Breakfast for Dinner is a saving grace for busy households. It’s quick and easy, super delicious, and made from regular grocery staples.
Whether you’re serving something light like a Fajita Omelet or something a little heartier like biscuits and gravy, dishing up your favorite breakfast foods is a great way to serve the evening meal.
If you’re having a rough time getting dinner on the table each night or find yourself up against the clock without a plan, then allow me to help you out.
Time for BFD.
Breakfast for dinner, that is.
Serving typical breakfast meals for dinner always gets me out of the lurch. It can be easy and quick, filling or light depending on what I need, and it’s always delicious.
Why Make This
It’s easy. Meals that most folks serve in the morning have got to be easy, right? Dinner will come together in a snap, likely with ingredients you already have on hand.
It can be different every time. Worldwide breakfasts can vary a lot so why not include different styles of breakfast for dinner.
It’s fuel. In The Kitchen Counter Cooking School, a French chef explains that his favorite after work supper is baguette and hot cocoa, a typical French “breakfast”, saying “You don’t have to cook every night. Just eat real food.” Another claims that if you know how to make an omelette, you’ll never go hungry. From bread and jam to omelettes, “breakfast foods” can provide a satisfying end to the day.
Ingredients to Keep on Hand
- eggs or cartons of egg whites
- potatoes, either fresh or frozen
- ham
- bacon
- sausage to cook as patties or for biscuits and gravy
- bread for toast
- bagels and cream cheese
- tortillas
- homemade muffin mix
- biscuit mix or the ingredients for Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits
- coffee
- hot cocoa
FAQs
While eggs are a common breakfast ingredient, you can absolutely make breakfast for dinner without eggs. Serve foods other than eggs and if you’re baking, use a flaxseed meal substitute, provided it’s not a very egg-heavy baked good like crepes.
The rules are fake. There’s no law that pizza can’t be eaten at breakfast or breakfast foods at dinner. Some people might say it’s not healthful to eat a lot of carbs in the evening. However, omelets and vegetable scrambles can be great protein-rich options.
Meal Ideas
This post was originally published on October 30, 2015. It has been updated for content and clarity.
Joyce
We love my homemade waffles for dinner with butter and then chicken gravy with chunks of chicken over the first one, and then maple syrup over one counts as desert. So easy and a real favorite.
Jessica Fisher
Sounds yummy!
Laura
I enjoyed and appreciated your frequent posting this month while you covered this topic in detail ! I just purchased two of your cookbooks…Freezer Make Ahead and 30 Minute Dinners. I’ve really enjoyed reading through them and gleaning ideas to help streamline meals around here. As I put November meal ideas into a plan for my family of four, I’m hoping to incorporate many of your ideas and recipes. I’m hoping to get in some smaller freezer sessions too! Thank you so much for all of your hard work!
Lee
Me too! Thanks!
Jessica Fisher
Thanks so much!
Jessica Fisher
Thank you so much for the feedback. I really appreciate that. And thank you for purchasing the books! Please let me know how I can help as you streamline your own kitchen!
Laurie
Our family always loved breakfast for dinner. Especially if it was waffles. Their all time fave for breakfast is biscuits and gravy, eggs, sausages, bacon and fried potatoes. I get tired just thinking about it. So I break down and make it for Christmas brunch every year. Funny thing is, we never had that meal for dinner. Now that I don’t eat many carbs during the week we don’t usually have breakfast for dinner anymore. I miss it.
Jessica Fisher
Sounds like a great Christmas brunch!