General Information
High-Protein Breakfast Ideas for Mornings When You Want to Skip Eggs
Coffee, Tea
Sparkling Wine Beverages (Brunch & Holidays)
Bellini Bar (several flavors)
Juice choices:
Apple
Cranberry & combinations
Grape
Grapefruit
Orange
Pineapple
Pomegranite & combinations
Tomato
Breakfast Fruit & Yogurt
Fruit
Broiled Orange or Grapefruit Slices
Fried Apples (topping or side to pancakes)
*Fresh Cataloupe Wedges
*Sliced bananas w/ milk and honey
*Banana or apple slices spread w/ peanut butter
*Fresh Fruit Salad using seasonal fruits
Tropical Fruit Salad w/ Honey & Lime
Chia Pudding
Chia Seed Pudding w/ Dates (pistachios)
Smoothies
*Faith's Fortified Breakfast Drink
Basic Smoothie (w/ modification tips)
Banana Almond Smoothie (almond milk, almond butter)
*Strawberry Banana Smoothies (variations: Tropical, Very Berry, Peachy Dreams)
Blueberry-Watermelon Smoothie (no dairy)
Tropical Smoothies (mango, papaya, banana, coconut milk)
Pina Colada Smoothie (pineapple, coconut milk, banana)
Cherry Chocolate Mocha Smoothie
Banana, Coffee, Cashew, & Cocoa Smoothie
Coffee Smoothie (or Mocha)
Tahini Date Shake (w/ banana)
Yogurt
Yogurt Flavorings & Toppings (for Breakfast or Snack)
Banana Granola Yogurt Parfait [or w/ berries]
Breakfast Banana Split (banana, yogurt, strawberries, Nutella, toasted nuts)
Oatmeal & Cream of Wheat Smoothies
Creamy Smoothie (fruit, spinach, yogurt, oatmeal)
Banana, Coffee, Cashew, & Cocoa Smoothie
Smoothie Bowls
Piña Colada Smoothie Bowls (mango, banana, pineapple)
Breakfast Breads, Toast & Cereals
Toasts and English Muffins
Also see Breads for toast ideas
w/ Butter & Jam/Jelly
w/ Butter & Cinnamon Sugar
w/ Peanut Butter
w/ Honey Butter (var: Orange Honey Butter, Maple Butter)
w/ Apple Butter
Cinnamon Swirl Toast w/ butter
Popovers (w/ jam and butter)
Also see Butters below in the Syrups, Butters & Jams section
Bagels
Bagels, toasted w/ Cream Cheese
Quick Breads w/ butter or cream cheese (also good toasted)
Also see Quick Breads
*Blueberry Bread (made w/ sour cream)
Cereals
*Boxed cereal w/ fresh fruit (bananas, blue berries, strawberries, etc.), milk & honey
*Oatmeal (w/ flavor variations)
Apple Flavored Oatmeal (apple juice/cider in place of water)
Pumpkin-Spice Latte Overnight Oats
Soaking Steel Cut Oats Overnight (To Shorten Cooking)
*Rice w/ Milk & Cinnamon Sugar
Country Breakfast Cereal (rice)
Granola Bars, Breakfast Bars & Cookies
"Grocery" Bars (energy bar)
Breakfast Cookies (several recipes, oatmeal &/or whole wheat flour, banana, applesauce, nut butter, etc.)
Biscuits
Butter Flight: Strawberry, Lemon & Pumpkin (served w/ buttermilk biscuits)
*+Baking Powder Biscuits w/ jam or jelly
Melt in Your Mouth Biscuits (bisquick)
Angel Biscuits (made w/ yeast, baking powder & baking soda)
Scones
British Scones (less sweet, add butter & jam)
Scone Butters (orange & raspberry)
Classic Scones (British)
Rhubarb Scones (Scottish website)
Treacle Scones (Scottish)
American Scones (sweeter, do not need butter or jams)
Scone Master Recipe (add mix-ins: berries, peaches, cherries, etc., dried or fresh)
Banana Nut Scones w/ Maple Glaze
Granola
Seeded Sourdough Discard Granola
How to make Granola w/ Clusters (w/ recipes)
Muffins (serve w/ butter or cream cheese)
Muffin Techniques & Tips (basic recipes for blueberry, carrot nut, zucchini nut, cranberry, apple cinnamon, pineapple)
Sour Cream Muffins (Betty Crocker, blueberry, apple cinnamon)
Difference Between Old-Fashioned & Bakery-Style Muffins
How to get Bakery-style High Domed Muffins
*Why Rest Muffin Batter Overnight
Why Muffins Get Pointy Centers
How to Convert Muffins to Bread (& Bread to Muffins)
Betty Crocker's Muffins Recipes (1950 edition)
Best Blueberry Muffins in Boston
World's Best Blueberry Muffins (cake-like w/ streusel topping)
*Cherry Almond Muffins (cake-like)
Original Morning Glory Muffins
Cornmeal Muffins (made w/ honey)
Extra-Corny Cornbread Muffins (whole corn added)
Blue Corn Muffins (savory)
*Oatmeal Muffins (regular w/ raisins & blueberry yogurt)
*Kellogg's All-Bran Muffins (w/ raisins or apples)
*Mom's 6 Week Bran Muffins (Raisin Bran cereal, batter stores in frig for 6 weeks)
Chef Prudhomme's New Orleans Black Muffins
Apple Cider Doughnut Loaf Cake (muffins?)
Cinnamon Breakfast Puffs (Betty Crocker)
Turnovers & Fried Pies
Handmade Puff Pastry (Rough Puff Method)
*Apple, Peach, Blueberry or Raspberry Turnovers
Peach Fried Pies w/ Cinnamon Crust
Raised Yeast Buns & Pastries
Also see Breakfast Bread & Pastries
*Cinnamon Buns w/ butter
*+Sticky Buns w/ butter
Roasted Strawberry Cream Cheese Rolls
Sweet Potato/Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
*Croissants w/ butter & jam
French Almond Croissants (Bakery Style - made w/ store bought croissants)
Processor Danish Pastry (Nigella Lawson)
Franzbrötchen (German cinnamon pastry)
Nussstangen (German hazelnut twists)
Coffee Cakes
*Cinnamon-Streusel Coffeecake (baking powder)
Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake (made w/ almond flour)
Biscotti
*Biscotti (Italian Anisette Cookies)
Doughnuts
Cake-style Doughnuts
Cake-style Donuts
- powdered sugar
- cinnamon & sugar
- glazed
- peanut donuts
- coconut donuts
Pumpkin Doughnuts
Potato Cake-style Doughnuts
Apple Fritters (baking powder)
Homemade Fry Bread (Native American Indian recipe)
Yeasted Raised Doughnuts
Old-Fashioned Yeast-Raised Doughnuts
- glazed doughnuts
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Boston creme doughnuts
- jelly doughnuts
- Bomboloni (Italian filled donuts)
Pennsylvania Dutch Fasnacht
Berliner Pfannkuchen (German doughnuts)
Ausgezogene Krapfen (pull-out doughnuts)
Glazed Cinnamon Rolls (Honey Buns)
Beignets (doughnuts of New Orleans)
Classic Apple Fritters Doughnuts (yeast)
Fried Dough (yeast dough fried & dusted with confectioner’s sugar)
Fried Choux Pastry
French Crullers (fried choux pastry)
Churros (Spanish Donuts)
Choux Beignets
Fruit & Nut Quick Breads
See Quick Breads
Eggs
Eggs Cooked in the Shell
Cooking Eggs in the Shell (hard & soft-boiled)
Hard Boiled Egg Dishes
Creamed Eggs & Curried Eggs Variation
Poached Egg Dishes
Steak & Eggs Benedict (béarnaise sauce)
Eggs Florentine (like Eggs Benedict, but w/ spinach & Mornay sauce)
Eggs à la Reine (mushrooms & cheese sauce)
Eggs Newburg (shrimp cream sauce)
Scrambled Eggs
Julia Child's Perfect Scrambled Eggs
Tornado Scrambled Egg (folded egg)
*Mom's Scrambled Eggs w/ Bacon
*Scrambled Eggs w/ Cream Cheese & Herbs (could use cream cheese)
Scrambled Eggs w/ Boursin Cheese
Scrambled Eggs w/ Pesto & Ricotta
Fried Eggs
Tarts
Tomato Tart (no eggs)
Soufflés
Baked Egg Dishes
Shirred Eggs (baked in individual dishes)
Baked Corned Beef Hash w/ Eggs (baked in individual dishes)
Sheet Pan Breakfast Bake (shredded potatoes, cheese, eggs, bacon)
Egg Casseroles
Can also make in muffin tins or individual baking dishes
Cheesy Potato Breakfast Casserole (shredded potatoes; variations)
Spinach, Feta, Artichoke Hearts Scrambled Egg Casserole
Strata (Savory Bread Pudding)
Can also make in muffin tins or individual baking dishes
Spinach & Cheese Strata (& variations)
Savory Breakfast Bread Pudding (filling sandwiched between slices of bread, variations)
Omelets
*Diner Style Omelets (& variations)
Classic French Omelette (& variations)
Open-Faced Omelet w/ Arugula Salad
Florentine Omelette w/ Spinach & Cheese
Scandinavian Smoked Salmon Omelet w/ Sour Cream
Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese Omelette w/ Green Onions
Hangtown Fry (oysters)
Easy Baked Omelet Roll-up (for several people)
Oven Omelet (omelet baked in pan & cut into squares)
Frittatas
*Italian Frittata (asparagus, ham, Parmesan cheese)
Green Bean, Ham, & Cheese Frittata
Home Skillet Frittata w/ Bacon Lattice
Penne Frittata w/ Basil & Ricotta
Italian Potato Frittata w/ Ricotta
Quiche
Basic Quiche Recipe w/ Variations
*Smoked Salmon Quiche w/ Crispy Potato Crust
Potato & Bacon Quiche (potato crust w/ arugula & fontina cheese)
*Riviera Egg Pie (ham, spinach & ricotta w/ top crust)
Quiche à l'Oignion
Breakfast Sandwiches
General Information
Breakfast Sandwiches (w/ make-ahead tips)
Breakfast Burritos (general recipe instructions)
Egg Sandwiches
*Fried Egg Sandwich & variations
*Sausage, Egg & Cheese on Baking Powder Biscuit
*Scrambled Eggs in toasted & buttered hot dog bun (see Scrambled Eggs above)
Ham Omelet Sandwich ( basically a scrambled egg w/ ham layered in)
Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches (make-ahead)
Other Sandwiches
Bacon & Marmalade Sandwich on Pumpernickel Toast
Brie & Strawberries on Croissant w/ a little jam or jelly for sweetener
Peanut Butter & Banana on Wheat Toast
Stuffed Biscuits
Sausage Gravy Stuffed Breakfast Biscuits
International Flavors
*Italian Peppers & Eggs Sandwich
Chorizo Breakfast Tacos (w/ toasty cheese tortilla, can sub the chorizo)
Breakfast Burrito w/ Black Beans
Breakfast Burritos w/ Chorizo & Eggs
Spicy Southwest Breakfast Omelet Egg Rolls
Asian Scrambled Eggs w/ Shrimp wrapped in a Mandarin Pancake
"On the Side"
Breakfast Meats
*Fried ham, bacon, Canadian bacon, breakfast sausage or chicken livers
Chicken, Apple, Herb Breakfast Sausage
Why You Should Start Cooking Bacon In Water (then crisp)
Breakfast Kebabs (sausage, ham & bacon)
Pancakes, Waffles, & French Toast
Pancakes
*Best Buttermilk Pancakes (& variations)
*Classic Sourdough Pancakes or Waffles
Sour Cream Pancakes
Yogurt Pancakes
+Low-Fat Blueberry Pancakes (egg whites, yogurt)
Light, Fluffy and Rich Pancakes (made w/ ricotta, yogurt & lemon - blueberry sauce?)
Lemon-Ricotta Pancakes w/ Orange-Maple Syrup
3-Ingredient Cottage Cheese Pancakes (high protein, cottage cheese & oatmeal)
Cornmeal Pancakes (Johnnycakes)
Buttermilk Wheat Germ Pancakes w/ Yogurt & Berry Sauce
Crispy, Buttery Banana Bread Pancakes
Kaiserschmarrn (Austrian torn pancake)
Japanese Souffle Pancakes
Light, Fluffy Pancakes (beaten egg whites)
Lemon-Ricotta Pancakes w/ Orange-Maple Syrup
Souffléed Banana Pancake w/ Pecans
Baked Pancakes
French Toast
Classic French Toast (Pain Perdu, vanilla, rum, brown sugar)
Eric Ripert’s Gran Ma’s French Toast (sugar crusted)
Crunchy French Toast (w/ corn flakes)
Bee Sting French Toast (honey, slicded almonds)
French Toast w/ Orange Bourbon Butter & Spiced Pecans
Stuffed French Toast
Cheese-Stuffed French Toast (cream cheese w/ strawberry sauce)
Mascarpone & Marmalade Stuffed French Toast
Cream Cheese, Banana & Chocolate Chip Stuffed French Toast
Baked French Toast
Baked French Toast w/ Maple-Walnut Syrup
Peach Creme Brulee French Toast
Apple Cinnamon French Toast (baked upside-down)
Apple-Cinnamon French Toast Casserole
Blackberry Croissant Breakfast Bake
Blueberry Cheesecake Breakfast Bake
Raspberry French Toast Strata (also Starawberries & Cream French Toast)
Dutch Baby
Dutch Baby (baked)
Apple Dutch Baby (baked)
German Apple Pancake (baked)
Crepes, Blintzes & Swedish Pancakes
Crêpe Fillings (sweet & savory)
Strawberry Cream Crepes (cream cheese)
Spinach & Ham Savory Crêpe Cake
Sweet Cheese Blintzes w/ Apple Butter
Waffles
Raised Waffles (yeast)
*Classic Sourdough Pancakes or Waffles
Waffles w/ Maple-Glazed Bananas
Buttermilk Waffles w/ Grilled Fruit & Yogurt
Multi Grain Corn Flour Waffles
International
Bostock (brioche aux amandes, type of French Toast made w/ brioche, flavored w/ almonds & baked, strawberry variation)
*Flaugnarde with Pears (similar to Dutch Baby)
Syrups, Butters & Jams (for toast, muffins, pancakes, waffles, French toast, etc.)
Fruit Toppings (pancakes, waffles, & French toast )
*Macerated Strawberries (or other berries)
Fresh Strawberry Sauce w/ Honey
Strawberry Rhubarb Topping
Fresh Peach Topping
Warm Apple Pancake Topping (or pear)
Banana Sauce for Pancakes (& Waffles!)
Syrups
Homemade Syrup (Maple flavored)
Butter Pecan Syrup (flavored maple syrup)
Jams, Jellies, & Preserves
Also see Preserving Foods: Jams & Jellies
Clotted Cream
Homemade Clotted Cream (served on scones)
Compound Butters
*Honey Butter (var: Orange Honey Butter, Maple Butter)
Apricot Butter (made w/ apricot preserves)
Grand Marnier Butter (orange flavor)
Baklava Butter (spiced nut butter w/ honey)
