Easy Hot Breakfasts in 15 Minutes

Published on Monday, September 19, 2011, by Amy Wisniewski and Lisa Lavery / Edit Post

A workday morning is rarely the time to bust out a batch of lemon ricotta pancakes for breakfast or to roll out pie dough for a quiche. But there's also no need to resort to sad bowls of high-fiber cold cereal out of convenience.

These six recipes for hot breakfasts each take 15 minutes to make, involve minimal prep and cleanup, and taste as good as stuff you'd serve at a lazy Sunday brunch. If you lean toward sweet breakfasts, try the bruléed bananas with peanut butter, or the strawberry jam and cream cheese grilled sandwich. If you lean toward savory, don't miss the breakfast nachos, our slacker version of chilaquiles.

Breakfast Pita-PizzaBreakfast Pita-Pizza

Breakfast NachosBreakfast Nachos

Fast Hammy GritsFast Hammy Grits

Grilled Jam and Cheese SandwichGrilled Jam and Cheese Sandwich

English Muffin with Bruléed Banana and Peanut ButterEnglish Muffin with Bruléed Banana and Peanut Butter

Egg in a NestEgg in a Nest

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  • So far I've tried two of these recipes. The breakfast pizza pita needs a stronger cheese, the mozzarella is too mild. I'll try it again with a different type. Next I tried the breakfast nachos but added chorizo and used low fat cheddar. It was tasty but since i tried to keep it "low fat" i didn't use as much cheese as I'd like.

  • I've tried the breakfast pita pizza - it is delicious! and uses ingredients that I usuallly have on hand. Good way to use up spinach and pitas. I can see this being a go-to quick recipe in the future.

    I also tried the banana peanut butter open face - but that was a bit sweet for my liking. I did use regular sweetened PB though, so that added to the sugary-ness. I would eat this as a late night...+READ

    I've tried the breakfast pita pizza - it is delicious! and uses ingredients that I usuallly have on hand. Good way to use up spinach and pitas. I can see this being a go-to quick recipe in the future.

    I also tried the banana peanut butter open face - but that was a bit sweet for my liking. I did use regular sweetened PB though, so that added to the sugary-ness. I would eat this as a late night snack...too sweet for breakfast for me.-COLLAPSE

  • Wow! What resolution on the images. Great ideas for breakfast. I am heading to the kitchen right now to make the Egg in a Nest.

  • We made "eggs in a nest" at Girl Scout camp and called it "Toad in a Hole". Good times.

  • Cilantro garlic jasmine rice, over easy egg, Mexican spicy chorizo, scallion.

  • I love cheese sandwich...

  • "Hollywood egg" was what we called "egg in a nest." Anyone else?

  • poached egg on taost with tomato slice, basil leaf and sour cream. Total time: 8 minutes.

  • Are these Chow comments for real? Jam & cheese is classic combination. Ditto for the egg on pizza. Very European, not that it makes it taste better, of course. But, both classic & both scrumptious.

  • Jam and cheese? Gross....

  • i agree that egg looks perfect!

  • You're obviously not a "sunny side up" fan.

  • Looks good to me. Reminds me of pizza I had in Florence, Italy.

  • Yikes, that top picture puts me in mind of the "food that grosses you out" thread. See that spot of undercooked egg white in the middle there? Yeah, right there? (shudder) That plate would be headed off the table, post haste. As to the Egg in a Nest - for some reason, my parents always called that "Egyptian Egg Toast". Don't ask me - it's not even vaguely Egyptian.