What is your favorite healthy breakfast to start the day?
alp_19
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Breakfast is a super important part of being healthy but it's so easy to eat a sugary cereal quickly or have a big brunch on weekends. Figured we can share some ideas (for different kinds of mornings - quick ones, weekend brunch, post-workout, etc.)
Here's my contribution for a light, protein-packed breakfast:
5 egg whites (can add a yolk or two but don't add too many if you want to keep it healthy)
1/4 cup of reduced fat cheddar cheese
Your favorite salsa
Without egg yolks, it comes out to about 185 calories, 7 grams of fat, and 26 grams of protein. You can add fruit to the side, veggies into the eggs, extra cheese, egg yolks, or toast if you want to increase the calories. The protein will keep you more full than the calories suggest. I usually have this on days when I do strength training and know I can have a decent lunch/snacks.
Share your breakfast favorites! Can't wait to get some new ideas!
Here's my contribution for a light, protein-packed breakfast:
5 egg whites (can add a yolk or two but don't add too many if you want to keep it healthy)
1/4 cup of reduced fat cheddar cheese
Your favorite salsa
Without egg yolks, it comes out to about 185 calories, 7 grams of fat, and 26 grams of protein. You can add fruit to the side, veggies into the eggs, extra cheese, egg yolks, or toast if you want to increase the calories. The protein will keep you more full than the calories suggest. I usually have this on days when I do strength training and know I can have a decent lunch/snacks.
Share your breakfast favorites! Can't wait to get some new ideas!
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I cut up a banana, a half cup strawberries and a half cup grapes and mix in Greek yogurt, usually vanilla.15
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Poached egg on whole wheat toast and 100ml kefir.11
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I love both of these! I ended up having some cherry greek yogurt and a cup of strawberries for breakfast because that sounded really good. And I love poached eggs but I've never made one myself. May need to try that this week!1
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Today i did 3/4 of a cup of greek yogurt and mixed in a small packet of Justins Honey Almond butter i read about that idea on here it was great and held me well.3
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Today I had 1 egg western omlete - 120 cals. The suggestions above sound very good.4
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Nearly every weekday morning I have the yoplait tropical fruit 100 calorie greek yogurt and mix it with 1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese. I know it sounds kinda gross but it really is very good. Sometimes I will chop up a banana and add it. 180 calories and 22 grams of protein...not bad.17
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My special treat is egg beaters, 2% shredded cheddar, 1 brown n serve lite sausage link (sliced), 1 tbl salsa in a 70 calorie wrap. I make a bunch of these on Sunday and wrap in foil and storage bag so I have them to grab and heat in the microwave at work.26
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I just tried crock pot steel cut oatmeal. I made the one with blueberries, bananas and almond milk on Sunday and have been heating it up before work. Delicious, warm and easy and healthy carbs early in the morning. First post by the way.24
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My everyday breakfast is:
2 x eggs, scrambled (in the microwave) - nothing added to them. Then put on a Warburton's Thin Bagel.
Works out at ~250kcal, depending on the eggs.
As a special treat, at Christmas, I added 2 rashers of bacon medallions (grilled).
EDIT - I always use the egg yolk. I really don't get the yolk hate (and the recent news of dietary cholesterol not being a food of concern means I feel less than no guilt about the yolk).16 -
i like the suggestion about making like an egg, cheese, salsa in a wrap ahead. I would love to eat an egg in the morning but am in too much of a rush to get to work and also I am not hungry first thing.4
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i like the suggestion about making like an egg, cheese, salsa in a wrap ahead. I would love to eat an egg in the morning but am in too much of a rush to get to work and also I am not hungry first thing.
Can you make it at work?
I do mine at work. By the time I've made a coffee and put my lunch in the fridge, I've blasted my eggs and popped them on the bagel.3 -
I love having porridge with fruit or a full-English with no fat (calorie spray not oil, fat removed from bacon, poached egg not fried, and grilled mushrooms and tomatoes). I will always take the time for breakfast to have something warm. In summer I might have a grapefruit with scrambled egg, a wholewheat bagel, and a slice of smoked salmon with some dill. Healthy doesn't have to be something small, or a bowl of fruit, if you don't want to.
In a rush I'll have a bowl of Weetabix (very rare, but occasionally necessary), or peanut butter and banana on toast with some on-the-go fruit. If I have more time I'll have porridge, or make a breakfast panini. If I can laze about I'll do an English breakfast or have scrambled eggs with ricotta cheese and spinach, or do something like baked porridge or quinoa porridge.
I love the blog Cookie and Kate, and she makes 'Healthy Freezer Breakfast Burritos' that I'm trying to die.
C&K also has a new recipe for steel-cut oats with some great topping recommendations, so I've just bought my first batch of oats online - they don't sell them in stores in the UK, but I can't wait to try them! She says that they will keep for a week in the fridge, so that sounds great for something just to pop in the microwave in the morning if I'm busy.I just tried crock pot steel cut oatmeal. I made the one with blueberries, bananas and almond milk on Sunday and have been heating it up before work. Delicious, warm and easy and healthy carbs early in the morning. First post by the way.
ps. Welcome to MFP!3 -
100 calorie weight watchers bread..with natural peanut butter...organic jam... or a laughing cow... plus coffee..my go to breakfast2
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avocado baked eggs, or bell pepper baked eggs. If I don't have the time for that poached eggs with some diced avocado7
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Mushroom Spinach Frittata or Cauliflower Hash with Egg6
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Fiber one barn cereals(120 calories) + unsweetened Almond milk (30 calories)
I don't find time at home for breakfast, so I keep the cereals and almond milk at work.
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I made pumpkin pie flavored oatmeal the other day and it was super good and kept me fill for several hours. Which is not easy to do as I have a massive appetite!4
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I make my homemade egg mcmuffin. Microwave the whole egg and use whole wheat Thomas brand English muffin with a piece of Canadian bacon. No cheese.
I too always felt I didn't have time to make breakfast cause I would be late for work but I can make this is about 2 minutes and can eat it on the way. So by the time I'm done brushing my teeth my breakfast is ready and yummy.
I also am a yolk lover. It adds to the flavor and it's not that much more than without it plus it does take as long to fix since you just break the egg and dump it in and not have to spend time seperating it.6 -
3 egg whites scrambled or fried 65g of cottage cheeze and 6 triscuits with a glass of v8 with tobasco in it and 6 green olives.1
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I just started doing over night oats again. I just take 1/2 cup old fashioned oats and add a container of greek yogurt (this week I bought Dannon Light and Fit) which is about a cup if you buy the big tub of yogurt and just take from that. Then I added about 2.5 oz of strawberries and mix it all up and keep it covered in the fridge then eat in the morning. I think it comes out to 250 Calories and 17g of protein. It keeps me full though. If I forget to do all of that I'll make one egg (over easy or scrambled) and toast a sandwich thin and have a banana with that (I don't have an exact calorie count but this also probably comes close to 250).8
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Cake for breakfast! I'm obsessed with protein mug cakes right now. Takes one minute to make and "bake". One scoop protein powder, 1/8th tsp baking soda, 2 tbsp milk. Microwave 30-40 seconds in mug sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.13
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Spray a coffee mug and throw in some veggies...my fave is mushroom and spinach...1 minute in the micro...I blot with a paper towel...quick spray and add a beaten egg...1 minute...stir after 30 seconds....put it on a while wheat English muffin its a laughing cow wedge...yummy12
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I make a large roasted vegetable and egg white casserole, which I eat throughout the week, topped with barbacoa chicken and salsa.5
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-A cup of coffee with 2oz low fat milk
-1egg on 1 slice of whole wheat toast
-and a low sugar Greek yogurt
I eat this almost every day, it is so well-balanced I love it. Sometimes I'll sub out the egg on toast for a packet of plain oatmeal with sliced bananas in it. Yummmm0 -
I also love to sautee peppers, broccoli, and deli-sliced turkey breast in a pan, then add egg whites and low fat mozzarella string cheese for a well-balanced egg white omelette. Add a little hot sauce on top, and then supplement it with a Greek yogurt on the side and I'm good to go.1
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I love my home made breakfast burritos. You can wrap them individually and then just grab one and microwave it before you head out the door. 170 cal each!
1 tbsp. becel buttery
12 eggs
1/2 onion chopped
1 package of turkey breakfast sausage
1/4 cup salsa
1 cup salsa
20 small whole wheat burritos.
Remove sausage from casing and cook in pan until brown breaking it up as it cooks. Drain onto paper towel and set aside. Wipe pan clean. Melt margarine, and saute onion until soft. Add salsa and cook until slightly reduced. Mix eggs in separate bowl with whisk until light. Add salt and paper. Add to pan along with the cooked/drained turkey sausage and cook until eggs are set in a scrambled egg style.
Lay out your 20 tortillas and separate the cheese equally. Then add the egg/sausage mixture evenly. Wrap them up individually and store I the freezer.
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I have found that a lack of fats in my diet was keeping me constantly hungry.
So I've been adding half an avocado or so a day and a slice of cheese or something. It has been working!
This was my treat of the day (I tend to share recipes on my instagram if anyone's interested
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Today was half an avocado, 120g of greek yogurt and milled flaxseed.
Fats, protein and fiber! 4 -
Cake for breakfast! I'm obsessed with protein mug cakes right now. Takes one minute to make and "bake". One scoop protein powder, 1/8th tsp baking soda, 2 tbsp milk. Microwave 30-40 seconds in mug sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
Two questions First, How many scoops of protein do you use? Second, do you know about how many calories it comes out to? Thanks! 3 -
I have this every morning and it's yummy and filling. About 3/4 cup natural oats, a good sprinkling of pumpkin seeds (pepitas), lots of blueberries and half a cup of skim milk1
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Porridge with Water, Raisins, Table spoon of Honey and muesli and half a tinned pear.
And an Americano with a dash of milk.5
