We’ve rounded up all our best breakfast recipes, in one easy place! From healthy breakfasts, like smoothie bowls and fruit salad, to hearty, classic brunch dishes like hashbrown casserole and buttermilk pancakes, everyone will find something to love here. Whether you’re looking for something you can make ahead and grab-and-go, take on a camping trip, or serve up for Mother’s Day brunch, read on for a bounty of brunch and breakfast inspiration!
Healthy Breakfast Ideas
Nutritious and satisfying, breakfast is first and foremost about fueling ourselves and our families for the demands of the day ahead! Keep it light with a fruit salad (our go-to for hot days) or make things more protein-forward with an onion tart that’s easy to slice up and eat on the run.
Oat, Porridge and Granola Recipes
If you’ve got rolled oats in the cupboard, you’re halfway to a filling breakfast! Use them to make homemade granola (it’s easier than you think and much, much more budget-friendly than the store bought stuff), or our unbelievably fast and easy overnight oats. All these recipes are adaptable, so you and your family can mix in nuts, dried or fresh fruit in season, or even swap in alternative milks to easily accommodate any dietary needs or allergies.
- Overnight Oats (pictured above)
- Breakfast Quinoa
- Nuts & Seeds Granola
- Easy Homemade Granola (pictured above)
- Norwegian Rice Porridge
- Baked Oatmeal
Pancakes, Waffles and French Toast
Weekends are for being lazy and eating pancakes. Once in a while, it’s fine to reach for a mix, but making real pancakes or waffles from scratch can be such a fun project for a quiet morning at home. Try prepping the pancake or waffle batter the night before for an even lazier morning! Linger over your coffee, pass the maple syrup — the dishes can wait.
- Buttermilk Pancakes
- French Toast (pictured above)
- Dutch Baby
- Pumpkin Pancakes (pictured above)
- Trail Mix Pancakes
- Belgian Waffles
- Almond Pancakes with Cherry Syrup
Egg Dishes
From a simple, just-set omelette recipe to fancier recipes that will impress your friends (shirred eggs will knock their socks off), we happily eat eggs at all hours of the day. That’s why we literally devoted an entire chapter of our cookbook to them! Still, eggs and breakfast are a perfect pair, and these recipes prove it.
- Eggs Benedict
- French Omelette
- Classic Frittata
- Caramelized Onion Frittata
- Avocado, Chèvre and Bacon Omelette (recipe below)
- Shirred Eggs
- Salsa Verde Baked Eggs (pictured above)
- Quiche Lorraine
- Croque Madame
- Croque Monsieur (pictured above)
- Corned Beef Hash
- Grilled Shakshuka Pizza
Make-Ahead Breakfast Recipes
Whether you need a breakfast you can prep entirely the night before (stratas and casseroles are great for this) or a recipe that can be meal-prepped on Sunday for easy breakfasts all week, you’ll find what you need here!
Breakfast Basics
Do you ever order from the sides section at brunch, and feel super smart when you get a really satisfying, yet simple breakfast? Soft scrambled eggs, with a side of bacon and buttered toast is hard to beat and (bonus) it’s easy to make a simple breakfast like that for one person, or a crowd. If you’ve never cooked brunch at home before, start here!
- How to Cook Bacon
- Soft-Scrambled Eggs
- Turkey Breakfast Patties
- Poached Eggs
- Biscuits and Gravy (pictured above)
- Hard-Boiled Eggs
- Six-Minute Eggs
- Bacon Cheddar Hash (pictured above)
Potato Dishes
Potatoes are a classic brunch side dish, but you can also make them the main event! Frozen hashbrowns are a key short-cut ingredient in our breakfast casserole, and they are the STAR of hashbrown casserole (recipe linked below). If you’re more of an unprocessed foods person, simple roasted potatoes are always a hit and it’s easy to make a lot of them for a big group.
- Hashbrown Casserole (pictured above)
- Potato Pancakes (pictured above)
- Patatas Bravas
- Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
- Potato Rösti with Eggs and Asparagus
Quick Breads + Baked Treats
In some ways, things like zucchini and banana bread are the OG grab-and-go breakfasts. Banana bread in particular is one that our kids always reach for before school if we’ve got a loaf on the counter. Pop a slice in the toaster in the winter months, or just slice and go in the warmer months. The oat scones are great with jam if you have time to sit and enjoy, but they taste just as good on the go.
- Zucchini Bread Muffins
- Banana Bread (pictured above)
- Sour Cream Coffee Cake
- Oat Scones
- Bacon Cheddar Biscuits
- Monkey Bread
- Gingerbread Loaf
- Onion Chive Biscuits (pictured above)
Easy Tex-Mex Brunch Classics
When we wake up hangry, it’s always Tex-Mex brunch foods that we crave! From classic dishes like tortilla chip-flecked chilaquiles, to cheesy and flexible breakfast quesadillas, these recipes go well with hot sauce, and (if you don’t have anywhere to be) a breakfast beer or michelada.
- Breakfast Quesadilla
- Chilaquiles
- Breakfast Tacos (pictured above)
- Migas
- Huevos Rancheros (pictured above)
- Carnitas Hash
