Looking for recipes for convenient breakfast food

curveball

For years now I've been eating a protein bar and fruit for breakfast. They're so convenient, but the brand I've eaten all this time contains soy protein isolate, and since I'm ER+ I want to eliminate it or at least cut way back. I'm looking for recipes for a similar bar I can make at home that's soy-free, high protein, with low-to-moderate fat & carb content, or other breakfast foods that can be made ahead of time. I've looked around online and seen some recipes but thought I would ask here too. Most of the recipes I've seen so far are either grain-based and probably higher carbohydrate content than I want, or nut/nut butter based and thus higher fat than I'm looking for. Also, after so many years, maybe it's time for a switch from chocolate, so if you know of a recipe for some other flavor of bars, or that the flavor can be varied from batch to batch, even better.

Suggestions?

Momine

One of my go-to breakfast foods is pancakes made with buckwheat (low-glycemic), kefir and berries. Usually I throw in a little oatmeal or oat bran as well and some cinnamon to make up for the lack of sugar. I use organic blueberries and raspberries. You can make a big batch of pancakes, throw them in the freezer (put wax paper between them or freeze them in one layer on a cookie sheet, then bag them after) and reheat in the toaster.

geewhiz

The easiest thing for this busy family of 5 is a daily breakfast smoothie. I use Vega Vanilla Chai powder...very yummy, very clean and contains virtually a days RDA of all vitamins minerals and then some! We add different things to it, berries, bananas, cucumber, kale, hemp milk...yiu can get away with a lot because the Vega absorbs the ickier vegetables. My kids drink it up.



The buckwheat pancakes sound great. I would love to find some sort of clean, low or no sugar breakfast cookie. That would be nice to stick into little hands on their way out too!

BilateralBeauties

I have cold quinoa with fruit. I like applesauce, sugar free cranberry sauce that I make, manadarin organes, banana. Dried fruit also works. This is the protein bar I like.

http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/breadsbakery/r/proteinbar.htm I subsitute almond yogurt and non-soy/dairy protein powder. My goal is to eliminate all animal estrogens - meat, dairy, eggs. Soy is a phytoestrogen that research has shown to have some preventative value in BC and studies do not indicate it fuels cancer. I also am not indulging in soy, but I haven't banned. I eat it infrequently as with dairy and eggs.

coraleliz

I just have peanut butter on a banana most days. Since I hate getting up in the morning & wait until the very last minute, this works well for me. It only leaves a knife to be washed Sometimes I use almond or cashew butter.

dlb823

curveball, I've never ordered them, but your question made me think of this website that I had seen featured on TV:  http://www.youbars.com/   You can basically create your own energy bar.

There are several commercial bars that don't contain soy protein.  Larabars, PURE, and Gnu Foods come to mind, although the latter (which I used to eat all the time) has wheat in it, which I now avoid.  But those 3 brands either have whey protein or no protein.      Deanna

curveball

@dlb823, thanks for the link. The bars are about the same retail price as my old brand, but I'm a distributor on those and pay less for them. I think I'll also investigate the "build your own" option.

Cyborg

I like this for breakfast and I eat this when I am having ice cream cravings.

I cut up fruit and then poor rolled oats on top. Then add water and cinnamon. Then nuke it. It's pretty good.

ClaudiaMetz

I am not much of a breakfast eater but I know I need to get something into my stomach early.  I tried the steel cut oats in a crockpot last night and it turned out pretty good.  It was for 4 servings.  I used 1 cup of steel cut oats (organic), 3 1/2 cuts hot water, 1 1/2 cups almond milk and 1 tea cinnamon.  Sprayed the inside of the crockpot with spray.  Cooked for 8 1/2 hours.  I then added dried cranberries and divided it into 4 bowls.  I had to add a little almond milk when I reheated it after church.  I get confused reading about what I should eat.  My cancer was estrogen positive.  Doing the best I can on my eating and trying to get less processed foods and more organic.  Not easy when you have a busy schedule.

Blessings2011

I absolutely agree with the smoothie option.

I'm still on 3 Optifast products a day, but prior to that I used Trader Joes Whey Protein powder.

(Even though I'm 100% ER+, my MO says that the tiny amounts of soy protein isolate are not a problem for me.)

Keep in mind I'm trying to lose weight, so adjust your ingredients accordingly.

I use 2 cups of water; 1/4 cup of frozen blueberries (can use more); 1/4 cup fat-free cottage cheese; a little fiber powder; a shot of sugar-free Torani flavored syrup (optional); and the protein powder.

I've also used all sorts of fruit, and instead of the cottage cheese, I've used Greek Yogurt. If I do need extra fat, I use a little organic almond butter.

When I blend it in my VitaMix, it gets very smooth and creamy and the volume increases to about 32 oz. I have that every morning and I'm never hungry til mid-day!

Moderators

I make this and add fresh fruit, yogurt, milk, etc.....

Following Mark Bittman's Recipe, more or less

Makes: About 8 cups
Time: 30 minutes

6 cups rolled oats (NOT quick-cooking or instant)
4 cups mixed nuts and seeds: a combination of pumpkin or sunflower seeds, chopped walnuts, pecans, almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, sesame seeds, flax seeds, etc.
1 cup shredded coconut (optional)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste (can also add cardamon, but just a dash)
Dash salt
1 /2 cup honey, maple syrup, or agave to taste
1 cup raisins or chopped dried fruit (optional)

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine oats, nuts and seeds, coconut, cinnamon, salt and sweetener. Place on a sheet pan and put in oven. Bake for 30 minutes or a little longer, stirring occasionally. Mixture should brown evenly; the browner it gets without burning, the crunchier the granola will be.
• 2. Remove pan from oven and add raisins or dried fruit. Cool on a rack, stirring once in a while until granola reaches room temperature. Transfer to a sealed container and store in refrigerator; it will keep indefinitely.

I'm also a fan of kale, pineapple, bannana smoothies (add water to the ingredients and mix in Vitamix, blender or food processor). You can add mango too, or protein powder, and instead of water, orange juice fortified with Calcium. 

Good luck, and we too appreciate your ideas! 

Melissa Moderator

SpecialK

I have not tried this but it sounds like it might work:

http://jeanetteshealthyliving.com/2011/03/glutenoatcaseinsoy-free-clif-granola-bars.html

Blessings2011

Oooh - not only does that recipe look good, I bookmarked the website to peruse later! Thanks, SpecialK!

SpecialK

I am trying to be gluten free, both for the healthier gut and also to help with joint pain, so I am going to try them too!