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23 Easy & Healthy Breakfast Recipes

23 Easy & Healthy Breakfast recipes, including drinks & smoothies, savory egg-based meals, and finishing with a list of sweet (but still healthy!) dishes to round out the list.

I’m a firm believer that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but when I’m rushing to get to work, I don’t usually have heaps of time to mess around in the kitchen whipping up a healthy and hearty breakfast. My go-to in the morning is almost always something I can throw in my bag and eat once I get to work, or something that I’ve prepped in advance that I can heat up and eat while I’m getting ready. Yes, I’m a fan of multi-tasking, especially in the morning…!

Don’t get me wrong – I’m a big fan of a Full English on the weekend, but that’s when I have time to take it easy and make breakfast more of a chill and relaxing experience, than a necessary step to fuel me for my busy day. Since I moved to London, one of my absolute favorite things is that you can get a savory breakfast pretty much anywhere. During my ten years in Paris, a good savory breakfast was probably one of the things I missed the most. I know, I know – I realize that probably sounds blasphemous, given that Paris is home to some of (if not the?) best pastries in the world. But croissants and pains au chocolat have never been my thing. Before the mob starts gathering their pitchforks, there are lots and lots of other French delicacies that I adore – just not the sweet and bready varieties. Now that I’m in London, I can pop into an EAT or Birley’s to grab a quick breakfast, but that gets old fast, and it certainly isn’t ideal for my budget!

One of my resolutions for 2018 is to eat less prepared food, and focus on homemade and healthy breakfasts and lunches, and I’m always on the lookout for recipe inspiration. So I’ve pulled together a list of 23 easy & healthy breakfast recipes that I’ll be adding into my morning meal rotation. Whether you’re looking to eat healthier during the week, save money on breakfast, or just looking to spice up your morning breakfast recipe catalog, the recipes below should provide some inspiration. I hope you’ll enjoy this Recipe Roundup, and please do check out the blogs linked from each photo in the galleries below for the full recipes!

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If you’re like me and you prefer savory to sweet breakfast recipes, then I suggest taking a look at these ideas! They’re not over-the-top sugary, and pack lots of vitamins and protein and other good stuff, and are a great way to change it up without overloading on sugar.

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I hope you’ll enjoy these recipes as much as I do! A big thank you to all of the bloggers who allowed me to include their recipes in this list – definitely check them out for these recipes, and more!

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April 8, 2018
Microwave scrambled eggs
This past month has been busier than busy, and my priorities have been less on food and more on…well, just getting things done. Now I’m the first person to not mind spending two hours on an elaborate morning breakfast on the weekend, whipping up pancakes, quiches, hash browns and whatever else my starving Saturday self is in the mood for. But sometimes… folks just don’t have time for that, and this past weekend was one of those moments when I needed food, fast, and had no time to mess around with pots, pans or complicated recipes.

Even after living in France for ten years (argh… saying that makes me feel old…!), I never really got down with sweet breakfasts. No croissants or pains au chocolat for me! I’m a savory kind of girl, all the way. I’m getting into oatmeal in the morning now, but that has taken me about 25 years to get to that point. I need hearty. I need filling. I need much more than a pastry… ! So fast forward to this past Saturday when I’ve got tons of things to do, am starving, and my grocery delivery hasn’t yet arrived.

Now I have tried (many, many times) to make eggs in the microwave, ever since one of my lovely colleagues mentioned the idea to me a few months ago. Sadly, microwave eggs have been a massive failure in my kitchen since I started trying to make them, most likely because my microwave doesn’t have a temperature/level setting…! We went ages without having a microwave when I finally decided we could sacrifice some counter space for it (yes, that’s why I forced Jonathan to reheat everything on the stove for months… because I didn’t want to give up precious space on our tiny kitchen counters for a big clunky microwave). Needless to say, I didn’t buy a top of the line model, and apparently the one I chose is so not top of the line that it only has one temperature setting: really high.

So, sunny-side up eggs don’t come out magically perfect in my microwave, but I didn’t give up…and I’m glad I didn’t! I have stumbled on quite a few other microwave egg recipes, and today I’ll be sharing one of my favorites: microwave veggie scrambled eggs (in a mug).

Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon shredded cheese
- 2 tablespoons diced veggies (I used mushrooms, scallions, and cherry tomatoes)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
1. Crack your egg into your mug, then stir in in the milk, cheese and veggies.
2. Cover your mug with a saucer or lid, then microwave for 30 seconds, stir, then for 20-30 more seconds.
3. Serve over toast, or directly out of the mug (if you’re a Greedy McGreedy like me, and can’t wait to gobble these down).
Note: cooking time will depend on your microwave. My microwave seems super powered on its unique one-size-fits-all temperature setting, so you might need to adjust cooking times accordingly.
October 21, 2015
McMuffin copycat make-ahead breakfast sandwiches
Updated: July 12th 2015

I like to think of myself as an organized, structured and generally speaking a planner. Of course, the downside to that is that I also tend to take on way too much and then stress myself out about actually being able to finish everything on time. So I’ve had to come up with a few shortcuts to maximize my time and one tiny change has made a big difference in my daily routine: make-ahead breakfasts.

I always tell myself that I’m going to get up extra-early to make myself a big, healthy (and filling) breakfast that’ll get me through the morning, but that happens once a week (okay…once a month?) I’m not really a light breakfast kinda girl, so I definitely need something substantial first thing in the morning to get me going. These are perfect because I can make a bunch of them over the weekend, then have a healthy and filling breakfast ready to go every morning in under ten minutes.

Ingredients:
- English muffins, not toasted*
- Eggs, cooked**
- Cheddar cheese
- Turkey bacon
- Mustard, mayonnaise and ketchup, combined
Instructions:
- Place your toasted muffins face-up, then slather on the mustard-mayo-ketchup mixture.
- Next, add the egg and bacon and finish with the cheese.
- Wrap in aluminium foil until served
To reheat: warm oven to around 200degrees, then reheat for around 10 minutes or until warm.

*In my original recipe, I recommended toasting the English muffins, but this came out a bit too hard/rubbery a few times since, so I’ve been using un-toasted muffins and the result is much better and these taste a lot like real McMuffins!

**Eggs: In order to get perfectly round eggs, I bake mine for about 10 minutes at 200degrees in a muffin tin. Just spray a bit of cooking oil in them to make sure they don’t stick, and they’ll slide right out and be perfectly cooked every time.

Notes: I make these McMuffin copycat breakfast sandwiches for a Monday-Friday work week, so five at a time. If you want to make more, I would store them in the freezer if you need to keep them longer than 4-5 days!
May 26, 2015