Over the years, I’ve built up quite a collection of delicious vegan breakfast recipes to suit any mood, season, time requirement, and occasion. Whether you’re looking to satisfy a sweet tooth with pancakes or muffins, enjoy a hearty, savory dish, light chia pudding, or more – there’s something for everyone on this list of vegan breakfast ideas to fuel your day. Plus, most of these are healthy, nutritious, and even gluten-free.
Toast and Toppings
Yes, it might be basic, but sometimes it really hits the spot. But why not take them to the next level with nutritious homemade bread toppings?
Homemade Bread
Oatmeal seed bread Best gluten-free bread Protein lentil bread Keto flaxseed bread Gluten-free bread rolls
Topping Ideas
Plum jam Raspberry chia jam Vegan Nutella Vegan tofu scrambled eggs (perfect with salsa, black beans, vegan sausages, hot sauce, etc.) Avocado toast (multiple ways!) 3 healthy vegan breakfast ideas
Breakfast Oat Recipes
Protein Oatmeal
Oatmeal is a morning staple, and now it can help you reach your protein goals (30 grams of protein per serving!) It’s creamy, comforting, customizable, and easy to make with just FOUR base ingredients.
Banana Baked Oatmeal
Unlike regular oatmeal, baked oats require no hovering, are firmer, and slightly crisp on top – now egg and dairy-free. This version is made with a lightly caramelized banana top and gooey middle for a hearty vegan breakfast.
Chocolate Baked Oats
Love the idea of chocolate for breakfast? Chocolate baked oats are a decadent yet healthy one-pan breakfast packed with chocolatey flavor and nutrient-dense ingredients.
Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
When the cooler months roll around, so do my cravings for warm fall flavors like apple and cinnamon – now transformed into an easy 8-ingredient, one-pan, 30-minute vegan breakfast. You might also enjoy my fall-ready pumpkin-baked oatmeal.
Healthy Breakfast Granola Cups
Love peanut butter cups? Want to enjoy a healthier version as a grab-and-go breakfast? Enjoy these creamy, 6-ingredient, no-bake granola cups, complete with chocolate topping. They’re gluten-free, low-sugar, and vegan.
Healthy Granola Bars
Ditch store-bought granola bars filled with sugar, preservatives, and empty calories for homemade granola bars loaded with good-for-you ingredients. Plus, they’re gluten-free, paleo, vegan, and meal-prep friendly. Prefer something with a bit more decadent? You might enjoy chocolate granola bars.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
Soft, moist, and chewy chocolate chip oatmeal bars offer the comforting taste of oatmeal cookies in a healthy yet satisfying, breakfast-friendly format. They’re an ideal grab-and-go option – and they even contain a healthy ‘hidden’ protein-rich ingredient.
Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
Homemade chocolate oatmeal bars are thick, chewy, and fudgy, yet 100% refined sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, and oil-free. They are made with just 8 healthy, wholesome ingredients, perfect for satisfying chocolate cravings at breakfast time. Prefer a fruity treat? Try my strawberry crumb bars with jammy strawberry chia filling.
Raspberry Oatmeal Crumble Bars
Vegan raspberry oatmeal bars combine a gluten-free oat-almond base and streusel ‘crumble’ topping, filled with layers of raspberry chia jam and creamy custard.
Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Unlike oatmeal, overnight oats require no cooking, soaking until soft yet chewy. This version toes the line between healthy and decadent, combining banana chia seed oats with a peanut butter chocolate ‘ganache’ topping. It preps in minutes and is a great meal-prep vegan breakfast.
Nut-Free Granola
This nut-free homemade granola recipe is incredibly tasty and a budget-friendly alternative to store-bought granola. It’s perfect for breakfast sprinkled over yogurt, with milk, oatmeal, etc., and is not only nut-free but also gluten-free, oil-free, and refined sugar-free.
Pancakes and Waffles
Vegan Protein Pancakes
Boost your daily plant-based protein intake with simple, delicious, 5-ingredient fluffy oat protein pancakes – made with no eggs, gluten, refined sugars, or even flour. They have a well-balanced blend of protein, complex carbs, and fiber, and no ‘empty calories.’
Vegan Gluten-Free Waffles
In just 25 minutes, make these gluten-free, vegan waffles (regular, chocolate, or swirled)—crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, and perfect for meal-prepping.
Vegan Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Thick and fluffy chocolate chip pancakes are a popular child-friendly breakfast, now turned 100% vegan with this simple gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free recipe using oat and coconut flour.
Banana Oat Pancakes
These 3-ingredient banana pancakes are super simple and free from gluten, refined sugars, and eggs. They’re perfect for enjoying with all your favorite toppings as a simple, healthy, delicious vegan breakfast recipe.
Vegan Gluten-Free Crepes
Make perfectly pliable and tender gluten-free crepes with just six simple ingredients. They’re perfect for rolling up with all your favorite fillings, like my apple cinnamon-stuffed crepes, savory crepes, or vegan chocolate crepes stuffed with bananas.
Cinnamon Apple Pancakes
What’s better than a big stack of vegan pancakes? Ones loaded with a warm, indulgent topping like these apple cinnamon pancakes. They’re perfect for fall (and year round!) and surprisingly healthy- perfect with a drizzle of vegan caramel sauce.
Blueberry Sheet Pancakes
Don’t want to hover over a stove? Try sheet-pan oven-baked blueberry pancakes instead. Just mix, pour into a pan, and bake until super thick, fluffy, and loaded with berries in every bite—with an optional glaze for decadence.
Quick Bread and Muffins
Healthy Vegan Banana Bread
No list of vegan breakfast recipes would be complete without moist and delicious healthy banana bread made with wholesome, nourishing ingredients (and dates as its main source of sweetness). It also almost entirely eliminates ‘empty calories’ and is oil/butter-free, gluten-free, and egg-free. You might also like blueberry banana bread, chocolate chip banana bread, and marbled chocolate banana bread.
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
As fall approaches, switch from banana bread to this moist and spiced vegan chocolate chip pumpkin bread. It’s naturally gluten-free and can be made refined sugar-free, and even oil-free for a yummy, wholesome breakfast treat.
Healthy Carrot Muffins
These healthy carrot muffins (or cupcakes) are moist, soft, nutritious, and perfectly spiced. Plus, they have carrots, so… that makes them healthy for breakfast, right?! In fact, they’re made with unrefined sugars and are oil-free, gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free, and vegan. You might also enjoy super moist vegan carrot loaf cake and sugar-free, no-bake carrot cake.
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Swap banana bread for an even more transport-friendly option with simple banana chocolate chip muffins – perfect for enjoying alone or with a piece of fruit as a sweet breakfast treat.
Vegan Blueberry Muffins
Do you prefer a fruity muffin? Blueberry muffins are a classic—absolutely loaded with juicy berries in every bite—now turned 100% vegan (and made with only simple pantry ingredients).
Apple Crumble Muffins
These apple muffins taste just like apple crisp in muffin form—with a soft and moist cake base loaded with apple pieces, topped with a buttery, melt-in-the-mouth crumble, and drizzled with sugar-free icing. They make a decadent breakfast alongside coffee or tea. You might like my warmly spiced, vegan apple cake, too.
Sweet Potato Muffins
These moist and fluffy flourless sweet potato muffins take advantage of all the fiber and nutrients in sweet potatoes (like beta-carotene, vitamin C, and potassium). They’re a perfect addition to a vegan breakfast or brunch spread at home or on the go.
Vegan Coffee Cake
Vegan coffee cake is an excellent breakfast choice – combining a moist, tender vanilla cake with a buttery, cinnamon crumble topping. It’s perfect for pairing with your morning coffee or tea and can easily be made ahead.
More Pastries and Bakes
Puff Pastry Apple Rings
Quick puff pastry apple rings (donuts) wrap cinnamon sugar-coated apple slices with puff pastry strips and bakes them into a sweet and flaky, cozy fall treat that tastes like apple pie, but is perfect for breakfast!
Puff Pastry Blueberry Danish
This blueberry Danish recipe combines a flaky (store-bought) puff pastry topped with a creamy custard filling – for a delicious, simple, and quick-to-prepare vegan breakfast (or dessert) with your morning coffee or tea.
Plum and Apple Crumble
While they’re typically served as dessert, simple fruit crumbles are so easy to throw together, loaded with seasonal fruits, and taste delicious served warm or chilled at breakfast time with coffee/tea. This time, I’ve paired juicy plums and crisp apples, though you might like a blueberry apple crumble or simple apple crisp.
Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Light and fluffy gluten-free, vegan cinnamon rolls are no longer just a dream! These pastries are easy to prepare, foolproof, and packed with gooey cinnamon apple pie filling! For a Fall-based, healthier take on a beloved classic – perfect as a gluten-free breakfast.
Kolache
Looking for other ways to enjoy poppy seeds? Kolache is a delicious, sweet vegan pastry made with a light, sweet dough filled with poppy seed and vegan cheesecake fillings topped with streusel! Plus, this recipe can be made gluten-free and nut-free. You might also enjoy cinnamon roll-style poppy seed rolls.
Healthy Breakfast Cookies
These healthy breakfast cookies are naturally sweetened and full of wholesome, nourishing ingredients like oats, seeds, dried fruit, and date paste. Along with packing a nutritional punch, they are a dairy-free, sugar-free, oil-free, gluten-free breakfast!
Savory Vegan Breakfast Ideas
Breakfast Tomatoes
Breakfast tomatoes are a quick, simple, healthy vegan breakfast made of thick tomato rings stuffed with a chickpea flour-based ‘egg’ and pan-fried until golden. They’re gluten-free, dairy-free, and full of fiber and protein – perfect on a breakfast plate with spinach, mushrooms, breakfast potatoes, etc.
Savory Vegetable Muffins
Looking for savory vegan breakfast recipes for on-the-go? Try these savory vegan muffins made with a tofu-based ‘egg’ mixture loaded with veggies. The result is a low-carb, high-protein, grain-free, gluten-free option loaded with flavor and nutrients.
Vegan Omelette
Enjoy a nutrient-dense, flavor-packed vegan omelette (‘omelet’) with vegetables using simple ingredients in just 20 minutes! This recipe is dairy-free, egg-free, and even soy-free (no tofu) and can be served as a light breakfast or brunch.
Vegan Frittata
Love omelettes but want something even heartier? Try this vegan chickpea flour-based frittata instead. It’s a low-fat, high-protein, healthy, gluten-free breakfast, and loaded with veggies for a hearty vegan breakfast or brunch.
Vegan Breakfast Burritos
Craving something truly hearty and satisfying? These fully loaded vegan breakfast burritos are a must-try – loaded with crispy potatoes, mushrooms, peppers, beans, and avocado, complete with creamy cashew sauce.
Vegan Hash Browns
These old-fashioned, diner-style vegan hash browns (Kartoffelpuffer) can be fried, air-fried, or baked until super crispy outside, tender inside, and perfect for enjoying as part of a vegan breakfast with scrambled tofu, savory crepes, etc.
Other Vegan Breakfast Ideas
Blueberry Chia Pudding
Blueberry chia pudding is a sweet and creamy yet light, nutritious vegan breakfast packed with healthy fats, plant-based protein, and antioxidants for a light yet energizing meal-prep breakfast. Want something a bit more decadent? Try chocolate chia pudding, too.
Homemade Chocolate Cereal
You probably didn’t think my list of vegan breakfast recipes would include chocolate cereal (aka homemade cocoa puffs), did you? But this recipe allows you to ditch unhealthy store-bought cereals and make your own with just four ingredients. Plus, it’s gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free- made with only simple, wholesome pantry staples.
Mango Pineapple Smoothie
Sometimes, all you need to start your day right is a nutrient-dense smoothie. This tropical mango pineapple smoothie is thick, creamy, refreshing, delicious, nutritious, and packed with antioxidants and immune-boosting, anti-inflammatory benefits!
Ginger Shots
While not a complete breakfast, these 6-ingredient ginger shots (with pineapple, orange, and cayenne) are potent with immune-boosting, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory benefits. They can be made in a blender or juicer and are a healthful addition to your morning routine.
Mango Lassi
Lassi is a sweet, creamy, thick, and tangy yogurt-based drink – this time made with summery mango for a sweet, tropical treat. Not only is it filling, but it is also nutritious, with several health benefits – a great addition to your vegan breakfast.
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