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15 Dinner Recipes that You Should Really Eat for Breakfast

Our favorite breakfasts look an awful lot like dinner—here are the best nontraditional breakfast foods to start your day.
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Don't forget that sprinkle of sea salt once the pie comes out of the oven.Tara Donne

It's time breakfast breaks free from its shackles. Think about it: We're totally cool with pancakes and bacon for dinner, so why shouldn't we inject a little dinner food into our morning routine? In addition to being easy to make (hello, last night's leftovers), dinner for breakfast is filling, (usually!) healthy, and satisfying. So we're officially taking a stand—we're letting breakfast be the meal it always knew it could.

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    Toast with Lemony Pea Mash

    Consider this entry-level breakfast for dinner: After all, toast in the morning is nothing out of the ordinary. Sweet mashed peas are better for you than jam, and couldn't be prettier.

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    Hirsheimer & Hamilton
    2/15

    Chicken and Vegetable Miso Soup

    The broth in this light, flavorful soup is just what we need to cure last night's sins and start us off on the right foot. Plus, it's easy to make a big batch on Sunday and reheat it throughout the week.

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    Alex Lau
    11/15

    The Silkiest Carbonara

    As Bon Appétit deputy editor Scott DeSimon points out, carbonara was practically made for breakfast: It has carbohydrates, bacon, eggs, and cheese (all things we know and love), and it cooks up within minutes. We're in.

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    Marcus Nilsson
    12/15

    Lasagna Bolognese

    Lasagna is executive editor Christine Muhlke's favorite nontraditional breakfast. Would it be crazy to wake up hours early just to make this? Yes. But you should definitely whip up a batch for dinner and eat it for breakfast for days afterwards.

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Senior Associate Web Editor. When she’s not torturing herself by grinding coffee beans by hand and making her own butter, Rochelle writes about cooking techniques and seasonal eating for bonappetit.com. She comes to BA by way of a small farm in Central New York, where she worked as a farmhand ... Read More
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