It’s a simple question, but one that stumps me often when I think about what I should eat for breakfast. I definitely need protein in the mornings, as I get hungry quickly. I remember once (pre-gf) I tried Kellogg’s Special K with Strawberries (as they just sounded so good). An hour later when I was starving, my coworker told me, “there’s not even enough calories and protein in there for you to burn walking from your house to your car in the morning!” She was right.
So I am often stumped what to eat for breakfasts. I prefer something I can either prepare the night before, or in advance. I like to just get up, shower, dress and catch the bus in the morning, rather then make breakfast.
Any suggestions, readers?
I am definitely a HUGE breakfast fan, and I crave the protein, too. My suggestions are GF toaster waffles with peanut butter and hard-boiled eggs, boiled the night before and stored in the fridge. Those are definitely my best stand-bys!
I like brown rice with hardboiled or quick scrambled eggs, and a gardenburger (GF!) breakfast sausage crumbled into it. or real sausage if you eat it. you can make it the night before and heat it up. or roll it into a gf wrap. super filling. complex carb and fiber from the brown rice, and lots of protein. TJs has frozen gf pancakes that are small, so i take two and make a little sandwich with them and eggs, or peanut butter and bananas. seriously good.
I eat Nature’s Path Mesa Sunrise cereal (the taste did take getting used to because of the millet, but now I love it). I top it with 3 tbsp of ground flax seed (fibre fills you up!). My protein comes from the milk in my cereal and from a yogourt.
Another thing I often have for breakfast is a protein shake. Super simple to make, and faster than you think! I have a blender that is designed for making smoothies — the blender bowl is actually a cup! You can easily find gluten-free protein powder at a health store. I like interactive’s soyONE protein powder because its organic and non-GMO. Buy plain or vanilla — other flavours will take over yours shake. Then I had 1/2 banana, 1/2 can of chilled fruit (like pineapple or fruit cocktail) that comes packed in juice or water (syrup is just bad for you) or I buy a big bag of frozen berries and add those instead of the chilled canned fruit. Then I add 3 tbsp ground flax seeds and fill the blender to the ‘fill’ line with milk, rice milk or almond milk (whatever I feel like at the time). The shake is super high in protein, loaded with calcium, fibre and omega oils from the flax and is actually really quick to make. I’d start light on the flax seeds if you’re not used to them — the fiber can cause tummy upset.
I like to make an egg bake…only I use an individual ramikin and whatever is in the fridge/freezer. I start with frozen potatoes in the bottom (hash browns, o’brien, etc.), then cover with 1-2 beaten eggs (or eggbeaters), topped with breakfast meat (turkey bacon/ham, crumbled morningstar sausage, whatever), veggies (mushrooms, green onion…) and a little cheese. I throw it in the oven when I get up. When I’m ready to go, it is, too! I can eat it right away or bring it to work in an insulated tote. It’s very filling and SOOOO yummy!
During the work week, I tend to stick with cinnamon-raisin oatmeal (god bless Bob’s Red Mill) or cream of rice with lots of slivered almonds and dried cherries. If I have oatmeal, which I try to only do twice a week, I will also have an apple smeared with peanut butter. On the weekends, I often make a frittata with smoked salmon. I actually wasn’t a breakfast eater until I went GF; my stomach was always disagreeable until about 10 AM. About a month after going GF, my tummy was screaming for food by 8 AM
I eat a GF waffle.
Weekdays, one of three things:
1. A Kind, Larabar or Nature Valley (GF) Almond or Nut Bar. Whichever is in the basket (I keep one basketful at work and one at home).
2. Two pieces of GF cheddar cheese, ok sometimes three. String cheese also works.
3. A couple of tablespoons full of natural Skippy peanut butter (I keep a jar and spoon in my desk drawer.)
All three have protein, all three are fast, and two can be done in the car.
My morning bevy of choice is a Coke Zero. Once a week I get a soy SF vanilla latte MUCHO Grande.
My diet is freakishly boring right now (crispy rice for breakfast almost every morning – so boring), but when I don’t feel like this, I love breakfast burritos!
Take some leftover ground beef, warm it in the skillet with some veggies (onions, peppers), and some eggs and scramble, then put on a warm corn tortilla and top with plenty of cheese and salsa. It really only takes about 5 minutes to make.
The boys love to have scrambled eggs with cheese (and bacon, if there’s some in the fridge). Good on top of a waffle, too.
My breakfast mostly is, 2 eggs, with a small onion, 3-4 pcs. garlic, and one strong green chilli, cut all vege. in small, half fried, eat with 3-4 slices of fibered bread, together with one glass of milk or jogert & a cup of salad or any fruit. It keeps me fresh until lunch time.
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I love breakfast the most out of all meals – and since I’m pretty into fitness, running and lifting weights – I guess you could say this my my weight lifters breakfast. I have 1/2 cup of egg whites, two slices of Wellshire Peppered turkey bacon (yummers), a piece of Imagine Montina GF bread from Outside the Breadbox (the best bread ever, it actually does not fall apart and has some spongyness to it) and top off the toast with peach jam!
This morning was Panda Puffs with Almond Milk;
Soon to be replaced with smoothies, greens galore!
I too keep snacks at work, and find something to eat about two hours later. I don’t eat a whole lot at a single sitting, but I do enjoy multiple sittings =D
I’ve been hooked on quinoa. I cook one cup quinoa in 2 cups water (the package directions).
Each morning I’ll take one quarter of the cooked quinoa and add some milk, craisins, walnuts and a little brown sugar. Heat it in microwave for about one minute and eat! Since I’ve started eating this I’ve noticed that I eat much less throughout the day.
A yogurt smoothie would be good. Can you eat gf oatmeal? It is a slow burning carb. You could cook it the night before and just heat and eat. Also a hard boiled egg is really good protein that you can grab and go. We buy the healthy free range organic eggs since we eat them so often. Eggs get a bad rap, but they are good for you! We eat turkey bacon and one egg about every morning here.
I have two corn tortillas that I brown on each side and melt cheese on. If I have left over bacon, I also crumble that inside and fold it like a hard shell taco.
I like to heat Trader Joe’s GF frozen waffles and cover them with organic applesauce and cinnamon sugar. I’ve also been enjoying Bob’s Red Mill brown rice (farina) cereal lately. I make a batch and night for the week and add almonds, raisins, and brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and sometimes canned organic pumpkin. But none of this would be very good without a cup of STRONG hot coffee!
Grits are inexpensive compared to some of the specialty foods we have to buy. I cook grits in the microwave, adding cinnamon half way through the cooking time. I stir in cut up figs, wildflower honey, sugar and milk. If you do not care for figs, leave them out. Sub your favorite dried fruit if you prefer. Try it, you’ll like it!
Lightly salted rice cakes with Smart Balance peanut butter is a good midmorning snack or addition to breakfast.
Hey! I am new the the GF world and was wondering…..are there hidden words or code words on labels such as “distilled vinegar, yeast extract etc” that really mean gluten?
Thanks!