Skip the Eggs, Try these Breakfast Alternatives

Breakfast is still one of the most important meals. This meal not only provides nourishment that your body needs but also the fuel your body needs to replenish from a night of fasting and the fuel your body needs to get through the morning. “You can’t pour from an empty cup”. If your energy reserve is empty or low, then doing a workout or going about your day will be difficult with low energy. 

If you do not have time to make breakfast, then try getting up earlier or preparing your food the day before or earlier in the week. The food you eat for breakfast can be anything you would like.  It does not have to be a typical American breakfast food. You do want your breakfast to include a protein, whole grain, fruits and or vegetables and healthy fats.  If you are watching your cholesterol then include lean proteins. 

1. Protein - eggs, sausage (turkey or pork), poultry, beef, fish, beans, lentils, dairy, tofu

2. Whole grain - bread, cereal, rice (brown, black, wild), millet, quinoa, oatmeal, bulgur, buckwheat, whole wheat, barley, spelt

3. Fruit and/or Vegetable

4. Healthy fats

If you do not have time to make breakfast, then prepare ahead of time. Freezer friendly meals can be helpful too. 

Here are a few ideas for breakfast foods

1. breakfast taco or burrito or sandwiches (freezer friendly or make the insides and then add to a whole wheat tortilla or bread in the morning)

2. egg, Quiche or frittata or muffin tin omelettes

3. overnight oats or porridge with quinoa or another whole grain and fruit

4. whole Grain bowl with vegetables

5. Potato bowl with vegetables and protein

6. healthy muffins or waffles 

7. high fiber and high protein cereals with fruit or make your own granola

Adding nuts or seeds like flax or chia can be a great addition to a grain bowl or cereal.  

I’ve been wanting to make turkey burgers that have a maple syrup or sage flavor.  Check out this recipe from The Big Man’s World

Here are a few recipes (and modifications) that look delicious

1. Quinoa porridge from Love and Lemons

*Use cow’s milk for additional protein

2. Tex Mex grain bowl from Taste of Home

3. Pear breakfast bake from Taste of Home

*use about ½ the butter in the topping and less sugar in the bake and or topping