Summer is right around the corner and let’s just say, I have been trying alllll the healthy breakfast foods to find the best ones. I am a grab an go girly, I don’t have time to spend 15-20 min making a yummy big breakfast most days. If I can, I try to prep the night before so that the mornings are even quicker.
The key to keeping you full and satisfied (I’m no doctor but what works for me) is protein.
You’ll see a common theme in my breakfast preferences: Cottage cheese and collagen.
First things first, if you are lactose intolerant there is a cottage cheese by the brand lactaid. That’s the only one my body can digest without getting sick.
1.) Breakfast shake
This seriously keeps me full until lunch. This mixed with trying to actually hit my water goals for the day makes a huge difference.
Ingredients
- Your favorite Protein powder ( 1 serving)
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
- collagen powder – unflavored or vanilla (1 serving)
- 1 cup milk – your preference
- 1 – 1.5 cups ice
Mix all together and blend! You can add fruit if you’d like, without fruit you’re looking at:
- Calories: 370
- Protein: 52-60g
- Carbs: 14-19g (depending on milk)
2.) Cottage Cheese / Fruit
This is basically the same thing as above, but sometimes I don’t feel like drinking my breakfast and I want to actually eat. You can also prep this the night before, just pull it out in the morning and chow down quick or take it to work with you to eat at your desk.
Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup blueberries (or any that you’d like)
- 1 serving collagen
- 1 tsp honey
Mix cottage cheese and collagen together really well, add in blueberries and honey, mix again.
- Calories – 332
- Protein – 46g
- carbs – 21g
3.) Loaded Hashbrowns
Here me out: Carbs are not the enemy. You NEED carbs for energy. I notice my body responds better when I have them in the morning and/or at lunch time rather than dinner. This one is very quick to make too and very filling.
Ingredients
- 1 frozen hashbrown patty
- 1/4 avocado (or guacamole)
- 2 eggs
- 1 serving collagen powder
- optional: everything but the bagel seasoning
- optional: hot sauce
Pop your frozen hashbrown in the toaster
Crack your eggs into a bowl and whisk with collagen and any seasonings you’d like. Scramble over medium heat.
top your cooked hashbrown (can cut in half and divide toppings) with mashed avocado, eggs, and your hot sauce and seasonings. So easy, so yummy.
- Calories: 460
- Protein: 34g
- carbs: 18g