Now that you have breakfast freezer meals covered, be sure to check out the big list of easy dinner ideas!
UPDATED on 20 Dec 2019! Who wants to make mornings easier? Yep! Pretty much all of us do! Mornings tend to be the most stressful part of the day. Take one task off of your plate and free up precious time in the mornings by always having your freezer stocked with some family friendly breakfast freezer meals ready to go!
Breakfast Freezer Meals Tips
If you are a seasoned meal prepare or just starting out, breakfast is the one meal that I love to have people start out with! Going from scrambling to crank out 3 meals a day to meal prepping 14-21 meals all in a day or two just isn’t going to happen and it’s not successful.
Let’s start by setting you up for success!
- On Sunday, decide what you are going to make for your breakfasts for the upcoming week. Start by thinking Monday-Friday is all. That’s it. Decide what is going to work and make a list of ingredients you need and shop for them.
- When making decisions on what to make, keep it simple and make sure you want to eat it.
- Continuing on after you have returned from the grocery store, prep your 5 breakfasts you decided on and pop them in the freezer (or refrigerator, if they are not freezer meals) for a quick grab and go breakfast.
- Each breakfast below should yield you over 5 days of breakfasts so you could be putting forth effort for 2 weeks instead of one!
That is it! It is really 3 simple steps! Decide, shop and prep. Once you get going on meal prepping breakfasts, you will find that it takes less and less time each week because you no longer need to think and research so much! I promise, it gets a lot easier the more you do it.
Why Should I Meal Prep Breakfast?
- Saves so much time! Prepping your breakfasts on Sunday, frees up so much time during the week!
- Saves so much money! Since you are meal prepping, you are planning and buying ingredients for meals you actually make instead of grabbing whatever you see because you are hungry. You also don’t eat out breakfast which is horrifically expensive!
- Saves you from being stressed out! Mornings are hard enough on all of us! Give yourself a little bit of a break by prepping yourself on Sunday for stress free mornings all week long!
- Saves calories! Because you have prepped everything, you are prepping healthier meals instead of grabbing whatever you see at the cafeteria at work (yuk!) or at a drive thru (double yuk!) on your way to work or dropping kiddos off at school! Think of the pounds you can drop by just being a prepper!
20 Breakfast Freezer Meals
I’ve put together a list of twenty breakfast freezer meal ideas to help you stock your freezer below.
I’ve labeled the vegetarian options, but didn’t label the obvious things like cinnamon rolls or smoothies, because hopefully no one is putting chicken in their smoothies!
Make a homemade version of your favorite takeout breakfast order and make your mornings a lot easier with these easy Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches via Savor+Savvy.
This twist on Baked Egg Cups with Ham in Muffin Tins is super fun and easy. After baking, it is easy to pack these away in the freezer for when you need them. The silicone muffin tin made cleanup a breeze! Definitely use your creativity for adding some fun veggie toppings. Add toppings on later, not before you freeze them. These are packed full of protein to keep you full!
These Vegetarian Make Ahead Breakfast Burrito Bowls are such a great way to start the day! They’re a fresh, filling and flavorful breakfast via Savor + Savvy.
Put your leftovers to good use and use your leftover oatmeal to make these super easy Freezer Oatmeal Cups via Savor + Savvy.
Make ahead smoothie packets are such a great way to make sure you have an easy breakfast on the go each morning. Make these easy Freezer Smoothie Packets via Frugality Gal.
Pancakes don’t just have to be a weekend thing! Make these super simple Freezer Pancakes via Frugality Gal that take no time to microwave each morning.
These Vegetarian Freezer Burritos via Frugality Gal (Veg) are frugal, filling and will go over well with kids.
While these technically are stored in the fridge and not the freezer, these Make Ahead Baked Eggs via Savor + Savvy are a super simple time saving breakfast!
These delicious and healthy Easy Baked Oatmeal Cups via Savor and Savvy (us!) are so quick to bake and reheat as needed. You can easily mix up the berries as you like to keep this meal fresh and fun!
This Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole via Sally’s Baking Addiction is easy to customize and is packed with tons of veggies.
Stock your freezer with these quick and easy Freezer Breakfast Burritos via Gimme Some Oven (Veg).
These Freezer Pumpkin Apple Waffles via The Kitchen is my Playground are a fall-perfect breakfast that you’ll be excited to reach for in the mornings! These would be an incredible weekend option during October and November before you head out for a gorgeous fall day!
Save money and skip the store by making these Homemade Eggo Waffles via Thrifty DIY Divas. These are so easy to make and easy on the pocketbook, which I love! Pop them in the toaster and in just a couple minutes, you have a homemade breakfast on the go!
If you prefer breakfast on the sweeter size, stock your freezer with these cafe quality Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins via Food Done Light. Muffins are known to freezer easily! Pop them in the microwave for 1-2 minutes to make them hot and ready to eat on the run!
Make a hearty breakfast everyone will love with these Homemade Ham and Cheese Pockets via Sally’s Baking Addiction for a hearty breakfast to keep you full all day long! We all have those days when we need to have that one meal to keep us fueled due to kids, meetings or other commitments. This one will carry you for hours.
These savory Bacon Potato and Cheese Waffles via Mom on Timeout will be a tasty way to keep your mornings interesting while saving time is incredibly creative and makes breakfast exciting! You won’t be temped to eat out when you have variety in your meals!
These flavorful Bacon Avocado Ranch Egg Muffins via The Pinning Mama are paleo and Whole 30 compliant. I love egg muffins as they are meals that keep me going when I hike or go ride my bike. I never worry about losing energy after a hearty breakfast like this one!
These dessert-like Hash Brown Quiche Cups via Savorandsavvy.com (us!) are a fresh and healthy protein punch for mornings on the go! Microwave in just a minute or so. Full disclosure, I send these to work for my husband when they have events and they are scooped up in no time! They are simply gorgeous with the use of green and red peppers that people scoop them up!
Make your own healthy green smoothies with this easy recipe from Green Smoothie Freezer Packs via Six Sisters Stuff! These are similar to our 59 cent Smoothie Freezer Packs and if you have never made them, you need to! So quick and easy to just throw into the blender and run out the door!
These savory Freezer-Friendly Everything Bagel Bombs via Host the Toast are such a fun breakfast idea that only takes a minute or so to microwave each morning! These would be fantastic near the holidays for a buffet as well! Bring them to work for potlucks! Variety wins here!
These Savory Freezer Breakfast Rolls via The Real Housewives of Riverton are a great way to start your day.
These Homemade Poptarts via SunnySlideUp are sure to be a big hit with the kids!
If you love sweets in the mornings these Banana Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal via Organize Yourself Skinny will not disappoint! Baked oatmeal is so delicious and nutritious! Yes, this one has a little chocolate in it but not too much to take it over the edge of unhealthy!
That Make your own homemade version of these freezer aisle favorites with these Freezer French Toast Sticks via Been There Baked.
I hope you were able to find some new make ahead breakfast freezer meals that you haven’t tried before!
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Need more freezer cooking ideas? Once a Month Meals has lots of ready-to-go freezer menu plans (Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Paleo, Instant Pot and more) and lets you customize your own menu plan.
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These look wonderful! I’m looking ahead and planning freezer meals for my son and daughter-in-law when they have a baby in May. My question is, how long will these stay good in the freezer?
Hi Kristy, since this is a compilation post, I would recommend checking with each recipe individually. I would hate to speak for another creator! I have had the most success with freezer meals double or triple wrapping them to keep them fresh and not having the freezer burn that can often happen if air creeps in! My favorites are foil, Press and Seal and Freezer Zip Lock bags! How sweet you are making freezer meals for your son and daughter-in-law!! They are so blessed to have you doing this for them!!
Thank you for posting this, all look great! I’ve only made the casserole so far but want to make them all! I only usually make a good breakfast on the weekends so looking forward to having this kind of food for my kids and husband to start the weekdays with instead of a pop tart lol
Thank you for listing our pop tart recipe! It is a good one! This is a great list! – Sunny Slide Up Girls
Typically I make extra muffins and freeze them, or make extra mix and freeze that. But I want to try some of these for new tips, esp with my son starting preschool.
Mmm. Chicken smoothies are the bomb! hahahaha
I know! They’re my favorite! 😉
That is a great list of breakfasts! As my kids get older, it’s been harder to get breakfast made “quick” in the mornings so we can get to the other things that needs done. I’ll defiantly be trying more of these!
I hope you try some of these and are able to free up some precious time in the morning! 🙂