20 Egg Free Breakfast Recipes for Sweet and Savory Mornings

15 minutes | 6 servings

Crumbled extra-firm tofu picks up chili powder, cumin, garlic, and paprika until it tastes and looks a lot like a scramble, then it gets rolled up with black beans, tomato, cilantro, lime, and diced avocado. Each burrito has 10 grams of protein, 5 grams of fiber, and 242 mg of sodium, and they freeze beautifully, so a batch on Sunday covers most of the week.

35 minutes | 6 servings

Cauliflower rice simmered with coconut milk and a little sharp cheddar stands in for stone-ground grits, and the shrimp on top cook in about four minutes with garlic, smoked paprika, sweet corn, and jalapeño. It has 20 grams of protein per serving for 246 calories, which makes it the most protein-dense recipe here. It’s something new for a weekend breakfast, or a fast dinner when you flip it around.

30 minutes | 6 servings

Mashed chickpeas, avocado, dill pickle, celery, carrot, and red pepper make a creamy sandwich filling with the texture of egg salad and none of the egg. It's 9 grams of protein and 8 grams of fiber per sandwich, it keeps in the fridge for a few days, and it works on toast or a bagel just as well as between two slices of bread.

30 minutes | 4 servings

Sweet potatoes for breakfast sounds unusual until you try it. A baked sweet potato has slow-burning carbohydrate and 8 grams of fiber per serving here, and the turkey bacon, shiitake mushrooms, kale, and sharp cheddar stuffed inside make it read as breakfast rather than dinner. Each one has 9 grams of protein and 294 calories.

75 minutes

This is a dense, nutty whole wheat loaf made with yogurt instead of eggs, studded with sunflower seeds and finished with sesame or poppy seeds on top. Slice it thick, toast it, and spread it with cottage cheese or nut butter for a breakfast that takes about two minutes once the bread is baked.

45 minutes | 6 servings

Quinoa simmered in coconut milk turns creamy and a little rich, and cinnamon, nutmeg, maple syrup, and golden raisins take it the rest of the way to breakfast. It's a nice change when you've had oatmeal five days running, and at 171 calories a serving there's plenty of room to add nuts or fruit on top.

15 minutes | 2 servings

Hot oatmeal cooked in skim milk instead of water, with wheat germ, almonds, golden raisins, and a pile of fresh raspberries and blueberries on top. The milk is what pushes it to 17 grams of protein, more than most egg breakfasts, and it takes about as long as waiting for a kettle.

15 minutes | 6 servings

Muesli is a low-effort cousin of overnight oats. Rolled oats, chopped raw almonds, dried cranberries, and grated Granny Smith apple soak in water and lemon juice until soft. At 1 mg of sodium per serving this is the lowest-sodium recipe on the list, and it has 6 grams of fiber. Add Greek yogurt or milk if you want more protein in the bowl.

20 minutes | 4 servings

Chia seeds do the same thickening job in this pudding that they do in a flax or chia egg, which makes it a fitting recipe for this list. Almond milk, cinnamon, vanilla, hemp seeds, and fresh blueberries set overnight into something spoonable. It has 12 grams of fiber per serving, the most of any recipe here, and 10 grams of protein.

15 minutes | 2 servings

Peanut butter and canned pumpkin on toasted multigrain bread, spiked with pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and a crack of black pepper, then topped with pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, coconut flakes, and a few dark chocolate chips. It has 10 grams of protein and 7 grams of fiber, and it's the recipe most likely to convert someone who thinks they need a hot breakfast.

10 minutes | 2 servings

Rolled oats, Greek yogurt, chia seeds, and a little vanilla protein powder soak overnight into something that tastes like a maple oatmeal cookie. Each serving has 11 grams of protein and 7 grams of fiber, and toasted pecans and dried cranberries on top add crunch.

5 minutes | 1 serving

At 24 grams of protein, this is the highest-protein recipe on the list, and it takes five minutes to stir together the night before. Greek yogurt and vanilla protein powder do the heavy lifting while fresh strawberries and a touch of agave keep it tasting like dessert. Swap in any fruit you have on hand.

10 minutes | 2 servings

Diced apple, two full teaspoons of cinnamon, nutmeg, and a pinch of cloves make this taste like apple pie filling by morning. Greek yogurt and plant-based protein powder bring it to 11 grams of protein, and at 10 grams of fiber it ties for the highest-fiber breakfast here.

15 minutes | 2 servings

Frozen mango and banana blend with avocado and spinach into something thick enough to eat with a spoon, and the color is a bright, unapologetic green. Sunflower seeds, sliced almonds, coconut, and berries go on top. It has 8 grams of protein and 8 grams of fiber for 200 calories.

45 minutes | 16 bars

Dried Calimyrna figs simmered in orange juice make the filling, and the crust uses oats, whole wheat flour, almond meal, and soy milk with no egg anywhere. They're 138 calories a bar. Have one alongside Greek yogurt or a glass of milk and you've got a balanced breakfast you can eat with one hand.

10 minutes | 2 servings

Barely a recipe, which is the point on a weekday. Plain low fat yogurt, sliced fresh figs, a half teaspoon of honey, cinnamon, and chopped raw pistachios. It has 12 grams of protein for 157 calories and 37 mg of sodium, and it's the fastest way to put a real dairy protein source in front of yourself when there's no time to cook.

60 minutes | 16 bars

Pureed silken tofu already does most of the binding here, which is why the single egg in the recipe can be left out entirely or replaced with 1/4 cup of banana, applesauce, or pumpkin. Oats, almonds, puffed cereal, dried cranberries, honey, and orange zest give you 8 grams of protein per bar and something sturdy enough to eat in the car.

30 minutes | 12 waffles

Three very ripe bananas and a little applesauce are already in the batter, so replacing the two eggs with two flax eggs works well here. They're gluten free as written, cinnamon and cardamom make the whole kitchen smell good, and at 153 calories each you can afford a second one.

45 minutes | 12 servings

Grated carrot, banana, pecans, cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom taste like carrot cake and hold together like breakfast. Pumpkin puree or applesauce replaces the two eggs neatly, since both match the warm spices. Each serving has 10 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber. (Note that it also uses whey protein powder, so it isn't dairy free.)

40 minutes | 12 servings

The recipe page spells the swap out for you: replace the two eggs with 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed mixed with 6 tablespoons of water, and keep the almond milk. Blueberries, banana, chia, flax, almonds, and orange zest bake into a pan that reheats all week, with 6 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber per serving.