Quick, filling breakfast ideas

roswyn80
roswyn80 Posts: 114 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I love my breakfast, and like something a little more substantial to get me through until 11am snacktime. But I'm worried that I might end up getting too static in my choices, and I don't want to risk getting bored!

So, my question to you all is: what do you eat for breakfast?

Since I went off my dietician-delivered food, I've been having two original Ryvita with a tablespoon of peanut butter on each. It's tasty and only 260 calories. :)

I'm not the biggest fan of cereal as I find it tends to make me feel hungry really quickly (and I'm not overly keen on milk, either!), but I'd like to experiment a little more with foods that are easy and quick to put together.

Does anyone have any breakfast muffin recipes that they like to start the day with? Sandwiches? Omelettes?

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  • TamAD48
    TamAD48 Posts: 387
    I like to do breakfast burrito's (in fact I just made them yesterday). I usually use the egg substitutes to keep the calories and cholesterol down, but fill a tortilla with some eggs, low fat/fat free shredded cheese, turkey sausage or bacon, then I add some salsa and a bit of sour cream. You can pretty much add anything that you would normally put in an omelette.
  • mluanne33
    mluanne33 Posts: 70 Member
    I just discovered a pumpkin pie recipe that I altered for breakfast. If you do a search in the recipe posting for pumpkin pie, you should find it. Some mornings I bring a sliced hard boild egg to work and make 2 whole wheat toast with a bit of butter and put my egg on it for a hot egg sandwich. Another favorite of mine is plain greek yogart. I mix in a tablespoon of sugar free jam and it is delish. I have that with a whole wheat toast and it fills me up.
  • lil_pulp
    lil_pulp Posts: 701 Member
    Oatmeal with fruit, cinnamon, and nuts.
  • pietomb00
    pietomb00 Posts: 69 Member
    Porridge :)
  • natalieelectra93
    natalieelectra93 Posts: 8
    Weetabix with one teaspoon of cinamon and one tablespoon of peanut butter... its heavenly!
  • Ntropic1
    Ntropic1 Posts: 15
    I've found great frittata recipes that are pretty easy and quick. To the discribe it would be like a quiche but much simpler. You have all your veggies, meat and cheese within a mixture of egg that is cooked slowly on a stove and finished in the oven.
  • Aperture_Science
    Aperture_Science Posts: 840 Member
    Eggs: Boiled, fried, scrambled, poached.
  • Mmmporkrinds
    Mmmporkrinds Posts: 192
    I aim for 300-400 calories for breakfast (I'm supposed to eat 1340 per day). I try to get a balance more or less of protein, fats, and carbs. So my faves are:

    Sardines on toast! You either love it or hate it. I love it
    Homemade (only cos you get to choose what goes in it and have your own magical formula) muesli with Greek yoghurt and fruit
    Omelette. Yay. With a slice of toast so you get some carbs. Omelettes are awesome. You can have them plain or stuffed.
    Bircher muesli. Quite special.
    Smoked salmon on half a bagel with a big fat smear of cream cheese. :-)
    Porridge!!! Nuff said.
  • Mmmporkrinds
    Mmmporkrinds Posts: 192
    Yay for eggs
  • Lyra89
    Lyra89 Posts: 674 Member
    I usually always sick with a bowl of porridge cooked with soy milk & sweetened only with blueberries, banana & cinnemon...it is the most filling food I've ever come across & really sets you up for the day!

    But sometimes that gets boring, & I might have poached eggs on toast with organic ketchup.

    Or, like today, I experimented & made healthy pancakes! The ingredients included wholegrain flour, porridge oats, ground flaxseed, half a banana mashed, 2 egg whites, light soy milk, baking soda, unrefined muscovado sugar & cinnamon. I topped it with pure strawberry jam!

    You can come up with all sorts once you have a stocked-up pantry!
  • sneakypackrat
    sneakypackrat Posts: 33 Member
    I'm partial to unfrosted shredded wheat with unsweet vanilla almond milk. :) Some times I top it with blueberries, strawberries or banana. Depends on my mood and it's very filling!!! :D
  • Merc71
    Merc71 Posts: 412 Member
    2 Hard-boiled egg whites
    Bowl of plain oatmeal with raisins & 1 tbls honey
    2 Oranges, sliced

    HEAVEN!
  • Ph4lanx
    Ph4lanx Posts: 213 Member
    100g instant oats (can get various flavours)
    250ml skimmed milk

    Put in a shaker, mix together, drink. Done in about a minute and keeps me without hunger from 7am until 1pm, without fail.
  • ruthio77
    ruthio77 Posts: 52 Member
    Refridgerator oats! Love them!

    Or eggs, poached or scrambled on wholewheat toast. Nom Nom Nom

    :smile:
  • chelledawg14
    chelledawg14 Posts: 509 Member
    Hello. 6 of 7 days a week I use either a hungry girl flatout sandwich thin or any 100 cal or less thin (sometimes a small wrap if I don't have the sandwich thins). I toast it with half slice of 2% Kraft american cheese and cook four organic brown egg whites to put on it. Low cal and very filling! Sometimes I'll put a morningstar farms sausage patty on it; mostly not... sometimes I'll use onion or chives while cooking the egg whites to add some more flavor. I'll have some fruit with it if I'm still hungry. P.S. I don't like egg yolk so it's not all about the cals for me - but love the fact that 4 egg whites is less cals than one egg!
  • nevertoolate2
    nevertoolate2 Posts: 309 Member
    There are some really great ideas on here - some I'm definitely going to try.

    I love a tablespoon of porridge oats, 1-2 teaspoons of honey, couple of tablespoons of low fat yoghurt and poss add a bit of fruit. 1 min to prepare the night before and it is heavenly for breakfast. I increase or decrease the quantities of each depending upon calorie target.

    Smoked salmon on granary toast with a bit of lemon and pepper, or scrambled eggs.

    I'm also a big fan of sardines on toast but if that does not do it, sometimes I will have a small amount of tinned tuna with a little grated cheese.

    Also grilled bacon (rind removed) and tomato sandwich/toasted sandwich/open sandwich/bagel with ketchup rather than butter/spread
  • Mmmporkrinds
    Mmmporkrinds Posts: 192
    stephenpuk's ideas are great. Also I love kedgeree. Calorific but if you only have a little, all food groups represented.
  • fitnotfluffy
    fitnotfluffy Posts: 213 Member
    Not much of a cereal fan either, but I did buy Special K protein plus cereal last night. I had it this morning, 1 cup, 1/2 c of skim milk, and sliced a banana into it and I'm not feeling even the slightest bit hungry yet! Some of my other favorite breakfasts are tuna omelettes, boiled egg/fruit (when i'm in a hurry), old fashioned oats with peanut butter/bananas/blueberries/whatever i have, PB banana on toast usually tides me over until lunch as well. :) I hope this helps.
  • roswyn80
    roswyn80 Posts: 114 Member
    Wow, so many fab ideas! Thank you all so much, I hope other people can benefit from this thread too! :D

    I love the wrap and frittata ideas, I think I'm going to have a play around with them. :D
  • svz1
    svz1 Posts: 1
    Super Easy Make Ahead Muesli

    Serves 4

    1 c. rolled oats
    1 c. milk (coconut or almond milk work well too)
    1 c. plain yogurt
    1 T. honey (optional)
    1 tsp. vanilla
    1 c. frozen berries
    4 parfait cups or jelly jars (or anything that holds about a cup and doesn't take up too much room in your fridge)

    Mix together oats, milk, yogurt, honey and vanilla. Separate into individual containers and top with 1/4 c. frozen berries. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

    I have this for breakfast almost everyday. I'll add a boiled egg on the side if I'm still hungry.
  • tigerlily8045
    tigerlily8045 Posts: 402 Member
    I make a breakfast sandwhich out of a toasted sandwich thin (arnolds) 1 egg scrambled w/ little milk and cooked in the microwave in a bowl 90 secs, with 3 slices of ham lunch meat heated for 30 secs in micro. Its 291 calories for the brands that I use. I have that with a glass of milk for breakfast everyday. Just as yummy as BK breakfast sandwich.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    put about 3/4 of an inch to an inch of eggwhites in a glass bowl with green onions, bits of bacon and salt to taste. throw it in the microwave for a minute and a half. dump it on a bagel or roll, with more bacon - or avocado, or tomato or onions or something. bon apetit?
  • laurasimmons
    laurasimmons Posts: 575 Member
    I eat omelet muffins. I cook 12 of them on Sunday and put them in the fridge so they are easy to take with me in the mornings.
  • mama2mila
    mama2mila Posts: 92
    I usually have steel cut oats and fruit, sprouted grain toast with natural peanut butter and fruit, or a smoothie.... my favorite one that has the most protein and staying power is the skinny green monster from skinnytaste.com.... delish!
  • roswyn80
    roswyn80 Posts: 114 Member
    I eat omelet muffins. I cook 12 of them on Sunday and put them in the fridge so they are easy to take with me in the mornings.

    They sound pretty good! That's along the lines of what I've been hoping to do, bake muffins that are grab and go. :D

    Do you have a recipe that you can share?
  • jupiterequinox
    jupiterequinox Posts: 1 Member
    On weekdays, I eat a cup of Fiber One honey clusters with a cup of lactaid milk.
    On weekends, I usually eat an egg and cheese sandwich (fried egg + Amer cheese + Martin's whole wheat potato bread), again with a glass of lactaid.
  • t1dude
    t1dude Posts: 11 Member
    I am **SURE** this is not healthy, not recommended, and bound to cause people to disagree, but I put 4 tbsp of heavy cream and 3 tbsp of raw cane sugar in about 10oz of coffee every morning. The cream is about 200 calories and the sugar is about 135 calories. By comparison, the IHOP healthy tomato and spinach omelette has 330 calories. I don't like spending time making breakfast and I like the boost from the caffeine, which keeps me energized until lunch.

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