On the go, healthy breakfasts

Soon-to-be Mrs. Vogt

Anyone have any suggestions for me? I leave the house at 6:30am, by the time I get to work, I'm starving. I don't want to get up any earlier than I have to and eat breakfast at home. I need suggestions that travel well and are relatively healthy, and hopefully tasty too. I tend to leave the not-so-tasty things at home in the pantry and go hungry, which isn't good. Or stop at BK, which is even worse. Thanks!

alixzafiris

I always do yogurt and some fruit, occasionally I'll add a whole wheat bagel if I'm starving. And either coffee or juice.But I love yogurt like there's no tomorrow, I could eat it all the time.

calle28

Apples and carrots. They are filling, you can eat them in the car, and they're healthy.

salt78

When I'm in a huge hurry, I eat Luna or Clif bars or Special K protein bars.

DanielleH910

My favorite breakfast to bring to work in a single serving container of Greek yogurt, and granola/cereal to mix in.  I honestly look forward to it every day!

laurenclaire1386

Emerald nuts makes these bags of mixed nuts that are really tasty.  I haven't checked out the label to see how good for you they are, but nuts are full of protein, so I figure it can't be that bad. 

vallyhoo

Obviously not dirty bacon.

bbyckes

I like Fiber One bars - they're really good about 150 calories each.  I also will do yogurt and love cottage cheese w/ fruit. 

Nebb

If you could make some kind of protein shake to drink in the car, a banana, maybe toast/english muffin with penut butter. You could also get an egg mcmuffin if you wanted, just forgoe the bacon/sausage and maybe the cheese. Thats actually not that bad for you.

mandysmear

I eat at work, about half an hour after I get here.  So, I toast an english muffin, spread laughing cow cheese and jam on it.  Tastes like cream cheese and jam.  (that's easy to travel with)Or I'll have instant oatmeal. 

Soon-to-be Mrs. Vogt

Mm, I love yogurt and fruit. I wonder if I could eat that in the car without spilling it all over myself

SwedishChick2011

For on the go, I like granola bars, yogurt, fruit, cheese, and dry cereal (I just put the cereal in a baggie).

Leah&Christian09

I buy these trail mix fruit and nut bars. They're about 150 calories, and really filling. I eat it with a can of v8.

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I vote yogurt and fruit or cottage cheese and fruit.

Pirata13

I have also made an egg & cheese english muffin...I wrap it in foil so I can maintain the bottom half of the sandwich without dropping anything on myself.  Homemade smoothies are easy and awesome. I do 1/2 milk, 1/2 oj, a banana, a nice big scoop of pain yogurt, and if I have any berries, I add those.  Yum.

wed0608

Those yogurt smoothies are great if you want yogurt but are worried about eating it in the car. I used to do that and a banana or Nutri-grain bar in the mornings when driving to school/work.

SwedishChick2011

Oh, and also peanut butter by the spoonful.  Yummy.

aMrsin09

This is shuld probably be it's own S/O thread, but...Does anyone have any good recipes for homemade protien bars? I finally found a low carb ceral that will work well.

Brie2010

Microwave oatmeal packets! Also, I microwave eggs.  I'll scramble an egg and an egg white together in a little Gladware cup I've sprayed with Pam and nuke it in the microwave for a minute or so.  I add a little cheese and put in on toast and it's a good balance of protein/carbs/fat and delicious, too.I also keep individual packets of trail mix in my desk, plus Luna bars, Clif bars, and Larabars.  Oh, and a few apples.  My desk is like a grocery store. 

tidetravel

Homemade egg mcmuffins. 1 english muffin toasted 1 egg (or egg white) white, microwaved (spray bowl w/ cooking spray, scramble egg in bowl, microwave for 30 seconds)1 slice cheese, melted over egg in last 10 seconds of cooking3-6 slices deli meat.Lots of protein, filling, portable, and healthy. 

Brie2010

Oh, and of course my favorite strawberry cheesecake protein shake.  (It's super good.  Ask moose.)1/2 c. skim milk1/2 c. cottage cheese1 c. strawberries1 tsp. splenda/sugar substitute of choiceBlend skim milk and cottage cheese till smoth, then add strawberries and sweetener.  It is so incredibly good.  I hate cottage cheese but it is awesome in this form.

missy68

a) you'd have to define healthy..... b) I'm on an english muffin kick right now. while the dog's in the backyard in the morning, I lightly butter one, add some shredded sharp cheddar, and run it in the toaster oven and let it broil.  I have a glass of milk with my meds, and eat a little of it, but I eat it and drink some water on my way to work. I'm also a fan of Zone bars. Chocolate Mint, Chocolate Coconut, and Chocolate Peanut Butter.  I found those after my surgery, and ate them as breakfast all the time. Clif bars - Chocolate Chip peanut crunch, and one that has pretzels in it and a trail mix version- are good, too.

jamm2019

I like the Kashi Go lean Granola bars.  They have a lot of tasty flavors.  You could also bring along a banana or strawberry's.  I also like to pack a bagel and cream cheese.  I will toast it at work.I mostly drink water, but I will bring a cup of OJ in a travel mug and that helps a lot.  I go to work at 6am so I have to pack some good easy food for the morning or I am just draging...

alixzafiris

Mm, I love yogurt and fruit. I wonder if I could eat that in the car without spilling it all over myself I do this all the time. But then, Toronto traffic is beyond ridiculous so I just wait to open it until I get to where it's stop-and-go every day and then I eat it while I nudge my car slowly forward. Everyone does it.

ScarletGem

The Nature Valley crunchy granola bars are my filling, on-the-go breakfast.  They're only about 200 calories per package, and chock full of fiber.  And ditto pp that single-serving yogurt containers are great for to-go breakfasts, too. 

Soon-to-be Mrs. Vogt

Mm, the homemade egg mcmuffins sound lovely! And so do the smoothies. I can't do anything with PB, I can't stand the smell (even though I don't mind the taste). Coco - what kind of cereal do you eat dry? I don't like milk, so I eat all my cereal dry, but the healthy stuff tends to be pretty tasteless, and I'm determined not to buy any more fruity pebbles

KitteeBride2Be

When I was working, I did instant oatmeal (we have a water cooler at home that dispenses hot water, so I would make it as I was walking out), hard boiled egg with wheat toast, fiber one bars, apples, those yogurt smoothies things, carnation instant breakfast, slimfast oatmeal raisin meal bars

Nebb

Have you ever tried almond butter vogt? I find it has a much different smell than regular pb.

Soon-to-be Mrs. Vogt

I used to love oatmeal, but ate it 2 meals a day, every day when I worked in a very demanding position and couldn't take breaks. Now it kind of brings back those bad memories. I either need new flavors, or to wait a couple more years. Which is too bad, I really liked oatmeal.

kdcwedding

Fiber one makes a poptart now - makes me feel like I am eating something bad, but you get a good amount of fiber and protein so it keeps you full.I also second the special K bars or other healthy protein/breakfast bars.

Soon-to-be Mrs. Vogt

Nope, neve heard of almond butter, Nebb. Is it near the PB in the store?