Healthy breakfast and lunch meal ideas?

One thing I just did was invested in a mini-crockpot (2 servings). I found some really good recipes for crockpots and shrunk them down to 2 serving sizes for the mini pot. Now on Sundays I let something cook all day for Monday-Tuesday lunches and then on Tuesday while at work, let something cook for Wed-Thursday lunches. Most of them clock in under 350-500 cals.

For breakfast I like to eat burritos made with corn tortillas, egg whites, guacamole and green salsa. Two of these are pretty filling and easy to make.

If you like yogurt for breakfast, I like to mix plain low-fat Fage yogurt with fresh fruit and chopped nuts with a drizzle of agave or honey. Way better than the pre-flavored yogurts.

Nutrigrain waffles with peanut butter is one of my favorites for breakfast.

Firstly i just need to point out that throwing out half your egg is not smart and not especially healthy. Basically its misguided.

Secondly, breakfast, try the best wholegrain bread you can find, spread with cottage cheese into which you've put in chopped tomato. This is yummy. Black pepper on top.

I love fried tomato and in fact any combination of fried vegies and an egg on toast.

For lunch, i've just stated making vegetarian style rissoles. You can cook these ahead of time and eat them cold for lunch. These brown lentil rissoles/burgers were fantastic and easy to make and might i add super healthy!

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My delicious not-quite-vegan lentils rissoles/burgers. I'm sure these would work without the egg too. I'm eating as I write because I'm so excited about them. smile emoticon
1 cup cooked brown lentils
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
2 or more tbsp of pumpkin/sunflower seeds or nuts
1 egg
salt a good dash and ground black pepper
dried oregano or other herbs/spices to suit
wholemeal flour or breadcrumbs - about 2/3 cup
oil for frying
Put lentils, onion, garlic and seeds into the food process and blitz till pretty well mushed. Tip into a mixing bowl. Add the lightly beaten egg, salt, pepper, oregano and mix thoroughly. Add in flour and mix through. Mix shouldn't be too wet or dry. A bet wet is fine. Drop spoon sized dollops into a bowl of flour, coat and roll into a ball. Heat oil in a heavy based pan. Drop in the rissoles, flatten with an egg flip and fry each side till its dark brown. If the amount of salt is right, you can enjoy these without sauce. Serve with salad or in place of felafel in a wrap. Garlic yoghurt should make a yummy dipping sauce.

Try substituting meat with Morning Star products, which are vegetarian. For breakfast, I'll have two pieces of "bacon" and some toast. The calorie count is always lower with these products than if you ate meat.

For breakfast, my go-tos are :
Protein pancakes with some no cal syrup
Cottege cheese with some type of fruit diced up and mixed in
Greek Yogurt with honey or syrup and frozen berries
Omelet - with lots of diced up vegetables - I like peppers, zucchini, mushrooms and turkey bacon if you like
Smoothie with protein powder and maybe some berries or other fruit you like and whatever type milk you like
French toast with some lower cal/carb bread
Coconut muffins - high in protein and fiber

Protein helps me feel full much longer and be more satisfied.

For lunch, I think stir-fry is great. You can cook a bunch of rice in the beginning of the week and stir-fry up a ton of vegetables - fresh or frozen - with chicken or beef or eggs. You can even prepare that in advance if you only want to do it once. You could prepare it all the same, or mix it up by getting different flavored sauces and putting those on in the end before you're ready to eat. They're really easy to take on the go.

I buy frozen packages of steel-cut oatmeal from Trader Joe's-- steel-cut is the heartiest, with least amount of added sugars and other crap that will make you crash 45 minutes later. It gets microwaved for 4 minutes, and then I add 2-3 tablespoon of flax seeds and 2oz raisins. The raisins sweeten up the oatmeal a bit, and I can't taste the flax seed at all. Tons of protein for sustained energy and carbs for a morning pick-me-up. If I'm still hungry, I'll eat 1/4cup of trail mix or nuts. Total calories between 350-450.

I eat actual eggs...like the whole egg, not just the whites. I usually have a couple of eggs scrambled and some oats and blueberries most mornings. I do different things on the weekends when I have more time...Sunday I usually do the whole eggs, bacon, hash brown thing. I also like curried lentils topped with a poached egg and sour cream and garnished with cilantro...usually a side of sauteed greens with that one.

millerkatharine wrote: »

I buy frozen packages of steel-cut oatmeal from Trader Joe's-- steel-cut is the heartiest, with least amount of added sugars and other crap that will make you crash 45 minutes later. It gets microwaved for 4 minutes, and then I add 2-3 tablespoon of flax seeds and 2oz raisins. The raisins sweeten up the oatmeal a bit, and I can't taste the flax seed at all. Tons of protein for sustained energy and carbs for a morning pick-me-up. If I'm still hungry, I'll eat 1/4cup of trail mix or nuts. Total calories between 350-450.

regular rolled oats don't have added sugar either. I personally use Coach's Oats as they have a similar texture to steel cut, but I can cook them in the microwave in 5 minutes...not a single added sugar.

Looks relish!