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Johnnie2018
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Help ! I need quick breakfast ideas ? This is a major road block for me as I have to commute 35 miles to work and do not have time to prepare breakfast.
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You can boil eggs in advance and have a couple with some yogurt.
Protein shake and a fiber one bar or something
A bagel with peanut butter can be very filling for hours
frittatas are something you can make on the weekend and heat up
if you use an oversized frying pan scrambling eggs can be done very quickly2 -
You can make up your breakfast and lunch the night before. I reserve my high energy home time for food prep.
Try overnight oats. You can prepare several at once with frozen fruit in single serving containers. Grab and go.1 -
Throw a slice of bread in the toaster. Break an egg into a bowl, stir it up and microwave it for about 35 seconds. By the time you wash the bowl and put it back away, your toast will be done. Put egg on top of toast. Done.
Bonus points, open up a single serving container of Greek yogurt and eat it along with said eggs and toast.1 -
Epic biosn jerky it contains cranberry. Small is only 130 calories, very fast and filling.2
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Firm banana and peanut butter.2
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I'm a smoothie maker. Every morning I make one for me, hubby and 2 year old. Hubby and I don't eat again until snack time but my daughter gets breakfast at daycare. I just like to make sure she has some vitamins and minerals in her body before then.
Anyway, 2 bananas, 1 cup frozen fruit, 1 1/2 cup almond milk, spinach or kale, splash of oj and about a cup of greek yogurt. Blend and go.
I also like to have boiled eggs on hand so if I need to just pop a couple with some salt then I can go quickly out the door.0 -
We do a lot of egg & toast or egg tacos, freezer waffles with egg on the side, Greek yogurt with or without mix-ins, etc. Oatmeal with PB&J. I don't know how early you have to be at work and that IS quite a commute, but honestly from beginning to end it takes about 15 minutes for all of the above meals. I personally prefer to have a nice breakfast at home than to try and eat on the go or cram something in at the office.0
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Oatmeal + Almond Milk + Protein powder = Microwave 1.30 minutes.
Add some fruit and honey.
Quick and easy and fills you up.0 -
I make a roasted vegetable and egg casserole topped with shredded chicken and kimchi. It's large enough to last me throughout the work week.0
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i make things ahead of time
there are parfaits, eggs, bacon, oatmeal all ready to go ahead of time so all i need to do is grab and go1 -
I feel your pain on that long commute! Mine is about 30 miles, roughly an hour and a half on a good day in Atlanta traffic. Breakfast is usually a banana before my workout and an RxBar afterward because both are easy to eat in the car while I'm commuting. There are plenty of easy and quick options, you just have to get creative, maybe do some experimenting, and find out what you most prefer. Personally, I can't force myself to choke down a hard-boiled egg!0
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I pack my breakfast the same way I pack my lunch.
Quick go tos......bag portion sizes of Kashi GoLean cereal and slivered almonds (snack bags are perfect). The night before measure frozen berries and dump Greek yogurt into the bowl (cover & refrigerate).....in the a.m. dump the cereal in. A high fiber, high protein, yogurt "parfait."
Bake eggs/egg whites in a square pan. Cut into portions, and store in the freezer. I take a portion and refrigerate the night before. I microwave the eggs in the a.m. while toasting a high fiber English muffin, add a slice of cheese and I'm good to go. There are burrito recipes on line too.
Sometimes I make a large batch of steel cut oats on Sunday and store individual portions in the fridge. In the a.m. add fruit, nuts, etc & re-heat.1 -
Hearty cereal and banana or blueberries
Fried eggs and toast
Overnight oats
A banana or apple & a cheese stick
Sandwich (PB, turkey/cheese, etc.)
Protein drink made with milk and coffee
Some options are better to eat at home than in the car, but none of it takes longer than 5 minutes to pull together. It's always done before my coffee's done brewing.
Or I skip it and just eat a bigger lunch later. I function fine without it, and there's no magic bullet in breakfast.0 -
Wake up 20 minutes earlier, then you are fine1
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Im not a big breakfast eater, but things I do are:
greek light &fit yogurt and fruit
cook up burrito insides (egg, sausage, veggies) and keep in the fridge then put it in a tortilla in the morning
toast w/ peanut butter
mini bagels with PB, Jelly, or cream cheese
think thin bar, luna bar, honey oat bar(great crushed up over yogurt as well), fiber one bar, ect
hard boiled egg
string cheese
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2 boiled eggs, apple with peanut butter, cheese string0
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i just got a small instant pot and it makes perfect boiled eggs in 5 mins. high recommend0
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Meal prep or make it at work. I pre-make oatmeal containers for the week (oatmeal + dried fruit + sweetener, etc.) and add water/microwave when I get to the office. Ditto egg sandwiches. They reheat pretty well.
I also cut a week's worth of vegetables and fruits and portion them out ahead of time so I can grab a container on my way out the door. Easy to eat in the car or when I get to the office.0 -
Poached eggs from the microwave. My mind was blown when I realized I could poach an egg in a minute and forty seconds. Fill up a bowl (one on the deeper side, if possible) with cold water and carefully crack an egg inside. The water should cover the yolk. Nuke for 1:30-1:45, depending on your wattage. I'll leave it in longer if I want my yolks to be harder, but I tend to like them runny. While you wait for the egg to cook, you can toast a multi-grain English Muffin or whatever bread you like. I do one slice and make it an open-faced sandwich. Once the egg is done, use a slotted spoon to scoop from the bowl. Top with any veggies, condiments, proteins you desire. It's quick, yummy, and only about 140 calories.
Another idea is overnight oats, as people mentioned. You can fill jars up the night before with half a cup of dry oats, top it with the milk of your choosing, and add any fruits, nuts, or seeds you'd like.
All else fails, a banana usually tides me over til I can grab something else.1 -
I have, like 5min, to prepare breakfast in the morning as I have to leave early and have about an hour-long commute. Just before I run out the door, I pop some toast in the toaster, microwave an egg in a microwave omelette pan, and a slice of ham and cheese and boom, breakfast sandwich, which I eat in the car on the way.
Been doing this the last couple of years. Good balance of macros, and I’m satisfied from 7am till lunchtime.0
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