For a long time I've eaten an Odwalla Super Protein Bar, I'm a fan of a breakfast that is predictable (because morning BGs are a little quirkier), quick, and can be consumed on the go if possible. I used to eat a lot of yogurt, full fat, unsweetened with a little jam or granola mixed in, but I've come to realize I do better minimizing dairy.
My current Odwalla bars aren't the easiest on my digestive system, and the 30g carbs hit pretty hard, what with raisins, cane syrup, rice syrup, and date paste as significant ingredients.
So I'm mulling alternatives. I'm sure some here make time for a fresh-cooked breakfast every morning, and that sounds lovely, but I'd particularly welcome options that don't require much prep. I'm sure some manage super high carb load breakfasts like oatmeal, too, but that's not in the cards for me.
I eat eggs and sausage links almost every day, or an omelet containing something similar, ham and cheese, maybe some veggies, etc . About half the time I'll add a little bit of cottage cheese too. The eggs and sausage alone don't require much if any bolus for me-- I'll use the amount of cottage cheese / bolus to attempt to nudge my bg one way or the other if necessary. I used to eat an English muffin with it, but even that was enough to send me into a roller coaster for the rest of the day so I gave it up.
I gave up on eating any significant amount of carbs first thing in the morning very early into this--- a 30g breakfast like you just described would start the day off poorly control-wise for me. PS I use the microwavable sausage and just fry 2 eggs it probably takes me less than 4 minutes from the time I start until I'm eating.
i do pretty much the same as sam egg-wise but with veg. i chop all the veg ill use at the beginning of the week so i dont have to do any a.m. prep. right now ive got wild mushrooms, broccoli, courgettes, red onions, spinach and red peppers all ready to throw in, depending on what im in the mood for. if im in a hurry, ive always got some boiled eggs n nuts n cheese to run out with.
Not sure if you count eggs as dairy. If not, for the sake of convenience, you can hard boil eggs in advance and precook some bacon. Two hard cooked eggs and couple of slices bacon zapped in the microwave makes for a BG-friendly post-breakfast period.
I've also used Kind bars for breakfast. Some of them only contain 9 grams of net carbs and they taste good, too.
Eggs. And more eggs. And cheese. And occasionally bacon or sausage. Veggie omelets. My hubby makes fun of my omelets when I go out because I order them with lots of veggies, and the eggs and cheese are pretty much just there to hold all the stuff together. I love oatmeal and granola too, but they are just too darn carby. Plus the protein stuff keeps me full all day.
Siggi’s vanilla yogurt (11 grams carbs) plus some blueberries and maybe a quarter cup of Kashi cinnamon crumble cereal (11 grams). Plus a couple of low-fat sausages.
I either have eggs/veggies/cheese etc., or I have lo carb almond flour pancakes with butter and jam and lately I took Claire's recipe that she posted here and changed it from a low carb swedish sourdough roll into a hazelnut & almond flour bread which is so good. It's about 4g of carbs per slice . It is homemade but you can prepare it on a weekend and have enough for a whole week if you refrigerate it. I usually don't refridgerate and leave it in a sealed glass container on the countertop. I have it for breakfast sandwhiches with peanut butter and for other sandwhiches. I also have fresh veggies like green pepper with peanut butter. All with my green tea.
