Hungry Teen Looking for Yummy BFast options :)

[mariathib]

What are some good quality breakfast options that I can make that have a decent amount of protein to fuel me through my morning classes. I find myself lagging on just fruit and grains ( via oatmeal ) in the morning and considering that I'm transitioning to less dairy so milk is off the menu. I was thinking switching up my grains and eating buckwheat or maybe quinoa and just eating more of it (bc I do LOOOOVE to eat) if that works...Any ideas?

[xrodolfox]

I don't think that protein is needed for long term energy. Protein *can* be energy, but it takes a while to turn it to something usable.

Instead, what might help you best it to eat foods that are high in low glycemic carbs... or carbs that "burn slow". My suggestion: lots of old fashioned, no-sugar added, non-precessed, creamy oatmeal. Or do what i do: eat the oatmeal (with a large helping of Maple Syrup), and then take a snack to school. EVERYONE, meat eating or not, tends to need a snack 2.5 hours after breakfast.

The reason you might've not needed a snack before (which I always needed as a meat-eating teen) might have to do with total calorie intake.

The difference might be that you used to eat a lot more CALORIES at breakfast. Vegan foods can be filling, but low in calories. Thus, your stomach is often full, but you've had a lot less calories consumed. There are two solutions. Snack (yummy), or eat a lot more (yumm). Either way, you win.

[JP]

mysli with soya yoghurt

toast with all kinds on top

[mollygidget]

I love a good tofu scramble (I just do tofu, onions, peppers, seasoned with turmeric), homefries and toast. It's pretty quick, though I usually only do it when I have a good amount of free time.

I've been adding soy or hemp protein powder to steelcut oatmeal, throwing in a ton of blueberries/bananas and sweetening with agave, and that's pretty filling and cooks pretty quick too.

[baldy]

Weetbix with soya milk.

[vegimator]

Today I had a boca chick patty, half an avocado and a protein smoothie. I didn't start getting hungry until 12:30. I have been less active in the last month though and in the past I would bring nuts or energy bars to work to snack on before lunch.

[divergirl]

I've recently decided to try something completely different cos I was finding I was sluggish after regular cereal with soy milk. I've now been trying brown rice with some type of beans (just canned, nothing hard - eg. chickpeas, butter beans, pinto beans etc.) warmed up in the microwave with either salsa or a chopped tomato and maybe a piece of soy cheese broken up in it, squirt of lemon or lime juice - yummo! Easy, quick and very filling brekkie. When I have this I don't have to have a snack before lunch. Good luck!

[DB]

I love my oatmeal in the morning. I also mix in some ground walnuts, raisins or cranberries, and a spoon of ground flax seeds. I don't make it with water, either. I use half coconut milk and half vanilla soy milk. Some cinnamon and maybe a bit of molasses for extra flavor. One thing I've noticed is that foods with a bit of fat in there last me longer and leave me feeling more satisfied longer.
Or I eat a bowl of granola type stuff, or a vegetable scramble with some smoked tofu.
Even so, I usually eat something around 10 again anyway.

[E-P]

My heavy breakfast option is oat meal and glass of soya milk (+ flax seed oil) and after baked beans and glass of ACE-juice. That keeps me filled until the mid-day. If I have just porridge I am hungry again in an hour.

[cdiddy34]

i can get hungry once in awhile in the AM also. i eat cereal with rice milk and a banana or oatmeal and tea on occasion. like somebody else stated, protein has nothing to do with it.. it's all about the calories and how they burn. whole grains are the best in this case.