Breakfast
 

So what is everyone having for breakfast?
In my very short experience of LC, I got very sick very quickly of eggs for breakfast. So this is what I have now:

I scoop Atkins Vanilla Shake (NOT 2 as per instructions - otherwise tastes VERY powdery) 0.5g
Whizzed up with 50g frozen berries 3g
1 slice Keto bread 3g
With butter and some strong cheddar cheese <0.1

So this comes to about 6.5 which is my highest meal. But as far as I'm concerned worth it as I can't be cooking or eating cooked food in the morning. Need energy first thing to keep me going in the day! :roll:


Anyway would be interested to see what you all have.
Take care, Sarah

:cheer:

Vegetarian breakfast ideas
 

Hi! My name is Stephanie and I'm a fairly new (1 1/2 month) Atkins dieter and also a vegetarian.

I have also had trouble finding something to have for breakfast because after the first week I was so sick of eggs also.

Here's some things that I have had:
celery with cream cheese
quiches of all sorts (kind of makes the eggs taste different)
the 'zucchini pancake' recipe from Dr. Atkins website
some leftover roasted asparagus with a side of cheese

I also had a wonderful dinner the other day that also made for great leftovers. I used assorted low carb veggies (zucchini, tomato (just a little one), mushrooms, and broccoli, cubed some mozzerella, and used pesto for a dressing. It was so good!!! Even my non low carb non vegetarian husband liked it!

Tonight I'm going to make some egg drop soup that I can eat for breakfast for the next few days!

If you eat anything different let me know! I would love to hear your ideas!

This isn't a breakfest item, bit I make it alot and frequently have leftovers for breakfast.

I take thin long slices of eggplant bake lightly until soft, roll them up with some cubed tofu and mozzerella, if I had some basil around I would add a bit, then place in a baking pan with a little more cheese on top. I add a tiny bit of marinara sauce mixed with a little water because the eggplant gets dry if there is not something moist in the pan. Then bake for about 15 minutes.

The amount of marinara I add totally depends on how good I have been at watching carbs during the day.

I had 1/2 an english mufin, 1 breakfast pattie with 1/2 slice of soy chesse and 1/2 and apple.....
Lou

Ground flaxseed hot cereal!

Ground flax, boiling water, then add heavy cream, sweeten if you like.

Also, flaxseed in bulk is SUPER cheap!

I am not usually hungry in the morning but I get up very early so I have to have something. The key to the shakes is:
1. very cold. Put 1.5 cups of water (recommended 1 will be too thick) in the freezer half-hour before making shakes (or use some ice).
2. must use blender
3. variety. Atkins is good. Vitaminshoppe brand is sweeter, better physical character (thicker). I make various mixtures. Best: 2:2:1 chocolate:vanilla:strawberry, but even this you get tired of.
4. taste is good enough.

very filling. don't get hungry until noon.

quiches! why didn't i think of that?!! i use a lot of the shakes because i've so little time in the morning before work. but i think quiche would make a good 'to go' breakfast. thnx

oops sorry! this should have gone under "breakfasts"
 

I had one light english muffin (much lower in carbs than reg. english muffins), toasted, stuffed with a little mayo, one Morningstar Farms Better N' Burger, and about 2 oz. yogurt cheese.

This really filled me up and kept me full for HOURS.

Nature's Grain makes the Light English Muffins. They are loaded with fiber and very tasty; I can't tell the difference from regular english muffins.

The Yogurt Cheese comes from Trader Joes. It's a hard, slicing cheese (like a cheddar...but doesn't taste as good!)...will use it up, but can't say I'd buy it again!

But overall this was a quick, tasty breakfast. Next time I'll make it with cheddar cheese.

I also think that breakfast is the biggest problems when it comes to vegetarian lowcarb eating - especially when you have a sweet tooth and you happen to be sick of eggs in the mornings all the time! Before I changed my eating lifestyle, I had cereal in the mornings and I know now why I was hungry at 11 o'clock again ..... Anyway, I'm willing to bake ahead, but are there any decent recipes out there? I found lots recipes with Splenda in it, but unfortunately that's not yet available in my neck of the woods and they also don't ship out of the US. I'd really appreciate some creative ideas.... :sunny:

for something sweet I recommend the mock danish (in the recipe section in breakfast area here) or yogurt (full fat plain sweetend with sf syrup or splenda).

it's not sweet but is nice for breakfast an atkins corn muffin with cream cheese. but I don't eat that too often.

My latest veggie breakfast fave is sort of a pancake: mashed tofu, an egg to hold it together, and chopped green pepper. Fry it for a minute or two, then flip. Add grated cheese on top, if you'd like.

I also like Yves veggie Canadian bacon. It tastes quite good and only has 1 g carbs in 2 slices. Beware of their other products, though - some have a lot more carbs.

doesn't yogert have lots of carbs?

Here's a link to a thread about yogurt:

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...yogurt+low+carb

I have found it's okay as long as I don't overdo it!

I'm still stuck on the scrambled eggs and salad deal :( ...every day if gets harder lol

mmm...yogout - never mind I'm about to get stuck on plain yogourt with syrup or honey :)

hmnn...what else?