This post may include affiliate links; see our disclosure policy.

Craving brinner? These irresistible breakfast for dinner ideas will please everyone around the table! Try tacos, pancakes, and more.

Breakfast for dinner
Save this recipe!
Get this sent to your inbox, plus get new recipes from us every week!

Out of dinner ideas? There’s nothing more fun than a good breakfast for dinner, aka brinner! Eating breakfast foods for dinner can be hearty, filling, and just more fun! We prioritize savory recipes when we eat brinner, so you’ll see lots of hearty egg bakes, cheesy skillets, tacos, burritos and quesadillas. But we’ve thrown in a few pancakes and waffles because…why not! Some weeks call for it. (Is this one of them?)

And now…our top breakfast for dinner ideas!

More recipe ideas by type

There are lots more recipe ideas outside of our top 20 listed above. We’ve got breakfast recipes for special diets, easy recipes, healthy recipes, and more! Browse from these collections to find your perfect meal:

Save this recipe!
Get this sent to your inbox, plus get new recipes from us every week!
Print

20 Breakfast for Dinner Ideas: Breakfast Quesadilla & More!

Breakfast quesadilla
Save Recipe

5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

5 from 1 review

Need breakfast for dinner in a hurry? Try this tasty breakfast quesadilla recipe with scrambled eggs and cheddar!

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 1 quesadilla 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 tablespoons finely diced red bell pepper
  • 2 eggs*
  • ¼ cup black beans
  • 2 tablespoons butter, divided
  • ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
  • Fresh ground black pepper
  • ⅓ cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 2 6” tortillas (flour or corn)
  • For dipping: Guacamole, salsa, and sour cream

Instructions

  1. Dice the bell pepper. Whisk the eggs* in small bowl with a fork, and add the salt and pepper. Drain and rinse the black beans.
  2. Add 1 tablespoon butter to a small nonstick skillet and heat on medium until melted. Add the eggs to the pan and cook for about 1 minute until starting to firm up. When the eggs just start to set, use a flat spatula to slowly scrape sections of eggs, creating folds. Sprinkle on the black beans, bell pepper, and kosher salt. Keep cooking, scraping occasionally until eggs are fully cooked, about 2 minutes. Remove to bowl and set aside.
  3. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter to the skillet and heat over medium high heat. Add a tortilla, half the shredded cheese, the scrambled eggs, remaining cheese, and the other tortilla. Cook 1 to 2 minutes per side, until browned and crispy. Cut into wedges and serve with guacamole and salsa for dipping.

Notes

*Step it up with chorizo-style eggs and add the following spices to the eggs while whisking: ¾ teaspoon chili powder, ¾ teaspoon garlic powder and ¾ teaspoon cumin.

Did you love this recipe?

Get our free newsletter with all of our best recipes!

About the authors

Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

Leave a Comment

Recipe rating 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

1 Comment

  1. Sonja Overhiser says:

    Let us know if you have any questions!