Breakfast Ideas

We rotate 3 weekday breakfats: ceral; baked beans on toast; the thing you don't like.
Other ideas for toast toppings: tomato; avocado; cheese; hommus; tuna/salmon; chicken.
I also enjoy museli, either straight from the packt or soaked overnight in juice, with natural yogurt and fresh fruit.

I don't like to eat in the morning so I drink a protein shake with frozen fruit and a banana in it.

Not a morning person and find myself always rushed in the morning, so my breakfasts have to be quick and easy. I'm usually in the 350-400 calorie range for breakfast.
-english muffin w/PB and a banana
-greek yogurt and fruit and granola
-instant oatmeal with 1/2 scoop of protein powder and sliced strawberries or dried cranberries and sliced almonds
-whole wheat tortilla w/pb, honey, and banana
-whole wheat tortilla w/cream cheese, strawberries, honey, and sliced almonds
I also eat a banana pretty much every morning

I have two breakfasts I alternated during the week - cereal (pick a really nice one - I'm having Hubbards Real with cinnamon clusters at the moment) just one serving, with a serving of peach slices in juice; porridge made with water, soaked overnight with chopped up dates, then served with a half portion of low fat yoghurt.
Weekends - Sunday, my husband always cooks an egg on toast for me and last Saturday I made pancakes, served with kiwifruit and banana and a teaspoon of honey. Sometimes baked beans on toast.
Hope this gives you some ideas.

Overnight oats. You can google a million recipes, but here is mine:

1/2 rolled oats or oat bran or any combo of the two
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 fresh or frozen berries of your choice
2 tbsp ground flax or chia seeds
1 tbsp sweetner of your choice
1 tsp vanilla or maple flavoring

Mix together and let sit overnight in the fridge.

Hi, I have fruit and yogurt for breakfast two days a week, then I mix the rest of the week up with cearls /porridge and toast weight watchers bread

One of my favorites as the weather gets cooler is oatmeal made with almond milk. 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup dried chopped plums (sunsweet's plum amazins are yummy..raisins or even dried cranberries would work too), 1/2 cup vanilla almond milk, maybe a tsp of turbinado sugar if you need it. Mix it up, stick it in the microwave for about 1 1/2 minutes. Yum! I like oatmeal to be thick, so vary your liquid to suit your preference. It'll be just about 300 calories, depending on if you put in the sugar and how much almond milk you use.

Mon-Fri I have one of these:-

- Granola with almond milk and red berries (I buy frozen and defrost the night before)
- Oatmeal and banana w/cinnamon
- Wholemeal toast w/pb and petits filous
- Branflakes and blueberries

Depends what I fancy..I am going through a phase with the first one at the moment, it is amazing! I tend to try and keep breakfasts in the 250-300 range, and get some dairy in.

Weekends I swap my meals around!! Sounds crazy but it's really worked for me. I have a big treat breakfast with my boyfriend, we get a tray, and make cafetiere coffee and watch morning tv in bed with it Usually around the 500 calorie range.

- American Pancakes w/golden syrup
- Egg mess (I know you hate egg..but for others, it's basically scrambled egg with chorizo and random veggies, usually peppers and red onion) on wholemeal toast
- Bacon sarnies
- Big fruit salad with yoghurt and mini pain au chocolat

Then for lunch I have one of my breakfasts from the week or just a salad so I can keep in my calorie limit

HTH,

Annabel

I also enjoy mushrooms, fried in a little bit of olive oil with dry herbs nad perhaps a dash of spice - peri peri mix or paprika.
Or there is a BLAT - bacon, lettuce, avocado, tomato on toast/sandwich/wrap.

If you are not a morning person (and I am not) plan the night before, have all the ingredients ready to go, frying pan on the stove, spray oil and spatula on the bench, so its just a matter of following the cues in the morning.

Overnight oats. You can google a million recipes, but here is mine:

1/2 rolled oats or oat bran or any combo of the two
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 fresh or frozen berries of your choice
2 tbsp ground flax or chia seeds
1 tbsp sweetner of your choice
1 tsp vanilla or maple flavoring


I'm trying this tomorrow morning.

Mix together and let sit overnight in the fridge.

I'm not much into traditional breakfasts, though I have had some oatmeal lately. My most common breakfasts are things like quesadillas, yogurt, or leftovers from dinner the night before. Grits with cheese and hot sauce is also a winner.

plain greek yogurt and protein powder (maybe or maybe not with fruit--I like crushed pineapple or fresh mango the best)

I love fish for breakfast.

I have 1 or 2 squares of dark chocolate (.25 - .5 serving)
A cup or 2 of coffee
A smoothie:

6 oz Lifeway Plain Kefir (fermented milk with 12 different live cultures)
1 serving Greek Yogurt (I use Chobani because it has 5 live cultures, 2 of which overlap with the kefir)
And then frozen fruit, 2 servings or a little less.
I used to put bee pollen granules in it, but I use those in my protein shake now instead. They go together better.

I usually use mostly blueberries, but I often use citrus (different types of oranges. I used to add a quarter lemon, but it is to tart now with the yogurt and kefir). I will usually put 2 large strawberries or 3 small with my blueberries. I will sometimes us blackberries. Raspberries I am conservative with because the frozen ones are usually very tart. I will cut up mangos, melons, kiwis or whatever as well. I add a banana if they are getting to ripe and I don't want them going bad. I used to use a banana as my base fruit, and add whatever else I wanted.

To prep the fruit without it sticking together I will:

1- Put my cut fruit on a tray or plate and cover.
2- Freeze individually.
3-Remove from tray/plate after frozen.
4-Put in a zip lock bag. Then back in the freezer.

During strawberry picking season, I will go to the fields and pick only strawberries that will be bad tomorrow, take them home and prep them right away. I usually eat a bunch! These make the most insanely delicious smoothies!

If you live in the Northwest, all the way from the Pacific to western Montana, huckleberries are awesome (and wild blueberries) and they are both PLENTIFUL!!! I am gonna miss huckleberry picking. I always mix the blueberries I find out there when huckleberry picking. I live in Ohio now, so no huckleberries… :-(

Someone mentioned using cored, peeled apples… I like the idea. Not sure if that would be to dense frozen, but my curiosity is peeked!

I made an avocado smoothie with ginger and hemp milk a couple weeks ago and it was really yummy as well...