23 Easy Breakfast Recipes
Posted: 08/15/2023
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Start the each day off strong with easy breakfast recipes. A healthy breakfast will give everyone a good start to their day and put a smile on their faces!
With the start of school just around the corner, my mind turns to easy breakfast recipes. During the summer, we get pretty lazy about breakfast. There isn’t any pressure to get everyone ready and out the door at a certain time so breakfast is a laid-back, do-your-own-thing affair.
During the school year, it’s a different story. We all get an early start and it can be a little chaotic at times. Breakfast is an important meal and I don’t want my kids to fizzle out of energy by 10AM. I want to have nutritious food that we can eat quickly with minimal clean-up.
Please don’t skip breakfast! Need a few reasons not to? Web MD says that breakfast may be the most important meal of the day. Kids who eat breakfast concentrate better, get higher test scores, and are more focused and energetic. The same is true for adults. Eating breakfast kickstarts your metabolism and helps you maintain a healthy weight.
Sounds like a pretty tall order, doesn’t it? The good news is that a little prep work done ahead of time will take most of the stress out of the early morning rush hour. Trust me, a little prep work goes a long way. When the alarm clock goes off, breakfast is almost ready. Your brain doesn’t even have to be totally awake yet. You can do this on auto-pilot.
I’ve compiled a list of more than 20 easy breakfast recipes that will leave your kids (and you!) full, energetic, and ready to learn. Have a happy day!
23+ Quick and Easy Breakfast Recipes
Baked Oatmeal Recipe – with flavor ideas!
This baked oatmeal is perfect for busy mornings because you can make it ahead and eat it for multiple days.
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Carrot Cake Slow Cooker Oatmeal
Put the ingredients in your crockpot before you go to bed and breakfast will be ready when you wake up. Everything you love about carrot cake in a healthy oatmeal breakfast!
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Crockpot Oatmeal with Steel Cut Oats
Slow cooking steel cut oats overnight ensures that you'll have a healthy hot breakfast in the morning.
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Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats
Cooking steel cut oats in your pressure cooker is fast and easy. Instant Pot steel cut oats is healthy and easy breakfast recipe.
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Pancake Mix – with 100% Whole Wheat Option
Make your own dry pancake mix with whole wheat flour and other healthy ingredients. Simply add egg, oil, and milk for a delicious easy breakfast that everyone loves.
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Quinoa Pancakes Recipe
Adding quinoa to pancakes gives them a nutty flavor and lots of extra protein. If you make the quinoa ahead, these pancakes are just as easy as regular pancakes.
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Apple Quinoa Pancakes
The only thing better than quinoa pancakes is apple quinoa pancakes! Tender bits of apple stirred into the cinnamon-scented batter take these pancakes to the next level.
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Healthy Banana Pancakes – Whole Wheat
Have a few ripe bananas on your counter? Use them to make banana pancakes with whole wheat flour for a healthy start to the day.
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Chocolate Protein Pancakes
Chocolate for breakfast? You'll love these healthy chocolate pancakes with extra protein. They freeze well, too!
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Blueberry Apple Crisp Smoothie Bowl
You'll need a spoon to enjoy this smoothie in a bowl with lots of toppings added. An easy breakfast idea that is a healthy start to the day!
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Green Smoothie Recipe – make it your own!
A green smoothie packed with vegetables and fruit is always a good breakfast idea!
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Mango Smoothie Recipe
Keep frozen bananas and mangos in your freezer, ready for an easy breakfast. Just 4 ingredients in this easy-to-make smoothie!
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Tropical Smoothie Recipe
Store extra smoothies in the freezer for an ultra-easy grab and go breakfast!
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Sheet Pan Breakfast Tostadas Recipe
Ready in just 20 minutes, this east breakfast recipe is healthy and satisfying with eggs, cheese, corn tortillas, and your choice of toppings.
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Sheet Pan Eggs Recipe
Use your oven to make the easiest ever scrambled eggs! Sheet pan eggs are perfect for a big crowd or for easy breakfasts all week. Enjoy them on hot buttered toast, English muffins, or biscuits.
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Shakshuka
If you like a savory start to your day, shakshuka is the answer. The tomato-y stew can be made ahead. For breakfast, simply warm it up and add the eggs. So easy!
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Air Fryer French Toast Sticks
Make French toast sticks in your air fryer in just 10 minutes! They can be made ahead and frozen, too. Use whole wheat bread for a more nutritious breakfast.
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Mini Frittatas with Spinach and Red Pepper
Make a double batch of mini frattatas on the weekend and freeze them for a quick breakfast all week long. Made in muffin tins, the frittatas are easy to customize.
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Egg White Muffins with Sausage and Broccoli
A healthy egg, broccoli, and sausage breakfast in a muffin! With 11 grams of protein per muffin.
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Apple Cinnamon Muffins
A warm apple cinnamon muffin will start your day off right! Made with whole wheat flour and plenty of shredded apples, these muffins are much healthier than bakery muffins.
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Blueberry Bran Muffins
Who doesn't love muffins for breakfast? Bran and whole wheat flour provide extra fiber and blueberries have lots of antioxidants. A healthy easy breakfast recipe!
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Carrot Raisin Muffins
Healthy carrot raisin muffins are a perfect way to start the day, with oats, flaxseed, carrots, raisins, and bananas. Wonderful as a snack or lunchbox treat, too.
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Healthy Zucchini Bread – whole wheat
Homemade zucchini bread is a good way to sneak an extra vegetable into your breakfast. Kids love this quick bread. It freezes well, too.
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Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs
Your boiled eggs will turn out perfectly every time and they are easy to peel. You can make them just the way you like them: soft and jammy or hard-boiled. An easy breakfast!
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Air Fryer Boiled Eggs
Air fryer eggs are the best way to “boil” eggs that come out exactly to your liking every time! Make perfect hard-boiled, soft-boiled, or jammy eggs in the air fryer for easy breakfasts all week long.
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Breakfast Casserole Recipe with Sausage and Spinach
This make-ahead breakfast casserole can be refrigerated and baked in the morning. Leftover casserole reheats beautifully for an easy breakfast all week long.
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denise says
great ideas
Kristine @ Kristine's Kitchen says
This is a fantastic round up! I know all of us with little ones are thinking about nutritious and easy breakfast ideas for early school mornings. My daughter starts Kindergarten this year, and we have to leave the house at 7:15! I’m excited to try your Apple Crisp Breakfast Cookies!
Nikki Gladd says
Great back to school round up! Ready to get started! :) Thanks, Rachel!