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
This baked oatmeal is perfect for busy mornings because you can make it ahead and eat it for multiple days.
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!
Slow cooking steel cut oats overnight ensures that you’ll have a healthy hot breakfast in the morning.
Cooking steel cut oats in your pressure cooker is fast and easy. Instant Pot steel cut oats is healthy and easy breakfast recipe.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chocolate for breakfast? You’ll love these healthy chocolate pancakes with extra protein. They freeze well, too!
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!
A green smoothie packed with vegetables and fruit is always a good breakfast idea!
Keep frozen bananas and mangos in your freezer, ready for an easy breakfast. Just 4 ingredients in this easy-to-make smoothie!
Store extra smoothies in the freezer for an ultra-easy grab and go breakfast!
Ready in just 20 minutes, this east breakfast recipe is healthy and satisfying with eggs, cheese, corn tortillas, and your choice of toppings.
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!
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.
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.
A healthy egg, broccoli, and sausage breakfast in a muffin! With 11 grams of protein per muffin.
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.
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!
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.
Homemade zucchini bread is a good way to sneak an extra vegetable into your breakfast. Kids love this quick bread. It freezes well, too.
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!
