Fast Easy Breakfast Recipes (5 Ingredients or Less)

Looking for Fast & Easy Breakfast Ideas? Check out my easy, 5-ingredient (or less!) recipes that are perfect for when grocery prices are stretching your budget to the limit. Whether you're planning a weekend brunch or just need a quick bite, these recipes are simple, satisfying, and kind to your wallet.

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I recently had the pleasure of appearing as a guest on New York Living on PIX 11 in New York City to share some Fast and Easy Breakfast recipes that are perfect for those times when grocery prices are stretching your budget to the limit. With egg and other food costs climbing, I wanted to show how you can still enjoy delicious breakfast and brunch at home with five ingredients or less.

During the segment, I demonstrated a lineup of easy, budget-friendly recipes, that will help you get a delicious breakfast or brunch on the table quickly, without needing to empty the kids piggy banks! Scroll down to get the 5 ingredient or less recipes!

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5-Ingredient or Less Breakfast Recipes

2-Ingredient Yogurt Bagels (No Yeast)

In a quest to make the most out of the least, I'm bringing you my most delicious 2-Ingredient Bagels! Made with only self-rising flour and Greek yogurt, they need no yeast, no mixer, and next to no time!

Bagel recipe

2-Ingredient Flatbread (Made with Yogurt)

Whip up a simple 2 Ingredient Flatbread, without yeast, using just Greek yogurt and self-rising flour. This quick and easy recipe creates soft and delicious flatbread that are perfect for sandwiches, wraps, or a pizza base!

Flatbread recipe

Folded stack of two ingredient flatbread on a piece of parchment paper.

Creamy Ricotta Scrambled Eggs

Four ingredients and ten minutes to the creamiest, softest scrambled eggs. These Creamy Ricotta Scrambled Eggs are custardy and light as a cloud and they are sure to be your new favorite way to eat eggs!

Ricotta Eggs Recipe

White plate containing a piece of toast with crispy prosciutto and creamy ricotta scrambled eggs.

4-Ingredient Muffins

Need a quick and delicious breakfast or snack? These 4-Ingredient Eggless Banana Muffins are ready in just 30 minutes! No eggs, no fuss — just simple ingredients and big flavor. Perfect for busy mornings or an afternoon pick-me-up!

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2-Ingredient Biscuits with Cheddar

These 2-Ingredient Biscuits are the fastest biscuits ever. Add a cup of cheddar cheese and you can still have these on the table in as few as 20 minutes. Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner - these are going to be your new go-to bread!

2-Ingredient Biscuits + Just add cheese

Two ingredient biscuits on parchment paper.

3-Ingredient Condensed Milk Pancakes

You are going to love serving up stacks of these fluffy Condensed Milk Pancakes made with only sweetened condensed milk, eggs, and self rising flour. So delicious, you won't believe it's only 3 ingredients!

Pancake Recipe

A stack of condensed milk pancakes dripping with maple syrup and with fruit on top and around the plate.

3-Ingredient Stuffed Bagel Bites

These new 3-Ingredient Stuffed Bagel Bites are going to get me run out of New Jersey! Around here it's a residency requirement to love bagels, and we also run on Dunkins, but since I've stopped buying donut shop stuffed bagel minis, and making them at home, I might be in trouble!

Bagel Bites Recipe

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Easy Spicy Paloma Mocktail

Turn up (or dial down) the heat in my Spicy Paloma Mocktail! Made with just 4 ingredients, grapefruit simple syrup, zesty lime, jalapeño, and grapefruit soda or bubbly water, it's a refreshing, alcohol-free sip that's perfect for any occasion.

Spicy Paloma Mocktail Recipe