50+ Breakfast Recipes to Power Your Morning – A Couple Cooks

First up in our breakfast recipes: a quick and easy Breakfast Sandwich! Does it really take 5 minutes? You bet it does. It’s simple, but the combination of flavors is perfection. It’s one of our favorite quick breakfast recipes. Or, try some of the other options below!

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Quick Breakfast Sandwich
Healthy Breakfast Sandwich
5 Minute Pesto Breakfast Sandwich
Ultimate Fried Egg Sandwich

Here’s a breakfast recipe trick: mini frittatas! Basically a muffin made of egg, they’re easy to meal prep and grab as you’re headed out the door. Refrigerate or freeze ’em, and you can eat them off all week. The best part: they’re so tasty! They’re filled with colorful veggies and crunchy pecans for added protein and nutrients. These are best as a make-ahead option.

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Pecan & Veggie Mini Frittatas
Asparagus Frittata with Feta
Kale Artichoke Veggie Frittata

Here’s a perfect breakfast recipe that works for all those in between moments, too. These easy no bake Oatmeal Bars! These were big winners in our house and quickly solidified themselves into the weekly repertoire. These breakfast bars star peanut butter, honey, and Old Fashioned oats, and they’re a healthy breakfast or snack you can feel good feeding yourself or your family.

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Easy Oatmeal Bars
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
Pecan Breakfast Bars

Looking for the epitome of an easy breakfast recipe? Try overnight oats! There’s no cooking involved here: in fact, you can mix up a jar in just 2 minutes! Leave rolled oats in the fridge overnight with milk, and it magically makes them into a sort of porridge. Eat them cold topped with berries or nut butter and they’re absolutely fantastic!

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Overnight Oats
Best Instant Oatmeal Recipe

It’s cinnamon-scented, crispy on the outside and custardy on the inside: try our best French toast recipe! It’s basic, but it can taste like a luxurious morning of hotel room service if it’s done right. Here we’ve cracked the code to the very best way to make this classic breakfast recipe.

Try a make-ahead crustless quiche for breakfast! It’s deliciously savory and hearty, with lots of protein to keep bellies full all morning. Even better: it’s so easy to whip up! No need to bother with a quiche crust: just whisk together the filling and pop it in the oven. This crustless spinach quiche is a bit of a miracle: even our spinach-fearing 4 year old loves it!

Here’s a deliciously comforting recipe that makes your kitchen smell like a cozy diner: Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole! It’s beautifully hearty, pairing cheesy hash browns with chili powder, garlic powder and cumin for massive savory flavor. Because it’s easy to make ahead, it’s super unfussy and low maintenance.

Here’s a breakfast idea that’s a bit unexpected, but surprisingly satisfying…Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowls! Sure, cottage cheese and pineapple or melon seems a little retro. So let’s dust off the concept and make a modern way to start the day. Top this high protein cheese with fresh berries or apple, cinnamon and drizzle of honey.

Want a hearty, savory breakfast recipe? Try this amazing Breakfast Skillet! Cheesy hash browns topped with runny egg yolks and salsa? Yes please! Even better, the spices in the potatoes mimic breakfast sausage (hello, fennel!) so the entire vibe is extremely hearty and satisfying.

What’s better than crispy, crunchy hash browns for breakfast? Homemade hash browns are incredibly delicious, and they’re not much harder than cracking open a bag of frozen ones. These hash browns come out browned and crispy, with flecks of tender moist shreds that combine into a texture that tastes like a cozy hug. You can make them in a skillet or in the oven. Add an egg and enjoy!

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Homemade Hash Browns
Oven Hash Browns
Sweet Potato Hash Browns
Poached Eggs and Potatoes

Smoothie bowls are a great way to load up a smoothie with protein-packed toppings! Of course, our favorite smoothie bowl is the popular Acai Bowl. This traditionally Brazilian treat is a frosty purple smoothie topped with a confetti of beautiful toppings. They’re a total treat! One reader told us: “Made your acai bowl recipe and OH MY! I’ve never had one I’ve enjoyed as much as this. It was so perfectly balanced, and my husband loved it too!”

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Easy Smoothie Bowl
Homemade Acai Bowl

We’d be delivered without mentioning savory oatmeal as a breakfast recipe! This unique method of serving oatmeal is a veggie-packed way to start the day. Top the bowl with a fried egg and garlicky sauteed kale, and the yolk makes a creamy sauce that covers everything in goodness. It’s no secret that we’re oatmeal obsessed around here…and eating a veggie-filled healthy breakfast just got easier.

So here’s a make ahead breakfast recipe that fits in the palm of your hand: these Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies! Yes, it’s magic: oats, nut butter, applesauce, and maple syrup transform into cookies that you can eat for breakfast. There’s none of those traditional cookie ingredients: no flour, no butter, no oil, and no refined sugar. How is it possible? You’ve got to taste.

Here’s another great make-ahead breakfast recipe: breakfast cookies! These “cookies” are healthy, made with oats and nuts and lightly sweetened with maple syrup. It’s basically like taking your bowl of oatmeal, to go! You can pop them in the freezer for long term storage and then just grab one on your way out the door.

The tofu scramble deserves its own feature…because it’s a truly delicious plant based breakfast recipe! There’s lots more to breakfast than just eggs. This recipe works for eaters of all kinds. You’ll be surprised at how much the texture and flavor mimics a scramble…but it’s 100% plant based! It’s hard to find vegan savory breakfast ideas, and this one is perfection. Even better: it only takes 10 minutes to make.

Omelettes are a quick and easy breakfast recipe that are sometimes overlooked! In just 5 minutes, you have a filling, flavor-packed meal. Make it with cheese as the filling or add sauteed mushrooms, greens, or other veggies.

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Classic Omelet
Omelette with Greens