Breakfast menus.

[hammer45]

Would some of you folks be so kind as to show me some of your breakfast meal menus. I know there are 3 different plans the (H), (D), and the (P).
I am going with the (D).

Thanks,:)

Hammer

[gitfiddle]

If you go to Challenges and look at Monday Monitor, you'll see quite a selection. Check the recipe section, too.

I'm mostly a hedonist. I like a protein shake because it's quick and easy. I also use a mixture of cheese and nuts in a baggie that I can eat in the car. Lunchmeat rolled up with cream cheese is another one of my favorites. Eating out, I choose an omlette often.

[Mitra]

My regulars are:

Cottage cheese and a berries in the summer or a Tbsp of cooked apple or rhubarb in the winter is a standby for me.

There are pancake and muffin recipes in the recipe section. Gaelen's nut muffins are good.

Various combinations of bacon, sausage, egg, meatloaf with tomatoes and/or mushrooms. I have a small piece of toast now I'm maintaining - you could use LC bread.

Kipper, either with a small piece of bread or followed by half a grapefruit or some yogurt and fruit.

Anything that you have for any other meal.

[Billie]

Protein is important at breakfast, so the suggestions provided have been excellent. But also you don't have to think of a typical breakfast meal as well, many people for example eat left overs for breakfast.

Ricotta pancakes are our staple on the weekends. Cheese and ham rolls are a quick grab and run to work kind of thing. I keep a few protein shakes at the office because I am notoriously not a good breakfast eater. There is a whole section on breakfast and shakes as well, people who use shakes daily really enjoy them.

Protein though is the primary component that is very necessary. Here is a link to the recipe section on breakfast items

http://72.32.36.211/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29

[LisaS]

i use a lc whey protein powder and most of the time add frozen berries and a little Greek yogurt - but there are days that I just go with the powder. Basically I figured the Eades PaleoPunch was a good idea - and just used it as a liquid for my protein shake.

When I ran out of powder for a few days - I got 2 HB eggs at the deli by work - not quite enough protein but MUCH better than skipping or getting a packaged pastry.

Honestly - making and drinking a protein shake while waiting for the dogs to finish eating in the morning is the first "home cooked" breakfast (that is, eaten before driving to work) in probably 10 years. Before that, I'd drive to work eating a yogurt or have cottage cheese & fruit at work, or grab a muffin or pastry if I didn't bring in food - or have only coffee until lunchtime.

Committing to PP for me has also meant committing to breakfast before I leave the house - and for the most part it has worked - but only because of the ease of using a shake.

On weekends I tend to indulge in gently scrambled eggs (peroxidized cholest or not), some traditional breakfast meat (sausage, bacon etc) and have paleo punch as a "juice" with breakfast.

[hawk]

Left over chicken.
Homeade sausage browned and smothered in onion peppers and tomato with a little mozzarella cheese on top.
scrambled eggs with mushrooms, peppers and anything else I can scrounge.
Protien shake with raspberries,blueberries or strawberries.
Cottage cheese with protien powder stirred into it.
Salmon steak,
Sirlion steak or ground sirloin patty.
Ham in a muffin tin with an egg baked inside.
Anything left over from dinner.

[Omlette]

What is the Paleo Punch?

How is it made?

[Billie]

Paleo is one of my favorite things. It is just a wonderful wake me up and full of antioxidants. We use raspberries, strawberries and blueberries for the most part--put it in the blender and enjoy. Sometimes we add a little bit of water, or ice cubes and blend. Freeze it for the summer! Very full of good carb bargains!

[BethB]

I find routine meals and frozen stuff is a good thing. I don't mind having the same 3-4 items over and over.

I make Moe's baking powder biscuits (see the recipe forum) and freeze them. They heat up in minute.

Gaelen's nut muffins are tasty and freeze well.

Breakfast meatballs are also yummy and freeze well. I think that recipe has made it into the recipe forum. Are you seeing a theme here??? ;)

I drink a lot of protein shakes.

If I'm feeling like actually cooking in the morning I will scramble an egg, heat up a couple of breakfast meatballs and throw the whole thing in a tortilla.

[Janis]

Cottage cheese and some sort of fruit is my breakfast of choice on the weekdays (this morning it was orange and grapefruit sections; often it's some kind of berries or melon, once in awhile I'll have a banana), sometimes supplemented with a hard-boiled egg or a piece of string cheese simply because it's fast, easy and I'm not much of a breakfast eater. Probably not enough protein, but I tend to handle carbs better in the mornings than I do the rest of the day, and I also make up for the protein later in the day. In a pinch, I'll have leftovers or even a piece of low carb cheesecake (George Stella's recipe is EXCELLENT). I've been known to have an 8 oz. glass of Carb countdown chocolate milk, string cheese and SF Jello for breakfast if I'm in a REAL hurry...maybe I'm not the best person to give advice on this, since, like I said, I'm not a real big breakfast eater.

On the Saturdays, it's often a quickie omelet or scrambled eggs w/ salsa in a low carb tortilla, since Saturday is the day for housework/errands. Sundays we all have a HUGE brunch. If I'm making waffles or pancakes for the group, I'll make ricotta pancakes for me along with eggs and some sort of breakfast meat. I'll often make two different quiches (we have a LOT of kids) and bacon and sausage and ham, or make huge omelets and the kids will have bran or banana muffins (and I'll make Gaelen's nut muffins for myself, which the kids will eat all up, like as not). Another Sunday brunch item is Eggs Benedict on sauteed spinach instead of English muffins, with either Canadian bacon or smoked salmon. I also have a very good recipe for stuffed pablano peppers (roast the peppers and stuff them with a combination of scrambled eggs and bacon) with a cheese sauce made with heavy cream and a fresh mexican cheese that we have once every couple of months. There's also a great chile relleno casserole that is wonderful for breakfast too; if it's not listed in the recipe section, I'll try to find time to post it.

Of course, you can find tons of recipes for shakes on this site. Once you begin thinking outside of the box, the choices are endless!

[smsherbert]

I've just recently tried a recipe I've been reading about on other boards for years but was really too scared to try - it's called a mock danish.

For my protein requirements I used 3 whole eggs, 2oz cream cheese, 1/2tsp vanilla extract and 2pkts Splenda. Mix it all up and microwave for three minutes. Put some butter on top and it's nice and sweet in the morning without being a pastry or cereal.

[Billie]

It's delicious, I have made that as well. it's fun to add some sliced almonds too!
Welcome aboard!

[realruth]

I use the Janine's granola recipe a lot of times with slight modifications for purist
and also the Faux cream of wheat without the wheat bran
Both on the breakfast recipe forum....really great for the decent cereal feel!

If I'm doing my workout in the morning I just start with yoghurt and then cook something substantional afterwards like steak and eggs.

[cmcole]

I was reading where someone's microwave was broken, and they used their (well oiled) egg poacher to put the mock danish in - and felt it turned out even better than putting it in the microwave.

I like Karen Barnaby's hot cereal from here LC Gourmet Cookbook, especially through the winter.