Preferably something that has little to no preparation required.
Oatmeal. Pour in bowl with water/milk and nuke it for 3-4 min. Or you can do the whole overnight oats thing and have it ready with no prep in the morning.
I second oatmeal but I go with savory. 50g of oats, 250ml of broth/liquid.
Variation 1 is a spice mix that mimics a favorite rice pilaf recipe (maybe 1/2 tsp of Old Bay seasoning, some salt and pepper, a sprinkle of turmeric and coriander). Then add in protein, veg, cheese, whatever. That’s my go-to most of the time.
Variation 2 is “pizza” style: a scoop of premade marinara, some broth to fill out the rest of the liquid, and a sprinkle of shredded mozz. Throw in some protein/veg that works (think pizza).
Variation 3 is “Mexican style,” which I mostly do if I have some leftover carnitas or taco meat: change the spices to chili powder and cumin, cheese, of course.
Quick oats cook up in 2-2.5 minutes in the microwave. Total prep time is maybe 10-15 minutes.
Oh damn I never knew you could do oats like this. My wife recently went on an oatmeal kick and did overnight oats with peanut butter and milk but I had a real hard time with the texture/consistency of it.
It took me a moment to get used to it, because I had the traditional upbringing with oatmeal = cinnamon, sugar, etc. But it’s not that different from mashed potatoes, polenta, or rice. I already had the pilaf recipe that was a favorite “go with anything” side dish, so I tried that first and stuck with it.
I started by putting egg and olives on mine. Seemed breakfast-ish. Chili paste and egg and pork fu is great on oats too.
I honestly can’t do oatmeal with peanut butter. Every time I’ve tried it, it makes me gag. Not sure what it is, since I enjoy both separately.
That’s about the reaction I had. It would make me physically sick to my stomach even though I love peanut butter and don’t mind oats in most things.
Oatmeal (from the big container), banana, water. 3m in the microwave.
Big container of plain oats or the prepackaged units of various flavors?
The large container is cheaper but I prefer the flavour of prepackaged units and it’s easier. They are still much healthier than other breakfasts and the cost is still just about twenty cents per bag anyway.
I don’t think the sugar in the prepackaged ones is very healthy.
I make oatmeal with milk. Then add a spoonful of peanut butter and some ground cinnamon.
If you have one cup of skim milk with your oatmeal, assuming the oatmeal has absolutely no sugar at all (which isn’t the case), you’d be having 13 g of sugar. I usually like to mix in a spoonful of brown sugar with my oatmeal, adding another 5 g of sugar. Maybe you don’t do that; everyone’s different. Putting in half a banana would add 7 g of sugar.
A packet of Quaker cinnamon flavour instant oats has 10 g of sugar. If you have two packets, it is roughly equivalent to making regular oatmeal with half a banana (7 g), a spoonful of brown sugar (5 g), a tablespoon of peanut butter (1 g) and half a cup of milk (6 g)
Granted, the combination of making it yourself is a lot more nutritionally whole, but if we’re just comparing sugar content, it’s actually not that bad.
If you mean stuff like brown sugar cinnamon Quaker brand, that stuff has more sugar than Count Chocula or Fruit Loops.
I found the nutritional label, which reports 10 grams of sugar per packet. That, to me, is reasonable. I did not look up the nutritional information of the cereal, but remember that sugar content isn’t the whole story. The cereal is more or less deficient in nutrients whereas oatmeal isn’t. Oatmeal is a complex carbohydrate.
As another example, if you had a banana and whole oats, no sugar, that meal would be obviously very healthy but nominally have 15 g of sugar.
That’s odd, I was looking at their ‘reduced sugar’ product https://www.quakeroats.com/products/hot-cereals/lower-sugar/maple-and-brown-sugar where they say this,
‘50% less sugar than regular Quaker® Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar flavor* *Sugar content (on 55g basis): Lower Sugar Maple & Brown Sugar: 7g. Regular Maple & Brown Sugar flavor contains 16g sugar.’
Certainly I agree oats aren’t a nutritional vacuum like sugar cereal. But if that 16g is correct that is half a Snickers bar.
Edit: bad link
Could you edit your link? It’s a 404 for me
There’s a reason centuries of peasants survived on gruel…
It really is the best answer. It’s pretty tasty, fast, and filling
And if you don’t like the texture of cooked oatmeal, you can also just pour water/milk over rolled oats and eat it as is
Overnight oats which you can prepare the night before. Soak some oats in milk and keep it in the fridge for at least 2 hours for the oats to soak up all the liquids. Toss in your favourite toppings, like freshly chopped fruits, or even some chocolate, and it’s ready to eat.
Wait you mean you don’t cook the oats? Oats (the old fashioned 30 minute kind) cook nicely for me in 4 minutes in an instant pot, but no cooking sounds even better.
Cooking is entirely optional.
Cooking is not necessary for overnight oats. I used steel cut myself, but the texture of these oats prepared this way may be chewier than you expect or are used to though, if you have always been heat-cooking them.
Just look up overnight oats and there are plenty of recipes and suggestions, some even using yogurt instead of milk. Here’s one from Martha Stewart for starters,
https://www.marthastewart.com/1524080/no-cook-overnight-oats
Always a good plan. I’m not too creative but have a easy go-to with 1/3 each of oats, chopped dates, and some kind of granola mix. Add oat/almond milk until covered and leave it in the fridge.
Banana. If still hungry then apple. If still hungry then banana. Repeat.
Fruits are good for you. Sugar in the morning and they hydrate you aswell. Might be a good idea to have a sandwich or something as a snack before lunch.
No protein? I’m gonna be hungry again in an hour or two!
Op was asking for a fast breakfast really early in the morning. I think its not a good idea to eat something very heavy just after waking up. That’s why i recommended a sandwich as a snack some time later before lunch.
Fast as in the non-eating time since last meal or fast as in quick? I might have missed the original question… If it’s the latter, there’s plenty of quick, filling meal items in the morning. When I was serious about weight lifting, I would drink a protein shake 1-3 times a day to supplement muscle-building.
As for the former, intermittent fast-ers are adamant that anything other than water, plain coffee/tea will break their fast and provide less benefits.
I don’t know, but wonder if there is a scientific basis for this. If you’re avoiding eating something that’s going to fill you up (ie protein), my reaction is kind of “why bother”…
Idk about that. I make biscuits and gravy on the weekends sometimes and always feel good for the rest of the day. The lighter stuff I eat during the week leaves me dragging by mid morning.
Overnight oats. Look up recipes, but you mix stuff together the night before and just eat it with a spoon out of the jar the next day. For optimizing the morning routine, nothing is simpler.
Oatmeal. You can customize it to what you need and your tastes. It just needs liquid for the oats and whatever additions you want to do. I use chia seeds and flax seeds for protein & fiber, and add frozen fruit and vanilla soy milk. Microwave and enjoy.
Peanut butter, dried fruit, honey, fresh fruit, etc. are all good choices
Oatmeal with dried cranberries, honey or brown sugar, with hot water poured over
I have little meal prepped oatmeal jars I set up. Everything is pre-measured just add a cup of water and pour in the jar, boil and you’re done. They have oats, brewers yeast, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and sometimes whey protein (that one changes how you have to hear it though to prevent weird clumping). Throw a fried egg on top of I have time, or a scoop of cream cheese to mix things up
When I got a new job I found that they had hard boiled eggs and bananas in their kitchen, so I began eating one banana and two boiled eggs for breakfast. That’s the only lifestyle change I made. About a year later I noticed I had lost a bunch of weight, but I was puzzled as to why, and eventually remembered that one change. I looked it up and found some site online claiming that it is one of the healthiest breakfasts you can eat.
ah yes the cock and balls breakfast
Fiber & protein with a little salt & sugar in there for funsies.
Yes, I also lost a lot of weight since adding eggs on my breakfast. I’m surprised most answers here are for cereal and peanut butter but no eggs.
Eggs are great, but they’re not a fast/quick item to me. You can boil them in advance to have them on hand, but sometimes peeling can be annoying.
Oh, depends how you have them. I typically fry them using cooking spray, or soft boil them. Fried they take me 2 minutes. I don’t scramble or make them into omelettes ever for breakfast, others in my family who do take at least 15 minutes which feels like an eternity to me.
As I’ve become older the old “unhealthy” meals of bacon and eggs were not fully bad way to start your day in the sense of protein over carbs and sugars.
The latter leaves one hungry and snacking all day with no way to ever really get full. As much as bacon isn’t healthy for us the protein start is better for blood sugars than oatmeal or cereals to break fast.
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Well, I’m a morning oatmeal eater and my doctor, who is way too into nutrition ,is happy with it, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
We go over diet & blood tests every year.
I’m going to give that a try, that sounds like a great breakfast now that eggs are back to their normal price
A serving each of full fat Greek yogurt, peanut butter, and chocolate protein powder all mixed up. It forms a mousse and is yummy. Takes a minute to make and a couple minutes to eat, lots of protein and fat so it keeps you going way longer than it should. I mix the PB into the yogurt first then mix in the protein, that helps it mix better.
I’m stealing this. I need to change up my breakfast routine, I’ve been making the same breakfast for 3 years. Cheesy chicken patty tortilla melt thing 🤷♂️
Switching the hot breakfast for a cold one is a bold move!
We’ll see how it plays out lol
I like Soylent and related products.
Red, green or yellow?
Green has the most protein
Great option! For me personally, Soylent tastes really good and has good nutrition, but I never feel full drinking it.
I have the same issue but adding a heaping tablespoon of psyllium husks to the soylent really helps with the fullness problem.
No worries! It just happens to work for me early in the morning (ie. I’m really lazy), and keeps me reasonably full.
I commute via boat. My standard is instant oatmeal w/ dried fruit in a mason jar with lid and a coozie.
I buy the oatmeal and dried fruit in bulk and prep a weeks worth at a time. The whole process takes less than 5 mins. While I’m getting ready for work I boil water and then pour it in just before leaving. By the time I load up on the boat it’s cool enough to eat.
- Overnight oats
- Yogurt with frozen fruit and granola (parfait)
- Granola/protein bar of choice
- Hard boiled eggs
- Peanut butter toast
I’m only up to #3 and already full.
+1 for eggs for both nutrients and filling
Boil the night before when low on time; otherwise can scramble etc. for a warm meal when time allows
A bottle of Soylent contains 400 calories. It contains exactly 20% of each RDA-recognized vitamin, about 30 grams of carbs, a healthy balance of fats, and protein. Preparation is shaking the bottle for about three seconds, and peeling off a little foil seal.
Used to be you couldn’t drink it fast without getting digestion issues but now they’ve added enzymes to help digest the oats, so you can chug that bottle without issue.
A little more expensive than groceries you prepare, but cheaper than any buyable prepared breakfast you’d get from a coffee shop, diner, convenience store, or fast food joint.
I much prefer Huel. Especially when you make it with hot water. It’s like drinkable oatmeal.
My favorite flavors are salted caramel and cinnamon roll.
They scientifically engineered a less appetizing name than Soylent.
I haven’t tried Soylent. Does it actually make you feel full?
Yup. Just don’t try to have a 100% Soylent diet, that’s when I was always feeling hungry. This was like 10 years ago when I bought the powder in bulk.
The bottles you can buy at a grocery store today are much better. Downing a bottle of Soylent is unparalleled in terms of time, cost, amd nutrition.
Is it vegan?
I also drink these. I like the chocolate flavor.
I like that there’s a variety. I keep chocolate, strawberry, and banana on hand
I usually eat reheated pizza early in the morning when I get home drunk.
This guy is living his best life!
Why reheat?
Craving something warm
Is there an equivalent to eatcheapandhealthy here?
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Peanut butter and jelly. If you want to be a culinary genius, toast the bread.
And add some honey to it
Overnight oats. There’s a ton of different ways to prep it for however you want it and whatever your nutritional needs are.
