this bowl!
Thank you so much Joni 🙂
YES and YES for savoury breakfast bowls! A breakfast not ladened with sugar is so much healthier for us. Thank you for sharing this type of breakfast ideas! I like your suggestions of pairing with some healthy carbs too. I would totally eat it with a hot bowl of porridge on these cold winter mornings.
🙂 I’m so pleased you’re such a big fan of savoury breakfasts too Yang! I don’t like to start off the day with something overly sweet as I don’t find it as satisfying. I’ll always add vegetables even if something is mildly sweet!
What a beautiful bowl, and love the pretty photos! I like the parsley on top; it’s one of my favorite herbs.
Thank you so much Megan! I love parsley too – pretty in photos and so good for us on the inside. So cleansing!
Prepping on Sundays is a lifesaver for me. What a yummy bowl of fresh goodness to start the day off right!
Oh goodness me too. I need to use my Sunday time wisely and get organised each week!
What a delicious looking bowl! Loving all the colors in it and I’m all about that bowl life any time of the day.
I’m basically just living the bowl life 24/7; cook up some veggies, pile them in with a few other good things and you’re done. Always a bit of a healthy jumble!
Breakfast bowls are my go-to meal for weekdays! Love this flavor change up! Thank you!
I am big on the breakfast bowl too, haha can’t say mine are always this pretty but they’re always tasty!
Love how colorful these bowls are and the flavor profile is so unexpected for breakfast. Breakfast bowls are a big favorite in my house!
Thank you Yvonne! I know it’s a bit of an usual combination at breakfast but it does have many of the same savoury qualities as a more standard breakfast and it’s totally delicious 🙂
What a beautiful, colorful bowl!
Thank you Linda! 🙂
I’m all about prepping ahead of time for the week. The week is crazy and hectic and it’s nice to just have healthy food ready to eat. These look great, and could really be for any meal!
Thank you Nick! I am big on meal prepping too and haha yes, often have something like this for lunch or dinner as well 🙂