Breakfast recipes

Well first off - you don't have to eat breakfast first thing in morning. I usually wait until about noon, that way I have more calories for the afternoon and evening. Totally personal preference.

For me I like to start day with scrambled eggs (with veggies - spinach, onion and peppers) and some sort of protein (bacon, turkey sausage or ham). Lots of protein and fills me up

Weekdays I usually have a cup of greek yogurt with fresh blueberries and granola-I found this great granola by Nature Valley that is higher in protein. That usually lasts me until my lunch break. Weekends I make an egg sandwich with a soy/fake pork sausage and some greens on a sandwich thin.

Hi I'm a bit boring with my breakfasts I either have porridge with cinnamon, museli or my favourite a slice of wholemeal toast with peanut butter and banana yum yum yum :P

I'm not much of a breakfast person wither, however, I often times make an egg cassarole on Sundays, cut it into 4 sections and take it for the week. It reheats beautifully:

2 c Simply potato shreds
6 large eggs
spinach - chopped
1/2 c shredded cheese
Sausage or ham (depending on what I have in the freezer)
2 slices american or swiss cheese

In a greased (I use Pam spray) 8x8 pyrex pan I put the simply potato, and mix in the meat and shredded cheese.

In a separate bowl I wisk together the eggs, add sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste, then pour the mixture over the potato mixture. Take the american/swiss chese and break into pieces across the top of the mixture. Then bake at 350 for 40 minutes uncovered.

Let it cool about 30 min, then cut into 4 equal size pieces. Reheating in the microwave, takes about a minute and a half each morning. Quick, easy, very filling. You can certainly add all sorts of lovely veggies if you like. I've done spinach, broccoli, mushrooms....

I love making a big batch of steelcut oats on Sundays. I'll usually make it plain so I'm not stuck with one flavor all week. If I have canned pumpkin I'll mix 1-2 tbsp of that with some brown sugar, cinnamon ad nutmeg. Or I'll throw in sliced apples, blueberries or raspberries. Or just cinnamon and sugar. Maybe a hard boiled egg to go along with it and I'm full til lunch.

But my go-to breakfast 90% of the time is 2 eggs scrambled (in the microwave b/c I'm at work when I eat) topped with a cheese slice and, if I have any, some avocado.

You don't have to have breakfast if you don't want to.

These all sound super delicious! Thanks

I'm not generally a huge breakfast fan and wait til I get home from work/the gym to eat, so I usually don't eat until anywhere between 9-10:30. Other options are sandwiches (egg and soy sausages), instant oats (with or without fruit), a slice of toast or ryebread with cashew nut butter and a banana sliced on top, or Greek yogurt pancakes with a bit of maple syrup or honey.

Hmm, I love greek yogurt, but I've never heard of greek yogurt pancakes before. How do you make those?


Also, I thought it was essential to get some proper food into your body in the morning in order to get your metabolism going - so isn't skipping breakfast a big no no?

GREEK YOGURT BLUEBERRY PANCAKES
(makes 10-12 mini pancakes)

Ingredients
3/4 cup 0% fat plain Greek yogurt
1 egg
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda

Directions

In a small bowl, stir yogurt until smooth. Crack an egg over the yogurt and stir to combine roughly.

In a medium bowl, mix together the flour and baking soda.

Pour yogurt and egg mixture into the bowl with the flour and baking soda. Stir to combine. (The batter will be very thick.)

Spoon 1/4 cup batter onto a non-stick pan heated to low-medium. Use spoon to gently spread out batter into an even circle on pan. (The thinner it is, the quicker it takes to cook).


Recipe is from notyouraveragecollegefood.com, she adds blueberries which is very tasty if that's your bag! I calculated that the whole batch works out at around 300 cals so you can eat the whole thing, and the Greek yogurt gives a nice punch of protein.

And from what I've gathered from being on here on and off for 2 years- it's not such a big deal to not eat breakfast if you're not hungry. I start work pretty early in the morning and the thought of eating when I first wake up is just... it makes me feel sick, like I'd be shovelling food in when my stomach feels full. Eating when you're hungry is just as important as eating the right foods.

But if you don't like breakfast and it makes you ill, why force yourself to eat it? when you eat doesn't really matter, especially if it's making you sick to your stomach.

I will assume that's aimed at me as I mentioned the breakfast ill thing- that's why I wait til much later in the morning to eat, when I am actually hungry and have done enough to get everything going! I wake up at 6.45 and it'll be probably 3 hours until I eat.