Breakfast suggestions needed for the breakfast impared

Try a protein smoothie? Maybe add almond butter or peanut butter. I often get the tummy trying to eat itself when I don't add protein and healthy fats.

what about eggs?

I'm biased because I totally LOVE eggs, they are one of my favorite foods. But surely there's some way (if you eat eggs) to do this...as for quick and portable, you could hard-boil them or precook, just with a tiny bit of canola spray (or whatever) in a pan and then fold it and stick it in a baggie or container.

I like a cooked egg with a bit of chipotle dressing on it. When I have 'em for breakfast (which is very frequent) I put them on small sized tortillas for breakfast as a "taco" but I know you're not gonna do that...anyway, sometimes I just eat the egg rolled up with a little of the dressing, especially for an evening snack but would totally work for breakfast.

Another idea..oatmeal or steel cut oats soaked overnight in 1/2 milk, 1/2 water (then cooked). This would take a bit more time but you can make ahead and refrigerate. You can add fruit and heat up later if needed.

I hope you find some good solutions!

You need to speak to your doctors, that put you under all these silly restrictions, and get a professional diet plan from a dietician.

No one here can replace doctors. We have people here who are very good at suggesting meal options and helping people who want to follow a certain type of diet or hit certain macros, but your diet is ridiculous.

If you're having that much of a diet problem--no breads-no meats---no cheese--no fruit--no smoothies, you need medical help.

If you cannot have a bowl of cheerios or rice chex and with a serving of milk or almond milk or whatever milk or some eggs for breakfast, you need to deal with your medical and stomach issues.

You basically started out by saying no to every normal breakfast people have. What's left? eat that . . .

I'm wondering about the restrictions that this doctor has you on, and why. Those are extensive restrictions and sound almost arbitrary. Complex enough to sound like something purposeful and well-thought out and structured, but:

No meat
No starches
No bread
No cheese

What are these dietary restrictions supposed to be treating?


Milk & cereal.
Oatmeal.
Lettuce.

Ants on a log. Celery filled with any nut butter dotted with raisins. You can even blend a little protein powder with the nut butter to fortify it. Cheap, healthy and substantial

Eggs banana yogurt strawberries

You could make up a big pot of baked beans with mushrooms, zucchini, tomatoes, etc and just reheat the portion that you need each day.

Overnight oats? Or slow-cooker porridge?

For overnight oats, literally just put a portion of oats, fruit, nuts, milk of choice (I prefer soy or coconut milk) in a bowl and leave covered in the fridge overnight. Then just reheat it in the morning and you're good to go. You could also do the same with chia seeds and/or quinoa flakes overnight if you wanted.

For slow-cooker porridge I do this: slice up two apples and put in the bottom of the slow cooker. Add 1/4 cup of brown sugar, 1-2 tsp of cinnamon, 2 cups of traditional oats (not the quick oats), 4 cups of water and leave to cook for 8 hours or more overnight. I serve what I want out of that pot, then put the rest in the fridge in serves. Then the next morning I put the pre-cooked oats in the mircrowave and voila! I always serve my porridge with a sliced up banana, some coconut flakes or shredded coconut, and some LSA and 30-50ml of soy milk on top (that's just how much I like because the porridge is already very moist).

Another option: Scrambled tofu - heaps of vegan recipe sites that have scrambled tofu recipes. I like mine made with a bit of curry powder and some shredded carrot, zucchini and mushrooms. You could serve it with some vegetables (like some roasted potatoes), or a yeast-free wrap.

If you wanted something that wasn't vegan, you could make mini frittatas in cupcake/muffin size where you could chop up veggies and put them into the patty pans, scramble some eggs and split them between each of the moulds and make enough of these frittatas that could be reheated as you need.

You could also make some pancakes (I make mine with mashed banana and silken tofu or coconut flour in place of eggs and flour) and store them to eat over two days.

Hope that helps!


ETA: I just re read and saw that you have a restriction on starchy foods too... Hmmmm...scratch the oats. Can you have quinoa flakes? Definitely try the overnight "oats" with chia seeds though. Scratch the roasted potatoes and yeast-free wrap. You could use flax "bread" (made in the dehydrator out of flax seeds - I buy mine at a local growers market because I can't be bothered making my own)

Wow. I love the tofu idea.

Now to find a way to get you to come and cook for me????

Haha!! I wish. I love cooking so it wouldn't be too much for me.

The recipe for mine is roughly:

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, diced
1 small zucchini, shredded or finely diced
1 small carrot, shred or dinely diced
a few florets of broccoli, chopped
250g firm tofu, sliced thinly then crumbled
1/2 tsp mild curry powder
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 small tomato, diced
1 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

Method:

1. In a frying pan, slightly heat 1/2 Tbsp oil, add onion and sauté for 1-2 minutes
2. Add zucchini, carrot, broccoli ad extra oil. Continue to cook on a medium heat for up to 5 minutes until the carrot begins to soften.
3. Add tofu, spices and salt and stir through.
4. Add tomato and parsley and turn to a low heat until tofu is warmed through.

Serves 3-4.

I have amaranth for brekkie almost every morning cause it tastes good and has a lot of protein for a grain/seed. The original recipe came from the Ultra Metabolism Cookbook. If you are interested in what I eat with it, my diary is open and if you want the recipe, let me know.

You can cook steel cut oats in the slow cooker, then you have a nice hot breakfast waiting for you.
Or something super quick and easy might be an apple, some Greek yogurt I add cinnamon and some walnuts thrown in.