This breakfast bowl recipe is full of healty, hearty food, are delicious, and are so easy to make ahead of time! Just grab, reheat, and go!
What do you do when you have to be gone all weekend but want to make sure your family is well fed? You do make ahead meals, that’s what. We had several places to be for the long weekend and I made hearty Breakfast Bowls along with packing lunch boxes full of healthy snacks. They not only tasted great, but were healthier than eating out, and less expensive. Winning all around!
Breakfast Bowls
Want to put these delicious breakfast bowls together for you and your family? It’s super simple. I’ll show you how!
How to make a breakfast bowl
You don’t need very many ingredients to make these breakfast bowls, stuff you probably already have on hand!
- eggs
- red potatoes
- cheddar cheese
- salsa, optional
- containers
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Wash and chop 3 lbs. of red potatoes into about 1 inch cubes. Place in a bowl and add 1 TBSP of olive oil, toss until covered.
- Cook until golden brown, stirring the potatoes at about the half mark. I set a timer for 20 minutes, stir and then reset it.
Mmmmmmmmm… these are my favorite things ever.
I made two versions of these breakfast bowls – half with salsa for a little extra flavor and half without. Customize them for your family members. I prefer without but I knew my husband would want the salsa. - Next you’ll scramble your eggs. Pretty straight forward. 9 eggs plus some water to fluff them up. Mix in a bowl and then add to a hot pan. I sprayed my pan with olive oil spray first so they wouldn’t stick. The biggest thing in this step is to not overcook them. Since you will be reheating the eggs at some point, you want to make sure that they are just slightly underdone. They should be moist when you take them off the stove. Sprinkle with pepper to taste.
- Add your eggs to the potatoes.
- Sprinkle with 1 1/2 c. of cheese over the 6 bowls. Just a little taste of cheese. :)
And ta-da! You have breakfast bowls for the week. It takes just a little bit of prep work and then you are set.
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Hearty Make Ahead Breakfast Bowls
Ingredients
- 3 lbs red potatoes cubed
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- pepper to taste
- 9 eggs large
- Olive oil spray
- 1½ c salsa
- 1½ c cheddar cheese shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut red potatoes into 1 inch cubes.
- Put in a bowl, add 1 tbsp olive oil and mix to cover well.
- Bake for 45 mins or until golden brown, stirring once.
- Make scrambled eggs - whisk 9 eggs and add to pan with olive oil spray.
- Sprinkle with pepper to taste.
- Add potatoes, eggs, salsa if desired and cheese over 6 bowls.
- Store in fridge for up to a week.
- Reheat at 30-45 seconds in the microwave.
I really like this idea! I can confidently say that this was invented by a genius. Now I can save so much time on arranging things in the morning – it is prepared in advance, laid out as one likes, took it to go and it’s in the bag (in both literal and figurative sense). It’s great that the fillings and sauces can be changed, but the main idea does not change anyway. Thank you, this is a really useful life hack.
Any suggestions if you don’t have a microwave?
Can’t wait to try these. I buy the frozen ones for my mom. I am sure a lot better for her too. Like the fact they stay in the frig. I feel so stupid of never trying this. Thanks for educating me.
I love the recipe! Thanks. I am a bit surprised that people are still heating food in plastics though. These can also be frozen, refrigerated, and reheated in pyrex glass, short wide mouth jars, or just regular bowls. No need to buy anything plastic = no need to absorb anything plastic.
These are GREAT! Totally making them for my kids – thank you!
Pinning this recipe for later… Looks so good and I love how convenient these bowls are!
Thanks Desiree! They are so good and I love the bowls!
Such a fun idea and will make the mornings so much easier!
I’m assuming this make ahead freezeable as well?