6 Easy 3-Ingredient Breakfast Recipes
Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but it can also be the most difficult to make time for. In fact, despite 93% of Americans believing breakfast is more significant than lunch and dinner, only 44% eat it every day, according to Statistic Brain. Mornings can be hectic — we’ve all hit the snooze button one too many times on occasion — but it’s important to make time to eat something. Not only will it give you energy, but it will help with weight control and improved performance throughout the day, states WebMD.
For days when you’re short on time and supplies, we’ve compiled six breakfast recipes that only require three ingredients. You officially have no more excuses for skipping breakfast.
1. 3-Ingredient Breakfast Skillet
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Eggs, salsa, and ground turkey are all you need to make this healthy breakfast dish. Lexi’s Clean Kitchen notes that you can include veggies if you’d like — including spinach, onion, and sweet potato — but it tastes just as good without any additional ingredients. The recipe yields 3 servings and takes less than 20 minutes to make.
Ingredients:
- ¾ to 1 pound organic ground turkey
- 1 cup salsa of choice
- 6 organic eggs
Directions: Grease skillet and place turkey into it. Cook until turkey browns. Add in salsa and mix to combine; let cook together for 2 to 3 minutes. Crack in eggs and cover skillet for 7 minutes, or until egg whites are opaque.
2. Apricot Smoothie
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Eating Well’s recipe technically calls for four ingredients, but who doesn’t have ice in their freezer? Canned apricot halves are blended with yogurt and sugar, creating a simple, tangy, and refreshing smoothie. If you’d like to amp up the protein in this dish, use Greek yogurt in place of regular. It yields 2 servings.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup canned apricot halves in light syrup
- 6 ice cubes
- 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
- 3 tablespoons sugar
Directions: Blend apricot halves, ice cubes, yogurt, and sugar in a blender until frothy.
3. 3-Ingredient Energy Bars
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If you have nuts, dried fruit, and dates in your pantry, then you have everything you need to make The Kitchn’seasy energy bars. Do note that these bars need to be refrigerated prior to eating, so it’s best to make this recipe in advance. You can also form them into balls instead of bars and include as many add-ins as you’d like, such as shredded coconut, chia seeds, chocolate chips, crystallized ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, or lemon or lime zest. The recipe yields 8 large bars.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup nuts
- 1 cup dried fruit
- 1 cup (12 to 15 whole) pitted dried dates
Directions: Nuts can be used raw or roasted. If desired, roast the nuts at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 to 12 minutes, until fragrant and golden. Allow to cool before using. Combine the nuts, dried fruit, and dates in a food processor. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor. Pulse a few times just to break them up. Separate the dates if they start to clump together. Process continuously for 30 seconds. By this point, the ingredients should all have broken down into crumb-size pieces. Scrape the edges of the bowl and beneath the blade to make sure nothing is sticking. Process continuously until a ball is formed, 1 to 2 minutes. Continue processing for another 1 to 2 minutes, until the ingredients clump together and gather into a ball.
Press into a thick square and chill. Lay a piece of plastic wrap or wax paper on your work surface and dump the power bar dough on top. Press the dough with your hands until it forms a thick square, roughly 8 by 8 inches in size. Wrap and chill for at least an hour or overnight. Divide into bars. Unwrap the chilled power bar dough and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 8 large bars or 16 small squares, as desired. Wrap each bar in plastic wrap or wax paper. Store the bars. Store the bars in the fridge for several weeks or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
4. 3-Ingredient Breakfast Cookies
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I Heart Vegetables’ breakfast cookies, which are vegan and free of sugar and gluten, are unbelievably easy to make and work great as a grab-and-go meal. Mash together the ingredients, drop rounded tablespoons onto the cookie sheet, and bake. These cookies won’t brown as much as you’re accustomed to, but we promise they’ll taste just as great. Who doesn’t love cookies for breakfast?
Ingredients:
- 1 cup whole-grain oats
- 2 very ripe bananas
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
Directions: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a cookie sheet. Mash together all the ingredients and then drop rounded tablespoons onto the cookie sheet. It should make about 12 small cookies. Bake for 15 minutes.
5. Chocolate Crescent Wraps
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Sweeten your morning with Pepperidge Farm’s chocolate crescent wraps. Three ingredients (and water) are all you need to make this recipe, which yields 16 servings. Roll out your pastry sheet, cut into 8 rectangles, and then cut those into 16 triangles. Place 2 teaspoons of chocolate chips down the center of each, roll up, brush with an egg mixture, and bake. Easy and delicious, you’ll be enjoying these wraps for breakfast and dessert.
Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- ½ (17.3-ounce) package puff pastry sheet (1 sheet), thawed
- ⅔ cup semisweet chocolate chips or small chocolate chunks
- 1 tablespoon water
Directions: Heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Beat the egg and water in a small bowl with a fork or whisk. Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Roll the pastry into a 16-inch square. Cut the pastry square into 8 (8-by-4-inch) rectangles. Cut the rectangles diagonally into 16 triangles.
Arrange about 2 teaspoons chocolate chips down the center of each triangle. Starting at the wide end, roll up each triangle, bending the edges in to form a crescent. Place the pastries seam-side down on a baking sheet and brush with the egg mixture. Bake the pastries for 20 minutes or until they’re golden brown.
6. 3-Ingredient Gluten-Free Banana Pancakes
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Pancakes shouldn’t just be saved for leisurely weekend breakfasts. With Food Network’s recipe, you can quickly make a gluten-free batch using eggs, banana, and pumpkin pie spice. It yields 30 silver-dollar pancakes. If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice on hand, make your own using Taste of Home’s recipe.
Ingredients:
- 2 large eggs
- 1 large banana
- ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Directions: Blend the eggs, banana, and pumpkin pie spice in a blender until smooth. Heat a large nonstick skillet or griddle over medium-low heat. Working in batches, drop silver-dollar portions of the batter onto the skillet and cook until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
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