31 Healthful Breakfast Recipes for an Early Morning Boost

“Healthy” is a loaded term. What’s good for my health isn’t necessarily good for yours, and vice versa. Trying to “eat healthy” means something different for everyone, and so what a healthy breakfast consists of fluctuates a lot. However, choosing a br…

“Healthy” is a loaded term. What’s good for my health isn’t necessarily good for yours, and vice versa. Trying to “eat healthy” means something different for everyone, and so what a healthy breakfast consists of fluctuates a lot. However, choosing a breakfast recipe that will give you the fuel to get going in the morning and feel energized all day? That we can help with.

We like to think that beyond healthy, these breakfast ideas are nourishing, satisfying, and above all, delicious. Our overnight oats will save you time during busy mornings (mental health! yay!) and are jam-packed with good-for-you ingredients like hemp or chia seeds, nut butter, and good-quality dark chocolate chunks. And we’re not going to tell you whether or not fried eggs are bad for your cholesterol because who actually knows; what we can promise you is that they’re delicious served on a piece of crusty whole wheat or sourdough bread. Ditto for our sheet pan eggs: When baked with tons of greens like asparagus, peas, spinach, and kale, you’ll take in so many vitamins and minerals before 9 a.m.

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Overnight Croissant Breakfast Bake.

This overnight breakfast bake is made with toasted, buttery croissants, spinach, mushrooms, eggs and freshly gruyere cheese. It’s prepped the day before and enjoyed the next morning! This breakfast will make your Christmas morning magical.  I promise! It’s toasty and buttery and satisfying and one of the most delicious things you will EVER eat. See, […]

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This overnight breakfast bake is made with toasted, buttery croissants, spinach, mushrooms, eggs and freshly gruyere cheese. It’s prepped the day before and enjoyed the next morning!

This breakfast will make your Christmas morning magical. 

overnight breakfast bake

I promise!

It’s toasty and buttery and satisfying and one of the most delicious things you will EVER eat.

toasted croissants

See, this croissant bake was one of the great things to come out of 2020 for us. 

I discovered this about a week before Christmas. We get speciality sourdough and bread products through a local baker, and he did croissants for Christmas! I ordered them with this in mind knowing that we probably wouldn’t eat the croissants otherwise.

Oh.My.GOSH.

egg and cheese

This overnight bake is not only the best I’ve ever tried, it’s the only one I’ve ever truly LOVED. 

I’ve made stratas before and those are good. I’ve tried some of those farmer breakfast casseroles. Meh. I’ve done hash brown things. Eh. 

THIS is the best overnight breakfast bake and the only one you really need.

toasted croissants

Now here’s the deal. It’s super decadent. Very rich. It’s filling and hearty. A little bit goes a long way, and you definitely want to make this for a crowd. Even better if it’s a special occasion or a holiday, but of course it doesn’t have to be.

This is out of this world.

I realize that I sound like an exaggerating crazy dramatic person (which I am) but it is super true.

overnight breakfast bake ready for the oven

The original recipe is from the NY times. That one calls for sausage, and that’s how I made it last year for Christmas – completely as written. The thing is that I don’t love sausage at all. It’s not the sausage as much as the fennel seeds, but I rarely cook with sausage. In fact, so many of you ask all the time where all my recipes with sausage can be found!

I don’t love it so I don’t have many recipes with it.

Eddie likes it though, so I tried the recipe as is. 

Even with the sausage, I still thought the croissant bake was outstanding. I mostly ate around the sausage though?. So after making it a few more times and putting a few twists on it, I did away with the sausage.

I KNOW.

overnight breakfast bake

This probably sounds ridiculous to some of you and I assure you that you can add the sausage in. But for me? I love this with straight up vegetables.

2009 me is seriously freaking out over 2021 me.

YEP.

I used a mix of onions, mushrooms, spinach and garlic to bring this to life. A classic veggie combo. These taste SO delicious against the crispy croissants, melty gruyere cheese, eggs and herbs. So freaking good. (more…)

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Cranberry Crumb Bars

If you love tart cranberries, you’ll adore these Cranberry Crumb Bar! These bars are a cross between a cookie and a pie with plenty of tart cranberry flavor to go around. ::intro:: SWEET AND TART CRANBERRY BARS You all know I love a crumb bar and love an excuse to try them with different fruits. …

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If you love tart cranberries, you’ll adore these Cranberry Crumb Bar! These bars are a cross between a cookie and a pie with plenty of tart cranberry flavor to go around.

Two cranberry crumb bars stacked on a plate and topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

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Cottage Cheese Pancakes

This cottage cheese pancakes recipe is the best genius trick! It makes a protein packed pancake that tastes like French…

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This cottage cheese pancakes recipe is the best genius trick! It makes a protein packed pancake that tastes like French toast.

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Cottage cheese pancakes? Yes, this pancakes recipe is the best kept secret on the internet! This protein-packed pancake uses half the flour as a regular pancake recipe, relying on eggs and cottage cheese instead. Might sound a little off, until you take a bite. It’s tender, fluffy, and vanilla-scented: in fact, it tastes like a cross between pancakes and French toast! This is now our go-to pancake recipe (really!). Ready to give it a try?

Ingredients in this cottage cheese pancakes recipe

We didn’t invent the idea of cottage cheese pancakes: it’s been swirling around on the internet for a while (undetected by us). But we did create this riff on the theme, which results in a big batch of fluffy, ample-sized pancakes. You’ll need only 7 ingredients for this recipe:

  • Small curd cottage cheese (see notes below)
  • Eggs
  • All purpose flour
  • Maple syrup
  • Vanilla
  • Baking powder and salt
Cottage cheese

Look for small curd cottage cheese

The most important part of the ingredients in cottage cheese pancakes? Find small curd cottage cheese. This type of cottage cheese has smaller curds (as the name implies). Why it’s important? Small curds allow the cheese to mostly melt into the pancake texture when cooked, so there aren’t many visible white flecks when you cut into it. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

  • Some brands labeled as “small curd” have fairly large curds. The size varies based on brand. One small curd brand we bought was exactly the same curd size as another brand that was not labeled small curd. Experiment and find a brand that works for you!
  • That said, the recipe works with any size of curd (except large). Don’t sweat it too much! Avoid anything marked large curd, but you can really use whatever you have on hand. You just may end up with some white flecks: which are not bad! They’re still just as delicious.
Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Makes for protein filled pancakes

What we like about this cottage cheese pancakes recipe? It uses half the normal amount of all-purpose flour in a traditional pancakes recipe. We’re not anti-flour, but we do like a pancake that fills us up with protein so we’re not hungry 1 hour later. Here’s a little breakdown:

  • 1 Cottage Cheese Pancake has 7.8 grams protein! A serving size of two of these is approximately 30% of your daily protein intake.
  • 1 Standard Pancake has approximately 4 grams protein. So the cottage cheese pancake is has nearly double the protein!
Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Toppings for cottage cheese pancakes

There are so many ways to top your cottage cheese pancakes! Typically when we serve pancakes we try to offset the sweet with a little nut butter for protein. Because these are high protein pancakes, there’s no need: top them with whatever you like! Here are some ideas:

  • Pure maple syrup and powdered sugar: this plays up the French toast vibe
  • Fresh berries like raspberries, blackberries or blueberries
  • Sliced bananas
  • Crushed nuts like pecans, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts or slivered almonds
  • Nut butter like peanut, almond, pecan, or walnut butter

More pancake recipes

There are so many riffs on pancake recipes, and we love trying them all. Here are some of our top healthy pancake recipes:

This cottage cheese pancakes recipe is…

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Cottage Cheese Pancakes


  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 10 4-inch pancakes
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

This cottage cheese pancakes recipe is the best genius trick! It makes a protein packed pancake that tastes like French toast.


Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups small curd* cottage cheese
  • 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup, plus more for serving
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ tablespoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, cottage cheese, maple syrup and vanilla (if you see very large clumps of cottage cheese, try to break them up or smash them with a fork).
  2. In another bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt. Add it to the bowl with the wet ingredients and mix until a smooth batter forms.
  3. Heat a non-stick skillet or griddle over medium heat, then add a bit of butter to coat. Scoop out ¼ cup portions of batter and cook the pancakes until golden brown on one side, adjusting the heat so it doesn’t brown too fast. Flip and cook until cooked through and no longer gooey at the edges (the batter will ooze out a bit at the sides; just keep cooking until it is fully cooked, adjusting the heat as necessary so it doesn’t brown too fast). Place the pancakes in a stack under an overturned bowl, and cook the second batch of pancakes. 
  4. Serve immediately, topped with pure maple syrup.

Notes

*Small curd cottage cheese is important for getting the right texture where the cheese melts into the pancake. Some brands labeled as “small curd” have fairly large curds, so the size varies based on brand. Experiment and find a brand that works for you! But don’t sweat it too much: you can make this recipe with any size curds, you just may end up with an appearance with some white flecks.

  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: Breakfast

Keywords: Cottage cheese pancakes, Cottage cheese pancakes recipe

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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

If you have some ripe bananas on hand, you have to try these delicious Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. These muffins are studded with sweet chocolate morsels and chopped nuts in each bite. Give these muffins a try! Your whole family will enjoy these swe…

If you have some ripe bananas on hand, you have to try these delicious Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. These muffins are studded with sweet chocolate morsels and chopped nuts in each bite. Give these muffins a try! Your whole family will enjoy these sweet and flavorful muffins. The cinnamon adds a nice warm spice flavor...

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The ‘Sun Omelette’ That TikTok Is Obsessing Over

You can’t look away from TikTok for even one minute without a new recipe, cleaning hack, or travel tip going absolutely viral. This morning, the new hot thing is this trending sun omelette recipe, which uses sliced tomatoes as a mold for scrambled eggs, cheese, and herbs. The recipe has collectively gained more than 20 million views after being recreated and shared on the app by TikTok users arry3453, cocinandoenparati, and abbily985.

How to Make Sun Omelette

Wake up on the right side of the bed with this viral trend. Here’s how to make TikTok’s sun omelettes: thinly slice a tomato into approximately ¼-inch rings. Lay the slices cut side down on a cutting board and press a wine glass into the center of the tomato to remove the flesh and seeds. Separate the tomato “rings” from the pulp. Chop the pulp and seeds and transfer the mixture to a bowl. Add two eggs, chopped chives, salt, pepper, and grated Parmesan cheese and whisk vigorously until combined.

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You can’t look away from TikTok for even one minute without a new recipe, cleaning hack, or travel tip going absolutely viral. This morning, the new hot thing is this trending sun omelette recipe, which uses sliced tomatoes as a mold for scrambled eggs, cheese, and herbs. The recipe has collectively gained more than 20 million views after being recreated and shared on the app by TikTok users arry3453, cocinandoenparati, and abbily985.

How to Make Sun Omelette

Wake up on the right side of the bed with this viral trend. Here’s how to make TikTok’s sun omelettes: thinly slice a tomato into approximately ¼-inch rings. Lay the slices cut side down on a cutting board and press a wine glass into the center of the tomato to remove the flesh and seeds. Separate the tomato “rings” from the pulp. Chop the pulp and seeds and transfer the mixture to a bowl. Add two eggs, chopped chives, salt, pepper, and grated Parmesan cheese and whisk vigorously until combined.

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Cozy Gingerbread Waffles

Make a batch gingerbread waffles for cozy winter mornings! They’re sweet and spiced, topped with powdered sugar and a drizzle…

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Make a batch gingerbread waffles for cozy winter mornings! They’re sweet and spiced, topped with powdered sugar and a drizzle of syrup.

Gingerbread waffles

Ready for the best winter tradition? Make up a batch of these Gingerbread Waffles! There’s nothing cozier than the smell of ginger and cloves wafting through the kitchen. We’d rather eat our treats as breakfast than in cookie form, so we created this fun recipe which has turned into a December tradition. Slather them in almond butter and top with a little powdered sugar and maple syrup as a deliciously cozy breakfast treat!

Ingredients in gingerbread waffles

These gingerbread waffles are similar to our Perfect Waffle recipe, with a few added ingredients to bring in that gingerbread cookie flavor. They’re just sweet enough: the ideal sweetness for topping with another drizzle of maple syrup. Here’s what you’ll need to bring it all together:

  • All purpose flour and whole wheat flour: Whole wheat flour makes a light and crispy texture, so make sure to grab it at the store
  • Baking powder and baking soda
  • Sugar
  • Spices: ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves
  • Molasses: this is the kicker; molasses gives warmth and depth to the gingerbread flavor
  • Butter
  • Milk of choice, either dairy or non-dairy like oat milk or almond milk
  • Eggs
Gingerbread waffles

Belgian waffles vs standard

You can use this gingerbread waffles batter to make either Belgian or standard waffles. Of course, it simply depends on your waffle iron! Our personal preference is Belgian waffles, since they’re thicker and look more impressive. (Here’s the Belgian waffle iron we use.) What’s the difference?

  • Belgian waffles are twice as large as regular waffles. They’re 1.5 inches thick with a deep grid pattern. One serving size is half of a Belgian waffle, since it’s double the size of a standard waffle. When serving, we like to break them apart into wedges.
  • Regular waffles, aka American waffles are about 1/2-inch thick. If you’re making a standard waffle, the serving size is 1 waffle.

Tips on cooking gingerbread waffles

For these gingerbread waffles, we tried a new method for cooking them that makes ruffled edges. We love the look of these: and you can make more waffles in a single batch! This may be our new favorite method moving forward. Here’s how to do it:

  • Ruffled edges: Simply use a little less batter in your waffle iron: about 2/3 cup for a Belgian waffle maker or ⅓ cup for a standard waffle maker.
  • Full circular waffles: Use a heaping 1 cup for a Belgian waffle maker or a heaping ½ cup for a standard waffle marker.

Of course, these quantities depend on the waffle maker: so eyeball it and adjust quantities as necessary.

Gingerbread Waffles

Toppings for gingerbread waffles

One thing we like about these gingerbread waffles? They’re just sweet enough but not overly saccharine. Make sure to add a drizzle of real maple syrup, required to accentuate the sweetness. We like to top them with nut butter to bring some protein to the breakfast and balance out the sweetness. It really makes them stick! Here’s how we recommend serving them, and then a few other ideas:

Gingerbread Waffles

More Christmas breakfast ideas

And that’s it: we hope you love these gingerbread waffles! Here are a few more treats that would work as Christmas breakfast ideas:

This gingerbread waffles recipe is…

Vegetarian.

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Gingerbread waffles

Cozy Gingerbread Waffles


  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

Make a batch gingerbread waffles for cozy winter mornings! They’re sweet and spiced: topped with powdered sugar and a drizzle of syrup.


Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • ½ cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon each baking powder and baking soda
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons each ground ginger and cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon allspice
  • ¼ teaspoon cloves
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ cup melted unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 1 cup milk of choice
  • 3 eggs
  • Powdered sugar, maple syrup, and almond butter (optional), to serve

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, mix the all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and kosher salt until thoroughly combined.
  2. In another bowl, whisk the melted butter, molasses, milk, and eggs. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk gently until the batter is smooth.
  3. Preheat your waffle iron, then grease or butter it. Add the batter to the center of the waffle iron: use about 2/3 cup for pointed edges* or a little over 1 cup for a full waffle in a Belgian waffle maker, or use ⅓ cup or a little over ½ cup for a standard waffle maker.
  4. Cook according to the waffle iron’s instructions until golden brown: about 3 to 4 minutes depending on your waffle iron. Remove the cooked waffles and place them on a parchment-lined or greased baking sheet without stacking. Make the waffles to order, or place cooked waffles in a 250°F oven to keep warm.
  5. Serve with a dusting of powdered sugar and a drizzle of maple syrup; it’s also great with a slather of almond butter or other nut butter.  Makes 2 to 3 large Belgian waffles (which can you can break into pieces for serving) or 4 to 6 standard waffles.
  6. Storage info: We prefer the flavor of these waffles the day of making, but cooked waffles can be frozen if desired. Place them in a plastic bag and remove the remaining air with a straw before sealing. To reheat, remove from the freezer and lightly toast in a toaster.

Notes

*Using less batter makes a waffle with ruffled edges like the ones you see in the photo. Use more batter to make a full circular waffle. The amounts listed are approximate and depend on the waffle iron.

  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Waffles
  • Cuisine: Waffles

Keywords: Gingerbread waffles

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Cranberry Bliss Bars

If you find yourself counting down the days until you can get your hands on Cranberry Bliss Bars, this copycat recipe is exactly what you need to enjoy them at home any time of the year. I used to count down the days until I could buy the Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar. But now I …

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If you find yourself counting down the days until you can get your hands on Cranberry Bliss Bars, this copycat recipe is exactly what you need to enjoy them at home any time of the year.

Three cranberry bliss bars arranged on a white plate, with a bite taken out of one of them

I used to count down the days until I could buy the Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar. But now I have my own recipe, and honestly, it’s even better!

Cranberry is such a wonderful flavor that deserves more attention all year long. I’m not complaining about it getting its due in winter, though.

The flavors in these cranberry bars are similar to another copycat recipe of mine, glazed orange scones, as well as my cranberry orange bread and cranberry orange cinnamon rolls.

What can I say, I love the combo of cranberry and orange!

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Savory Cheddar Cheese Waffles

These savory cheddar cheese waffles are much more versatile than their sweet counterparts, no matter whether you enjoy them for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. We personally love them paired with fried chicken or dipped in ranch dressing (or both at once, if we’re being honest), but truly, the possibilities are endless. The perfect waffle is […]

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These savory cheddar cheese waffles are much more versatile than their sweet counterparts, no matter whether you enjoy them for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. We personally love them paired with fried chicken or dipped in ranch dressing (or both at once, if we’re being honest), but truly, the possibilities are endless.

The perfect waffle is light and airy in texture with delightfully crisp edges, and these savory waffles are most certainly that. In fact, addition of cheese in this recipe takes that crispness to a whole other level. (You know that ruffly layer of crispy cheese you get when your grilled cheese overflows? That same magic is in effect here.)

Stack of three thick Belgian Savory Cheddar Cheese Waffles on a white plate, turquoise background and gold forks

I recently had a hankering for waffles, but was (as usual) undecided as to just what kind I should make. My initial thoughts were to try a sourdough waffle using my somewhat neglected starter, but I couldn’t decide between Belgian or Liege waffles (the kind that use pearl sugar inside for a really unique texture). I even toyed with trying out an olive oil waffle that uses oil in place of melted butter.

Flummoxed, I posed the question to my facebook group, whose opinions I value greatly (seriously, awesome folks over there, you should join us!) I ended up adding a few other waffle options off the top of my head, including both Belgian and Liege, olive oil, as well as a savory cheese waffle (because why not?)

Well, the cheese waffle blew the other options out of the water. Which really surprised me, but hey, I’m all for giving the people what they want.

So we ate waffles for dinner for three nights in a row, perfecting this recipe. And perfect it most definitely is.

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Croissant Breakfast Casserole

Looking for a delicious overnight breakfast casserole recipe for your holiday celebrations? This savory Croissant Breakfast Casserole is full of ham, mushrooms, and gruyere cheese for a breakfast that will satisfy all of your guests. This post is sponsored by Challenge Butter. Thank you for continuing to support the brands that make My Baking Addiction …

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Looking for a delicious overnight breakfast casserole recipe for your holiday celebrations? This savory Croissant Breakfast Casserole is full of ham, mushrooms, and gruyere cheese for a breakfast that will satisfy all of your guests.

Slice of croissant breakfast casserole and two pieces of grapefruit on a white plate

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Holiday mornings are something else, aren’t they?

I find that whether we have family staying with us or it’s just Eric, Elle and me, everyone wakes up starving and anxious to watch the parade (if it’s Thanksgiving) or open presents or just hang out. And somehow they all come to me wondering what’s for breakfast.

That’s when I turn to recipes I can prep the night before and bake off in the morning. I want something so easy to cook that I don’t even have to have had my coffee yet to be able to pop it in the oven.

This year, I’m all about this savory, buttery Croissant Breakfast Casserole.

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