Pancakes and peach sauce: Thick, buttery pancakes topped with syrupy fresh peaches in a sweet buttery sauce.

Do you object to butter? Do you aim to have your first meal of the day be one full of fiber, protein and all natural goodness? If the answer is yes to either of these questions, then you best move along; this is not a breakfast for lightweights.

Funny thing is, our parents who are the inspiration behind Mia Kouppa would shake their heads at these pancakes and peach topping. They rarely cook with butter and would find a breakfast such as this one too decadent, too heavy, too buttery and too far from their typical breakfast choices of Greek-style hard boiled eggs, Greek yogourt or tomato and feta toast.

Banana and chocolate tsoureki French toast: breakfast stuffed with chocolate hazelnut spread and banana

Whenever we go out for breakfast or brunch with our family, one thing is certain; if there is a menu option which combines bananas and chocolate, someone will be ordering it. Everyone else will try to sneak a taste between bites of their own fruit cup and egg white omelet.

This winning combination of flavours can be enjoyed in so many ways. In this post-Pascha period, when we are lucky enough to have some tsoureki left over, it only seemed natural to use a favourite sweet bread in a recipe that also combines the wonderful pairing of chocolate and banana. And so, the banana and chocolate tsoureki French toast was born!