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10 Low-Carb Breakfast Recipes That Are Packed with Nutrients

Trying to avoid a carb coma by 10 am? These low carb breakfast recipes are packed with nutrients to fuel your day.

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These Quick & Easy Breakfasts Are Loaded with Fruits & Veggies

We’re constantly on the lookout for quick and easy breakfasts that make us excited to get out of bed. And if we can sneak some fruits and veggies onto our plates or into our bowls? Even better. From veggie tacos and breakfast scrambles to banana pancakes and raspberry ricotta toast, here are 10 vegetarian breakfasts to inspire your morning routine.

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7 Healthy Breakfast Recipes for More Youthful Skin

Collagen, the protein in our bodies that’s responsible for supple skin and elasticity, is something we naturally make less of as we age. Luckily, there are many foods that are either naturally rich in collagen or help aid your body in producing more. Skip the pricey creams and make one of these recipes instead.

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Make-Ahead Breakfasts for a Healthier, More Delicious Morning

These make-ahead breakfast recipes are great if you’re feeding a small army or a household of one. From sheet pan frittata to homemade granola bars, there’s something on this list for every kind of morning appetite.

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Our Favorite Instant Coffees for When You’re Busy

In the last few years, instant coffee has gotten a welcome makeover. There are tons of tasty options out there, whether you want a fatty cup for your keto diet, you’re looking for a tasty delivery system for adaptogenic mushrooms, or you simply need a super-convenient way to get caffeinated in a hurry. These are our favorites.

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Super-Fast Breakfast Ideas for Sweet and Savory Mornings

Mornings are crazy—you don’t need us to tell you that. But we pinky swear you have time for breakfast. We gathered up some quick breakfast ideas to help you get in a nutrient-rich meal you’ll look forward to eating, whether you’re craving something sweet or savory.

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The Best Healthy Pancake Mixes You Can Buy at the Grocery Store

Who doesn’t wake up on a Sunday morning craving pancakes? But making them from scratch is sometimes too much to ask on a weekend morning. And what if the desire for pancakes hits during the week? Enter these healthy pancake mixes.

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10 Low-Sugar Breakfast Ideas for Busy Weekdays

Busy mornings often result in gravitating towards one of two breakfast options: Either no breakfast at all or something sugary and quick like a packaged granola bar, muffin, or other sweet pastry.

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7 Healthy Instant Pot Breakfast Recipes

Waking up to whip up breakfast can be daunting , especially when you’re known to hit the snooze button a couple times before getting out of bed. If you’re someone that considers breakfast an important part of the day then you understand how a good dose of nutrients can power your brain and body to get you going.

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Our 7 Favorite Healthy Breakfast Ideas You Can Make from 5 Ingredients Or Less

Breakfast is essential for me. I am not someone who can begin the day without it — my stomach would protest. Simple and healthy is key, so I am always looking for ideas that meet both criteria. These 7 recipes all fit the bill. They clock in at 5 ingredients or less and can be made in minutes with groggy eyes. What’s best, though, is they’re wholesome and won’t leave your stomach grumbling in a few hours.

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Our 7 Favorite Big Batch Breakfast Ideas (So You Only Have to Cook Once)

Breakfast is something we all struggle with. It’s hard to assemble something healthy and satisfying in the morning when you’re still half-asleep waiting for your coffee to be ready. I have a better idea: Prep it ahead of time.

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The Probiotic Power Breakfast You Need to Try

You’ll find me eating a version of this bowl nearly everyday. With a little bit of everything — whole grains, sauteed greens, a yolky egg, creamy yogurt and avocado, and just enough tangy kraut to grace every bite — it’s my ideal breakfast.

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Breakfast Is The Best Time For Probiotics. Here's Why

Breakfast is hands down the easiest time of day to eat more probiotics — and it doesn’t matter whether you skew sweet or savory. After writing a cookbook about all the ways to incorporate probiotic foods into your diet, I realized so many probiotic foods are a natural fit first thing in the morning.

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7 Energizing Breakfast Ideas For the Week

While some people can subsist on simply lots of strong coffee through the morning, I am not that person. I basically wake up thinking about breakfast, not simply because it’s a meal I thoroughly enjoy, but because I can’t function without it.

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5 New Ways to Make Oatmeal For Breakfast

Shake up your morning routine.

You’ll be hard pressed to find something as comforting and satisfying as a bowl of oatmeal in the morning. Even thinking about digging into a bowl gives me homey feelings of cold weather breakfasts all through my lifetime.

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5 Quick & Clean Breakfast Dishes High in Protein

Want to start your day off right? Add some protein to your morning meal. Starting your day with some of these quick and easy high-protein breakfast powerhouses that will keep you satisfied all day long.

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5 Quick & Clean Breakfast Dishes That Are Low in Sugar

Sweet or Savory? The age old breakfast debate. For those who aren’t 100% sold on team sweet, we have some quick and clean morning meals that are low on the sugar but high on the health!

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5 Quick & Clean Breakfast Dishes That Are Low in Sugar

Sweet or Savory? The age old breakfast debate. For those who aren’t 100% sold on team sweet, we have some quick and clean morning meals that are low on the sugar but high on the health!

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3 New Ways to Eat a Quick and Healthy Dinner

Before you resort to take out…

No matter our family structure, whether we’re trying to feed a whole herd or just ourselves, getting a good dinner on the table in no small feat. Work, school, and play tend to fill our days to the brim, which often leaves us ravaged at 7 o’clock with not a whole lot of time or energy to assemble a meal.

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5 Clean & Quick Ways Eat an Avocado For Breakfast

Avocados are a powerhouse of healthy fats, which means they’re a great choice whenever you’re looking to fill your plate with something wholesome and sustaining. Just half an avocado contains 10 grams of monounsaturated fat and 2 grams of polyunsaturated fat, both of which are important for heart, brain, and blood health.

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5 New Ways to Eat Sweet Potatoes For Breakfast

Sweet potatoes are probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about what to eat for breakfast, but maybe they should be.

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3 Easy Ways to Add Collagen Powder to Your Wellness Routine

Okay, so it’s doubtful that anyone can attribute their luscious locks, radiant skin, or strong muscles to collagen and collagen alone, but it’s worth knowing that collagen can help you in all those capacities.

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5 Satisfying & Delicious Ways to Eat Coconut Yogurt for Breakfast

The thing is: food has to be delicious. It seems obvious, but sometimes that message gets lost in all the chatter about nutrients and eating styles. It. Has. To. Taste. Amazing.

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Only Have 5 Minutes for Breakfast? Here’s What to Eat

Are your mornings as hectic as ours? We bet they are — and since you can’t decide to not get dressed or brush your teeth, often when something has to go, it’s breakfast.

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5 Quick and Easy Vegetarian Breakfast Ideas

It might come as a surprise to some, but the truth is satisfying and nutritious vegetarian breakfast ideas span the morning-meal gamut from savory scrambles to sweet oats and everything in between.

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How to Order Healthier at Panera Bread

Panera Bread—so often the solution whether you’re looking for a quick breakfast on the go or a lunchtime option that has something for everyone. Now, don’t think just because they have “bread” in the name you won’t be able to make healthy choices. We asked experts for their tips on how to order like a champ.

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These Are Our Favorite Low-Sugar Yogurts

Have it for breakfast, use it as a marinade, make a sauce from it, snack on it—we can’t imagine a world without yogurt in it. And there are so many options—flavored, non dairy, grass-fed, fruit on the bottom—how is a healthy eater supposed to choose?

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5 Delicious, Healthy Crowd-Pleasing Holiday Breakfasts

Christmas morning, New Year’s Day, and the whole holiday week in between—maybe you have a houseful of guests or family in from out of town. No matter what your particular situation, one thing is a given: Everyone wakes up hungry.

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7 Healthy Low-Sugar Breakfast Ideas

It’s not like you’re mainlining Lucky Charms for breakfast (uh, right?)—but even some a.m. meals that disguise themselves as healthy can pack in sugar. We found some delicious, hearty meals designed to fill you up and leave you energized for the day without the mid-morning sugar crash.

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10 Easy Healthy Pancake Recipes

Pancakes—perhaps the ultimate indulgent brunch dish. Traditionally they’re just straight-up comfort food, something to enjoy on a lazy Sunday when you don’t actually have to accomplish anything else for the day (#CarbComa).

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10 Tips for a Better Morning for People Who Oversleep

Some of us are just not morning people (you know who you are). And if you have to be somewhere at a certain time in the a.m., that means morning can be a mad rush. If the craziness first thing leads to not-the-best breakfast options, the rest of your day can suffer, too.

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Say Hello to Your New Favorite Breakfast

When it comes to breakfast bowls, oats get all the love. But other grains, which we often relegate to salads and lunchtime bowls, also can get you going in the morning. One that’s worth adding to your a.m.: Millet.

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Meatless Monday: Everything Avocado Toast

We love #meatlessmonday and we also love #toasttuesday, so we decided to have a mashup this week. It’s especially great because here’s a dinner you can make in about 2 minutes flat that’s simple, delicious, healthy and fun, and keeps your kitchen cool. Did we mention it’s also totally plant based?

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Gail Simmons’ Secrets to Easy-Breezy Summer Cooking

We always want to cook crowd-pleasing, chef-worthy food, easily and effortlessly—but especially in the summer. #Goals, right?

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All we want in the morning is a fast, tasty breakfast that we can grab on the run, will keep us satisfied and energized all morning, and tastes like a treat.

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The New Star of Breakfast: The Sweet Potato

Eggs. Avocado toast. Oatmeal. Smoothie bowls. As much as we love all of these breakfast options, we sometimes wonder: What else is there?

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The Sweetest Way to Help the Bees

For Carly Stein, founder of Beekeeper’s Naturals, the love of bees and the amazing healing products they create was borne out of her own experience with them. While studying abroad in Italy, her tonsils became terribly swollen.

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5-Ingredient Banana-Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Recipe by Carly Stein   BIO: Carly Stein is the founder and CEO of Beekeeper’s Naturals, which is focused on superfoods from the hive and dedicated to saving the bees. Carly is committed to using her company as a platform to raise funding for the bee cause and promoting sustainable practices.

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Nut Butter Dream Bars

Another recipe that is good for breakfast or a snack, these bars come with 15 grams of brain-empowering protein.

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Chia Chocolates

Thanks to chia seeds, these chocolates have enough protein, healthy fat, and fiber to make a great breakfast or snack. They provide stable energy, without spikes or slumps that you get from sugary cereal or candy.

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7 Awesome Breakfast Toasts That Go Beyond Avocado

Toast is a delicious and easy way to add whole grains to your diet. Top it with some fruits or veggies and protein and you’ve got a great, balanced breakfast.

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The #RETOX California Burrito

Lauren Imparato loves having this as a breakfast pre workout or post workout snack. This easy recipe is featured on her blog and Instagram.

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Coconut Yogurt With Tapioca

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Fuel Your Workouts Like The Pros

What to eat for increased energy pre-workout, or for post-workout recovery? We get the answers.

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20-Minute Dinners From 4 Healthy Food Pros

Chefs, bloggers, and other food pros share their favorite quick and easy recipes for weeknight dinners with a big flavor.

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Sweet Potato Breakfast Muffins To Start Your Day Off Right

Healthy and delicious make-ahead sweet-potato muffins will take away the what’s-for-breakfast stress.

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Sweet Potato Breakfast Muffins

This delicious muffin recipe proves sweet potatoes are also a breakfast food.

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8 Drool-Worthy Instagram Recipe Videos

Want to get inspired to make dinner in under 60 seconds? Check out some of our favorite Instagram cooking videos.

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Amaranth Hafragautur with Skyrr

This tasty fiber-packed breakfast will keep you full all morning long.

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12 Winter Breakfasts We Love

These 12 comforting and healthy dishes make getting up in the morning joyfully delicious.

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Go Around The World For Breakfast

Get some new ways to start the day that are healthy, full of flavor and easy.

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Like That? Love This! Week 3

4 classic breakfasts get a healthy makeover

Breakfast seems to be the hardest meal for many to crack. We’re usually pressed for time, eating on the go, and relying on something out of a box or microwave.

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Oatmeal With Berries, Nuts And Matcha

A yummy protein and fiber rich breakfast is enhanced with superfood matcha. It will power you through the entire morning.

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Zucchini, Walnut and Flaxseed Tea Bread

A little bit of a twist on the flavors and textures of carrot cake, this is a full-flavored, cinnamon-laced bread. Enjoy it as a tea cake or occasional morning treat. This recipe is from The Clean Plates Cookbook ($17; Running Press) by Jared Koch with Jill Silverman Hough.

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Oh, the Benefits of Oatmeal

An oatmeal hack to smooth out your morning routine

Oats are the perfect breakfast food. They’re full of fiber and B vitamins and studies have long shown they keep you full throughout the morning and help you eat less at lunch.

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Try a vegetarian take on traditional Korean bibimbap for a hearty breakfast

Try a vegetarian take on traditional Korean bibimbap for a hearty breakfast

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Comforting Quinoa Cereal

Although it’s served warm, this easy quinoa dish is meant to be enjoyed as you’d eat a cold breakfast cereal—pour on the milk, top with fresh fruit and perhaps a little sweetener, and dig in. You can add flavors to the quinoa, such as orange zest, sliced fresh ginger, vanilla extract, cacao powder, nut butter, or dried fruits, such as currants, raisins, or chopped dried apple. You can also sprinkle in toppings such as chopped toasted nuts, toasted seeds, coconut flakes, or cacao nibs Whatever add-ins you use, this recipe is simple, satisfying, and devoid of all those sugars, additives, and preservatives.

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Quinoa Carrot Muffins

Quinoa not only adds high-quality protein to these muffins, it also keeps them deliciously moist. This recipe is from The Clean Plates Cookbook ($17; Running Press) by Jared Koch with Jill Silverman Hough.

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Apple and Applesauce Bran Muffins

These apple and applesauce muffins are a super simple recipe that you can change and adapt, depending on your mood and what’s in the cupboard.

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Sweet Potato Scones

A mix of gluten- free flours make these sweet potato scones so light and fluffy topped with a decadent glaze of maple syrup. 

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Sprouted Coconut Pancakes

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You’re Toast

Avocado toast's new challenger: coconut butter toast

Tired of avocado toast? Try coconut instead.

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Buttermilk Buckwheat Pancakes

A classic with a twist.

This recipe is from The Clean Plates Cookbook ($17; Running Press) by Jared Koch with Jill Silverman Hough.

Try planning for a more mindful morning.

Try this savory breakfast recipe from the Huckleberry cookbook.

Wish you had some less sweet, or even sugar-free breakfast options? Try four delicious choices from around the world.

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Coco-nut Granola

You might just beat not only the cold, but a cold with this coco-nutty granola, baked with immunity-strengthening coconut oil and anti-bacterial honey.

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Vigilant Eats Gets Vigilante with Oatmeal

This organic cereal wants to give your breakfast a gluten-, additive- and preservative-free update

Rise and shine! Whether it’s a healthy breakfast you’re in search of or just a wholesome snack, Vigilant Eats Superfood Oat-Based Cereal is fueling the food revolution in more ways than one…

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Red Velvet Pancakes for Your Valentine

We've updated a classic breakfast recipe with healthier ingredients, just in time for Valentine's Day

This Valentine’s Day, treat that special someone to our makeover of Tidy Mom’s decadent Red Velvet Pancakes with Sweet Cream Cheese Topping…

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10 Ways to Turn Chicken Sausage into a Quick & Healthy Meal

A package (or two!) of chicken sausage is a smart staple to always have on hand. Since it’s pre-cooked, it takes next to no time to turn it into dinner. Here’s how.

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10 Low-Carb Breakfast Recipes That Are Packed with Nutrients

Trying to avoid a carb coma by 10 am? These low carb breakfast recipes are packed with nutrients to fuel your day.

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