Vegan Breakfast Recipes You Must Try Out
Delicious vegan breakfast recipes are everywhere! Here are our favourite vegan breakfast recipes that you absolutely must try!
1. Vegan Banana Chocolate Pancakes
These vegan pancakes are perfect for weekend mornings! Make these for you and your bff for a cute brunch date or make a stack and meal prep breakfast for yourself for the week!
Ingredients:
-1 ripe banana
-3/4 cup unsweetened plant milk
-1 tsp maple syrup
-1 tsp coconut oil
-1 cup all-purpose flour
-1 1/2 tsp baking powder
-1 tbsp hazelnut meal
-1/4 cup vegan chocolate cut into chunks
In a medium-sized bowl, mash the banana. Whisk in the plant milk, maple syrup, and coconut oil.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and hazelnut meal. Combine the wet and dry ingredients and fold in the chocolate chunks.
Cook the batter on medium-low heat.
Serve stacked on top of each other and drizzled with maple syrup! These banana chocolate pancakes are fluffy and absolutely delicious!
2. Apple Pie Waffles
These waffles are the ultimate crossover between a classic breakfast food (waffles) and the best dessert known to mankind (apple pie). Impress your friends with your cooking skills and make these waffles!
Ingredients:
For the waffles:
-1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
-1/4 tsp ginger powder
-2 tsp baking powder
-1 tbsp vegan white sugar
-1 pinch salt
-1 tbsp coconut oil liquid
-3/4 cup plant milk
For the apple sauce:
-1 apple (make sure it’s of a sweet variety), peeled and cut in chunks
-1 tsp maple syrup
-1/2 cup water
-1 tsp lemon juice
-1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
To make the apple sauce, toss all the ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil. Let simmer for 20 minutes with the lid on. Take the lid off and simmer for another 5-10 minutes or until thick.
Combine the flour, cinnamon, ginger powder, baking powder, white sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in the coconut oil and plant milk.
Once the waffle iron is preheated, cook the waffles until you’ve used up all the batter.
Stack up the waffles and serve with the hot apple sauce and maple syrup if desired!
3. Vegan French Toast
Everyone loves french toast! Enjoy is even as a vegan!
Ingredients:
-2 tbsp of flaxseed meal (to replace the eggs)
-1 cup plant milk
-1 tsp ground cinnamon
-1/4 tsp nutmeg
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-pinch of salt
-6 thickly cut slices of tougher bread
Whisk together flaxseed and plant milk. Let sit for a bit to thicken.
After thickening, whisk again and add cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, and salt.
Lightly dip both sides of the bread into the mixture (do not let it sit and soak up the mix) and cook on a lightly oiled frying pan for about 4 minutes per side or until brown.
Serve with a little maple syrup!
4. Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Tired of eating whole wheat toast all the time? Take a cheat day and have this delicious and healthy chocolate peanut butter banana bread!
Ingredients:
For the banana bread:
-4 very ripe bananas (you can also use frozen bananas)
-3/4 cup plant milk
-1 tbsp coconut oil liquid
-1/4 cup maple syrup
-2 cups whole wheat flour
-1/2 cup cocoa powder
-1 tsp baking powder
-1/2 tsp baking soda
-pinch of salt
For peanut butter sauce:
-2 tbsp peanut butter
-1 tsp maple syrup
-hot water
Preheat the oven to 320 F/160 C and line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
Peel and mash the bananas. Add in the plant milk, coconut oil, and maple syrup and whisk to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and combine well.
Pour the batter in the loaf pan. Combine the ingredients for the peanut butter sauce and pour on top of the batter. Swirl it on top.
Bake in the oven for 45 minutes – 1 hour.
Serve with peanut butter sauce or your favourite vegan spread!
5. Tofu Scramble
The perfect vegan alternative to scrambled eggs is a tofu scramble! This is only a basic recipe, but you can spice it up by adding peppers, mushrooms, spinach, or any other vegetable you might like!
Ingredients:
-1 tsp olive oil
-12 oz firm tofu
-3/4 tsp kala namak (black salt) and more to taste
-1 tsp mild curry powder
-1/4 tsp turmeric powder
Heat the olive oil in a large pan and scramble the tofu with either your hands or a fork before tossing in the pan.
Add the kala namak, curry powder, and turmeric powder. Mix well so that the tofu takes on an even yellow colour.
Cook for 5-10 minutes, depending on how soft or crispy you want your tofu to be. Add any spices or vegetables to taste!
6. Raspberry Nice Cream
Yes, you can have nice cream for breakfast. That’s what being an adult is all about! This nice cream is made from bananas, so you know it’s healthy!
Ingredients:
-3 frozen bananas, chopped into coins
-1/3 cup frozen raspberries
Blend the bananas and raspberries in a food processor or high powered blender until smooth.
Transfer to a bowl and add toppings! We suggest adding peanut butter sauce or almond butter sauce (make it by combining 2 tbsp nut butter of your choice with 1 tsp maple syrup and hot water), fresh raspberries and banana slices, or shaved vegan chocolate!
