QUICK AND HEALTHY BREAKFAST RECIPES – EASY AND INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS MEALS FOR BUSY MORNINGS!
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Having a filling breakfast is always a great way to start my day! It’s what keeps me energized and alert – both from working and from playing with my super hyper four-year-old. You know what I mean, Moms!
Are you like me who can’t leave the house without finishing a simple plate of fried egg + rice or a good bowl of smoothie?
Alright, if you’re one of us with a BIG appetite in the morning, you’re going to love our selection of healthy breakfast recipes!
Find easy-cook omelets, cheesy burritos, filling sandwiches, and some sweets like smoothies, parfaits, pancakes, and more! There’s something for everyone here!
Read on and add these delicious recipes to your healthy breakfast menu ASAP!
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Simple and Easy Healthy Breakfast Recipes
1. Quiche Lorraine (healthy breakfast recipes)
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This quiche Lorraine recipe is perfect for Spring brunch! Bakes up silky-smooth and creamy, with a flaky crust and plenty of smoky bacon, onion, & cheese.
2. Avocado Toast (healthy breakfast recipes)
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Made with good bread and ripe avocados, even simple avocado toast is delicious. However, it can also serve as a template for all sorts of fun toppings.
3. Instant Pot Oatmeal Recipe For Steel Cut Oats Or Rolled Oats
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This oatmeal recipe made in an Instant Pot makes make-ahead oatmeal so easy that it’s become my new favorite method for both steel-cut oats and rolled oats!
4. Soft and Creamy Scrambled Eggs
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Scrambled eggs should be soft, creamy, and gently scrambled. A quality non-stick pan and silicone spatula are really useful.
It’s important that you use low heat and don’t forget about the chance of carryover cooking. Eggs are delicate and cook very quickly.
5. Huevos Rancheros (healthy breakfast recipes)
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Huevos Rancheros are Mexican-style eggs with corn tortillas, refried beans, and salsa. A delicious healthy breakfast that my whole family loves!
6. Blueberry Muffins
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These muffins are the best the day they are baked, but leftovers keep well at room temperature for a few days.
Split leftover muffins, toast the halves in a broiler or toaster oven, and slather with butter.
7. Croissants (healthy breakfast recipes)
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Croissants are the love child between puff pastry and yeast bread. Let’s just let that sink in for a minute.
Buttery, flaky, cloud-like puff pastry, and fresh, yeasty, chewy bread. The best of both baked goods, all rolled up in one perfect little breakfast bite.
8. Thai Stuffed Omelette (Kai Yat Sai)
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Mama Noi’s Thai Stuffed Pork Omelette… in Thai it’s called ‘kai yat sai’. One of the author’s favorite childhood dishes.
Super easy to cook and taste sooo good! This is going to be your favorite too!
9. Breakfast Sandwich with Smoked Sausage, Bacon, and Egg
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This Breakfast Sandwich combines delicious Kurobuta Pork, Smoked Bacon, Egg, and Cheddar Cheese, on an English Muffin with avocado.
10. Griddle Cakes
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These griddle cakes, also known as svele in Norway, are made with sugar, butter, kefir or buttermilk, flour, and baking soda.
They are traditionally served with brown cheese, jam, or sour cream, but berries and fruit are excellent as well.
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11. Breakfast Parfaits
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The combination of pineapple, raspberries, and banana in these yogurt treats makes a bright and cheerful morning breakfast.
12. The Best Crepe Recipe (healthy breakfast recipes)
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Making Crepes is faster, simpler, and way easier than you think!
Made with only 6 ingredients, this Crepe Recipe is even better than the ones you’d find in Paris!
Fill with sweet or savory fillings, you will be coming back for seconds using this crepe recipe.
13. Strawberry Banana Smoothie
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This classic strawberry banana smoothie recipe is easy to make with 4 simple ingredients in less than 5 minutes, and always tastes so sweet and refreshing!
14. Cheesy Bacon Breakfast Burrito (healthy breakfast recipes)
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There’s no ONE right way to make a breakfast burrito. But if you follow these easy rules, you’re guaranteed perfect results (that can cure any hangover!) every time.
15. Homemade Belgian Waffle Recipe
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This Homemade Belgian Waffle Recipe is easy and makes delicious, authentic, Belgian waffles!
These waffles are perfectly crisp and golden on the outside while being light and fluffy on the inside!
16. Best Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Recipe (Better than Cinnabon)
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This is the Best Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Recipe EVER!
These gooey cinnamon rolls are even better than Cinnabon cinnamon rolls, and are topped with the best cream cheese frosting!
They’re easy to make and can be prepared the day before and left to rise overnight in the refrigerator.
17. Everything Bagel Breakfast Sandwich
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This Everything Bagel Breakfast Sandwich rocks our socks!
It’s the ultimate breakfast sandwich and we can’t help but make them again and again.
18. Eggs Benedict (healthy breakfast recipes)
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All you need to know to make the perfect Eggs Benedict!
You get a golden brown, toasted English muffin layered with a slice of flavorful Canadian bacon, topped with a poached egg with a perfectly runny yolk and they’re finished with an over-the-top delicious, rich, and creamy hollandaise sauce and vibrant fresh herbs.
19. English Muffins (healthy breakfast recipes)
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These English Muffins are surprisingly straightforward!
And since the dough is best when made ahead and refrigerated overnight, they’ve become one of my favorite treats to make over long, lazy weekends.
20. Garlic Butter Sauteed Zucchini
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Sauteed zucchini is a quick, easy, and healthy side. We love simply sauteed zucchini with a bit of minced garlic, salt, and pepper. You only need five minutes of cooking time, and it’s time to eat!
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21. The Very Best Granola (healthy breakfast recipes)
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This delicious healthy granola recipe is naturally sweetened with maple syrup (or honey).
It’s made with oats, coconut oil, and your favorite nuts and fruit. Make it your own!
22. 5-Ingredient Banana Egg Pancakes
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Fluffy, grain-free pancakes that are rich in fiber + protein.
Made with 5 simple ingredients, these pancakes require only 15 minutes and 1 bowl!
23. Nutty Nut Pancakes
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These nutty nut pancakes are made with whole wheat flour and three types of nuts to give each bite a crunch.
Enjoy the extra protein, vitamins, and minerals you get from adding nuts to pancakes!
24. Omelette (healthy breakfast recipes)
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Making an omelet at home is not difficult. With a few basic steps and a flip of the wrist, you can pull this off in minutes.
Fill it with whatever you have on hand—it’s a great way to use up leftovers!
25. Bagel Breakfast Club Sandwich
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A thick bagel cut into thirds makes for a perfect sandwich vessel for a breakfast club sandwich loaded with flavor!
26. Overnight Chia Seeds in Yogurt (healthy breakfast recipes)
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Overnight Chia Seeds in Yogurt make a healthy and delicious breakfast.
Put yogurt, milk, and chia seeds in a bowl, stir them, and place it in the refrigerator. Overnight, the chia seeds transform into a nourishing breakfast.
Enjoy chia seed pudding with yogurt any day of the week as a quick and simple breakfast.
27. Tropical Turmeric Smoothie Bowl
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Breakfast just got a whole lot sweeter with this Tropical Turmeric Smoothie Bowl.
The color is amazing and the flavor is tangy, sweet, and a little peppery.
28. Tropical Sunshine Smoothie
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This tropical sunshine smoothie is a wonderful way to start your day!
Get a boost of vitamins A and C with this fresh drink. The main ingredients are coconut, mango, and pineapple.
29. Cheese Danish (healthy breakfast recipes)
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A simple and delicious recipe for flaky and delicious Cheese Danish!
These are made with my easy (cheater’s) homemade puff pastry, though you can substitute store-bought in a pinch.
30. Kale Shakshuka
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This kale shakshuka is inspired by the classic but calls for braised greens in place of tomatoes and includes plenty of lemons, feta, Greek yogurt, za’atar, and parsley. It’s amazing at any time of the day.
31. Classic French Toast (healthy breakfast recipes)
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This Classic French Toast recipe is easy, uses simple pantry ingredients, and has a secret ingredient that makes a thicker batter with cinnamon sugar flavors that set it apart. One of our family’s favorite breakfasts!
32. Peach Pie Smoothie
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The flavors of fresh peach pie are made into a creamy, sippable smoothie made with almond milk, which’s perfect for a healthy breakfast, dessert, or snack.
33. Acai Bowl (healthy breakfast recipes)
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Dark purple color, lovely ice-creamy texture, refreshing and sweet, but filling.
All in all, this is a really tasty and feel-good breakfast. And do you know, you can easily get a pack of Acai puree from Amazon? Just click the link here!
34. Corned Beef Hash and Eggs (healthy breakfast recipes)
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Sunday breakfasts have always been special in our house.
It’s fun to get in the kitchen and cook with the kids. No matter how many new recipes we try, they always rate this corned beef hash recipe No. 1!
35. Eggs In Purgatory with Sausage and Kale
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Eggs in purgatory with sausage and kale is a hearty and delicious breakfast that’s Whole30 compliant and perfect if you like to start the day with a little heat.
36. The Best Cheddar and Herb Chaffle (healthy breakfast recipes)
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Crazy POPULAR keto chaffless, aka “cheddar waffles”.
This Keto Chaffle recipe is a delicious, crispy, low-carb alternative to bread. It makes killer keto sandwiches, too!
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Ingredients
- Quiche Lorraine
- Avocado Toast
- Instant Pot Oatmeal Recipe
- Creamy Scrambled Eggs
- Huevos Rancheros
- Blueberry Muffins
- Croissants
- Thai Stuffed Omelette
- Breakfast Sandwich
- Griddle Cakes
- Breakfast Parfaits
- Best Crepe Recipe
- Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- Cheesy Bacon Breakfast Burrito
- Belgian Waffle Recipe
- Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
- Bagel Breakfast Sandwich
- Eggs Benedict
- English Muffins
- Garlic Butter Sauteed Zucchini
- Best Granola
- Banana Egg Pancakes
- Nutty Nut Pancakes
- Omelette
- Bagel Breakfast Club Sandwich
- Overnight Chia Seeds
- Tropical Turmeric Smoothie Bowl
- Tropical Sunshine Smoothie
- Cheese Danish
- Kale Shakshuka
- French Toast
- Peach Pie Smoothie
- Acai Bowl
- Corned Beef Hash and Eggs
- Eggs In Purgatory
- Cheddar and Herb Chaffle
Instructions
- Select your choice of healthy breakfast recipes from the article.
- Click on the link to get the full recipes and instructions.
- Get ready to cook and enjoy!
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That’s a wrap! I hope you enjoy our 36 Easy Breakfast Ideas – Quick and Healthy Breakfast Recipes. Do you have other amazing breakfast foods in mind? Let me know in the comments below!
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Everything in here looks delicious but I’m excited to try Cheesy Bacon Breakfast Burrito! Thanks for this article!
Thanks Tim! I’m glad you liked them!