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To ask for breakfast suggestions without eggs or avocado

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Tooearlytothink · 11/06/2025 15:02

I’m stuck in a rut of eating high sugar foods/snacks and need to kick this. I find if I start the day with something lower sugar it’s easier to avoid getting into that loop. However it is so hard to find breakfast suggestions that are low sugar (and ideally high in protein) without it involving eggs and/or avocado. Oh or overnight oats. What do you have?

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Doobiesista · 11/06/2025 15:38

I make a batch of these and freeze them and have one a day. Really easy to make and keep me full till lunch with a milky coffee (although I make 11 not 12 so they are a little bigger). They only take a few minutes to make.

https://www.tamingtwins.com/healthy-breakfast-muffins/

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 11/06/2025 15:33

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 11/06/2025 15:03

Toast with peanut butter.
Porridge.
Greek yoghurt with berries and seeds.
Cereal with fruit.

Same

Also
veggie sausage, baked beans
Porridge
Savoury muffins
Cheese on toast.

Lifeofthepartay · 11/06/2025 15:32

Salmon and Philadelphia bagel
Cottage cheese with fruit
Greek yogurt (I like the full fat with mango or berries)
Courgette and cheese quesadilla filled with rocket and tomatoes
Sausage muffin or bagel
Bacon rolls
Pancakes made with protein powder and cottage cheese, topped with fruit and honey

sunnywithtsunamis · 11/06/2025 15:31

Live yoghurt - Greek is good with nuts and seeds (and berries if some sugar allowed).
kippers
rolled / rough oats
any high protein low sugar meal, such as fish and veg, meat and veg could be eaten at breakfast. Doesn't have to be the traditional foods

BeRoseSloth · 11/06/2025 15:31

Mushrooms on toast (with a bit of bacon thrown in if you’ve got some). Just cook some sliced or chopped mushrooms with plenty of pepper and a bit of salt. Stir in a bit of cream or creme fraiche at the end to coat. If it’s a bit runny I add in a sprinkle of thickener. Serve on hot wholemeal toast.

fruitpastille · 11/06/2025 15:31

Homemade granola bars. I make a batch of 16 and wrap them individually in foil. Portable if needs be. Good with a mug of tea.

Almostalive · 11/06/2025 15:30

Protein yoghurt with fruit ( strawberries, raspberries, kiwi, blueberries, satsuma) and chia/ pumpkin seeds.
Rye bread and mushrooms/ tomatoes fried in low cal spray.
Seeded protein bagel with scrambled eggs.
Boiled eggs and soldiers.
Thanks, I'm hungry now🤣

FrenchandSaunders · 11/06/2025 15:30

I love leftovers .... curry, spag bog, chilli, pasta .. anything really.

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Tooearlytothink · 11/06/2025 15:30

Unfortunately I don’t like salmon or peanut butter either which is a shame as they both seem to be popular. Lots of good ideas already though, thank you. Need to get more organised with having fruit washed & ready as yoghurt & fruit is such a quick one to throw together & eat while getting DCs ready. And banana on toast (minus the peanut butter) does also sound good. Might make it a banana sandwich, think it was the 90s I last had one of those!

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Dotjones · 11/06/2025 15:26

Bacon sandwich is an obvious one. You could do the fry-up without eggs as well, they're not legally required. Bacon/sausage/tomato/beans/potato/fried bread/black pudding/white pudding/mushrooms is enough of a meal for breakfast.

Girasoli · 11/06/2025 15:25

Beans on toast
Cream cheese and tomato or smoked salmon bagel
Peanut butter toast with slices of apple
Leftovers from dinner

MayaPinion · 11/06/2025 15:21

Any food can be breakfast food - a ham or chicken sandwich, beans on toast or caprese salad are all a good start to the day.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 11/06/2025 15:21

Bacon roll.

Sausage sandwich.

Cheese and onion pasty or hot steak and kidney pie.

Cured meats, cheese and grapes/olives/watermelon/ cucumber

Hummus on toast

Spicy salmon or prawns with rice, tomatoes and cucumber

Greek yoghurt, walnuts or brazils, dates, some granola on top for crunch

All higher protein and would keep you from craving biscuits 90 minutes later.

yakkity · 11/06/2025 15:18

something2say · 11/06/2025 15:08

Hi. This is what I have.

Firstly I fast from dinner the night begins until 12 noon. Then I pour 1cm of porridge into a bowl and moisten it with water, not milk. Then I slice a banana on top and put in some berries. Then 3 dessert spoons of Greek yogurt and a handful of nuts.

Good for low blood sugar, fibre and nutrients. I developed a hemorrhoid and it was horrible and it has completely gone now. I am flat stomached and slim at 50.i swear it is down to the porridge.

Do you mean porridge or oats? Do you make porridge first then add everything?

olivehater · 11/06/2025 15:16

Currently like making a sort of instant home made jam with frozen raspberries heat up in the microwave and a spoon full of chia seeds thrown in it. Lots of fibre and not too much sugar. Add to Greek yoghurt and berries.

poetryandwine · 11/06/2025 15:15

Smoked salmon with lemon juice and pepper on buttered toast.

Various nut butters on toast, plain or with banana or apple slices.

Cheese on toast, plain or over tomato, stuck under the grill for a couple of minutes.

Hummus on toast

Maybe with a piece of fruit and defo with coffee

purplecorkheart · 11/06/2025 15:15

I tend to skip breakfast but if I do have it I have bagel thins with low fat cream chesse, smoked salmon and capers.
Bagels thin with scrambled egg and bacon/chicken bacon.
Or some kind of toasted sandwich using up leftover chicken etc.

PositiveLife · 11/06/2025 15:12

I have fat free greek yogurt with berries and recently started chucking a few bits of granola on for texture.

I used to follow the paleo diet and, when I was fed up of eggs, I'd usually make extra of my evening meal and have that for breakfast. Felt weird at first but soon got used to it.

HelenHywater · 11/06/2025 15:10

Greek yoghurt (full fat) with berries
Smoked salmon and asparagus (I have this most days!) (with optional berries afterwards).

Sparrow7 · 11/06/2025 15:09

This morning I had a packet of hulahoops. I guess that was low sugar.

Soukmyfalafel · 11/06/2025 15:09

I do sometimes microwave some edamame beans too. They are pretty filling with some veg.

something2say · 11/06/2025 15:08

Night before, sorry.

FarmGirl78 · 11/06/2025 15:08

Dartmoorcheffy · 11/06/2025 15:05

Bacon butty

You beat me to it!

EggnogNoggin · 11/06/2025 15:08

Tofu omelette or frittata made with broccoli/tomato and baked beans.

something2say · 11/06/2025 15:08

Hi. This is what I have.

Firstly I fast from dinner the night begins until 12 noon. Then I pour 1cm of porridge into a bowl and moisten it with water, not milk. Then I slice a banana on top and put in some berries. Then 3 dessert spoons of Greek yogurt and a handful of nuts.

Good for low blood sugar, fibre and nutrients. I developed a hemorrhoid and it was horrible and it has completely gone now. I am flat stomached and slim at 50.i swear it is down to the porridge.