Breakfast may or may not be the most important meal of the day, but in our book, it’s nonnegotiable. And while we’d love to eat a stack of chocolate-chip pancakes every morning, know we should have something a bit more nutritious. But it has to be delicious—that’s also nonnegotiable. Enter these 14 recipes, each one as healthy as it is scrumptious.
14 Clean-Eating Breakfasts to Jump-start Your Day

Slim Sanity
Whole Wheat Applesauce Waffles
Healthy waffles? Is this a dream?
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Overnight Oats With Chocolate And Strawberries
Set it (in the fridge) and forget it.
Superfood Mint Cacao Nib Smoothie
Basically a delicious milkshake (but actually good for you).
Kale Quiche With A Cheddar-rice Crust
This one goes out to all our gluten-free friends.
Baked Eggs With Ricotta And Kale
These are a few of our favorite things.
Blueberry Farro Yogurt Bowl
Tart berries + creamy yogurt + chewy grains = the happiest morning.
Arugula, Romaine And Pear Smoothie Bowl
Think of all the Instagram likes you’ll get.
Three-ingredient Peanut Butter Granola Bars
Bonus: these babies won’t crumble into a million pieces like the store-bought kind.
Chocolate Banana Chia Pudding
(Healthy) dessert for breakfast. Don’t mind if we do.

Lexi's Clean Kitchen
Farm Veggies With Romesco Sauce And Poached Eggs
If you’re more of a savory person.
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Reinvented Egg-in-a-hole
Squash > bread.
Sun Butter, Banana And Chia Seed Toast
Because sometimes the simplest breakfast is the best one.
Honey, Lime And Quinoa Fruit Salad
Unexpected, but totally delightful.
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