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We know breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but does that mean it's always the most exciting? Definitely not. That's why we've compiled 25 eye-opening ways to eat your favorite breakfast foods. We have recipe ideas for a healthy start, a sweet fix, and a solution for busy AF mornings. Leave the cereal in the cupboard and let the kitchen creativity flow.
1. Twice-Baked Sweet Potato Egg Boat: Roast up this twice-baked sweet potato egg boat that comes fully loaded with bacon and avocado, so you can be fueled for hours.
Bacon Sheet Pan Pancakes
If you can actually make pancakes as fast as you can eat them, then you must have super powers. Instead, use a sheet pan to make one big pancake dotted with salty-sweet pieces of bacon. It’s handy for hosting brunches, too.
3. Hangover Fried Rice: When we’re really feeling it the morning after, we crave carbs, eggs, and something savory. This fried rice hits all of those notes and can use up your leftovers in the process.
Full English Breakfast Burritos
Bring your hearty English breakfast on the go by wrapping it all up in a big tortilla. Serve with HP sauce instead of salsa and you’ll feel like you’re across the pond for sure.
5. Lemon Elderflower Waffles: Frozen waffles don’t stand a chance against these homemade elderflower and lemon waffles.
Keto Churro Cloud Bread
Instead of a heavy biscuit or muffin, snack on a couple of these cloud bread rounds before you head out the door. High in protein (they’re basically made from eggs and cream cheese), the addition of monk fruit sweetener and cinnamon make them taste like churros or snickerdoodle cookies.
7. Dulce De Leche Creme-Filled Churro Donuts: Donuts are a dessert food masquerading as breakfast. Treat yourself to a churro donut filled with dulce de leche paired with your morning cup of coffee and you’ll be riding that sugar high all day long.
Adaptogen Latte
Skip the coffee in favor of an adaptogen latte made with chicory and dates that allegedly will help your body heal from adrenal fatigue and anxiety.
Bulletproof Mocha Smoothie
Blend Bulletproof chocolate collagen protein powder with coffee and ice to fill your glass with an energizing smoothie that’ll have you running out the door in the morning.
Vegan Apple Hand Pies
Pop-Tarts and Toaster Strudels may think they have us fooled, but we all know they’re just pies in disguise. The charade is up when you bake a tray of these vegan apple hand pies, a much tastier solution.
Raspberry Rosé Jam
Here’s proof that rosé pairs with everything, including your buttered breakfast toast.
Teff Porridge
If you’re tired of instant rolled oats in the morning, treat yourself to a bowl of nutty teff porridge instead. This pseudo-grain has a whopping 10 grams of protein for every one cup serving, leaving you ready to tackle whatever the day throws your way.
Caramelized Apple Yogurt Bowls With Popped Amaranth
Popped amaranth adds a light whole-grain crunch to a bowl of creamy yogurt that’s topped with apples caramelized in piloncillo (an unrefined Mexican sugar) and cinnamon.
Savory Steel Cut Oats
Hearty steel cut oats have more fiber than their rolled counterpart, so eat up in this savory preparation and you’ll feel full all the way to lunchtime.
Blood Orange Smoothies
Blood oranges can be hard to come by. When they’re in season, stock up and make yourself a sunny smoothie.
Gluten-Free Potato Crust Quiche Lorraine
Not only does the potato crust make this quiche gluten-free, but also it also gives it more flavor than your traditional breakfast egg bake.
Green Shakshuka
Heartburn got you down? Swap the acidic tomato sauce of a traditional shakshuka for tender, sautéed greens that act as a bed for a handful of eggs.
18. Bacon Egg Cheese Clouds: Whipped egg whites are folded with bacon, cheese, and herbs, then baked with the yolks in each middle for a breakfast that looks like the sun emerging from a cloud.
Fluffiest Omelet Ever
Egg white omelets don’t have to be boring. Whip them to fluffy peaks then use this technique. A topping of caviar never hurts, either.
20. Blue Majik Nice Cream Smoothie Bowls: Blue Majik spirulina powder gives this banana-based “nice” cream a bright color, while vanilla powder amps up the flavor. Pair with your favorite fresh fruits to make it extra Instagrammable.
Everything Bagel Frittata
If you’re low-carb but craving your bagel shop favorite, try this everything-spiced frittata, dolloped with cream cheese instead.
Chrissy Teigen’s Fruit Salad
Fruit salad isn’t so plain after all. At least, not when following Chrissy Teigen’s recipe, which pairs fresh tropical fruit with coconut milk, lychees in syrup, and toasted coconut.
Bite-Sized Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict can be so messy but not so with this teensy version.
Egg Muffins
These cuties are easy to make and even easier to reheat and eat.
25. Paleo, Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins: Get the taste and satisfaction of blueberry muffins minus any of the guilt thanks to the addition of cassava flour and coconut sugar instead of the refined stuff.
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Welcome to Selfmade Finance School, our new money series with Block Advisors to help small business owners with their tax, bookkeeping, and payroll needs year-round. This week, we explore the tax implications of bringing family members into your business.
The question for today is this: Does hiring your family members make sense for your business? Let me be clear. This is not a piece about whether hiring your family members makes sense for your relationships with those family members. As someone who is part of a family business, I could fill up a lot more than 600 words on my opinions about that. For today's purposes, we focus on whether it makes sense from an overall "good business and tax implication" perspective. As it turns out, there is a decent amount of tax nuance when it comes to employing your family. Let's break it down based on relationship to the employee:
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Spouses Who Are In Business Together
Personally, if I had to be in business with my husband, it would not go well. However, many couples build viable, strong businesses together and I say, good for them! Depending on how you have your business entity structured, it will make a big difference on the tax treatment of you and your spouse working as partners. Because a business jointly owned and operated by a married couple is generally treated as a partnership for Federal tax purposes, the spouses must comply with filing and record keeping requirements imposed on partnerships and their partners. The election to file two Schedule C (Form 1040) forms, (one for each spouse) permits certain married co-owners to avoid filing partnership returns, provided that each spouse separately reports a share of all the businesses' items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit. Under the election, both spouses will be subject to self-employment tax and on net earnings from self-employment and receive credit for Social Security earnings.
One Spouse Employs Another
If you have a dynamic where your spouse is an employee of your business, then your spouse's wages are subject to income tax withholding, Social Security and Medicare taxes. If you are self-employed (not a corporation or a partnership), your spouse's pay does not have to be included in your federal unemployment tax account (FUTA) contributions and payments. However, if your business is a corporation or a partnership you must include that spouse's pay in your unemployment tax contribution calculation.
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You Employ Your Child
First, let's be clear. I work in my family business, but I am an adult, so I am treated just like a normal employee. However, if you, for example, run a family restaurant and want to hire your children under 18 to work for you, there are some tax benefits. But first, you should check with your state for rules on how many hours minors can work (in non-agricultural jobs) and reference the Fair Labor Standards Act for information on limitations on the kinds of work children can perform.
"This is an often overlooked or under-utilized strategy. Paying your children for true services they provide in your business can be a powerful tax-saving tool," says Cathi Reed, Block Advisors Regional Director. "If you are a sole-proprietorship or single member LLC, and the child is less than 18 years of age, the business is not required to withhold FICA or payroll taxes. The child can use his or her standard deduction against income you pay."
You Hire Your Parent
Oh dear. If you are brave enough to do this, know that you will need to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on your parent's wages and make the appropriate withholdings, but you don't have to pay unemployment taxes. Now all you have to do is convince your parent that you are the boss. Have fun with that!
Is Hiring Family Members Worth It For The Tax Benefits?
"There are some positive tax advantages to hiring family members. It's important to treat a family member like any other employee. Hiring your children can result in substantial savings for businesses. Make sure your child has real, age-appropriate work to do and a reasonable pay rate, comparable to other employees. Consult with a Block Advisors small business certified tax pro to ensure that you are complying with all requirements," advises Reed. "Block Advisors, a team within H&R Block, is dedicated to meeting the tax, bookkeeping and payroll needs of small business owners year-round. To start working with the tax experts at Block Advisors, visit blockadvisors.com."
In my opinion, you should not hire a family member solely because of the tax benefits. You should always hire based on whether that person is right for the job and keep in mind how this hire could materially impact your relationship with that person and others in your family. Finally, as I mentioned, make sure you have a tax professional on your team when making these determinations. As you can see, things can get a little tricky!
*All details were sourced from IRS.gov and blockadvisors.com
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