Quick and Easy high protein breakfast ideas

Plain greek yogurt, eggs, chicken breast, nuts

For breakfast - Seconding plain greek yogurt! add fruit if you need to, but obv not too much. Hard boiled eggs, scrambled eggs with hot sauce, poached eggs on steamed spinach. Some people bake eggs in half an avocado, I've never managed to make that work :P
If you make a salad for dinner, add beans or shelled edamame.
Salmon and tuna have lots of protein - I usually get the packet skinless/boneless salmon and put it in a low carb wrap. (Adding a spoonful of greek yogurt with dill instead of mayo makes it a lot tastier).

I usually eat a vegetable omelet for breakfast with two eggs, and want more protein than that to help meet my daily goal, so what I tend to do is some combination of the following: (1) add some egg whites to the eggs, (2) have some leftover protein from dinner or smoked salmon with the omelet, and/or (3) have some cottage cheese or Fage 0% plain on the side. I usually mix the Fage with fruit, and you could do 2% or some flavored greek yogurt also, the Fage 0% plus fruit just tends to be what works for me bc of my macros and what else I eat.

Sometimes I have steel cut oats instead of the eggs (which also has protein, just not quite as much) and the rest remains the same (except I never add egg whites to the oatmeal!).

For dinner, I either add some kind of dairy as a side (dairy is my protein go to) or have a larger portion of meat and slightly smaller portion of starch if I need to compensate. I usually have no problem getting lots of protein at dinner, though--it's lunch where I've had to make sure that I'm getting enough or else compensate with the other meals (if I snacked more often I'd just have greek yogurt for that, probably).

I make mini quiches in muffin cups, no crust. Eggs or just egg whites, cheese, spinach or other veg you like, sometimes quinoa or faro. Great protein, not hard to make. I make a batch ahead and nuke @ 20 seconds when I get to work.

Oh wow! That is such a great idea!!

I'm a T2D too. My breakfast most mornings is 227g plain non-fat greek yogurt mixed with a scoop of flavored protein powder and da vinci sugar free syrup flavor to complement the protein powder. That's about 48g of protein for about 240 calories depending on your yogurt and protein powder. Since I aim for a few more carbs and calories I also usually put in about 30 calories worth of fruit like blue berries or strawberries and 15g of fiber one cereal. Adds up to about 300 calories, 49g protein, 34 carbs, 2 fat, 8 fiber.

It keeps me full until lunch time.

I had gestational diabetes with my last pregnancy (just 4 months ago) and my husband is diabetic. Here's what worked for me and works for him:

high protein smoothies (1 cup Danon Light & Fit Greek yogurt in vanilla, 1/2 cup frozen berries, 2 tbsp soy isolate protein powder, and up to 2 tbsp milk, preferably Mootopia brand, if needed)
hard boiled eggs
eggs scrambled with spinach and cheese wrapped in a carb control tortilla from Mission
over hard eggs with a slice of cheese made into a sandwich on two slices of 100% whole wheat bread (Sara Lee has a 45 calorie bread that is 20 g of carbs for two slices)
salads with grilled chicken breast
any sandwich you like made into a wrap with the Flat Out wraps and plenty of veggies
Special K or Kellogs protein drinks (found on the cereal aisle)
Nature Valley Protein granola bars (found with the other granola bars at the store)

Yes, you can use flavored Greek yogurt, but try to stick with the Danon Light & Fit because they have 12g of protein but only 8 to 9g of carbs.

Remember, anything you like can be breakfast or dinner. There were times when I really wanted oatmeal or pancakes and I had them with protein for dinner since I couldn't have them at breakfast due to the carb content being higher and spiking my blood sugar. It's what worked for me.

I like a light cheese stick. If I feel like adding a bit more I add a bit of lean deli meat.

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