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Put down the same old eggs and toast you have every morning, I'm about to spice up your life.
Simple and yet so out of the ordinary. All the essentials—eggs, bacon, sausage—on a bed of toast, rolled up, and fried to perfection. Drool inducing.
Recipe: Breakfast Sandwich Roll Up
This one's a bit of a time commitment—2 hours 45 minutes total—but so worth the wait. Try it on a lazy Sunday morning when the only thing on your to-do list is binge-watch New Girl. Or meal prep it and check "make breakfast" off your list for the rest of the week.
Um hello, banana chocolate chip perfection. Sure, you could have regular oat muffins or regular banana muffins, but when you put them together and add chocolate chips it becomes something way better than the original.
Recipe: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Is there anything that isn't elevated when you add tater tots to it? The correct answer is no. This breakfast bake, packed with sausage, cheese, eggs, and condensed French onion soup (yes, you read that right) will add just a little extra kick to your morning meal.
Recipe: Tater Tot Breakfast Bake
No, this is not a dessert because it has cottage cheese on it, therefore, it passes as a breakfast item. All you need to do is split a banana, pile on some cottage cheese, top it with strawberries, almonds, and chia seeds, and drench it in honey and some whipped cream. Then just add a cherry on top *wink.*
Recipe: Sweet and Savory Banana Split
These delicious savory muffins are the perfect bake on the weekend, eat throughout the week meal. Whip up the batter and cook these babies for 20 minutes and you're set for the rest of the week. Grab a muffin as you rush to work...in your bed.
Recipe: Zucchini Cheddar Muffins
For those days when you just crave something sweet in the morning, this recipe is here to satisfy. Simple pancakes drowned in fresh strawberry syrup is literally all I could ask for in 2021.
Recipe: Strawberry Shortcake Pancakes
These simple breakfast bites take less than 30 minutes to make and have a grand total of three ingredients (not including salt and pepper to taste) but they add a new spin to the classic bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast we're so used to. Just wrapping an egg in bacon instead of eating the two separately makes you *that* much cooler.
Recipe: Bacon Egg Cups
Okay, picture this: a breakfast burrito, but unwrapped. That's essentially what this is. You take the eggs, which are usually part of the innards, and use them as an eggs-tra special wrap for your burrito! I know, tacky puns are the worst, I'm sorry.
This beauty looks essentially like breakfast pizza, save all the extra sauce, and it's also unbeatable taste-wise. So, a win-win. Plus, hidden under all that egg and tomatoes is a layer of bacon and cheese.
Recipe: Easy Breakfast Galette
Potatoes are easily the most versatile food on the planet: chips, fries, hashbrowns, and now, breakfast sweet potatoes packed with fruits, nuts, and almond butter. It's a sweet and yet not too sweet touch to the morning.
Recipe: Loaded Breakfast Sweet Potato
We've all done it. Put chips in our sandwiches during lunch for that extra *crunch.* Now, how about a breakfast sandwich with chips in it? And they said the perfect breakfast couldn't be achieved.
You know those days where you wake up and you're just craving a Thanksgiving meal but for breakfast? This dish is for you. Sausage gravy, homemade biscuit dough, and an egg and cheese scramble all layered together in immaculate fashion make this 5-layer bake the most exciting part of your day.
Recipe: 5-Layer Breakfast Bake
It's like you're at the county fair but in your own kitchen! Sausages dipped in pancake batter and then fried and topped with powdered sugar? Say no more.
Recipe: The Ultimate Breakfast Corndog
This simple recipe will easily add a little creativity to that egg and toast breakfast you're so used to. Have you ever thought of making a little boat for the egg? Now you have.
Recipe: Puff Pastry Breakfast Cups
I know what you're thinking: Is this breakfast or is it dessert? I'd argue it's both. Pair it with a savory starter like Bacon Egg Cups and you'll have the perfect balance of sweet to finish off the meal.
Recipe: Caged Apple Puff Pastry
Forget everything you thought you knew about avocado toast because this recipe is about to blow your mind. The combination of Indian paneer cheese with bright flavors from serrano chiles, cumin, and ginger take your average avocado toast to a whole new level.
Recipe: Paneer Bhurji Avocado Toast
Move over Uncrustables, Tasty's stuffed french toast pockets have arrived. The key that pushes this recipe over the edge is the super sweet filling: honey, cinnamon, and cream cheese. *Chef's kiss*
Recipe: Stuffed French Toast Pockets
Sometimes you just wake up craving street tacos à la breakfast edition. Here you go! Scrambled eggs, vegetarian refried beans, and shredded Mexican cheese in a little taco cup are exactly what you need to satisfy that craving.
Recipe: Breakfast Taco Cups
If you've been searching for just the right blend of savory and sweet in the same dish, look no further. This easy recipe—literally all you do is pile cantaloupe and prosciutto on toast and sprinkle feta cheese on top—masters the perfect balance of the two flavors.
Recipe: Cantaloupe and Prosciutto Toast
This recipe will have you feeling like the Queen of England as you dip your ham and cheese rollups into an expertly cooked egg just as I imagine the Queen does every single morning. Start the day on a glamorous note and carry that energy with you into everything you do.
Recipe: Ham & Cheese Egg Dipper
These egg boats function as both the perfect breakfast hangover food and also as a fun way to spice up your morning. What did you have for breakfast this morning? Oh, just a pizza boat!
Recipe: Breakfast Pizza Boats
The hardest part of this recipe is the creation of the puff pastries. You'll have to channel every ounce of arts and crafts knowledge you have as you cut and twist these babies into their cute little form. Even if it isn't beautiful, it'll still taste like art.
You pretty much have to smile as you literally braid a puff pastry for this recipe. Sure, the ham and cheese is pretty standard but adding that little extra decoration just makes this more fun to make *and* eat.
Recipe: Ham and Egg Breakfast Braid
For those mornings that you don't have a lot of time to spare but still want to start the day off on a good note, these muffins are easily made and save well as meal prep for the rest of the week. A quick pick me up for every morning.
Recipe: Strawberry Breakfast Muffins