One Hour Breakfast Prep Meal Plan

Use these 5 easy recipes for breakfast prep to fill your freezer in 1 hour! Breakfast sausage, muffins, breakfast cookies, granola bars, and a yummy fruit crumble will feed your family all week long!

When you’re feeding a house full of busy people with different schedules, sometimes it’s easier to have food ready to grab on weekday mornings. I started to be more intentional about doing some healthy breakfast food prep for the freezer – making double batches of Blender Chocolate Waffles or extra Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins – and I’ve REALLY reaped the rewards from it!

But I want to take it a step further and, in all honesty, see how much I can do in a one-hour freezer cooking session.

Because let’s face it – you and I? We’re both busy. I can tell you until I’m blue in the face to just “make time” or “fit it in,” but unless you have a PLAN to follow, it’s not going to happen!

Well, that’s exactly what this is – it’s a one-hour freezer cooking breakfast prep PLAN so you can follow along and fill your freezer with quick, healthy breakfast items too!

EASY RECIPES FOR BREAKFAST PREP

These easy recipes for breakfast prep had to meet the following requirements:

• It has to be something my family already loves. That means kids AND husband.
• Freezer-friendly. These make ahead breakfast recipes can be frozen either before OR after they’re cooked, then thawed, and they will still be delicious!
• Easy to make. No one should need ninja cooking skills for these freezer cooking sessions!
• Inexpensive. They might not be rice and black beans cheap, but this is a FRUGAL food blog, so I can promise that every recipe is going to be light on the budget.
• Every day real food ingredients. Every recipe uses ingredients you can find at your local grocery store.

BEFORE MAKING THESE HEALTHY BREAKFAST MEAL IDEAS

I’ve done enough of my own freezer cooking sessions to have a few helpful pointers to share for when you make these healthy breakfast meal ideas:

• Make sure you have everything you need BEFORE you start. This includes all kitchen appliances (the appliance itself, plus bowls/attachments that you need), tools, supplies, and groceries (see below).
• I highly recommend grocery shopping at least the day before you cook. Although this freezer cooking session is only an hour, when you include grabbing the shopping list, actually grocery shopping, putting things away that you don’t need for the freezer cooking session, leaving out what you DO need, and in general, getting ready for this freezer cooking session, it will make for a very long morning (or afternoon!).
• Make sure the kitchen counters are clear of anything you don’t need!
• Empty the dishwasher and sink of any dishes. (Running the dishwasher the night before would be a big help here!)
• Read through every recipe in its entirety. Some recipes may use appliances that you don’t have, and we’ve provided multiple cooking options for you, but the equipment you need will depend on which cooking option you choose. Reading through the recipes will also help you to know exactly what type of pans you need, and how many, in order to make the recipes work.
• Label your storage bags. This doesn’t sound important, but TRUST ME! This will be a very fast hour, and once everything is in a bag and frozen, IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME!! Use a permanent marker to label what will go in the bag or container, any remaining baking instructions (for recipes you’re not baking), and today’s date.

This breakfast prep meal plan includes a supply list, a grocery list, all of the recipes we’re making, and the EXACT steps to follow to pull off making EIGHT awesome breakfasts for your family!

ONE HOUR FREEZER COOKING BREAKFAST PREP RECIPES

Here are the FIVE recipes we’ll be making:

• Instant Pot / Slow Cooker Apple Crumble (a variation of my yummy Oatmeal Peach Breakfast Crumble)
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
• 5-minute Applesauce Muffins
• Breakfast Sausage
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies

Be sure to print the recipes before you begin!

We typically choose one baked good and one serving of breakfast sausage from these breakfast suggestions, but you can serve them in whatever combination you want!

INGREDIENTS FOR HEALTHY BREAKFAST FOOD IDEAS

Inside the FREE meal plan, you’ll find a printable grocery list of the exact amounts you’ll need to make all of these healthy breakfast food ideas, but here’s what you can expect.

Pantry

• applesauce
• baking powder
• baking soda
• cocoa powder (unsweetened)
• chocolate chips (mini)
• coconut oil
• flour
• honey
• maple syrup
• peanut butter
• peanuts
• pretzels
• rolled oats
• sugar
• vanilla

Cold Case/Meat

• butter
• eggs
• ground meat (chicken, turkey, lamb, pork)
• milk (dairy or non-dairy)

Produce

• apples (or substitute seasonal produce such as peaches, berries, or pears!)

Spices

• cayenne pepper
• celery seed
• cinnamon
• cloves
• granulated garlic
• nutmeg
• onion powder
• pepper
• sage
• salt

LET’S GET THIS FREEZER COOKING MEAL PREP STARTED!

Here’s how I made all of these healthy breakfast meal prep ideas in one hour!

Preheat the oven to 350F.

1. Prepare Instant Pot (or Slow Cooker) Apple Crumble. Bake according to recipe instructions.
2. Prepare a double batch of Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola Bars. Press the mixture into pans and place in the freezer. (Tip: Use the same mixer bowl – you don’t have to wash it between batches!)
3. Use a blender and prepare a double batch of 5-minute Applesauce Muffins. (Tip: Use two blender jars, if you have them, so you can measure everything at once, and then get both pans in the oven at the same time. I have a Blendtec blender and have the four-side jar and the Wildside jar.)
4. Use a kitchen timer and bake the muffins according to the recipe directions.
5. Wash the mixing bowl and prepare the Breakfast Sausage. (Tip: Using the bowl of a stand mixer for breakfast sausage is a HUGE time saver.) Make note of the time left on the muffins and bake according to the recipe directions.
6. When the timer goes off for the muffins, reset the timer for the additional minutes needed to bake the sausage. Place the muffins on a cooling rack to cool.
7. Wash the mixing bowl and prepare the Chocolate Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies according to recipe instructions. Scoop the dough into balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with a Silpat mat. Freeze for 30 minutes.
8. At this point, you’re done cooking (or you’re waiting on the sausage to finish up).
9. When the Apple Crumble is done, serve or freeze the baked portion; freeze the second portion to bake another day. If you use the Slow Cooker method, serve or cool and freeze in a freezer-safe container with a lid.
10. Remove the granola bars from the freezer, cut into 24 pieces, and divide between two freezer bags. Press out the excess air, seal, and place the bags in the freezer.
11. When the muffins are cool, remove them from the silicone liners OR leave them in the paper liners, and divide them between two one-gallon freezer bags (labeled!) and place in the freezer.
12. When the sausage is done baking and cool, cut it into 32 squares. Divide the sausage between two one-gallon freezer bags (labeled!) and place in the freezer.
13. When the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are semi-frozen, divide them between two one-gallon freezer bags (labeled!) and place them in the freezer. Make sure to write the baking instructions on the bag!

Give yourself a pat on the back because you’re done!

If desired, you can leave a few of the items in the fridge for breakfasts the next few days. Thaw baked foods in the fridge overnight, then use a toaster oven, microwave or air fryer to warm up!

HIGH PROTEIN BREAKFAST MEAL PREP

One of the most important parts of a meal is protein – it helps keep you satisfied and gives you energy to keep going.

To make this plan for breakfast meal prep high protein, try any of the following suggestions:

• Serve a portion of each baked good with the breakfast sausage (or another breakfast meat like bacon).
• Add collagen or protein powder to the muffins, granola bars, and cookies for a protein boost.
• Bump the protein up with toppings or sides: spread nut butter on the applesauce muffins, add chopped walnuts to the breakfast crumble, include hemp seeds or chia seeds in the granola bars, mix pecans into the breakfast cookies, and so on. Those little bits of extra protein add up!
• Use these healthy breakfast meal ideas as a starting point for building your plate – choose one item from this list as your carbohydrate and add a protein and produce item to fill out your plate.

BREAKFAST SUGGESTIONS FAQS

This breakfast prep meal plan includes a supply list, a grocery list, all of the recipes we’re making, and the EXACT steps to follow to pull off making EIGHT awesome breakfasts for your family!

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