So… you’re transitioning to Paleo and have no idea what to eat for a Paleo diet breakfast besides toast or cereal?
Well, never fear, because there are oodles of delicious and healthy Paleo breakfast recipes that don’t involve bread or boxed sugar-filled cereals.
To get you started, we created a healthy list of sweet and savory Paleo breakfast ideas to make your mornings that much better. Enjoy!
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Egg Muffins
Egg Muffins
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound of meat of your choice
- 12 pastured chicken eggs
- 1/4 cup of chopped green pepper
- 1/2 cup of chopped red or white onion
- 1/2 t sea salt
- 1/4 t freshly ground black pepper
- Coconut oil or butter to grease muffin tins (or use silicone muffin cups)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Cook your meat if necessary; it’s just as easy to use leftover meat for this purpose.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and add your ingredients. Mix well.
- Spoon the egg mixture into your muffin tins or silicone muffin cups placed inside the muffin tray. For a regular-sized muffin tray you’ll use around 1/3 cup per muffin.
- Bake for 20 or 25 minutes or until a fork or knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Breakfast Sausages
Breakfast Sausages
Ingredients
- 1 pound of ground pork (you can also use turkey if you prefer, but you’ll probably have to add some oil if your turkey is very lean)
- 1 T onion flakes or 1 t onion powder
- 1/4 t each nutmeg, cumin, oregano, black pepper, red pepper flakes, and ground ginger
- 1 t salt
- 1 1/2 t poultry seasoning (or mix your own using 1/2 t each of sage, thyme, and basil)
- 1 egg, beaten
Instructions
- Mix all of the ingredients together.
- Put in the fridge for an hour to let the flavors come together.
- Remove from fridge and form into patties.
- Sauté until they are cooked through and brown on the outside.
- Enjoy!
Sausage and Apple Butternut Squash
Sausage and Apple Butternut Squash
Ingredients
- 1 pound of sliced chicken sausage (can also use pork sausage)
- 1 diced apple
- 3 cups of butternut squash
- garlic powder to taste
- cinnamon to taste
- nutmeg to taste
Instructions
- Sauté the apple and sausage together.
- In a separate pan, heat up the squash with the spices.
- Mix everything together.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
Paleo Granola
Paleo Granola
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1.5 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup of raw honey
- 2 t ground cinnamon
- 2 t vanilla extract
- 1 t sea salt
- 1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut (or raisins or other dried fruit if you prefer)
- 1 cup of mixed nuts of your choice
- 1 cup of seeds of your choice (sunflower seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 275°F and mix the first six ingredients (the base ingredients) together. Mix in the add-in ingredients of your choice.
- Spread the mixture evenly onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, mixing halfway through.
- Remove from your oven and let it cool before you use it.
- Store in an airtight jar or bag.
Classic Bacon and Eggs
Classic Bacon and Eggs
Ingredients
- 3 slices of bacon
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups of spinach or kale
Instructions
- In a cast iron pan, cook the bacon until its crispy.
- Pour off most of the grease and discard.
- Let the bacon cool on paper towels.
- In the bacon grease, cook the eggs the way you like them. Try scrambled or fried!
- Remove the eggs and sautee the greens (or cook them together with the eggs). Enjoy!
Egg in an Avocado
Egg in an Avocado
Ingredients
- 1 avocado
- 2 eggs
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Half of a lime
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450°F.
- Cut the avocado in half and take out the pit. Scrape out just enough avocado until you can fit a cracked egg in there (about 1 1/2 T).
- Place each half cut-side up on a baking sheet.
- Squeeze some lime juice over the avocado and sprinkle with salt, then crack a whole pastured egg into the space in each avocado. Sprinkle each egg with freshly-ground black pepper.
- Bake until the whites are white but the yolk is still runny, between 10 and 12 minutes. If you like your yolks harder, cook them for longer.
Protein Pumpkin Pancakes
Protein Pumpkin Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 pastured eggs
- 1/4 cup of coconut flour
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/2 t cinnamon
- 1/4 t baking soda
- 1/4 t salt
- 1/2 cup of pumpkin puree (if you use pumpkin pie filling, leave out the spices below)
- 1/4 t pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 t raw apple cider vinegar
- 1 T melted coconut oil
- 1/4 cup almond milk as needed for the batter
Instructions
- Whisk together the dry ingredients and then the wet ones in a separate bowl.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until well-combined.
- Heat a cast iron pan over medium heat. Add some butter, tallow, or coconut oil.
- When the oil is hot, spoon in the batter. Give the pan a little shake until the pancakes are about 1/3 inch thick. These will not bubble like regular pancakes; flip them when the bottom is a golden-brown color.
- Serve drizzled with maple syrup or honey. You can also sprinkle cinnamon on top.
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