26 Vegan Meal-Prep Breakfast Recipes You Can Whip Together Fast on Sunday

Prep all the dry ingredients for a week's worth of overnight oats. Every night before bed, just pour in the almond milk, and breakfast will be waiting for you come morning.

Calories: 286
Protein: 11 grams

Get the recipe:five days of cinnamon overnight oats

Cooking steel-cut oats from scratch takes too long on a busy morning, so make a big batch of vanilla cinnamon steel-cut oats in your slow cooker and you'll have a warm breakfast to look forward to all week long. This recipe makes four servings that you can store in glass containers or mason jars in the fridge. Add the toppings ahead of time or in the morning.

Calories: 176
Protein: 5.9 grams

Get the recipe:slow-cooker steel-cut oatmeal

If you love the ease of grabbing a protein bar but you don't want to pay tons of money and don't love some of the odd ingredients you find in them, make a big batch of your own. These chocolate almond protein bars are vegan and gluten-free and can be frozen.

Calories: 332 (for two bars)
Protein: 25.6 grams

Get the recipe:chocolate almond protein bars

Chop everything at once, especially produce that involves a little more prep, and make a week's worth of smoothie freezer packs. In the morning, you can add protein powder and nondairy milk to your blender to increase the protein.

Calories: 243
Protein: 4.9 grams

Get the recipe:five smoothie freezer packs

For a quick breakfast, whip up a batch of these lemon blueberry protein muffins. This recipe makes 15 muffins, so you can freeze the five extra for next week!

Calories: 300 (for two muffins)
Protein: 12 grams

Get the recipe:lemon blueberry protein muffins

Make and freeze steel-cut oatmeal ahead of time, then in the morning, you can microwave a few for a chewy, hearty bowl of oats ready in minutes. Mix in some protein powder, nuts or seeds, nut butter, or powdered peanut butter for extra protein.

Calories: 225 (for three)
Protein: 4.5 grams

Get the recipe:frozen steel-cut oatmeal

If you're not feeling a protein smoothie, grab a few protein balls for breakfast.

Calories: 318 (for six balls)
Protein: 15.6 grams

Get the recipe:coconut-covered chocolate protein balls

If you love pastries and scones for breakfast, this is a healthier option. Make a big batch of carrot cake oatmeal, then warm up a bowl each morning, topped any way you like. This recipe makes five servings.

Calories: 339
Protein: 12.8 grams

Get the recipe:slow-cooker carrot cake oatmeal

If you have ripe bananas lying around, bake a batch of this protein banana bread. This recipe makes five two-slice servings that you can store in individual containers in the fridge to grab in the morning.

Calories: 376 (for two slices)
Protein: 16.4 grams

Get the recipe:protein banana bread

Bored with oatmeal? Cook up some quinoa! This recipe for slow-cooker apple pie quinoa makes five servings of breakfast all at once.

Calories: 356
Protein: 12.7 grams

Get the recipe:slow-cooker apple pie quinoa

If you've never tried overnight steel-cut oats, it is a breakfast game changer! The texture is soft, yet chewier than overnight oats made with rolled oats, and way more satisfying, in my oatmeal-loving opinion. What's great is you can make them ahead of time!

Calories: 467
Protein: 23.7 grams

Get the recipe:five days of high-protein overnight steel-cut oatmeal

These are bursting with deep, luscious chocolaty flavor, so you can't taste the zucchini whatsoever.

Calories: 456 (for three muffins)
Protein: 14.7 grams

Get the recipe:double chocolate zucchini protein muffins

With just five minutes of prep on Sunday night, you'll have five breakfasts to spoon into all week long (thank you, slow cooker!).

Calories: 247
Protein: 8 grams

Get the recipe:slow-cooker banana steel-cut oatmeal

This easy pumpkin bread has half the sugar and over twice the protein of a typical recipe but tastes just as amazing. It'd be perfect paired with this homemade pumpkin spice cashew butter.

Calories: 200 (for one slice)
Protein: 9.2 grams

Get the recipe:chocolate chip protein-packed pumpkin bread

Double or triple the recipe of this tofu scramble, and warm it up in the morning.

Calories: 264
Protein: 18.8 grams

Get the recipe:tofu scramble with sweet potatoes and kale

A cross between oatmeal cookies and brownies, these chocolaty bars are so insanely delicious that you won't even guess there's protein powder added to the batter. This recipe makes 24 squares.

Calories: 290 (for two squares)
Protein: 10.2 grams

Get the recipe:chocolate oatmeal protein bars

This dish is a cinch to make and clean up because it involves one pan, and it's packed with protein, fiber, and complex carbs. This recipe makes five servings, and you can just warm it up in the morning.

Calories: 254
Protein: 19.3 grams

Get the recipe:cinnamon date roasted butternut squash, parsnips, and tofu

This is a double recipe, so it makes 24 pancakes. That means you can make them on a Sunday and enjoy a few hot off the griddle topped with fresh berries, a sprinkling of nuts, and a dollop of Trader Joe's vegan Maple Butter, then cool and freeze the leftovers for later. Thaw them overnight or microwave a few; it's so fast and easy!

Calories: 318 (for three pancakes)
Protein: 14.4 grams

Get the recipe:whole-wheat protein pancakes

Just throw the ingredients in your slow cooker and get ready to have this pumpkin spice oatmeal high-five your taste buds come morning. This recipe makes six servings.

Calories: 382
Protein: 13 grams

Get the recipe:slow-cooker pumpkin spice oatmeal

If you're trying to eat less sugar and less-processed foods, this cookie recipe is perfect and is healthy enough for breakfast.

Calories: 372 (for six cookies)
Protein: 16.8 grams

Get the recipe:banana oat cookies

This hearty, gluten-free banana bread is just begging to be smeared with peanut butter for tomorrow's breakfast. This recipe makes 10 slices so you can meal prep for someone else or freeze half the batch for next week.

Calories: 219 (for one slice)
Protein: 3.9 grams

Get the recipe:gluten-free banana bread

All you need to make these homemade bars are cashews, dates, and a few spices. This recipe makes 12 bars.

Calories: 366 (for three bars)
Protein: 8.4 grams

Get the recipe:pumpkin pie Larabars

Sweetened only with banana, applesauce, and blueberries, this baked gluten-free breakfast offers hunger-satiating protein and fiber. You'll get six servings out of this recipe.

Calories: 353
Protein: 15.9 grams

Get the recipe:blueberry banana baked oatmeal

So lusciously sweet with a soft, melt-in-your mouth texture, these chocolate muffins are every ripe banana's dream. This recipe makes 15 muffins so you'll have enough for the week.

Calories: 390 (for three muffins)
Protein: 16.5 grams

Get the recipe:chocolate banana protein muffins

Similar in calories, carbs, protein, and the sweet fudgy flavor and chewy texture of chocolate RXBars, these bars are so easy to make. Plus, you can doll up this basic recipe depending on the flavor you like (hello, chocolate chips!). This recipe makes six bars.

Calories: 223 (for one bar)
Protein: 12 grams

Get the recipe:vegan chocolate RXBar

Bake five sweet potatoes ahead of time so in the morning, you just need to top with almond butter, sliced banana, and hemp seeds.

Calories: 400
Protein: 15.9 grams

Get the recipe:banana, almond butter, sweet potato breakfast