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

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

How about hard-boiled eggs?

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.

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!

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)

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

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.

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).

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.

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.)

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.

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!

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!

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