Breakfast/8 recipes

Egg noodles with hot Italian sausage, broccoli, carrots, and onions tossed together in a one-skillet dinner. The sausage drippings become the flavor base for the vegetables.

Red pepper and goat cheese frittata with fresh oregano and scallions. An 18-minute stovetop-to-broiler vegetarian brunch dish that slices clean and feeds six.

Pecan cinnamon muffins with brown sugar, chopped pecans, and warm cinnamon in a quick oil-based batter. Golden, tender breakfast muffins best served hot with butter and jam.

Indian French toast: savory vegan besan-and-tofu batter with green chiles and onion, soaked into bread slices and pan-fried golden. A spicy eggless twist on breakfast toast, inspired by Indian besan toast.

Overnight sourdough cornmeal cakes griddled to crispy-edged breakfast glory. Mix the batter before bed, let it rise, and cook on a hot griddle come morning. Six ingredients, zero fuss.

These cake-like bars are great for breakfast or snack. For the filling, you can use whatever your favorite dried fruits to substitute the dates.

Crock pot turkey stuffing, a classic sausage, mushroom, and herb dressing that cooks low in the slow cooker so your oven stays free for the bird. Moist inside, with savory poultry-seasoned flavor.

German prune coffeecake with a soft yeasted dough rolled around cooked prunes, dotted with butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Makes two cakes for breakfast or brunch.

Fresh ginger muffins: bakery-style buttermilk muffins packed with finely chopped fresh ginger candied with sugar, plus fragrant lemon zest. The classic Marion Cunningham recipe, with serious ginger bite.

Glazed coffee cake with a crunchy Grape-Nuts cereal and instant coffee streusel layered inside a moist sour cream batter, topped with a brewed coffee glaze. Retro and uniquely crunchy.

Fluffy broccoli and cheddar omelets made with 8 eggs, loaded with tender florets and melty shredded cheese. A protein-packed breakfast or brunch ready in 30 minutes flat.

Blueberry-apple muffies are bite-sized drop muffins packed with fresh blueberries, minced Granny Smith, buttermilk, and cinnamon. Baked on a sheet pan in just 8 minutes for tender, two-bite breakfast treats.

French toast meets fruit cobbler in this overnight breakfast bake with warm apple pie spices, juicy strawberries, and sweet banana slices bubbling beneath golden bread.

Lightly spiced pear quick bread sweetened with honey and studded with raisins. Moist, tender crumb thanks to applesauce and minimal oil.

This version of Eggs Benedict uses a quick blender technique to make the Hollandaise sauce. Similar to making homemade mayonnaise.

Oven-baked banana French toast made with egg whites and whole wheat bread, topped with a warm honey-cinnamon blueberry sauce. A lighter, hands-off brunch that skips the griddle.