Healthy Breakfast Recipes and Cooking Tips

Featured Recipes

Overnight Oatmeal

Here is an easy way to serve a crowd a hearty breakfast before facing the elements for a day of winter sports. You can assemble it in the slow cooker in the evening and wake up to a bowl of hot, nourishing oatmeal. The slow cooker eliminates the need for constant stirring and ensures an exceptionally creamy consistency. It is important to use steel-cut oats; old-fashioned oats become too soft during slow-cooking.

» Overnight Oatmeal

Red Pepper & Goat Cheese Frittata

A frittata is a baked omelet, far easier because it lacks that pesky step of flipping it. Frittatas appeared on the Saturnia, a fashionable Italian cruise ship in the post-WWII years. The dish was an elegant lunch on transatlantic crossings and became a U.S. craze when The New York Times ran the first English-language recipe in 1952.

» Red Pepper & Goat Cheese Frittata

Quick Breakfast Taco

A smaller cousin of the breakfast burrito, the breakfast taco made with reduced-fat Cheddar and egg substitute is a satisfying and healthy breakfast option.

» Quick Breakfast Taco

Lemon-Raspberry Muffins

The secret to the sparkling flavor of these delicately crumbed muffins is the strips of lemon zest finely ground into the sugar. Enjoy the muffins warm right from the oven.

» Lemon-Raspberry Muffins

Cranberry Pancakes

Start your day off right with these easy pancakes, packed with cranberry's sour spike. One of you can make the coffee and heat the maple syrup while the other makes the pancakes. It's instant relationship bliss.

» Cranberry Pancakes

Egg & Salmon Sandwich

Smoked salmon and egg whites on a toasted whole-wheat English muffin is the perfect power breakfast. For a more substantial meal, pair it with a piece of fruit or a glass of 100% juice.

» Egg & Salmon Sandwich

Citrus Berry Smoothie

This meal-in-a-glass smoothie is bursting with berries and orange juice, healthful sources of carbohydrate and powerful antioxidants. Getting plenty of antioxidant-rich foods makes sense for active people, since free radicals are produced any time the body's cells process oxygen.

» Citrus Berry Smoothie

Breakfast is the most important meal—giving us a much-needed energy boost for the rest of the day. Nevertheless many of us skip breakfast when we’re in a hurry—or worse, we turn to calorie- and carbohydrate-laden foods that even the most active person would have trouble burning. Luckily, EatingWell offers a bounty of quick and healthy breakfast ideas, from lazy weekend brunch to grab-and-go breakfast, that will stave off hunger until lunchtime. Give your body the energy it needs by trying these easy and delicious breakfast recipes!

READER'S COMMENT:

"Protein Shakes are really delicious and you can add your own twist to them. If you want more info, let me know. Sam, Windy City, KA "

Comments

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When printing your recipes out, the text that is in color prints very dull so it is hard to read. Make all your text in black so it is bold and prints out in a bright format. Stan Loeb, Modesto, CA	11 weeks 4 days ago
Quinoa has a lot of protein. You can boil it in some water, add some beets from a can, any herb U like, I use cilantro. Salt, Pepper, some lemon juice toss and enjoy! U can also add chickpeas (more protein) tomatoes, onions, carrots and corn. Any or all of the above. Brinda, Tampa, FL	11 weeks 4 days ago
I'm looking for a recipe for multigrain and nut pancakes. Michelle Harvey, Newton Falls, OH	11 weeks 4 days ago
Protein Shakes are really delicious and you can add your own twist to them. If you want more info, let me know. Sam, Windy City, KA	11 weeks 4 days ago
I had gastric bypass several years ago and am having trouble making good and healthly meals with prenty of protein any ideas. Barbara Montanez, Commerce City, CO	11 weeks 4 days ago