Protein for breakfast?

[jenar2001]

Help! I've always known I don't get enough protein (I'm just too lazy to prepare and cook the meat - good thing my fiance is on a new diet that demands protein). Right now I'm eating cereal with milk in the morning but I'm thinking of switching to oatmeal instead (thanks to a few threads on this forum ).

But what's a good source of protein in the morning besides a hard boiled egg? I don't want to be eating country-fried steak or sausage. Any ideas? Thanks!

Janet

[MTHead]

Peanut Butter, lean ham, turkey bacon, low fat cheese

[Cindy_Gail]

How about hard-boiled eggs?

[funniegrrl]

cottage cheese!

Also, some cereals (like Kashi GoLean) are much higher in protein than others. So if you do still want to have cold cereal sometimes, check them out.

[WaterRat]

I add an oz of walnuts to either cold or hot cereal. Yogurt has protein. You can mix cereal in, or thin it down a bit with ff milk and eat your cereal "normally." Also you can make oatmeal with milk instead of water. Morningstar Farms veggie breakfast patties are good too!

[cadwell125]

egg white and veggie omelets are good. each egg white has 3.5 grams of protein, 17 cals, and no fat. the one i tried at mimi's was yummy, but they can easily be made at home too. for something really quick, you could microwave a scrambled egg in a cup (70-90 cals, 7 gr. protein), and have it between two slices of light toast (80 cals, 4 gr. protein) with a slice of cheese (61 cals, 4 gr. protein)

[carla49]

You can make smoothies at home with whey protein powder, frozen fruit, plus either water, juice, or half yoghurt/half water. The frozen fruit helps it to thicken in the blender.

Carla

[WastedThermos]

I love egg-white omelets or the replacement egg things for my morning protein. I also like the faux-meat sausages and hamburger patties. Morningstar sausage patties have 80cals and 10 grams of protein and I think they are yummy.

[JuliaTN]

I've been eating Special K Low Carb. Even without milk it's got 10g protein & 5g of fiber AND I like the taste of it (which is more than I can say for most fiberific cereals or oatmeal - blech).

[Suzanne 3FC]

How about a South Beach Diet frozen pizza? I don't always eat traditional breakfast foods for breakfast. The SBD frozen pizza has about 30 grams of protein for around 300 calories, and I think it has around 15 grams of fiber.

[LovesBassets]

I'm like Suzanne...I often will have tuna salad or a veggie burger for breakfast to get morning protein. If I have cereal or something that lacks protein, I add an EAS Advantage protein shake (the low carb version.)

[LynneA]

I also eat Special K Low Carb cereal for breakfast, it fills me up and like a previous poster said, has 10g of protein. I sometimes have a slice of whole grain toast (5g of protein) too.

[haleys]

I make a protein shake every morning. I use 1 cup of soy milk, 1 banana (I usually use frozen because I like the cold frothiness better), 1 scoop of protein powder (I use Spirutein Vanilla--14g of protein in one scoop) and a little bit of cinnamon and nutmeg. This more than tides me over for breakfast. If I'm in a rush, I'll just grab a yogurt to eat at work (7g protein). If you don't like hard boiled eggs, what about scrambled or something else? I love having 2 eggs with 1/4 cup of cheese on them, it's very filling!

[Sunfire]

You know what's really good? I take one whole egg and then like 3-4 egg whites and scramble it up, and add low fat cheese. It's SO yummy!

[2frustrated]

Perhaps try substituting cow's milk on your cereal with soya milk

Personally I eat eggs, but I make a mean smoothie with protein powder and banana! What about turkey bacon? Or Lean and Low bacon in a sandwich