Atkins people...what do you have for Breakfast?

[Beanie]

I am finding breakfast to be the most difficult thing since I can't have toast! LOL...What do you all have for breakfast? I need some ideas!

 

[John In Illinois]

Beanie,

I generally have either an Advantage bar if I am either rushed or wanting to speed the loss, or I will have a 2 egg omelette with 2 strips of bacon.

I am going to try the mock danish this week as well for variety.

 

[Rebd40]

Hi Beanie
I found this low carb (organic) bread in the frozen section at my local supermarket -- "Low Carbohydrate Savory Herb Bread" by Food for Life. It was about $3. One slice has 3 net carbs (4 grams including the 1 gram of fiber). Although the slices are sooo thin I'm wondering if that's how they can call it low carb. The taste is OK.

 

[inky dinky doo]

Breakfast was the hardest meal for me, too, Beanie, when I first started. In my mind, it wasn't breakfast if I couldn't have toast, but thankfully, I don't feel that way, anymore.

For awhile I had cottage cheese and sugar free jello every morning, but it seemed like when I was eating that the weight came off more slowly. So, now, I bake a quiche in a 9 x 13" pan, and that lasts me for a week or so. I just heat a piece up every morning, either in the microwave or oven, and I always feel satisfied. Since I started doing the quiche thing, the weight has started melting off, again.

Here's the recipe I use:

Basic Quiche

(I usually double this and put it in a 9x13 casserole dish) These are great for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

4 eggs
1 1/2 c. cream (or half and half, but cream has fewer carbs)
2 c. cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Grease bottom of dish with butter. Sprinkle cheese on bottom of pan. Mix together eggs and cream. Pour over cheese. Bake uncovered at 400 for 15 minutes, then lower temp to 350 and bake another 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before slicing.

Options

I am big on making quiches and putting whatever I'm in the mood for in them. Some good combos are: leftover taco meat with olives and jalapenos. Shrimp, chicken, or imitation crab with asparagus or spinach and mushrooms (Swiss cheese is awesome with that!) Whatever you have left over makes a pretty good quiche.

My Favorite Experiment (so far)

1 lb. Bob Evans bulk sausage; 2 red peppers; 8 oz. mushrooms, sliced; cheddar. Throw sausage, peppers, and mushrooms into skillet and cook till sausage is brown. Cool slightly. Combine with eggs and cream. Pour over the cheese in the pan and bake as directed.

Pat

237 days and counting . . . again!

 

[Dizzy-Disney4]

Well, generally, I have a chocolate coconut Advantage bar and some decaf and that does it...I ususally have crazy mornings. However, I do have some type of an omlette a couple of times a week. It will usually have a couple of slices of bacon added to it with either some cheese, mushrooms, broccolli, or whatever I feel like adding to it. I usullay cook up a pound of bacon at the beginning of the week and keep it on hand in the fridge to add to whatever. Breakfast is a tough one, because almost all of the prepared foods that we're accustomed to having are a no-no. Before I started Atkins, I would have a huge bowl of oatmeal every morning...I miss it, but not too much

 

[Kelsie]

I've never been a breakfast person but since I've started Atkins, I found I really need it to get me through the day. Thanks for the great suggestions. I was also out of ideas.

 

[Beanie]

Thanks for all the suggestions!! This morning I had an egg, sausage and slice of cheese, which is great if you stack them all together... I also can make a shake in the morning now that I have all the ingredients for it!

Inky Dinky Doo...thanks for the Quiche recipe!! I love Quiche and enjoy making it, so I will definitely try the recipe you posted this week!!

Rebd40...thanks for the tip on the bread! I do miss toast and I don't even care how thin it is, just one bite would do for me!! LOL I think I miss toast the most out of everything!

 

[nativetxn]

Sometimes I like pepperoni with mozarella cheese melted on top, Bean. It's sort of like pizza for breakfast

Sometimes I make Atkins waffles, too and they are really yummy.

I hate having to eat breakfast, I have to be awake a couple of hours before I can eat, I'm never hungry in the mornings

 

[nativetxn]

Well, rats! I was hoping you had received it by now. I put some yummy things in there for you.