Vegan Breakfast Ideas: 7 Sensational Ways To JumpStart Your Day [Recipes Included]

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Making fruit the main attraction for breakfast is the perfect day-starter. While starfruit and pomegranate may be more exotic to me ( I live in the northeast U.S.), I'm sure you get the picture.

Serve up an artfully arranged selection of scrumptious fresh fruits you wouldn't ordinarily buy . . .

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What do you get . . . when you blend two frozen bananas with almond milk and a scoop of raw almond butter . . . and then top with a handful of Ezekiel sprouted grain cereal? A symphony of texture and taste . . . sweet, smooth, crunchy cold banana soup.

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Fruit over cereal is by no means a novel idea, but sometimes we get stuck on the same fruit all the time. Why not venture out and try other fresh seasonal fruit from your local area.

As pictured above, the familiar strawberry is accompanied by "gooseberries" atop a whole grain cereal.

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This breakfast parfait is a layering of sweetened soy yogurt, granola, blueberries, raspberries and figs.

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Apriums are a dense , sweet apricot-plum hybrid . . . and when sliced over homemade soy yogurt and drizzled with a bit of agave nectar . . . voila! A simple, humble meal made even more delicious.

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Granola is a kind of breakfast cereal consisting typically of rolled oats, brown sugar or honey, dried fruit, and nuts.

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Recipe for: Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola

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Recipe for: Nutty Pomegranate Granola

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Recipe for: Brown Rice Porridge

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Recipe for: Polenta Porridge With Raisins & Walnuts

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Two scrumptious couscous recipes: Couscous Porridge With Coconut and Couscous Porridge With Dates & Bananas

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Recipe for: Quinoa Porridge

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Recipe for: Vegan Blueberry Scones

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Here's the recipe for: Vegan Berry Crepes. The photographer used a combination of strawberries, blackberries, and bananas.

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The recipe for the above-pictured Apple Oat Pancakes along with many other delicious family-friendly delights, can be found in:

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The photographer, norwichnuts openly shares the recipe for "Sweet Tofu Ricotta Kreme"

10 ounces firm tofu
Juice from 3 lemons
1/4 cup agave syrup
Pinch sea salt

Blenderize ingredients and fill the crepe. Add diced fruit and fold over. Serve with more fruit, Soy Whip and a drizzle of kiwi and strawberry syrup. Here's the finished product:

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An adaptation of a french toast recipe from "Vegan With A Vengeance" uses chickpea flour, cornstarch, vanilla, cinnamon, rice milk.

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Scrambling tofu with almost any combination of your favorite veggies is a soul-satisfying breakfast dish. If you need tips on making a very basic tofu scramble, the following video shows you how:

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Here's another "scramble" idea: a tofu scramble with onions and squash blossoms then tucked inside a corn tortilla; garnished with purple tomatillo salsa, cilantro and lime.

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Who knew you could turn mashed, seasoned black-eyed peas into sausages? Try this recipe for homemade (gluten-free) vegan, breakfast sausages.

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Recipe for Gluten-Free Breakfast Bars

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Recipe for Banana Coconut Bars

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Recipe for Cherry Vanilla Power Bars

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Try either one of these "almond shake" recipes: Almond Butter Breakfast Shake or try Awesome Almond Milk Shake

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Recipe for Banana Chamomile Smoothie

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This power smoothie is made with "a cup of frozen blueberries, a bottle of Wildwood Probiotic Blueberry Soymilk, and topped with dried blueberries and cinnamon. "