These High Protein Vegan Breakfast Recipes are the best healthy ways to start your day and make sure you’re full until Lunch.

 Savory

Forget eggs to get your protein in the morning! These tasty vegan savory breakfasts are cheaper, tastier and more nutritious.

tofu scramble

Tofu Scramble:
A high-protein breakfast classic made entirely from tasty plants. De-li-ci-ous.

vegan breakfast burritos

Vegan Breakfast Burrito (Freezer-Friendly):
Filled with tofu scramble, baked potatoes and beans in tomato sauce, these freezer-friendly Vegan Breakfast Burritos are the perfect, high-protein breakfast. Easy to meal prep and made with only affordable ingredients!

Oats

Oats for breakfast can be a bit boring, but only if you don’t have these amazing recipes on hand!

blueberry oatmeal

Blueberry Oatmeal:
A flavorful, warm, filling breakfast oatmeal, that is made perfect with the addition of slightly tart blueberries and crunchy almonds.

Vegan Banana Nut Muffins

Banana Nut Muffins:
These Vegan Banana Oatmeal Muffins are a must-have for breakfast or an afternoon snack. They’re super moist, naturally sweetened with bananas and maple syrup, and inherently gluten-free. Don’t forget the chocolate chips for an extra decadent twist.

Blueberry Overnight Oats (with Peanut Butter)

Blueberry Overnight Oats:
Make these Blueberry Overnight Oats the night before for an easy, satisfying, and healthy breakfast. Made with simple ingredients, like oats, milk, maple syrup, blueberries, and peanut butter, the oats are incredibly creamy and fun to customize with your favorite toppings.

Smoothies

Just like protein shakes, smoothies are great if you want to consume a large amount of protein and nutrients, but don’t have the time to cook and eat a full meal.

Vegan Protein Green Smoothie

Protein Green Smoothie:
Start your day the right way with this Vegan Protein Green Smoothie. Made with fresh fruits and vegetables, silken tofu, and vegan yogurt, it’s an ultra-creamy and nutrient-rich breakfast you’ll never guess is good for you.

Cherry Protein Smoothie

Cherry Protein Smoothie:
This creamy and sweet vegan Cherry Protein Smoothie is secretly good for you! Made with frozen cherries and silken tofu, it’s packed with protein, fiber, and vitamins but tastes just like dessert. Enjoy it for a quick and easy breakfast or snack.

mango protein smoothie

Mango Protein Smoothie:
This creamy vegan Mango Protein Smoothie is made with silken tofu and soy milk for a delicious high-protein drink, that’s perfect for breakfast or a post-workout snack.

Recipes from Other Bloggers

My favorite high-protein vegan breakfasts from other wonderful bloggers.

Strawberry Breakfast Cake (gf)

Would you go on a diet if you could eat delicious strawberry cake every day? The answer is probably yes. Well, one of the advantages of a clean eating vegan diet is, that it’s absolutely possible.

High Protein Vegan Breakfast
Photo: Healthier Steps

Vegan Blueberry Protein Shake:
Berries, berries and more berries. If you are running short on time in the morning, just whip out some frozen blueberries and protein powder for a smoothie. It’s a heavenly fruity meal, that will leave you full and energized.

Vegan Blueberry Protein Shake
Photo: Jennifer Meyering

Chickpea Scramble Breakfast Bowl:
As one of the most popular swap for scrambled eggs, this scrambled chickpea bowl is a fantastic source of protein. Combined with green leafy veggies, it’s a complete meal in itself. Also, have I mentioned how cheap it is to make?

High Protein Vegan Breakfast
Photo: Well and Full

High Protein Vegan Chocolate Cereal:
This homemade cereal might be one of the best and easiest ideas for a clean eating, healthy breakfast. It’s made from oats so it will give you plenty of protein.

High Protein Vegan Chocolate Cereal
Photo: Beaming Banana

Blackberry Quinoa Bowl:
Even though oatmeal is a wonderful and tasty breakfast, it’s totally understandable if you get bored of it from time to time. If that happens, you should give quinoa a try. Guaranteed new go-to day starter!

High Protein Vegan Breakfast
Photo: Give Recipe

Vegan Chocolate Chip Protein Muffins:
Chocolate chip muffin as a cheat day treat is a thing of the past. Nowadays it is a perfectly fine food to munch on to burn fat! What a time to be alive.

Vegan Chocolate Chip Protein Muffins
Photo: The Big Man’s World

High Protein Vegan Black Beans and Avocado Toast:
Avocado toasts are the best, right? Well, if you put black beans on top of them, they become the best protein-rich breakfast too.

High Protein Vegan Black Beans and Avocado Toast
Photo: Give Recipe

Apple n’ Oats Breakfast Smoothie:
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” says the old Welsh proverb, but let’s just agree that an apple in itself can be really boring and bland. One way to make eating it more exciting and tasty is to put it in a hearty oat smoothie.

Apple n’ Oats Breakfast Smoothie
Photo: Lulu the Baker

High Protein Vegan Banana Bread:
No one should have to say no to heavenly banana bread just because they are dieting. Luckily, with this super healthy recipe, no one has to.

High Protein Vegan Banana Bread
Photo: Sweet Simple Vegan

Breakfast Sweet Potatoes:
These luscious and rich sweet potato boats make a really good argument for getting up 30 minutes earlier. They are so totally worth it.

High Protein Vegan Breakfast
Photo: B Britnell

Quick Flourless English Muffin:
This moist English muffin recipe takes less than 5 minutes to make and contains no flour. Need we say more? It’s quite literally perfect.

Quick Flourless English Muffin
Photo: The Big Man’s World

Blueberry Chia Jam:
What’s more fitting to put on the 2-minute English muffin than this 20 minute blueberry jam?

Blueberry Chia Jam
Photo: 40 Aprons

Peanut Butter Chia Overnight Oats:
Eating this giant bowl of peanut butter goodness in the morning is what we dream about before falling asleep.

Peanut Butter Chia Overnight Oats
Photo: The Glowing Fridge

Vanilla Yoghurt Buckwheat Parfait:
Parfaits only sound fancy, but in reality they are super easy to make. The whole point is to layer yummy things on each other in a glass, and then dive in with a huge spoon and destroy your hard work. But this luxurious crumbly yogurt buckwheat breakfast is worth it.

Vanilla Yoghurt Buckwheat Parfait
Photo: Well and Full

Blood Orange Chia Pudding:
Blood oranges have great fat burning properties. Combine that with high in protein chia seeds and you get a dessert worthy diet breakfast.

Blood Orange Chia Pudding
Photo: Eat The Gains

No Bake Vegan Apricot Oat Protein Bars:
These crunchy and flavorful no-bake protein bars are best when made in a huge batch in advance. They are great to eat when you are short on time or on the go.

No Bake Vegan Apricot Oat Protein Bars
Photo: Cotter Crunch

Cashew Yoghurt:
A silky and protein-rich yogurt recipe, anyone? Top with some berries, walnuts or seeds and you are ready to go.

Cashew Yoghurt
Photo: Simple Vegan Blog

Tahini Granola with Orange:
Tahini and oranges make a surprisingly awesome combination in this granola bowl recipe. It’s always useful to try new things!

Tahini Granola with Orange
Photo: The First Mess

Vegan Chickpea Flour Veggie Frittatas:
These savory veggie frittatas are made with chickpea flour and filled with amazing veggies to make sure you don’t ever want to go snacking.

Vegan Chickpea Flour Veggie Frittatas
Photo: The Mostly Vegan

Peanut Butter and Jelly Chia Parfait:
We can’t even decide which layer we want to jump head first into. The creamy peanut butter, the sweet strawberry compote or the crunchy oats? It’s all just overwhelmingly delicious.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Chia Parfait
Photo: Choosing Chia

FAQs

What do vegans eat for breakfast with protein?

Tofu, beans, oat, nuts, nut butters, seeds and seed butters are all great options to add protein to your breakfast. You can also use vegan protein powders.

What does 30g of protein look like for breakfast?

A serving of tofu scramble, a high-protein green smoothie and a banana oatmeal muffin will give you about 30 grams of protein.

How can I get a high-protein breakfast without eggs?

Tofu and chickpeas are the best substitutes for eggs.

Which vegetables are high in protein?

Spinach, broccoli and green peas are all relatively high in protein.

To find more tasty recipes, check out our vegan high protein smoothies, high protein vegan meals, 500-calorie vegan lunches roundups.

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20+ Vegan High-Protein Breakfast Recipes

5 from 2 votes
Author Mira M.
These Vegan High-Protein Breakfast Recipes are the best to burn fat and slim down. Healthy plant-based meals to keep you full 'til lunch.
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
4

Ingredients
 

  • tofu
  • avocado
  • strawberries
  • peanut butter

Instructions
 

  • Choose your favorite high protein vegan breakfast from the list.
  • Click on the name to get to the recipe.
  • Happy cooking!

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Nutrition

Calories: 350kcal
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5 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    What a great variety of breakfast ideas! I definitely will be adding these recipes in to change up my everyday oatmeal. Thanks

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