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Easy Make Ahead Gluten Free Breakfast for the Week Recipe

This easy make ahead gluten free breakfast for the week recipe makes weekday breakfasts quick and simple! By baking a pan of potatoes on Sunday, dividing them up for 5 breakfasts, then cracking an egg on top and adding other toppings as you’d like the day of, it’s so easy!

Even better, this recipe is gluten free, dairy free, and soy free.

Egg cracked open on top of potato dish

Easy Make Ahead Gluten Free Breakfast for the Week

Breakfast potoates are one of my favorites but I just don't have time to make it every morning! With this recipe I make the potatoes in the oven ahead of time then portion them out for easy make ahead breakfasts for the week. Each morning I add cheese, bacon bits or other meat if desired, then crack an egg on top and put in the microwave for 90 seconds with a cover on. Easy and delicious!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Breakfast
Servings 5

Equipment

  • 9×13 glass baking dish other sizes would be fine as well
  • spray bottle for olive oil optional but helpful
  • Potato Scrubber or Norwex Veggie & Fruit Scrub Cloth
  • 5 Microwaveable Containers for Storing Leftovers
  • Microwavable Cover I prefer the Norwex Silicone Lids
  • Pot holders or Oven Mitt

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds Russet or Red Potatoes Cubed
  • Olive Oil

To Add The Morning Of

  • 5 Eggs to crack on top (one per day)
  • Dairy-Free Shredded Cheese I prefer the So Delicious brand
  • Bacon Bits or other meat or meatless toppings
  • Salt & Pepper if desired

Instructions
 

Bake Potatoes on Weekend

  • Preheat oven to 400°F
  • Gather potatoes and scrub with a scrubber brush, or even better, a Norwex Fruit and Veggie Scrub Cloth or Mitt, under running water.
  • Once potatoes are clean, you can peel them if you desire but I decided to leave the peels on for this recipe.
  • Next, cut the potatoes into bite-sized cubes.
  • Spray or drizzle and spread olive oil onto glass baking dish to prevent potatoes from sticking to it.
  • Add the cubed potatoes to the prepared baking dish.
  • Spritz or drizzle additional olive oil on top of potatoes if desired.
  • Bake in oven, uncovered, for 60 minutes at 400°F.
  • Once baking is complete, carefully remove dish from oven using pot holders or gloves. Place onto trivet or pot holders.
  • Using a spoon, divide the potatoes between 5 microwaveable dishes.
  • Add shredded cheese and bacon bits or other toppings before placing into fridge.

Each Morning

  • Remove one container of the potato bake from the fridge and remove cover.
  • Add any additional toppings you'd like then crack an egg on top. If you'd prefer scrambled eggs instead of an egg over easy, mix egg with milk before putting it on top of potatoes.
  • Place microwaveable container onto a pot holder and cover with a paper towel or Norwex Silicone Lid.
  • Microwave on high for 90 seconds. Feel free to check half way through to ensure all is going well but this time worked for me.
  • Carefully remove container from microwave, it will be hot. Carefully remove cover and set aside.
  • Add salt and pepper, if desired.
  • Poke egg so the yolk runs over the potatoes, cheese, and bacon bits. Careful, it'll likely be hot so be sure to blow on it and then enjoy!

Notes

The Norwex Veggie and Fruit Cloth is great for washing potatoes and other veggies and fruits for many reasons.
  • It doesn’t spray the gunk from the food all over your sink like brushes do. 
  • It contains BacLock which inhibits the growth of bacteria between washings.
  • It is two sided so has an extra scrubby side and a less scrubby side. I use the extra scrubby side for potatoes and carrots but the less scrubby side for more delicate items such as strawberries. 
The Norwex Silicone Lids, set of 2 are great for covering your food in the microwave to reduce the mess, without the waste of using a new paper towel every time. 
 
 
Keyword dairyfree, glutenfree, soyfree

Gluten Free Breakfast Instructions with Photos

Bake Potatoes on Weekend

1.Preheat oven to 400°F

2. Gather potatoes and scrub with a scrubber brush, or even better, a Norwex Fruit and Veggie Scrub Cloth, under running water.

(This image shows a potato on the left and a potato rubbed under water with the Norwex Scrub Cloth on the right.)

potato vs norwex cleaned potato

3. Once potatoes are clean, you can peel them if you desire but I decided to leave the peels on for this recipe.

cleaned potatoes

4. Next, cut the potatoes into bite-sized cubes.

5. Spray or drizzle and spread olive oil onto glass baking dish to prevent potatoes from sticking to it.

6. Add the cubed potatoes to the prepared baking dish.

cubed potatoes in dish

7. Spritz or drizzle additional olive oil on top of potatoes if desired.

8. Bake in oven, uncovered, for 60 minutes at 400°F

9. Once baking is complete, carefully remove dish from oven using pot holders or gloves and set on a trivet or pot holders.

cubed potatoes after baking

10. Using a spoon, divide the potatoes between 5 microwaveable dishes.

Your eyes do not deceive you, I only have 4 pictured.

Four separate containers with potatoes

11. Add shredded cheese and bacon bits or other toppings before placing into fridge.

Potato containers with shredded cheese on top

Each Morning

1.Remove one container of the potato bake from the fridge and remove cover.

2. Add any additional toppings you’d like then crack an egg on top.

If you’d prefer scrambled eggs instead of an egg over easy, mix egg with milk before putting it on top of potatoes.

Cracked egg on top of potato dish

3. Place microwaveable container onto a pot holder and cover with a paper towel or Norwex Silicone Lid, then place in microwave.

Potato dish in microwave

4. Microwave on high for 90 seconds. Feel free to check half way through to ensure all is going well but this time worked for me.

5. Carefully remove container from microwave, it will be hot. Carefully remove cover and set aside.

Over easy egg on top of potatoes

6. Add salt and pepper, if desired.

7. Poke egg so the yolk runs over the potatoes, cheese, and bacon bits. Careful, it’ll likely be hot so be sure to blow on it and then enjoy!

Egg cracked open on top of potato dish


Easy make ahead gluten free breakfast recipe that is gluten free, dairy free, and soy free

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