Breakfast Alternatives to Eggs
 

Personally, I hate eggs! I don't eat them at all, unless they are part of something else, like a cake. Can't eat them in Potato Salad, in soup...yuck! :barf:

So eating something other than eggs for breakfast was something I learned to do early on in SBD. However, others have recently been posting because, although they like eggs, they are getting sick of them and looking for something else to eat. Sounds like this is a worldwide phenomenon--check out this Daily Dish (8-2-04):

I personally hate eggs, so I eat all kinds of things for breakfast!
For breakfast, there are a ton of different options.

Here are the things I choose from for breakfast in Phase 1:

• Cottage cheese with cucumber or tomato and Lawry's seasoning salt and 6 oz of V-8
• Cottage cheese with ground flax seed (or wheat germ), cinnamon, and a half a packet of Splenda and 6 oz of V-8
• Ham rolled up with a slice of 2% milk cheese and some mustard
• A tomato basil burger (from Morningstar farms) with a 2% cheese slice and red pepper slices dipped in hummus
• Leftovers from dinner (if small)
• Some chicken salad (chicken with mayo and celery, etc.)
• A smoothie made with plain yogurt, SF fruit-flavored syrup, ice, protein powder, and a little milk

If you are on Phase 2, you can also add:

• Oatmeal pancake with SF syrup (see SBD cookbook)
• Real oatmeal with walnuts and cinnamon
• Uncle Sam cereal
• Make-it-yourself granola with yogurt (use real oats, steel cut if you can, nuts, flaxseeds, etc.)
• Fruit with yogurt and flaxseeds or wheat germ
• A smoothie with yogurt, frozen fruit (so you don't water it down with ice), skim milk, protein powder, maybe SF syrups, maybe cinnamon?
• Wheat toast with natural PB
• Cottage cheese with fruit and flaxseed and cinnamon (this is amazing!) or with veggies, like cucumber and tomatoes

There are so many options...read below for more. Keep thinking outside the box...there is no reason to force yourself to eat something you are hating or bored of!

phase 1: black beans with salsa and cheese; leftovers from dinner the night before; yogurt or cottage cheese with vanilla or other flavoring,

phase 2: steal cut oats and oat groats, uncle sam cereal, occasionally kashi good friends cereal (too much sugar for an everyday breakfast); yogurt with fruit

1/2 C lowfat cottage cheese with 1 container of s/f Jell-O mixed in....YUM!

6oz ff organic Stoneyfield Farm yogurt, I love the plain stuff

String cheese and 2 slices turkey

Lots of times I will eat a hard boiled egg white with string cheese in my car on the way to work, so something very small. THEN I have a better midmorning snack. I was never a big bfast eater and this balance helps me fuel my metabolism but not spend time eating bfast before work.

I'm a fan of ff or lf cottage cheese w/ a little sf grape jam. Eggo has a low carb waffle and a whole wheat waffle, w/ sf syrup they're not bad for phase 2. I can't seem to bring myself to eat veggies for breakfast, it seems unnatural.

Leftover chili! It's even good cold! :D

I like a tofu shake - 1/2 cup soft tofu, 1/2 cup frozen strawberries or other low-GI fruit, 1/2 cup milk

If I use fresh fruit, I add a handful of ice cubes

In the blender, then a grown-up sippy cup.

OK I don't care for eggs either but I like the protein and how filling it is. So I just add like 1/4 a cup of the egg substitute and then LOAD up on veggies.

I also do black beans, Perdue Short Cuts chicken, salsa and cheese (low-fat of course!) for breakfast...

OK, here's something I picked up from Body for Life: mix equal parts lowfat cottage cheese & sugar free, lowfat yoghurt. (Blue Bunny's Light 85 is the best yoghurt I have found that fits those parameters.) You can top with a tablespoon of slivered almonds or other nuts. That particular breakfast I have found to be very filling. In phase 2, add a slice of whole grain toast.

I like cottage cheese with splenda and cinamon for a snack.

HERE is a recipe for a a breakfast shake..1 cup coffee, cold (can use instant coffee and water to taste)
1 scoop low carb protein powder (I used "Designer Protein" for my calculations), vanilla or chocolate
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 Tablespoons Flax Seed Meal (or see above)
Sweetener to taste (I like liquid forms of Splenda - no carbs)
3-4 ice cubes
Instead of flaxseed u could add benefiber..I couldn't find coconut milk ;useff evap milk instead

Lisa, the FF evaporated milk is a good idea...coconut milk has a lot of fat (though, if you can find it, they do make "light" coconut milk with less fat) and it's saturated, so not the best kind.

Great recipe, though!

I make protein shakes this way:

Use frozen fruit (P2 & 3, of course) instead of ice cubes (no dilution when they melt), no sugar added, about a cup or 2.
Add 1 cup FF plain yogurt (I use Stonyfield Farms)
I scoop protein powder (I use Wegman's brand Whey Protein Powder sweetened with Stevia, vanilla flavor)
2-4 Tbsp of Psyllium Husk (adds fiber and makes you feel SOOOO full!)
Add SF syrup and/or FF milk to thin it down, as needed.

I whirl this in the blender and voila, a fantastic protein shake! It's low in calories, tastes decadent, and makes me incredibly full...and I never get full on smoothies!

We do have a breakfast thread and there are several recipes under Phase I entrees.
I suggest hummus and veggies with plain yogurt, pea or bean soup, Taco Bake. shakes from our Recipes, leftovers from dinner, soup. etc. . Nobody says you need to have eggs and V8.
I'm sure the Beachers will pop in with more suggestions.

Cottage cheese with carrots, celery or cherry tomatoes, Turkey or Canadian Bacon, Ham and cheese roll-ups.

leftovers are my breakfast most of the time... beans too- with a bit of salsa and cheese... yum!

Think outside of the box, breakfast doesn't have to be breakfast foods.

I can't deal with a carb-heavy meal (even of good carbs) in the morning. It messes with my blood sugar and makes me nauseous. I also don't care for most breakfast foods (except eggs), so I have dinner for breakfast quite often. I also have breakfast (eggs or french toast) for dinner sometimes too.

Cool thanks guys the beans salsa and cheese sounds good so does the cottage cheese with veggies yum! Not very breakfast-y but sounds good and good for you!

I liked the roll-ups...I would take a slice of turkey deli meat, put a touch of cream cheese, then a slice of cucumber and/or red pepper, and a sprinkle of seasonings...then roll up....saved me on phase I since I was sick of eggs!

Twyn that sounds Yummy
I like Turkey and Cheese wrapped around a pickle :)

I use the belgian waffle recipe found in the phase one breakfast recipes.

I make up several over the weekend....then I make wraps with them! I add a little ricotta mixed with sf pancake syrup spread on the edge to seal them. I add a strip of turkey bacon, ham, chicken, mushrooms or whatever you like to the inside and roll it up. With the size my waffle iron makes one roll up fits nicely in a snack zip lock. I pop them in the microwave for about 15 seconds and have a great breakfast on the way to work.

Tastes almost like a McGriddle with the pancake syrup, ricotta mix!

This recipe (Greet The Sun Breakfast Pizzas) does include eggs, but there's no reason you couldn't modify it to anything...keeping the "pizza for breakfast" idea in mind. :D

this morning I had some of those ricotta/egg cheesecakes (which tasted way too eggy for me, so i zapped them in the microwave, threw in 1/2 cup ricotta and some splenda liquid, and tons of cinnamon. Tastes like rice pudding-- just couldnt bring myself to eat eggs again!
I'm on phase 1 day 4-- already tired of eggs!

Great idea, Meremaiden! This thread has tons of non-eggy ideas, and there are tons more out there. I hate eggs and never eat them, but I have a lot of variety in my breakfasts. :carrot: Feel free to share any other ideas you come up with!

I know this was an old post, but great idea. I think I will try it. Looks very tasty.

I found a recipe for cottage cheese pancakes that I love. My kids even ask for seconds. I substitue almost everything in it, the vanilla extract with cinammon extract and sugar with splenda, ricotta for the cottage cheese, and flour with less whole wheat flour, but they are good. Sprinkle with cinammon and try or if you are in phase 2, which I am not yet try with some fruit. Here is a basic recipe but there are a lot of variations on-line:
2 cups low fat cottage cheese
4 eggs - separated
1/4 cup sugar(Splenda)
6 Tbsp flour (whole wheat)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

beat the whites to peaks, add everything else together, fold in egg whites and scoop on to hot gridle. I found they do better at a lower heat for longer than regular pancakes, but they are Yummy!

Looks like a good recipe. They may be perfect for the weekend :)

Remember even whole wheat flour is Phase 2 not Phase 1.

HI after a week on SB have decided it works for me as havn't felt hungry at all. this recipe i sort of made up as i do like eggs but not in the morning. Pancakes using almond meal instead of flour, i used 200 g of almond meal half tsp baking powder 1 egg and enough skim milk to make a batter 1 sachet of splenda and a little vanilla.I dont know if baking powder has carbs or not but they were delicous

I have a question...why do you guys use f/f & l/f stuff? Aren't they higher in sugar and carbs (in most cases), correct?

We don't look at carbs we look at ingredients. Lots of foods have naturally occurring carbs that are allowed, dairy products are an example of that. That said you are right, some ff dairy has added starches. FF sour cream is usually a no but ff yogurt & cottage cheese are usually (in my experience anyway, products definitely vary by region) just fine. Reading labels is probably the most important SBD skill.

South Beach Pancakes All Phases
 

For 2 servings of delicious flaxseed pancakes:

1/2 cup all-white liquid egg substitute OR 2 whole eggs beaten
3 tablespoons ground flax seeds
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 (1 g) packets Splenda sugar substitute
cinnamon
nutmeg


I personally love spices so i like to add a tsp of each spice to my mixture..
Simply mix all the ingredients together and heat a frying pan at medium heat with non stick cooking spray and then pour batter in to desired size and wait for pancake to puff up slightly. It will look like a thinner version of a puffed pancake..and flip in 2 minutes and do the other side..

I eat mine rolled up with a tsp of light cream cheese in the middle.

This serves 2 large thin pancakes..and is really quite filling and quick to do..

Hoping for some egg free and dairy free ideas...?

Phase 1 breakfast
 

I have trouble by the beginning of week 2 in Phase 1 because I get tired of eggs also. I tried turkey sausage with red and green peppers and low fat mozzarela cheese. it was a tasty change up

Thank you for this!