40+ Real Food Breakfast Ideas You Should Try

Are you looking for breakfast ideas that don’t come from a box? Try one of these hearty and delicious real food breakfast ideas!

Breakfast is the first meal of the day, and as we all know, it is arguably the most important meal of the day.

However, if your family is like mine, we struggle to get going in the morning. Not to mention, we have hungry little vultures birdies screaming chirping at our feet begging for food, food, food from the instant their little feet hit the floor (and always before I’ve even had my first sip of coffee).

Breakfast in our house must be easy but nourishing. Protein packed but quick. Tasty but child-friendly.

And since I like to have fresh new ideas in list format that I can pull from, I thought perhaps I wasn’t alone. Therefore, below are 40+ real food breakfast ideas to make your mornings run a little more smoothly while nourishing little (and big) hungry bellies.

I’m particularly partial to the freezer-friendly section!

Eggs & Meat

Broccoli Potato Frittata @ Intentional by Grace

Paleo Breakfast Casserole @ Clarks Condensed

Banana-Egg Pancake @ Sorta Crunchy

Amish Breakfast Casserole @ Taste of Home

Bacon Egg Cups @ Fat Girl Trapped in a Skinny Body

Loaded Breakfast Biscuits @ Richly Rooted

Hearty Breakfast Soup @ Red and Honey

Hearty Breakfast Casserole @ Delightful Home

Southwestern Frittata @ Live Renewed

Bars & Muffins

30 Minute Banana Muffins @ Red and Honey

Strawberries Breakfast Bars @ Mess for Less

Peanut Butter Banana Muffins @ Your Modern Family

Mocha Breakfast Muffins @ Joyful Thrifty Home

Gluten Free Blueberry Applesauce Muffins @ The Humbled Homemaker

Lemon Blueberry Yogurt Loaf @ The Humbled Homemaker

Pancakes, Oatmeal, & Cereal

Clean Eating Sweet Potato Waffles @ The Gracious Pantry

Apple Pie Instant Oatmeal @ Creative Homekeeper

Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal @ Eat Yourself Skinny

Cranberry Granola Cereal @ Surviving the Stores

Healthy Chocolate Cereal @ This Pilgrim Life

Pumpkin Chia Pudding @ Naked Avocado

Banana Nut Baked Oatmeal @ Joyful Thrifty Home

Wholesome Berry Breakfast Cereal @ Joyful Thrifty Home

Apple Oven Pancake with Pecans @ Joyful Thrifty Home

Blueberry French Toast @ Richly Rooted

Leftover Oatmeal Cinnamon Coffee-Cake Muffins @ The Humbled Homemaker

Acorn Squash Breakfast Porridge @ Red and Honey

Banana Bread Pancakes @ Embracing a Simpler Life

Fruit

Breakfast Banana Pops @ Chocolate Covered Katie

Fruit Pizza  @ Real Food Real Deals

Crockpot Yogurt w/ Fruit @ Richly Rooted

Apple Crisp @ Red and Honey

Coconut Green Smoothie @ Two Peas & Their Pod

Smoothie of the Morning @ Keeper of the Home

40 Smoothies You Have to Try @ Intentional by Grace

Honey-Sweetened Almond Poppyseed Yogurt @ Red and Honey

Minty Mango Nectarine Delight @ Red and Honey

Orange Creamsicle Smoothie @ Red and Honey

Freezer Friendly

10 Make Ahead Breakfast Freezer Ideas @ Richly Rooted

Apple Cinnamon Pancakes @ Georgia Peach Mom

Cinnamon Banana French Toast Sticks @ Georgia Peach Mom

Mini-Egg Omelets @ Ring Around the Rosies

Freezer-Friendly Baked Oatmeal To-Go @ Money Saving Mom

Freezer Pop Tarts @ This Pilgrim Life

What about you? What is your family’s favorite real food breakfast idea? I’m always looking for fresh, new ideas!

This post is part of the series, A Grace-Filled Look at Real Food. See all the posts in this series here.