High calorie *healthy* breakfasts

NNAhuja

Eat the whole egg instead of the whites. With two eggs you've added roughly 120 calories. PLUS TONS of vitamins, minerals and proteins. If you spring for the free range, or even better eggs from a real farm, you will get a ton of Omega-3s -- shiny hair, healthy heart bonus!
Otherwise, I would "sneak" that extra 150 calories. Use olive oil or buy some high quality Kerrygold butter may not be as healthy as olive oil, but YUM!) 1/2 a tablespoon has 50 calories.

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BlueInkDot

My favorite breakfast is organic 100% whole grain cereal with skim milk (nomnomnom)

Or a smoothie made out of a banana, yogurt, and whatever berries you've got, and milk (also nomnomnom)

There are also these great organic smoothies you can usually find in the refrigerated organic section of the grocery store, popular brands include Odwalla, Naked, and Bolthouse Farms. They're great for a quick, healthy, high(ish) calorie snack that leaves you feeling great. I eat them any time of day, but they can easily be for breakfast. :P

kealambert

as others have been saying, go ahead and eat the yolk. over half the calories come from the yolk, and that's a GOOD thing, especially if trying to up your calories. and they're tasty too.

i am big on oatmeal with peanut butter and fruit in it, makes for about 300 calories

kannemollen

I love the kashi cereals if I am in a hurry. They keep you feeling good and satisfied and are higher in calories than most of the other cereals.

agreed! the island vanilla is REALLY good and loaded with whole grains and fiber!

megancolette

Almost every single day I have one of these two breakfasts:

One egg and one egg white scrambled (around 100 cal), 1 slice whole wheat toast (100) spread with 1 tbsp peanut butter (100), and half a grapefruit with Splenda or Stevia sweetener (somewhere around 40 cal) = 340 calories but you could bulk it up even more with more egg, another slice of toast, second tbsp of PB, more fruit, etc.

Oatmeal (I eat an instant organic oatmeal - one packet is 210 calories) with 1 tbsp of peanut butter mixed in (100 cal), and sliced banana also mixed in (105 ish) = 405 calories

fitby38

Frozen bananas put through a blender (2-3), add some Orange juice with flax seed. It would be almost 400-500 cals. It tastes like a creamcicle.

this sounds kinda good ... how much orange juice and flax seed do you use??

JadeRabbit08

I have two breakfasts! It usually adds up to about 1000 calories.

A smoothie as soon as I get up which I drink as I get ready and make "2nd breakfast". Where I use chicken just use eggs, chickpeas or your protein of choice.
I have just run out of protein powder but normally I add that to my banana and rice milk smoothies. Smoothies are really easy to add or decrease calories to. If I will struggle to find time to eat much during the day I add 3 frozen bananas instead of one or two. I am lactose intolerant so I use rice or almond milk neither of which I like in coffee but as a smoothie it taste great.

I use to struggle to get in 1200 calories when I first switched to a healthier menu now 1900 is a breeze. Eating more than that I am still working on. The great thing is as you up your calories your body and appetite adapts. After two days at each calorie jump its stopped feeling like an effort to eat the greater quantity of food.

Eating alot of my calories at the begining of the day has helped me because once the day starts I am so busy.

logicandlove

I have a few favorite breakfasts: one is whole grain bread with natural peanut butter and some flavored cream cheese, either the laughing cow strawberry or the philadelphia dark chocolate one. I use the Health Full bread by Orowheat, it's full of fiber and protein, and it's delicious, plus you get protein from the peanut butter, too.

Another favorite is flavored steel cut oats: I either add some pureed pumpkin and pumpkin spice with a sprinkle of brown sugar, or cocoa powder and a pinch of cinnamon for chocolate. Also, making oatmeal with milk instead of water (I use fat free) adds more protein and vitamins to your breakfast.

Finally, I love love love greek yogurt. Add some cereal or berries or granola, the granola will bump up your calories and it's pretty healthy!

Pebble321

It's pretty easy to add calories without too much bulk if you add in some calorie dense foods. Here's some examples:
- use whole eggs in your omelette, not just whites.
- cook your omelette in olive oil or butter
- add peanut butter or ground almond or hazelnut meal to porridge (oatmeal).
- add some full fat greek yoghurt to fruit and sprinkle some muesli (granola) or nuts on top
- make a brekky rollup by scrambling some eggs with olive oil, garlic, baby spinach and cheese and wrap it in a tortilla or roti.
- eat leftovers for breakfast. Soup, pasta, sandwiches etc can make a great brekky, there is no rule to say you can only eat them for lunch or dinner!
- make "dessert for breakfast" - apple crumble, crepes with fruit and yoghurt, bread and butter pudding, rice pudding with berries all come to mind. It feels very decadent but as long as you aren't adding heaps of sugar, they can be very healthy!

You are doing so well to get back to healthy eating, keep up the good work!

I just thought of some more:
- grainy toast or english muffin with tomato and avocado and cheese melted under the griller - almost like pizza!
- bircher muesli - basically oatmeal soaked in fruit juice overnight and you add yoghurt and fruit and nuts in the morning. Google it, you'll find heaps of recipes.
- rye bread with cream cheese, banana, dates and walnuts. Yum!

flopsy1973

Not really got any ideas on high calorie healthy breakfasts but well done on coming as far as you have. Keep it up :~)

pumalama

hi!
http://www.soscuisine.com/recipe_browse_search_results.php?query=(YnJlYWtmYXN0_QU5E__1____________[])&sos_l=en

of just go to the main site of soscuisine and type breakfast in the search box. There are 3 pages of breakfast with calories and nutritional info available. Fell free to add items or to take larger portions of the ones that you like if you need more calories.

deegeyspazms

My current favourite is blueberries with plain yoghurt, oats, desiccated coconut and pumpkin seeds - scrummy! I've cut sugar out of my diet, but you could add honey. Makes you feel sooo healthy!

twisted88

I make these every weekend for a yummy alternative to my normal breakfasts.

English muffin, toasted (~120 cal)
3/4 - 1 oz, cheddar cheese (~90-120 cal) (any other cheese would work as well)
2 Morningstar breakfast links (80 cal)
1/2 - 1 oz avocado, sliced (25-50 cal)

For total of 315-390 cal.

(I like my cheese melted, so I put it on the English muffin while it toasts.)

It's not a super high calorie breakfast, but it's yummy and filling, especially when served with some fruit.

FlynnMacCallister

Also, I think I forgot to say: congratulations and well done! A close friend of mine is also fighting back against her eating disorder and I'm really inspired and seriously stoked to hear from people tough enough to work at overcoming it.

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Elizabeth_C34

Eggs are super sources of protein and can add calories to your breakfast.

Bananas are on the higher-calorie end for fruit as well. Oats, fresh breads, jam.

ChefSuzzieQ

I would change your egg whites to two whole eggs. And the Avocado is an excellent idea. Whole wheat bread or a muffin with a little butter would work, or I make my egg yolks runny and use that to keep my toast from being too dry. Add any fruit you want to your breakfast.

I like to make chocolate banana peanut butter smoothies. You can use chocolate protein powder or cocoa powder, a whole banana fresh or frozen and TBS or two of PB. Add ice or milk or greek yogurt. The calories will depend on what you use (protein or cocoa, milk or water) My husband and I love them. I am sure my kids would too but I make it with protein powder so they don't get any.

o_delaisse

Thanks everyone for these great ideas - feel much clearer now Going food shopping today so will get some of these ingredients in Thank you

DiannaMoorer

My favorite breakfast is 3 whole scrambled cheesy eggs. (One ounce of sharp cheddar cheese) And one piece of whole wheat toast with real butter. Don't forget the coffee with real cream. It's quick and easy. I often have to leave early to work.

michal121

Breakfast is important because it gives us energy. Fruits are good in breakfast high calorie fruits are Bananas, apples, oranges and grapes. Wheat Chex, Shredded Wheat, Cheerios, Oat Squares, granola are also high calorie food.

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michal121

Breakfast is important because it gives us energy. Fruits are good in breakfast high calorie fruits are Bananas, apples, oranges and grapes. Wheat Chex, Shredded Wheat, Cheerios, Oat Squares, granola are also high calorie food.

mccbabe1

I'm really struggling with my calorie intake at the moment as I have an eating disorder and feel more comfortable under-eating, but, in my experience, this under-eating has done nothing but make me ill and drive me half insane, so for the past 4 weeks I've been working on increasing my intake. I've asked for advice before on high calorie *healthy* snacks, and thanks to people's great suggestions I've increased my calories by around 500 (honestly am so grateful for people's advice, really it has helped me BIG TIME).

My problem now is that these healthy high calorie snacks is only getting me so far - I'm still about 150 calories from my BMR. I'm up to three meals a day, and what I'd like to work on this week is my breakfasts. I started having breakfasts only last week, and am surprised at how quickly I've taken to them. I've only been having yoghurt or scrambled egg whites, and I would like to bulk them up a bit, perhaps even make my breakfast the biggest meal of the day.

I've spent the past hour looking up ideas on MFP and the internet, but I have to be honest - everything seemed to be the low calorie option, and right now after spending so much time on it, I'm on information-overload, kind of upset, and totally lost and I would really appreciate a little help. I really need to keep on pushing and pushing my comfort zone (a month ago I could never have imagined I'd deliberately go over 1000 calories, let alone aim for 1443 (my BMR), so I *am* getting there, but sometimes I do need a little help.

So, do you have any suggestions for a high calorie healthy breakfast? The only two things I'd say no to are PB on toast and milk because I have that in the evening and really like it then, and meat because I'm a vegetarian. That said, I could always find the meat-free / Quorn style substitutes. It would be so good if anyone had ideas, it's really important to me to get to my BMR and having a big breakfast would be such an important break-through for me.

(And I'm sorry this is yet another "breakfast ideas" post - as I say, right now I feel really lost, confused, and kind of upset reading through a ton of information to try and find something that would apply to me. Even if I do get replies to this, I'll try again tomorrow when my head is clear and I'm calmer).

why the struggle to eat your bmr? mine is 1630 a day.. yet my calorie intake is 1480! and im loosing wt ( i eat half or more if needed of my exercise cals back also) ...
sorry your struggling.. yes by all means keep eating breakfast! I myself love a higher calorie 'real'/filling breakfast to start off my day! and unless im in a way hurry or something I never really eat cereal...
I like a fried whole egg (or two) with toast ( get sarah lee wheat light) but u can get regular/higher cal bread of course) I toast it.. and use laughing cow 'wedge' on top (like a smear) and egg on top of that (lil yolk) so so good.. and other toast maybe some avacado for spread.. yumo.. higher healthy fat and higher cal and GRIP of protein also!!!
also I like greek yogurt cuz protein amount... and I mae greek yogurt pancakes too
my friend jut gave me a recipe today for flourles pancakes! super easy too she says she loves em
imma make em tomorrow... ONE banana (mashed up) one whole egg and an egg white.... thats it!!! stir and make em like pancakes!!! 17 grams protein! (and u can add syrup for more cals) ...