70+ Breakfast Ideas

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It’s rightly so because if you have a proper breakfast, you will feel full for a long time and will not crave for food before lunch. Breakfast gives you the much needed fuel for the whole day. Here are some easy healthy breakfast ideas which I have put together to help myself and you.

A healthy breakfast recipe should ideally include three of the following food groups:

• Whole grains – Whole grains are slow burning carbohydrates and hence keep our energy levels up till lunch time. Whole grains also give fiber, some essential vitamins and minerals. For example,
• Proteins – Proteins help you keep full for longer.
• Fruits and/or Vegetables – Add more fiber, Vitamins, Minerals and antioxidants from fruits / vegetables.
• Nuts

Keeping this in mind, I have come up with a very easy way to plan breakfast. I keep it very simple for breakfast. Simple breakfast recipes which are no fuss, less hassle and very quick to make. I have charted out the basics and all you have to do is mix and match every day to dish out yummy breakfast every day. I have added our much loved Indian Healthy Breakfast options as well.

Whole grains or slow burning carbs	Proteins	Fruits and/or Vegetables	Nuts
Oats, Wheat, Ragi, Whole-grain cereal with at least 5 grams of fiber per serving, less than 6 grams of sugars per serving	Eggs, Yoghurt, Milk, Sprouts, Peanut butter	Banana, Berries, Melon, Oranges, Apples, Methi, Carrot, Peas or any seasonal fruits and vegetables	Almonds, Walnuts, Cashews, Apricots, Figs

Since I have a 4 year old, I have included lots of breakfast ideas for kids as well. These are simple breakfast recipe ideas with Indian breakfast recipes and lots of vegetarian breakfast recipes as well.

Pancake / Dosa / Cheela or Chilla

Pancakes without Baking soda / Baking powder

1. Whole Wheat Cheela (chilla)

2. Banana Oats Two Ingredient Pancake

3. Banana wheat Two Ingredient Pancake

4. Sweet Potato Pancake

5. Pancake With Fruit Salt (eno)

Pancakes without Egg

1. Banana Pancake

2. Chocolate Peanut Butter Pancake

3. Apple Cinnamon Eggless Pancakes

Pancakes with Egg

1. Two Ingredient Egg and Banana Pancake

2. Chocolate Pancake

3. Death by Chocolate Pancake

4. Strawberry / Blueberry Pancake

5. No Flip Pancake

Dosa

1. Beetroot Dosa

2. Instant Oats Dosa

3. Instant Ragi Dosa

4. Uttapam

5. Instant Multigrain Dosa

6. Whole Wheat Dosa

7. Egg Dosa

8. Cheese Dosa

Cheela or Chilla

1. Moong Dal Cheela

2. Oats Cheela

3. Besan Cheela

4. Sabudana Thalipeeth Recipe

5. Sabudana Waffle

Bread Recipes

1. Sandwiches 4 Ways

2. PBJ – Peanut Butter Jam Sandwich

3. Beat root sandwich

4. Coleslaw Sandwich with Cashew Cream

5. Spinach Corn Sandwich

6. French toast

7. Bread pizza

8. Shallow Fried Bread Pakora

Breakfast Muffins and Scones

Parathas / Theplas / Wraps & Rolls

Theplas

1. Methi Thepla

2. Palak Thepla

3. Carrot Thepla

4. Dudhi (bottle gourd) Thepla

Parathas

1. Jaggery Paratha

2. Sweet Potato Paratha

3. Potato Paratha

4. Paneer Paratha

5. Mix Vegetable Stuffed Paratha

6. Broccoli Paratha

Quesadilla

1. Cheese, Jalapeno and Peppers

2. Beans, Corn, Cheese and Salsa

Wraps & Rolls

1. Roti wrap 4 Ways or Roti Roll 4 Ways

2. Beetroot Cutlet Wrap

Indian Breakfast Ideas

1. Poha 4 Different Ways

2. Sooji Halwa Breakfast Bowl

3. Upma

4. Sevai Upma

5. Broken Wheat Upma

6. Steamed Upma with Tadka

7. Vegetable Idli Recipe

8. Beetroot Idli Donuts

Breakfast Porridges

1. Oats Porridge

2. Broken wheat Porridge

3. Coconut Chia Pudding

Milk / Smoothies

1. Babyccino

2. Dry Fruit Milk

3. Almond Milk

4. Soy Milk

5. Coconut Milk

6. Strawberry smoothie

Breakfast Ideas With Eggs

1. Egg Muffin

2. Egg Shakshuka (Tomato Par Edu)

3. Spanish Omelette in Paniyaram Pan

4. French Toast (Savory and Sweet)

I have provided recipes wherever I could and I will continue to update recipes here and add more to the list. Enjoy these ideas and let me know if you find them useful via comments. If and when I see your comment, I will put in effort towards making a similar list for meals, snacks, etc.