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Thinking Outside the Cereal Box

Thursday, 10 September 2009, 12:11 | Category : Diet Tricks & Facts
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Breakfast is a must, but it can be boring for the average Low Carb newbie. Eggs, eggs, and more eggs seem to be the menu for most. Now eggs are very versatile with more than 100 different recipes out there, but if you don’t learn one of the most important breakfast tricks you may find yourself fighting off the urge to cluck. I call it Thinking Outside the Cereal Box.

As a kid I loved when we had breakfast foods like pancakes and sausage for school lunch. Well this trick works on the same principle. Let go of the notion that breakfast has to include typical breakfast foods like eggs, cereal, grits, & bacon. Once you do that your breakfast menu just increased 10 fold.

How I Think Outside the Cereal Box

  1. Reheating some dinner leftovers… Great cause there is no cooking in the A.M.
  2. Ice Cold Low Carb Shakes are filling, vitamin  packed, & great for non breakfast people (I like Atkins Cafe’ Carmel)
  3. Egg, Tuna, Chicken, or Salmon Salad topped on a few cucumber slices
  4. Deli Meat & Cheese Roll ups with spicy mustard or smoky horse radish
  5. I stay away from most low carb alternatives like low carb waffles or breakfast bars, they disappointment me taste wise & I’m more prone to cheat. (If anyone loves one let me know so I can try)
  6. Fiber Supplement with breakfast helps meet my daily requirement and fills the belly… calculate your needed fiber intake at: http://www.healthcalculators.org/calculators/fiber.asp
  7. Fish is a quick meat in the morning with veggies
  8. Cheese and berries are a light breakfast I love
  9. B.L.T. lettuce wraps or on a low carb bread is also yummy
  10. If in the mood for eggs I always use egg beaters which have fewer calories and cholesterol

Thinking Outside the Cereal Box gets rid of the breakfast bore.

2 Comments for “Thinking Outside the Cereal Box”

  1. 1kueb

    wrote on 11 September 2009 at 10:43

    Do you like the morning star soy sausage patties? I’m not sure of the carb count on those, but I’m pretty sure they are South Beach compliant. They fill me up.

    Also, have you tried Gnu flavor and fiber bars? Karen, my dietician friend from SU, recommended those. They hvae less sugar and more fiber than Fiber One bars. They still have carbs, but are better than other “breakfast bars”. The oatmeal raisin one is the best, I think.

    I LOVE BREAKFAST!

  2. 2admin

    wrote on 11 September 2009 at 17:28

    I have had the Morning Star soy sausage patties and they weren’t too shabby. I can eat them when I want a little break from real sausage. They do have around 3 net carbs I believe which is more than my turkey sausage I usually have, which depending on the brand is 1 net carb or none.

    I haven’t looked into the Fiber One bars I’ve been missing granola like bars. I’ll have to check them out. Low carb is typically defined as eating under 100 carbs a day, which may mean they are OK for some people. My body unfortunately doesn’t handle to many carbs too well, so I’m on the low end of the carb intake.

    Thanks for visiting I hope you try some recipes. I’ll post a few every week!!! :-)

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