We live in a culture of the refined carb breakfast. Let’s get over the cereals and bagels and eat some real food to start the day. Find great ideas in this ultimate breakfast recipe collection.
Here are over 60 recipes from real food bloggers for healthier alternatives to the traditional and not so traditional breakfast. From eggs and smoothies, to properly prepared grains and grain-free alternatives.

Eggs
- Eggs in a Potato
- BasketThe Hedonist’s
- BreakfastNaked Quiche
- Shakshukah
- Crustless Cheese Quiche
- Spiced Kale Scramble
- Homemade Frittata
- Caprese Omlette
Smoothies and Beverages
- Pumpkin Spice Creamer (Dairy-Free)
- Chocolate Hemp Joy Shake
- Breakfast Orange Creamy
- Mix and Match 3 Ingredient Smoothie
- Iced Bulletproof Coffee
- Energizing Orange Carrot Juice
- Gingerbread Spiced Coffee
- Homemade Cocoa Heaven
- Homemade Almond Coconut Milk
- Paleo Mocha Frappe
- Protein Shake w/o Protein Powder
- Strawberry Banana Kombucha Smoothie
- Strawberry Kefir Smoothie
- Supercharge Your Smoothie
- Turbo Nutrient Booster Vegetable Smoothie
- Sweetheart Smoothie
- Cherry Berry Vanilla Shake
Oatmeal
- Soaked Oatmeal Bars
- Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal
- Soaked Oatmeal
- Banana and Oatmeal Oven Cakes
- Slow Cooker Oatmeal
- Apple Rhubarb Porridge
- Homemade Soaked Oatmeal
- Creamy Coconut Oatmeal
Cereal and Oatmeal Alternatives (Grain-free)
- Coconut Flour Pancakes
- Nut Flour Pancakes
- Grain-Free Crepes
- Super Food Cereal
- Vanilla Mac Nut Granola
- Almond Flour Waffles
- Chia Fauxtmeal
- Make Ahead No-Oatsmeal
- Quick Paleo English Muffins
- Dutch Baby Pancake
- Almond Dutch Baby
- Grain Free Oatmeal
- Grain-free fauxrridge
- Coconut Flour Blueberry Muffins
- Nutty Granola
- Cinnamon and Honey Nut Crunch Cereal
- Grain Free Instant Cinnamon Oatmeal
- Grain-Free Granola Bars
- Blueberry Dutch baby Pancake
- Five Ingredient Cinnamon Cereal
Dairy-free and Egg-free
- Coconut Milk Yogurt (Dairy-Free)
- Berries and Vanilla Cream
- Broiled Spiced Grapefruit
Cinnamon Plantain Pudding - Coconut Lime Yogurt
- Chia Muffins
- Coconut Milk Yogurt
- Coconut Coffee Creamer
- Vanilla Chia Seed Pudding
Grains
- Sprouted Whole Wheat Biscuits
- Soaked Pancakes
- Sourdough Rye Pancakes
- Quinoa Pancakes
- Sprouted Wheat Pancakes
- Chocolate Chip Buck
- wheat Sourdough Pancakes
- Crunchy Raw Buckwheat Granola
- Easy Sourdough Crepes
- Homemade Soaked Granola
Meat and Fish
- GravlaxEggless Breakfast Hash
- Salmon Cakes
- Simple Ceviche
- Spiced Kale Scramble
- Butternut Squash Breakfast Scramble
- Vennison, Spinach, and Egg Casserole

Jen Lin-Liu is the founder of Black Sesame Kitchen. A Chinese-American writer and a nationally certified Chinese chef in Beijing. Jen is the author of two memoirs, Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China and On the Noodle Road: From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta.