Breakfast - The Most Important Meal of the Day!

Quinoa with pear, berries, strawberries and banana

My go-to breakfast is: 1/2 cup regular (not quick-cooking) rolled oats; 2 tbsp. chopped toasted almonds; 2 tbsp. diced "plum amazins" (diced prunes) or dried apricots; 1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon (I like Penzeys Vietnamese). I add cold water to submerge the oats, then nuke for 3 minutes, 10 seconds. Add 2/3 cup milk (lately it's unsweetened soy milk) and Splenda. I used a tbsp. of date syrup for a while until I started using MFP and realized how I could save some sugar and calories if I dropped that, so I did. It holds me at least four hours, sometimes five. I have a mug of coffee or strong tea with it as well.

Last time I seriously dieted I started every day with Skyr and porridge.

This time i dont eat before 1pm as im intermittent fasting 16:8

If I eat anything in the morning it's gotta be grab/go and I will eat it in the car or when I get to my office and get my coffee. Also, I often will simply have a 'snack' for breakfast --- and not eat a full meal until lunch and dinner (those meals have a higher calorie content than someone who's eating 3 whole meals, obviously). Works for me...breakfast isn't any more important than any other meal and as long as you feel satiated, have the energy you need through your day, and can meet your calorie goals --- I don't know why you would particularly NEED to eat breakfast.

I keep on hand to eat in the morning:
Bananas
Cuties
Hard boiled eggs
Smoked meat or some sort of jerky
Spiced nuts (right now I'm super into chili roasted pistachios)
Other nut/dried fruit blends - like I love walnuts/dried cherries together. Sahale makes some good mixes too.
I keep various Kashi bars in my office
I keep various Larabars - but my fav are the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip ones


That's my typical weekday breakfast. On weekends I do actually cook/eat breakfast. A huge one. Often I eat only 2 meals per day - but like I said, they have more calories than a typical 3 square meal a day diet.

I've been loving these for fall! Pumpkin pancake bars for 140 cal and 18 g of protein

1/2 cup (60g) paleo birch benders pancake mix
2 scoops (60g) pumpkin pie pescience protein powder (code SCRIPTS to save)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup (80g) liquid egg whites
2 tbsp (30g) plain greek yogurt
1/2 cup (120g) pumpkin purée
1/3 cup (80g) almond milk

-mix dry ingredients in small bowl
-mix wet ingredients in separate bowl
-combine dry with wet ingredients
-pour into 8x8 baking pan lined with parchment paper and sprayed with nonstick spray
-bake at 325 for 18-25 min or until toothpick comes out clean
-serve with pancake syrup or toppings of choice!

makes 4 large bars

-Breakfast Power Muffins
-Apples and Yogurt
-Hard boiled eggs and fruit
-Steamed veggies and scrambled eggs
-pre made and frozen egg cups, breakfast Sammie or burrito
-overnight oats
-oatmeal...either crockpot or quick oats with raisins and almond milk. If I am feeling sassy I will add berries.

Some easy breakfast ideas that I have come up with myself that I made in advance are breakfast sandwiches and breakfast burritos. I make them in one batch and I either put it in the refrigerator and, or freezer. In the morning, I just take one out and put it in the microwave or in my toaster oven and I got myself a nutritious breakfast. I eat it with some fruit, either strawberries or grapes. For my burrito, I usually measure out my egg, put in some grill onion and bell pepper with some turkey sausage, or ham and maybe some spinach. I use whole wheat plant based protein tortillas because of the protein content and for my breakfast sandwiches I use whole grain English muffins.

Another easy breakfast option is to make your breakfast in a ramekin, I sometimes put mushrooms on the bottom with some other mix vegetables with one egg and some cheese on top, cook it in the oven for like twenty minutes. So easy! It literally takes like five minutes to prep and than I usually make like three of them, I put the left overs in the refrigerator for the next day.

There are so many options! I hope these help!

Here's my breakfast which I eat every day. I prefer buckwheat roasted so I do that in bulk and then I steam several portions in a rice cooker each week ready for brekkies:

If I get to sleep in until 7 or later, I typically don't eat breakfast at all. For those days work has me waking at 4 or 5, I grab a Special K protein bar. Taste and consistency of a granola bar, but with 12g of protein and 5g of fiber they are decent at delaying hunger until lunch.

I used to never eat breakfast but I've been focusing on adding more protein so now I do 2 eggs in the morning. If I'm going to the gym (I usually go after work) I will add some toast + jam.

On mornings I don't eat breakfast I will sometimes have a bowl of grape nut flakes at work. I keep a box of the stuff in my office, and work provides milk in the breakroom fridge.

If you like marmite, cook some mushrooms, add a little marmite and a spoon of philidelphia to them then put them onto toast or into a wholemeal pitta for on the go.
The recipe is from pinch of nom....😋😋