Sooooooo....whats for breakfast?

Nothing too exotic:

Most work days: 1 cup yogurt with 1-2 cups fresh fruit - usually raspberries/blueberries plus black coffee. Once a week I treat myself to a cranberry bran muffin.

Weekends: 2 scrambled eggs, slices homemade (not my home) multi-grain toast, jam. Fresh fruit. And, of course, black coffee.

My treat day is flax seed wrap scrambled whole egg and half slice American cheese total calories 195 yum!

Usually on week(work) days, a thin bagel with 2 Tbls fat free cream cheese, fruit (apple, banana, nectarine, etc), 16 oz water.
My dietitian keeps telling me I need to add a protein (ie. boil egg).

My breakfast scramble:

- 7 1/2 tbsp, Egg Beaters
- 2 Jimmy Dean sausage patties(fully cooked)
- 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- fresh salsa, 2 tbsp

Scramble egg beaters, microwave turkey sausage. Dice sausage, and add to egg mixture, continue to scramble until done. Cover with cheese until melted,add salsa! Delicious and filling! 298 cal., 5 1/2g carbs,. 16g. fat.

ooohh....not a protein shake...

Wednesdays are "Starbucks Wednesday" for my son and I when he's in school. So tomorrow we'll start "Starbucks Wednesday" and I will have a 16oz soy latte and a reduced fat turkey breakfast sandwich. Soooooo excited:)

Oh.My.Gosh - breakfast is my favorite meal. Today was a high-fiber light english muffin (I usually buy the 100-cal Fiber One or Thomas's "Light" 1/3 daily fiber muffins) with a shmear of peanut butter and 1/2 banana sliced on top. I didn't eat the other 1/2, so I tossed it in the freezer (minus the skin) to enjoy later in a smoothie.

I am huge fan of the Morningstar Farm maple flavored veggie sausage patties. They really do taste like the real thing, for once. If I am not feeling like an egg that day, it goes great with multigrain waffles.

If you are sick of oatmeal, there is now an instant whole grain Cream of Wheat cereal (5g fiber and 7g of protein). Try making it with vanilla almond milk instead of water (good trick for oatmeal too) for extra flavor and nutrition. I toss in sliced strawberries, peaches, or a few blueberries when I have them.

When I have time I'll make one of these snazzy breakfast sandwiches:
- Try mixing some dijon mustard and apricot preserves (or orange marmalade) together and spread it on some toast. Add a scrambled egg (fried, poached, whatever you prefer), a slice of cheese (if you put the hot egg on top of the cheese it gets melty), and some avocado or spinach. I don't eat meat but I supposed you could put some bacon, sausage, turkey slices, etc on it as well.
- Huevos Racheros style - heat up a black bean burger (not to sound like a Morningstar Farms commercial but I love their spicy black bean burgers too!), top it with an egg, cheese, salsa, avocado, etc.

Omelets - you can make them dozens of ways. Some of my favorites combos:
- asparagus and goat cheese
- spinach, tomato, and feta
- broccoli, red bell pepper, and just about any cheese!

Of course there are dozens of smoothie recipes too, I kind of prefer to have them as a snack or dessert though.

This morning I had a zucchini and onion egg white omelet it was yummy and under 300 calories including use of margarine and ketchup so it could have been better

Shakeology blended with 1/2 banana and 1/2 c almond coconut milk and 1/2 c water and 1 T of PB2

I don't do much in the way of dairy products, because I'm sensitive to lactose, so you'll see no milk or cheese with my breakfasts. However...this is what I eat throughout the week.

Honey Bunches of Oats cereal, no milk.
Life Cereal, no milk.
Subway bacon and egg white on an English muffin, no cheese.
English muffin toasted with apple butter.
Wheat toast with apple butter or peanut butter.

Add some fruit (apples, banana, strawberries) and you've got my breakfasts. Although, on weekends I splurge.