Filling breakfast ideas

scentsykristen

I, too, love the oatmeal (old fashioned not quick cook) for breakfast. I add 2 TBSP of Zante Currants to the boiling water and it is so yummy!

But my almost everyday go to.. quick, super healthy and yummy breakfast, is a green smoothie. Here is the very flexible recipe which makes 4-6 servings:

4-6 Cups raw spinach
3-4 stems of raw Kale (just use the leafy parts, throw away the woody stem)
1 cup (plus some) sweetened vanilla Almond milk (or regular milk - your choice) - you might need slightly more than 1 cup
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 banana
1 apple cut into large chunks (I quarter it then cut the quarters in half)
2 packets sugar substitute (you might get by with less, but when I started I needed 2)
2 TBSP wheat germ
2 TBSP ground flax seed
Ice if desired

Add the first 3 ingredients to food processor (or blender if it's a really good blender), blend until liquid. Add the rest of the ingredients, blend until smooth. Use more milk if the consistency is too thick. Take away or add other items as you desire (kiwi, watermelon, and strawberries are all good. Romaine - not so much).

Pour into tupperware type containers with lids to freeze individual portions, save what you are going to drink right then.
Freeze individual potions. Take one out the night before and let defrost in fridge. In the morning it should still be somewhat frozen. Dump it into food processor, cut into chunks (should be very soft, like cutting ice cream), add a little almond milk (or whatever milk - I use non-sweetened for this step, just to save calories), and blend.

Drink. Then BRUSH YOUR TEETH before you go anywhere.

This has tons of nutrition in it. I usually have a 1.5 - 2 Cup serving, and it has around 110 calories in a 2 cup serving. It holds me for about 3-4 hours before I'm hungry again. It does take a while to drink and the kale makes it kind of chewy (but I like that).

Let me know what you think.

jjmsat

Try making your own healthy granola so you get more fiber. Fiber helps you feel full.

caryn2010

Lately I've been eating the sugar free maple & brown sugar flavored oatmeal. Pretty decent really. If you're cool w/ oatmeal you should give it a go.
OR...try warming up a hard boiled egg on a low cal english muffin w/ a little fat free shredded cheese. Like a little egg/cheese melt. Yummy & filling & not too hard on the calories. I make hard boiled eggs the night before & just grab n go in the morning. But for me I can't just have the egg. I gotta have something else w/ it or I don't really feel like I had a REAL breakfast.

BMW6Series

I love having a clif bar for breakfast.

Example of ingredients (Chocolate Chip) Organic Brown Rice Syrup, ClifPro® (Soy Rice Crisps [Soy Protein Isolate, Rice Flour, Barley Malt Extract], Organic Roasted Soybeans, Organic Soy Flour), Organic Rolled Oats, Chocolate Chips (Evaporated Cane Juice, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavors), Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, ClifCrunch® (Apple Fiber, Organic Oat Fiber, Organic Milled Flaxseed, Inulin [Chicory Extract], Psyllium), Organic Date Paste, Organic Soy Butter, Organic Sunflower Oil, Molasses Powder, Sea Salt, Natural Flavors, Cinnamon.

They have lots of yummy flavors, like Carrot Cake. And about 240 calories.

BMW6Series

JMun

protein protein protein!

Homemade protein shakes - I love 'em

half cup of yogurt
cup of almond milk
banana
chocolate vegan protein powder

grace343

I usually make a smoothie of sorts... good for two days... 1/2 avocado (yes is good fat not bad) ,1 very ripe banana, a pinch of sugar (use sparingly & if bananas very ripe not necessary), roughly 2 cups skim milk blended well. I drink a full 8 ounce glass with a boiled egg seasoned with cumin powder.

gnrshelton

. There is no rule that says you have to eat breakfast food for breakfast. If a peanut butter sandwich or tuna salad works for you eat that for breakfast. Besides since breakfast is the most important meal of the day it wouldn't hurt if it was the largest and the rest of the day are small meals. Some people reverse their meal plan and eat dinner for breakfast. It works for some.