Behold the Breakfast Salad: 5 Refreshing Recipes

Oatmeal, step aside. There's something new on the breakfast block. And it's low in carbs, high in protein and will keep you feel energized right up until lunch-time.

Behold: the breakfast salad. When it comes right down to it, how does a breakfast salad really differ from any old salad? While they range in approaches, oftentimes breakfast salads will include greens of some kind, veggies, ham or bacon, and eggs. But then you'll come across Food 52's version (below) that is more of a simple fruit salad. You'll find variations that rely on potatoes, kale or special croutons. Once you get beyond the initial strangeness of eating a bowl of greens in the morning, there's really a whole new world to explore. We invite you in.

Try a Recipe:
• Breakfast Salad with Cinnamon Toast Croutons and Maple Vinaigrette - A Spicy Perspective
• All Day Breakfast Salad - Food Network
• Kale and Potato Breakfast Salad - The Los Angeles Times
• Eggs and Bacon Spinach Salad Recipe - Dinosaur Dishes
• Mellow Yellow Breakfast Salad - Food 52

(Image: A Spicy Perspective)

Comments (8)

My typical breakfast these days is a heaping pile of sauteed kale with a scrambled egg. I love greens for breakfast, but most days I have a salad for lunch, so I don't see myself going the same route for breakfast!

I've made lentil potato salad for breakfast before:
http://theactorsdiet.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/lynn-you-say-potato-salad-i-say-breakfast/

I definitely see this working in the warmer months, when I can't be bothered to keep my stove on longer than the time it takes to fry or scramble an egg.

For some reason salad first thing in the morning just doesn't seem right...I do like kale and spinach in scrambled eggs for brunch...but I don't see myself doing any type of salad for a week morning breakfast. To each his own though!

putting a salad together in the morning is a hassle, tried it once, never again. everyone is in a hurry to get out the door, hence the emphasis on breakFAST.

I definitely feel better if I manage to get some greens in me at breakfast. I've made breakfast salads before, but lately I've been mashing half an avocado on toast, adding a heaping handful of whatever leafy green I have and topping with a couple of poached eggs-- if I don't have bacon, a fried egg and an english muffin slathered in butter, that is...

I'm on a diet so a green and low-carb breakfast is a must for me, thank you for sharing. The problem would be the adjustment and convincing my self to eat green breakfast as I grew up eating meaty breakfasts (yeah, bacon). I was thinking of starting first with a mixture of meat and vegetables, then proceed to all-green. I don't plan to be a vegan, just exploring some fields I have never got to explore.

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I love the potato and kale salad. Check out this great collection of delicious soup recipes featuring kale. Kale Soups