We’ve all been there — short on time and in a rush most mornings. There’s more to a Vegan breakfast than just fruit.
Enjoy these quick, no-brainer, plant-friendly, 50+ breakfasts and get to work!
- Instant plain, microwaveable Grits, topped with nutritional yeast if you like a cheesy flavor or Earth Balance Vegan butter
- Steel-cut Oatmeal drizzled with maple syrup and topped with fruit and/or chopped candied walnuts or pecans or chia seeds
- A fruit and/or veggie smoothie made w/ almond milk or coconut yogurt and chia, hemp, pumpkin, or flax seeds
- Pineapple-Avocado Toast (mashed, ripe avocado, canned crushed pineapple, and cinnamon or red pepper flakes)
- Instant microwaveable Oatmeal made with almond or cashew milk, brown sugar, and/or fruit
- Veggie crumbles (i.e. Beyond Meat or Gardein), sautéed with pre-sliced mushrooms and topped with salsa and sliced avocado
- Banana slathered with almond or peanut butter
- Veggie Sausage slices (i.e. Field Roast, Gardein, ToFurkey) sautéed with mushrooms and served alongside grits
- Toasted Vegan bagel (i.e. Lenders) topped w/Vegan cream cheese, peanut butter, or fruit preserves
- Multi-Grain or Whole-Grain Toast topped with peanut butter and sliced bananas
- Tofu Scramble seasoned with turmeric (to look like eggs), green onions, Herbs de Provence, diced tomatoes, garlic powder, salt, and onion powder and served alongside sautéed mushrooms
- Microwaved pre-made or from frozen pancakes like EP4L’s Best Vegan Pancakes
- Pre-made (on Sunday) Vegan Muffins like my Blueberry, Pumpkin-Spice, or Banana Mega Muffins. Enjoy them for a full workweek
- Trail Mix – (check the label) or make your own by combining all of your favorite nuts, seeds, and dried fruit, dividing and storing it in the fridge in individual, ready-to-go snack bags
- Annie’s Refrigerator Cinnamon Rolls or Biscuits (now at most major stores)
- Granola over coconut yogurt
- Van’s Organic Waffles or Nature’s Path Waffles
- Amy’s Black Bean Breakfast Burritos (in frozen section)
- Fruit Salad topped with granola or chia seeds
- Many Commercial Cereals (i.e. Cheerios, some Cascadian Farm’s Cinnamon or Graham Crunch and Fruitful O’s, Rice Krispies, some Kashi varieties, Original or Cinnamon Life, Corn Pops, Reese’s Puffs, some Nature’s Path, Corn or Rice Chex, Cap’n Crunch, Kellogg’s Cornflakes, Frosted Flakes, Crispix, Special K Red Berries or Vanilla Almond, Kroger’s Simply Frosted Flakes or Publix’s, some Kix, etc.) with or without almond milk. READ THE LABELS!
- Store-bought Granola Bars (Nutri-Grain, some Nature Valley, a few Luna Bars, a few KIND bars, some Clif Bars, LaraBars, etc.)
- Pre-cut frozen potatoes, pre-cut diced red and green peppers, and onions. Toss in a little oil, wrap in aluminum foil and bake (while you get dressed for work) on 400 degrees for about 20 minutes.
- Leftovers from last night’s dinner (why the heck not?)
- Soaked Oats: pre-made the night before (and topped with Agave or maple syrup, fruit, nuts, or seeds. Click the recipe title for the recipe.
- EP4L’s Soaked Chia Seeds: pre-made the night before. Click the recipe title for the recipe.
