I have Porridge just about every morning. It's good fuel to start the day, and good for keeping cholesterol low.

During the work week, greek yogurt with organic golden flax seed thrown in, and coffee--

I eat oatmeal (McCann's Irish Oatmeal or Bulk quick oats from Earth Fare, never have given me problems) with dried goji berries, ground flax seeds, and blueberries when they are in season. When I don't feel like that I have tofu scramble (tofu, nutritional yeast, mushrooms, and vegetable based butter.) If I am in a hurry I usually just have a piece or two of fruit.

Oatmeal with milk and stevia is my regular weekday breakfast. It's fast and simple, and not having any sugar keeps me from becoming ravenous a few hours later, sometimes I throw in a little honey for extra flavor. It seems boring, but when I consistantly eat this I am more likely to make better choices the rest of the day (like commercials tout for nutra-grain bars, but they are actually just sugary junk food).

If I go on a long run or do a heavy workout in the morning, I make "super oatmeal!" and add some almond or peanut butter, half a banana (the dog gets the other half) and a bit of honey along with the milk. Sometimes a scoop of protein powder too.

I have been reading articles about olympic athletes' diets, and many of them are big advocates of honey and almond butter for energy. Given, almond butter is very calorie-dense, and honey is very sweet, and professional athletes burn a LOT of calories, but they have high-quality nutrition, so we can eat them too, just really have to watch how much you eat.

I make up a big egg bake once a week and we just cut pieces off and nuke them in the morning. It's pretty versatile but the basics are:

24 whole eggs
1-2 tsps mustard powder (roughly. I don't measure)
1/4 cup milk, half and half or heavy whipping cream (although forgot this part last time and it didn't make much of a difference)
salt, pepper and cayenne pepper to taste

Then you clean out the fridge! Often I'll do cooked sausage, cheese, peppers and onions (i precook the onions because that's how I like them.)

We also like broccoli and cooked chicken with a variety of cheeses. Mixed vegetables with ham and cheese, spinach and chicken with parmesan, chicken, pork or spicy sausage with salsa, cheese and sometimes potatoes.

Like I said, it's pretty versatile and you can add whatever you want into it. If you're dairy free just don't add the milk and skip any dairy (cheese) products. Oh, diced, parboiled (precooked) potatoes are really good in most combos too. I have been known to throw a tater tot or french fry in if they happen to be on hand and skip the potato cooking.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes. I should note that this is for my big Pampered Chef 9x13 baker that is deeper than the typical 9x13 pan. If you're using a glass Pyrex type 9x13 you'll want to reduce the eggs to about 20. Yes I know it's a lot of eggs but they're inexpensive to buy and I happen to have 20 chickens so we're up to our eyeballs in eggs!

Dear JamBkur

I like savoury breakfasts: bacon, eggs, sausage (gluten free of course), black pudding........ah well there's not many of those whilst trying to diminish those kgs.

So I make a savoury breakfast with 'poha' rice. Poha rice is precooked, flattened and dried rice and is a traditional Indian food and here in the UK is available in big Indian food shops.

There are lots of Indian recipes online, for example see http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2011/03/21/poha-or-chudway-flattened-rice/ .

But then I also anglicise it by using herbs used in British cookery such as sage, thyme and parsley instead of spices. I also include lots and lots of vegetables. It's not an exact food - throw in what you have/fancy.

It freezes really well: and so cooking every day is not necessary.

By my calculation a really big bowl contains about 300 calories.

Happy breakfasts

PatNotFat

I have a few breakfast standbys

A Visalus protein smoothie, 2 TB plus a small banana and [any fruit] or a TB of PB2, powdered peanut butter -- YUM!
A greek yogurt
One whole egg plus one egg white, with a sprinkle of Pampered Chef Southwest Seasoning and shredded raw baby spinach
Or the above eggs with a teaspoon of light pesto. Insanely delish.
On Sundays - Pamela's pancakes. made with almond milk instead of water.

I've been having scrambled egg whites (10 tbsp) with avocado, red bell pepper, green & red onion, spinach, and a pinch of shredded parmesan, and lately adding 2 slices of peppered turkey bacon as well. It's protein-packed, pretty low in fat and carbs, and has a decent amount of fiber... AND it's delicious!

My breakfast options vary with the weather. Right now since it's been hot, I've mostly been having fresh fruit and plain greek yogurt (either in a bowl or smoothie style with some added soymilk).

When it's cooler I'll have cream of buckwheat; gluten free oatmeal; Pamela's pancakes; eggs; fried rice; tofu scramble; quinoa and vegetables; thin rice noodles with fried tofu, garlic, and bok choy; pak bung fai daeng (stir-fried ong choi with garlic and thai chilies)... there are a ton of choices.

If I'm in a hurry, I'll have boxed cereal, but I don't like how much sugar is in the ones that taste good and it doesn't keep me full for long, so that tends to be my emergency choice.

bump...some yummy ideas!

I eat Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Pebbles or Marshmallow Pebbles with Almond Milk. Or Sausage with a little chesse. I do not cook breakfast, takes too much time.

Another option, Kind Bars or bananas.

I usually do scrambled eggs with goat yogurt mixed in! I pretty much eat eggs every morning. 8 get bloated from oats but I can tolerate them okay (minor stomach pain) but are so good for you and low calorie so I will do quick oats with almond milk and fruit.

I will also make goat yogurt ranch that goes well in the eggs, 1 cup goat yogurt (or your choice yogurt) 1/2 almond milk, 1 packet ranch dressing mix. Makes a lot of servings, you can add more yogurt to make thicker or more milk to make it thinner.

Lately I've settled into plain Greek yogurt w/wild blueberries and a cup of coffee. Later on I have 1/8 c of some type of raw nuts or seeds---walnuts, almonds, pistachios, sunflower seeds, pepitas. I rotate these. I don't add any sugar to the yogurt and do not eat nuts/seeds w/salt. To me---delicious!

Lately I've settled into plain Greek yogurt w/wild blueberries and a cup of coffee. Later on I have 1/8 c of some type of raw nuts or seeds---walnuts, almonds, pistachios, sunflower seeds, pepitas. I rotate these. I don't add any sugar to the yogurt and do not eat nuts/seeds w/salt. To me---delicious!

You know I have not thought of blueberries. Need to get me some. Thanks Lin

Calie

1 egg + 1 tablespoon of ground flax (or just two eggs)
1 medium banana
1 teaspoon baking powder

Makes about 4 small flour-less pancakes, it works pretty will with baked pumpkin too. I haven't tried with any other vegetables/fruits yet.

I've printed this out, I've got to try it. Sounds really simple. Thanks for sharing.