Sure, you can eat gluten-free cereal with alternative milk. You can even have oatmeal and dairy-free yogurt. Gluten-free bread spread with vegan butter is another option. While these options are all gluten- and dairy-free, you may be tired of them and miss hearty breakfast meals like pancakes, waffles, and breakfast scrambles. Or you may have a sweet tooth and miss Pop-Tarts. If this is you, know that many gluten- and dairy-free breakfast options go beyond traditional breakfast foods like sausage and eggs.
Before we get to the substitutes, unfortunately, some great breakfast options have been discontinued. For example, Ian’s Foods no longer makes sausage pancrepes. They were more like pigs in a blanket than crepes and were delicious. However, they now offer frozen pancake bites. Just Egg discontinued its Sous Vide product, but the liquid and frozen folded “eggs” are still available (https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/just-egg-is-just-great-for-a-dairy-free-breakfast/). Enjoy Life discontinued its breakfast ovals, but Made Good breakfast bars, Kind breakfast bars, and Goodie Girl breakfast biscuits offer excellent alternatives.
Birch Benders Paleo waffles are gluten- and dairy-free. However, their protein waffles and gluten-free pancake mix contain dairy. Also, while Amy’s homestyle breakfast scramble and tofu breakfast scramble are gluten and dairy-free, the Mexican scramble contains cheese. Kodiak gluten-free pancake mix does not contain milk, but the frozen waffles do. Just Egg breakfast burritos contain gluten because of the wheat tortilla. As I always state, read labels carefully. Many brands have allergy-friendly products and those with gluten and dairy.
You can combine the listed gluten-free pancake and waffle mixes with alternative milk and top them with vegan butter to make them dairy-free. You can also try the three frozen waffle brands listed below.
If you’re also egg-free, there’s Just Egg and Amy’s breakfast scrambles meal and wrap. For breakfast on the run, pick packaged PB&J or a breakfast bar. They also make great snacks; you don’t need to cook or refrigerate them, so throw them in your bag. And for those who don’t like a heavy breakfast, they’re also lighter.
Are you looking for an alternative to oatmeal? Try the gluten-free grits below made with corn and rice.
However, if you enjoy pastries for breakfast, check out the sweet snacks post (https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/gluten-and-dairy-free-substitutes-for-popular-snack-brands/), which has donuts, cupcakes, and muffins.
| If You’re Craving This | Here’s the Gluten and Dairy-Free Version |
| Pop-Tarts | Katz toaster pastries |
| Smucker’s Uncrustable | Bobo’s PB&Js Smash Foods snack bites peanut butter & concord grape jam bites Bob’s Red Mill peanut butter jelly and oats bars |
| Hot Pockets sausage, egg & cheese Jimmy Dean Delights breakfast wraps | Amy’s homestyle breakfast scramble Amy’s tofu breakfast scramble wrap Just Egg |
| Nutrigrain bars | Kind breakfast bar Made Good mornings oat bars Goodie Girl breakfast biscuit |
| Cream of Wheat | Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free corn grits Cream Of Rice gluten-free hot cereal |
| Eggo waffles | Nature’s Path gluten-free waffles Van’s gluten-free waffles Birch Bender Paleo gluten-free waffles |
| Pearl Milling pancake mix Bisquick pancake mix | Bob’s Red Mill Paleo pancake & waffle mix Bisquick gluten-free pancake mix Kodiak gluten-free frontier oat flapjack & waffle mix King Arthur gluten-free classic pancake mix Simple Mills just add water almond flour pancake mix Feel Good Foods pancake bites (frozen) |
If you’re tired of eggs, cereal, or oatmeal for breakfast, you can enjoy pancakes, waffles, scrambles, toaster pastries, grits, and breakfast bars. There are also options for on-the-go PB&J.
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg originally invented cereal as a health food in the late 19th century to promote a healthy diet.
Oats, butter, and sugar are usually used to make flapjacks, which are then served with honey, while pancakes use batter (eggs, milk, and flour).
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