15+ Pantry Breakfast Ideas

These breakfast recipes are perfect for when you are lacking in fresh ingredients and need some pantry cooking or freezer cooking ideas. You can make many of these breakfasts with long lasting ingredients.

Are you looking for some breakfast recipes that use pantry and freezer foods? If you are out of fresh ingredients such as eggs and milk, don’t worry.

I’ve put together a list of delicious breakfast recipes that mostly require pantry goods and freezer goods. For the few that require perishable goods, they are long lasting items, such as sweet potatoes.

Honey Granola

If you have one staple granola recipe, make this it. This recipe is so good just to munch by the handful. It uses very simple ingredients you probably have on hand (and it’s healthy!):

• Oats – rich in fiber
• Nuts – a great source of protein
• Fruit – provides more fiber and plenty of vitamins
• Honey – a natural sweetener instead of refined sugar

If you have some long lasting milk, it makes a delicious crunchy cereal alternative too.

Vegan Cinnamon Breakfast Muffins

We love the delicious cinnamon scent that fills the kitchen when these Vegan Cinnamon Breakfast Muffins are in the oven.

This recipe uses a flax egg, so you can make it if you don’t have any eggs. And I always use a milk alternative (use one that you can store in the pantry (like this one) instead of fresh milk.

If you love cinnamon, don’t miss this delicious and easy to make muffin recipe that requires only pantry ingredients.

Slow Cooker Oatmeal

The trick to making this super creamy breakfast is to use canned coconut milk. Hopefully if you dig around your pantry, you’ll find a can of coconut milk hiding in there.

This breakfast is also super easy to make, and you can make it overnight in a slow cooker. I share tips for how to make this in an Instant Pot too.

Healthy Almond Milk Smoothie

This recipe has everything you would want in a breakfast smoothie:

• almond milk
• fruits
• almond butter
• chia seeds
• oats

It’s made with freezer fruits, and you can use UHT almond milk from the pantry. I love this Healthy Almond Milk smoothie because it is loaded with nutrient-packed ingredients that I want to start the day eating.

Vegan Oatmeal Pancakes

This Vegan Oatmeal Pancake is one of the pantry breakfasts that we make over and over and over again.

This pancake is a real treat for the whole family because it’s healthy and delicious. And the recipe is a real pleasure for me to make because it’s easy and simple to cook. 

Top it with some raisins or nuts if you are using only pantry ingredients.

Farinata

Farinata is a delicious savory crepe made with chickpea flour, also known as gram flour. If you don’t have a bag of gram flour in your pantry, it’s pretty easy to buy online.

Chickpeas are packed full of good stuff, and with each bite of the farinata, you’re getting a dose of protein, iron and fiber. Since it’s not wheat-based, it’s also gluten-free.

I top this with fresh veggies in the linked recipe. But it’s delicious on it’s own, or with a smear of crunchy peanut butter for a true pantry breakfast recipe.

Almond Milk Rice Pudding

Serve it hot, and this Almond Milk Rice Pudding will warm you up right through. It reminds me a bit of eating oatmeal or porridge for breakfast, but it’s a good alternative.

Top it with nuts, dried fruits and honey for a true pantry breakfast (ignore the blackberries in the picture).

Strawberry Chia Seed Jam

We always keep frozen strawberries in the freezer because it’s so handy. Not only can you make smoothies with them, you can easily make a batch of this strawberry chia jam!

This jam is also much lower in sugar than most traditional jams, and you get the added benefits of chia seeds.

Easy Blueberry Jam

If you don’t have strawberries on hand, perhaps some blueberries in the freezer?

We alternate between making the strawberry chia jam above and this blueberry chia jam. Both are delicious!

TIP: You can buy quality chia seeds at a great price on Amazon.

Chia Pudding

This Chia Chocolate Pudding is so creamy and delicious I sometimes forget it’s not a dessert!

It also picks up bonus points for its quick preparation and health benefits (omega-3’s and antioxidants, anyone?). Can you believe the recipe literally involves three steps and can be done the night before?

Everything in this breakfast can be made with pantry ingredients. Just leave off the berries on top, and serve it with some of these pantry raspberries.

Delicious Energy Balls

Energy balls are great for breakfast because they are packed with foods that will fuel you right through the morning.

All three of these energy ball recipes below are made with pantry ingredients. Take your pick!

Fairy Bread

Sprinkles for breakfast! This is such a fun and easy breakfast if you have a loaf of sandwich bread saved in the freezer.

While this recipe uses butter, you can smear each slice of bread with honey instead, for a true pantry and freezer breakfast.

You’ll find 6 different fairy bread ideas in the link below.

Pumpkin Sunflower Seed Butter

If you have pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and flax seeds in your pantry, then you can make this delicious nut free spread. It’s super healthy for you too, with lots of minerals, vitamins and fiber.

DIY Almond Butter

Alternatively, you can make your own almond butter with just one ingredient – almonds!

Homemade almond butter is so delicious, and it’s a great way to use up any almonds you may have stashed in your pantry.

Peruvian Porridge

This breakfast is just a bit different from your usual oatmeal, and super tasty. When I eat this in the morning, I always feel full from the nutrient-packed quinoa and amaranth.

I also love the additional texture and flavor from the nuts and fruit. In the picture I use pomegranate seeds, but to keep it truly 100% pantry breakfast, use dried fruit.

Sweet Potato Hash

Ok, this breakfast recipe isn’t completely pantry friendly, but it uses long lasting ingredients that you might have on hand anyway. And since it’s so good, I wanted to include in just in case.

You’ll need:

• Sweet potato 
• Olive oil 
• Bacon 
• Butter
• Onion
• Maple syrup 
• Worcestershire sauce 
• Salt, pepper, and garlic  

TIP: While bacon usually already has a long life, I often stick a pack in the freezer anyway.

Hopefully one of these pantry breakfast ideas will work for you! Let me know if there are any other breakfast recipes you might be on the hunt for.

Otherwise feel free to take a browse on the site. Here are some to help you get started if you aren’t looking for a 100% panty breakfast idea, but are lacking in a few specific fresh ingredients:

• Egg free breakfast recipes
• Vegan breakfast recipes
• Dairy free breakfast recipes