Rise and shine, breakfast lovers! It’s time to flip the script on your breakfast routine and add something sweet to your early mornings. Who says a healthy breakfast can’t be filled with carbs, sweetness, and a little fun? We’re sliding into your A.M. with eight scrumptious breakfasts to show you that ‘delicious’ and ‘healthy’ fit together like Texas and honky tonk!
Carrot Cake Oatmeal
If it has carrots in it, it has to be healthy, right? Well, this carrot cake oatmeal from An Edible Mosaic really is good for you. This bowl is packed with fiber and protein, and the sweet notes come from carrots, raisins, and a dab of honey. Shredded coconut, nutmeg, cinnamon, coconut milk, a little ginger, and pecans add layers (and depth) of flavor to this breakfast bowl that’s anything but simple.
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
These chocolate zucchini muffins from Ambitious Kitchen pack a healthy punch, alright! Whole wheat flour, zucchini, a banana, coconut oil, honey, and vanilla almond milk come together with cocoa powder and chocolate chips to take grandma’s zucchini bread to a whole new, delicious – and healthier – level.
Apple Pie Smoothies
You had me at PIE! This ‘dessert-for-breakfast’ delight from 31 Daily blends up in just a few minutes with a handful of ingredients you’ll likely have on hand most days of the week. Yum!
No-Bake Healthy Breakfast Cookies
Cookies for breakfast? Oh, heck yeah! These tasty, no-bake morsels from Chelsea’s Messy Apron are easy to make, and they’re perfect for those mornings when you hit the snooze button one too many times. Make them ahead, then grab and go.
Healthy Banana Bread
Whole wheat pastry flour, almond flour, olive oil, and coconut sugar (read: no butter or refined sugar) give this loaf from Love & Lemons a healthy leg up on every banana bread you’ve ever had. Throw in some walnuts for an extra heart-healthy boost!
Lightened-Up Blueberry Scones
This decadent low-fat breakfast treat from Skinny Taste uses just a half stick of butter for eight scones. We can’t say these beautiful blueberry scones are the healthiest breakfast on this list, but they sure are healthier than traditional scones!
Healthy Gingerbread Pancakes
These perfect-for-fall gingerbread pancakes from Amy’s Healthy Baking are whipped up with white whole wheat flour, nonfat Greek yogurt, nonfat milk, a handful of aromatic spices, and just one teaspoon of butter (one!). This is a flapjack stack you can feel good about devouring!
Jumbo Morning Glory Muffins
Morning Glory Muffins are a throwback to the diner days of the ’60s and ’70s, but it’s high time this breakfast staple makes a comeback. Our recipe for these hearty grain muffins is studded with fruits, shredded carrots, toasted nuts, orange zest, buttery olive oil, aromatic spices, and golden raisins. What’s not to love?
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