14 Healthy Vegan Breakfast Recipes | Forks Over Knives (2024)

Orange French Toast

This ingenious recipe uses aquafaba (liquid from soaked beans), orange zest, and cinnamon to make French toast that’s soft, thick and eggy. Yum!!

Chocolate Chip Coconut Pancakes

With flaxseeds, oats, andbuckwheatflour these delicious gluten-free pancakes are packed with goodness. They freeze well—you couldmakea batch for the week. And they’re great for dessert too!

Banana Almond Granola

This is such a simple and tastybreakfast. As one reader says, “I am shocked and amazed and delighted that an oil-free (and still crunchy!) granola is possible.”

Chickpea Omelet

What better way to start the day than with this egg-free omelet, made with chickpea flour, nutritional yeast and other flavorings. To serve, add tomatoes, spinach, salsa, hot sauce, or whatever plant-delicious toppings you like.

Polenta with Pears and Cranberries

This is another one of those breakfasts that doubles as a scrumptiousdesert. The cookedfruit on top of the buttery-like polenta is such a winning combination.

Healthy Oatmeal with Fruit and Nuts

This basic oatmeal recipe is such a good one to have up your sleeve. It’s so versatile! Add whatever nuts and fresh and dried fruits you have on hand.

Egyptian Breakfast Beans (Ful Medames)

Not used toeating beans for breakfast? It can take some getting used to—but before you know it you’ll be wondering how you ate anything else. This traditional Egyptian breakfast recipe is super simple and incredibly satisfying. You do need to soak and cook the beans, but to savetime it’s easy enough to cook bulk beans ahead of timeand freeze so they’re on hand and ready to go.

Apple-Lemon Breakfast Bowl

With the fresh flavors ofdates, walnuts, lemon juice and apple, this raw vegan breakfastleaves you feeling satisfied but not weighed down.

Breakfast Scramble

Such a simple but delicious scramble.The recipe uses nutritional yeast, turmeric and cayenne pepper for flavor. And where most vegan scrambles use tofu, this scrummy mix uses cauliflower instead.

Brown Rice Breakfast Pudding

Another gorgeous breakfast fromChef Sroufe. Rice pudding is always such a hit becauseit’s so darn comforting. And the cinnamon stick, dates and raisins in this recipe make itextra divine! Works well as adessert too.

Chocolate Pancakes

These healthy, gluten-free, chocolate pancakes are perfect for a weekendmorning when youfeel like a treat! We agree with authorSomer McCowan, they’re great served withstrawberries, raspberries, or bananas—orany of your favorite fruit!

Black Bean and Sweet Potato Hash

Easy Overnight Oats With Chia

Preparing breakfast in the morning doesn’t get any easier than this.Soak the ingredients overnight, and in the morning just add the fruit and/ornut toppings you desire. And there you have it—a delicious, healthy, breakfast on the run!

Whole-Wheat Berry Muffins

What better grab-and-go breakfast, or mid morning snack than these light and tasty blueberry muffins. Not too sweet and berry-licious!

Apple-Walnut Breakfast Bread

This oil-free, vegan loaf makesa great treat, perfect for a lazy weekend or afternoon snack. The classic apple-cinnamon-walnut combination is as fabulous asever.