Healthy Breakfast Recipes
Start your day off right with energizing, healthy breakfast recipes like blueberry pancakes, veggie frittatas, yogurt-based muffins and more.
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Healthy Breakfast Sandwich
Skip the fast food and make your own breakfast sandwich, with whole-wheat English muffins, Canadian bacon, tomatoes, chives and egg whites.
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Protein Bars
Soy protein powder and silken tofu give Alton Brown's hearty bars a double dose of protein, but all you'll taste are the bars' tender peanut butter topping, chewy raisins and tart dried berries.
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Eggs in Purgatory: Shakshuka
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Green Smoothie
Get a green start to the day by drinking this vibrant smoothie that blends kale, cucumber and green grapes together with parsley for a refreshing and restorative morning sip.
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Steel-Cut Oatmeal
Steel-cut oats are the least-processed type of oat cereal and actually become creamier and more delicious with time, making them a great make-ahead breakfast. Alton flavors his morning bowl with tangy low-fat buttermilk, brown sugar and cinnamon.
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Whole-Wheat Pancakes with Nutty Topping
Whole-wheat pancakes — made with low-fat buttermilk and nonstick cooking spray instead of oil — gain protein power and crunch from an almond, pumpkin seed, sunflower seed and sesame seed topping.
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Breakfast Burrito
Ellie Krieger's healthy breakfast burrito — a whole-wheat tortilla packed with healthy ingredients like peppers, black beans, tomatoes, avocados and cheese — will keep you full all day.
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Granola Bars
On your way out the door, grab one of Alton's homemade bars, which are packed with a filling combo of old-fashioned rolled oats, sunflower seeds and wheat germ. Toss in dark brown sugar and your favorite dried fruit to add a hint of sweetness to your morning commute.
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Southwestern Hash
Take your breakfast potatoes south of the border with this ancho chile-spiced hash. Diced tomatoes and canned black beans add color and heft to this filling plate, and don't forget a few dashes of hot sauce when serving.
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Ricotta Pancakes
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Ellie Krieger's Apple Muffins
At only 200 calories a muffin, Ellie's apple, pecan and cinnamon muffins are a less sinful but still sweet start to your morning.
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Healthy French Toast
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Kelsey's Garden Vegetable Frittata
Kelsey Nixon's vegetable frittata, filled with fresh seasonal veggies, stalks of green onions and a sprinkling of basil, brings the garden to your breakfast plate.
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Pomegranate-Berry Smoothie
Blend low-fat vanilla yogurt with pomegranate juice and mixed berries for a filling on-the-go breakfast that's chock-full of antioxidants.
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Yum Yum Brownie Muffins
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Breakfast Cookies
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Energy Bars
Get an on-the-go morning boost with Ellie's nutty whole-wheat energy bars. Flavored with maple syrup and cinnamon, the fruit- and seed-flecked squares are a healthy (and hand-held) replacement for a stack of pancakes.
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Grapefruit Salad with Honey-Mint Dressing
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Apple Oat Muffin
Oats and grated fresh apples are hearty and healthful additions to these cinnamon-scented muffins that are great to grab on the go.
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Mean Green Smoothie
With six green ingredients in total, Kelsey's smoothie combines all the healthiest food groups in one delicious glass, with fresh baby spinach, sweet ripe kiwi and more.
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Egg White, Onion + Fig Jam Sandwich
Nadia G. whips up a wicked sandwich that's easy on your taste buds and your figure. Homemade fig jam and caramelized onions provide so much sweet flavor that you won't miss the yolks in this recipe one little bit.
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Granola Bars
Made with less sugar and loaded with dried cranberries, old-fashioned oats, chopped walnuts, wheat germ and honey, these granola bars are a healthy, super-tasty snack or fortifying breakfast.
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Red Pepper, Potato and Onion Frittata
Get the Recipe: Frittata Di Verdura: 'Clean Out the Fridge' Frittata
Quick Multigrain Cereal
This quick and easy stovetop cereal recipe tastes like oatmeal raisin cookies, but it's full of nutritious whole grains, which make it high in fiber and protein. (Or, try the microwave version of this recipe.)
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Frosty Cappuccino
Wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Whip up one of these frothy and frosty cappuccinos. It takes just five minutes to make, has only 105 calories and satisfies your cravings for both caffeine and chocolate — sure to put you back on the sunny side.
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Szechuan-Peppercorn Salmon on Toast
While Swedish-style gravlax is usually served as an appetizer, spicy Szechuan peppercorn-cured salmon tastes great atop toast or bagels for breakfast.
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Asparagus and Jack Cheese Frittata
Aida Mollenkamp's simple frittata calls for two strong ingredients: asparagus and Jack cheese.
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Hungry Girl-nola
Hungry Girl makes granola a lean breakfast option by eliminating oil and dousing her oats, rice and wheat with a sugar-free pancake syrup before baking.
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Laura Calder's Savory French Toast
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Nigella's Antioxidant Fruit Salad
Nigella Lawson's fresh fruit salad gets an extra citrus kick from a sprinkling of lime juice.
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Homemade Mango-Agave Granola with Greek Yogurt
Bobby Flay's homemade granola gains sweetness from agave syrup, substance from sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, and chewiness from dried sweetened mango pieces.
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Vegetable & Egg Salad Wrap
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It's a Good Morning Muffins
What makes for a good morning? According to Emeril Lagasse, it's a hearty muffin packed with grated carrots and parsnips, raisins, pecans, apples and even coconut.
Peach French Toast Bake
Though this breakfast casserole seems utterly indulgent, a serving of this sweet peach French toast bake has only 250 calories.
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