Hipster cuisine is increasingly popular nowadays with avocado and poached egg toast on menus and quirky recipes being used at home too. There’s actually good reason for this, because not only is it pretty cool these days, but hipster cooking is also often more ethical by supporting organic and local produce, as well as being damn healthy for your body! So, how do you go about convincing your friends that you’ve embraced the hipster way? Here are 14 healthy tricks to help you make amazing and authentically hipster brunches!  

#1 Anything Artisan, Foraged, Or Home-Brewed

Where your brunch food came from is super important. Ingredients sourced locally and from farmers’ markets, or better still, made in your own back garden, are key to an authentic hipster brunch.

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#2 Choose Chia

Chia has way more good nutrients than brown rice and while it does have more fat, those omega-3’s are actually healthy for you in moderate amounts.

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#3 Mason Jar Salads

Fill up that cool jar with all of your favourite salad ingredients, making sure to put sauces and juices at the bottom so you don’t soak the dry stuff and turn everything into a soggy mess. Jars are awesome for smoothies too.

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#4 Love Quinoa

Quinoa is more nutritious than brown rice too, lower on the fat and carb content than either chia or flax seeds. So really, it’s a perfect filler for any brunch meal.

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#5 Cauliflower Mash

You think this is mash potato? Think again! Stick cauliflower in your hipster mac’n’cheese instead.

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#6 Coffee, All The Coffee

You’ll forever be in search of the perfect brew for your brunch. Look out for ethically sourced beans, amazing latte art, and unique flavours. Too hot? Then try a cold brew.

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#7 Kale Is Everything

Kale has a lot of the same nutritional content as spinach but really trumps it on the vitamin C. It certainly isn’t to everyone’s liking but can be thrown into pretty much anything from salads to smoothies for extra nutrients.

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#8 Fancy Doughnuts

The ideal brunch dessert, just remember a plain glazed doughnut just won’t do. Maybe try a maple-flavored doughnut topped with bacon bits, or how about matcha green tea one?

#9 Greek Yogurt

Greek yogurt has more protein, riboflavin, and vitamin B12 in it than regular yogurt, as well as a lot less sugar.

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#10 Craft Beer

You’re going to need a refreshment with that avocado and what could possibly be better than an obscure brew with way more taste and character?

#11 Pickles

In fact pickled everything is good. If it’s pickled, it’s perfect.

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#12 Vegan Cookies

Or anything vegan for that matter. There are truly terrific recipes out there!

#13 Learn to Poach the Perfect Egg

Hipster brunch 101 really. Poaching is the healthiest way to cook your eggs though it does require a bit of practice.  

#14 Presentation is Important

Creating the perfect hipster brunch doesn’t stop with just the food you know? Serve up your brunch on a piece of driftwood or slate slabs and eat it with vintage cutlery.

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