Top 10 Healthy Make-Ahead Breakfast Recipes
~ Want a delicious, satisfying breakfast waiting in the morning? After oodles of research and debate, here are our top 10 make-ahead breakfast recipes! Yum! ~
With the holidays coming up … the happy chaos of Christmas morning … overnight guests … last-minute shopping and wrapping and baking (egads!) … Yeah, what we really need is a good game plan for some awesome make-ahead dishes, and we thought you might, too!
Here at THK, we spend tons of time surfing other blogs and reading cookbooks and food magazines. We have bajillions of Pins, lists upon lists, and folders that are overflowing with recipes we just can’t wait to make!
So, was it hard to come up with just 10 recipes? Yep, it really was!
We literally spent hours sifting through all our ideas to come up with the 10 recipes for overnight, make-ahead breakfasts that we are dying to make. Every single one inspires us and makes our tummies grumble!
We also specifically looked for recipes that generally fit our THK requirements of being healthy or offering nutritious advantages. Of course, wherever possible, we’re always fans of subbing lower-fat dairy products, and adding in a few more whole grains or veggies – all those usual THK tricks. But, with maybe just a minor tweak here or there, these are all recipes we would feel good about serving to family and friends. (And we just can’t wait to do that!)
So dig in … and let us know what you think!
Happy holidays!
1) Healthy Breakfast Bread Pudding from Monica at The Yummy Life
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2) Apple-Stuffed Strata from Cooking Light
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3) Individual Egg Bake Rounds from Liz at Carpé Season
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4) Breakfast Casserole from Kelly at Eat Yourself Skinny
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5) Bananas Fosters Topped Overnight French Toast from Gina at Skinnytaste
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6) Spiced Pear Baked Oatmeal from Kiersten at Oh My Veggies
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7) Arugula & Chicken Sausage Bread Pudding from EatingWell
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8) Overnight Cookie Dough Oatmeal from Pamela at Brooklyn Farm Girl
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9) White Mocha Slow Cooker Oatmeal from Kelly at Hidden Fruits and Veggies (With tips for a coffee-free, non-mocha version for the kiddos!)
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10) Granola! And in some shameless self promotion 🙂 … don’t forget our Easy, Healthy Applesauce Granola (pictured above)! Or our beloved Easy Blueberry Overnight Oats and Easy Chia Seed Pudding (there’s a definite reason these recipes all have EASY in the name)!
What a great post for the holidays! I’m always looking for new and special recipes – so the round-up is great! I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas! Hugs!
Hey, Kristi! We’re so glad you enjoyed this post! We had a lot of fun sifting through tons of great recipes and debating which 10 should make the final cut! Hugs to you, too, friend – have an awesome Christmas! 😀 ~G&S
Wow!! These look amazing!! Seriously perfect for a Christmas brunch!! Number 5 looks especially tasty! Thanks for sharing! I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas!
Awwww … Merry, merry Christmas to you, too, Cailee! We’re so excited to try these recipes – hope you get a chance to sample some over the holidays, too! 😀 ~G&S
So many mouthwatering breakfasts! I am having a hard time picking!
The white mocha slow cooker oatmeal sounds specially Fantastic!
Hi, Shashi! Yeah – Shelley is kinda a coffee lover (well more than kinda! 😀 ), so we absolutely knew we had to include Kelly’s Mocha Oatmeal! Sounds killer-good! Happy holidays (and happy munching)! ~G&S
Thanks for featuring my recipe! All of these recipes look absolutely amazing and I’m excited to be on this list! I hadn’t even thought about bringing my slow cooker to my mom’s house for Christmas, but now I think I might need to so we can have some healthy-ish oatmeal in the morning!
Hey, Kelly! You are so very welcome! We CAN’T WAIT to try your oatmeal! Love that you offer a kiddie version with no coffee, too! Yum! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!! 😀 ~G&S
YUM!
All of these look absolutely delicious!
I loved the banana fosters french toast in particular.
Doesn’t that Bananas Fosters French Toast look way too decadent to be one bit healthy!? Dessert for breakfast – perfect! 😀 ~G&S