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

FAQs

What do plant-based eat for breakfast? ›

Start by experimenting with plant-based foods that taste and look familiar, rather than jumping to unfamiliar ingredients and dishes. If you like cereal for breakfast, switch to a plant-based milk. If you like chili for lunch, use your usual recipe but just stick with beans or swap in a ground beef substitute.

Contrary to belief, a trend among some vegans involves the inclusion of certain types of eggs into their diet. This 'veggan' diet, as it is known, is not truly vegan – instead, it is called ovo-vegetarian.

A vegan diet is based on plants (such as vegetables, grains, nuts and fruits) and foods made from plants. Vegans do not eat foods that come from animals, including dairy products and eggs.

There are plenty of healthy vegan coffee swaps. Try vegan turmeric lattes, healthy hot chocolate, dandelion root tea, matcha, or warm lemon water. Smoothies are also a great way to kickstart the day as a coffee alternative that serves as meal, too!

Dr Shireen Kassam, founder, Plant Based Health Professionals

“There's got to be one best breakfast, which has to be oats. Whether it's hot cooked oats or whether it's overnight cold soaked oats or steel cut whole oats, which are then eaten with some sort of fruit like berries and additions like flaxseeds or hemp.

Oatmeal + fruit + nut butter.

The nut butter adds protein and healthy fats. The fruit tops it off with fiber and vitamins, plus it gives your breakfast a sweet taste. Avoid pre-packed oatmeal mixes that have added sugar and use old-fashioned oats instead.

Possibly a protein-deficient diet. Animals, milk, and eggs contain necessary amino acids for protein. Plant-based proteins are an incomplete protein source unless properly combined. Make sure you're eating plants that can supply the appropriate quantity and combination of amino acids.

Keep your pantry and fridge stocked with essential ingredients, such as beans (dry or canned), grains (rice, flour, and quinoa), pasta, tofu, nuts, fresh produce, nutritional yeast, cooking oil, vegetable stock, oat or nut milk, agave, egg replacer, and seasonings.

Vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, seeds, and nuts are the stars of all plant-based diets. More and more people seem to be making the switch to plant-based diet foods.

What do vegans use instead of eggs? ›

What are Vegan Eggs Made of? Vegan egg recipes vary. One of the most popular vegan egg substitute for scrambled eggs is made with tofu, flavored with a mix of seasonings. However, there is a way to make homemade vegan scrambled eggs without tofu, enter chickpea flour!

The bottom line. Most types of peanut butter are free of animal products and can be enjoyed as part of a vegan diet. However, some varieties are made in facilities that also process animal products or contain refined sugar that was produced using bone char or non-vegan ingredients like honey or fish oil.