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12+ Paleo Breakfast & Brunch Ideas
What’s Inside: Need some new Paleo Breakfast ideas or hosting a brunch? In this roundup of 12+ Paleo Breakfast and Brunch Recipes, there’s something for everyone — from muffins to bagels, salads and frittatas, oh my! Plus I’m including some helpful entertaining tips to feed a group like a pro.
Brunch Is the Most Fun Meal of the Day!
I have a love affair with lazy weekend breakfasts or brunch and I really enjoy hosting brunches, too! Putting love into my food for my family and friends is one of my favorite ways to celebrate any special occasion or literally just… like, Sundays. Throwing a brunch party is a great way to do it. Whether it’s paleo potluck style or me whipping up a batch of waffles, big ol’ crudité board, extra large coffee pot, and an awesome frittata — it’s the BEST.
I also always encourage people who feel that FOMO from eating out because of dietary restrictions or allergies to just make their favorite breakfast recipes and brunch dishes at home, paleo-style.
That’s why I’m sharing 12+ Paleo Breakfast and Brunch Ideas today — to inspire you to have more fun in the kitchen with ease.
Get Creative with Your Paleo Breakfast or Brunch
The best part of cooking breakfast or brunch for a crowd is that you can totally customize it for who you’re serving, the occasion, or a theme! Keep it vegetarian (or whatever diet you and your guests adhere to), give it some holiday flair, make it more savory or sweet … the options are endless. These Paleo brunch recipes are perfect for special occasions, too, like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, Christmas, and wedding or baby showers!
Plus, you can plan ahead to make some dishes ahead of time so that you’re not stuck in the kitchen during your entire brunch or breakfast party. Menu items like waffles, pancakes, coffee cake, walnut loaf, bagels, frittata, muffins, and sausage patties are perfect for meal-prepping ahead of your event and warming up before serving.
Then, as your guests arrive, make dishes like smoothies, salads, drinks, and shakshuka so that they’re fresh and ready to serve.
Tips for Throwing an Awesome Brunch Party
- Have tea bags ready and displayed.
- Brew a big pot of coffee (or my favorite AIP coffee alternative), and keep it warm (if you don’t have a large coffee pot like me, I love these – they stay warm all day long)
- Get water on the table, or you might forget to offer it.
- Set the table before guests arrive.
- Start baking ahead of time. You can make baked goods the day/night before or a couple of days beforehand so it’s in the bag (i.e. carrot cake, muffins, etc.) – and you won’t have a mixer/flour mess on your hands to clean that morning.
- For things like waffles or pancakes, have that done before guests arrive. It can get overwhelming to keep track of it when people are there, you can make them a couple of hours before and store them in the lowest setting of your oven to keep warm. Keep them on a drying rack over a baking sheet so they don’t get soggy.
- You can toss salads together beforehand, too, just omit the dressing until it’s time to serve. And just store in the fridge! Keep any soggy ingredients separate from your greens.
- While eggs, omelettes, and frittatas can be made ahead, I feel they’re best fresh, so I usually leave that for last to pull out of the oven as guests arrive.
- If serving alcohol, let them do it themselves! Have a mimosa bar with orange juice and champagne with glasses so people can mix it up themselves and get mingling. Mocktails are also fun with fresh fruit juice and sparkling water (or kombucha)!
- If making smoothies, wait until it’s time to serve to blend them up so that they don’t melt or separate while coming to room temperature.
12+ Easy Paleo Brunch Recipes
Check out this growing collection of my favorite Paleo breakfast recipes and Paleo brunch recipes! They’re easy to make, packed with nutritious ingredients, and absolutely delicious! Perfect for special occasions, holidays, and lazy weekend mornings alike.
20 Minute Green Shakshuka with Spinach
Smoked Salmon Dip and Crudité Board
Tortilla Española with Sweet Red Peppers (Spanish Omelette)
Paleo Coffee Cake
Classic Deviled Eggs (paleo, gluten-free)
Gluten-free & Paleo Everything Bagels (egg-free)
Ahi Tuna Nicoise Salad
AIP Breakfast Waffle Recipe (Eggless, Vegan, Paleo)
Salmon Salad Tartines
Paleo Carrot Walnut Cake (gluten-free, refined sugar-free)
Flourless Pumpkin Muffins (paleo, refined sugar-free)
AIP English Muffin (paleo, vegan, gelatin-free)
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Lemon Jasmine Tea Smoothie (Paleo, Dairy-free)
Easy Oven-Baked Breakfast Sausage Patties (Paleo, AIP-friendly, Whole30)
10-minute Grain-free Porridge
Best Iced Matcha Latte
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Coconut Passion Fruit Panna Cotta (AIP, Paleo & Low FODMAP Friendly)
Classic Chicken Cobb Salad (Paleo)
Looking for more Paleo Breakfast Recipes or Healthy Brunch Ideas?
I’ve got you covered! Here are all my breakfast and brunch recipes and check out my recipe index for all of my recipes that are perfect for every meal of the day and you can sort by dietary preferences, main ingredients, and more.
And if you love recipe roundups, check out these epic Paleo posts:
- 8+ Healthy Caffeine-free Drinks
- 12+ Easy AIP Paleo Chicken Recipes
- 10+ Best (and Creamiest) Dairy-Free Soup Recipes!
- 16+ Healthy Ground Meat Recipes (Paleo, AIP-friendly)
Paleo Coffee Cake Is the Perfect Brunch Dish
Coffee cake is the quintessential baked brunch menu item. It’s fluffy, sweet, and pairs perfectly with coffee, tea, and even matcha. And this Paleo version is sure to be a hit at your brunch or breakfast get-together!
Take this cake over the top with a dollop of coconut cream, dairy-free ice cream, or some Paleo caramel sauce.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 cup Tigernut Flour
- 1/3 cup Cassava Flour
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar*
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Pinch salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 3 Tbsp coconut oil melted
- 1/4 cup applesauce unsweetened
- 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract vanilla powder for AIP or omit
- 2 Tbsp coconut milk*
Crumb topping:
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup shredded coconut unsweetened
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
- 1/4 cup coconut oil solid
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F and grease a square baking dish or a large loaf pan. (I used a 6×8.) Set aside.
- Add the dry ingredients to a mixing bowl and give it a whisk to get out any clumps.
- Separately, to another bowl, mix coconut oil, applesauce, vinegar, and vanilla.
- Add wet mixture into the dry and mix well into a dough. Pour milk in as you are mixing.
- Spread the batter into your prepared cake tin evenly with a spatula. Set aside.
- Make the topping: In a small bowl by hand (this way you don’t over-do it), whisk together all ingredients into a crumbly mixture with a fork or small whisk to get bigger crumbles.
- Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the top of the cake batter with your hands, leaving the crumbs intact as you can.
- Bake for 25 minutes, allow to cool and then serve! Optionally sprinkle your cake with sifted cassava flour (very lightly!!) for the look of powdered sugar.
- Store in a closed container for a few days on the countertop or refrigerate if you want it to last longer (though it won’t be as moist).
Notes:
- If you want to use a liquid sweetener in the cake instead of coconut sugar, simply add the same amount to the wet ingredients and omit the 2 Tbsp of milk.
- I haven’t tried a different topping, this one is my tried-and-true, but if you don’t have coconut flour, you can probably feel good about just replacing it with more tigernut flour!
-Alison Marras
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5 comments
What an excellent compilation of recipes! I love them all! Thank you for putting them together!
These recipes all look fantastic. I can’t wait to try a whole bunch of them!
Wow, that’s a wonderful collection of healthy brunch ideas! Love those waffles and that coffee cake totally tempting!!!
There are so many amazing options it’s hard to choose which to pick first! But that Paleo Coffee Cake looks incredible!
Such a wonderful collection of recipes! I especially love the Salmon Salad Tartines and Paleo Coffee Cake.