Low Calorie Breakfast Ideas

Well fellow foodies...I'm off to go on another camping trip starting tomorrow in Savannah, GA.  I can't wait!  I hope everyone has a great weekend and I leave you with this series.


This started out as "Low Calorie Breakfast Ideas, a Little Sweeter", but then I came across an egg bake that reminded me a lot of my baked steel cut oats only savory and a lot lighter.  I tried it out and it was amazing!  I hope you like the other two as well.  The second one was tasty but it didn't keep me full for very long (I know a lot of people don't like the cottage cheese texture) and the last one was my favorite sweet/light/filling breakfast yet!

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Egg Bake
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Pre-baking

The delicious result.

Egg Bake

Adapted from Naturally Ella

Ingredients (amounts are approximate)

Grilled veggies to fill 3/4 of ramekin, (any veggie can be substituted here)

2 Tbsp, Light cream cheese

1/3 cup Egg whites

Tony Chachare's Cajun Seasoning, to taste


Directions


1. Preheat oven or toaster oven to 375F.


2. Layer veggies, cream cheese and egg whites then sprinkle seasoning.


3. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until eggs are set.

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Pineapple Toast (plus Apple Pie Variation)

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Pineapple Toast

Adapted from Shrink Geek

Ingredients


1 slice of Nature’s Own Double Fiber Wheat bread or 2 slices reduced calorie, high fiber whole wheat bread 
1/4 cup of reduced fat cottage cheese
1 tsp sweetener or packet of sweetener of choice, I used Truvia
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 small slice of pineapple or 2 Tbsp crushed pineapple


Directions


1. Toast Wheat bread and top with cottage cheese.


2. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sweetener then place a small pineapple on top.


3. Place under the broiler and cook until the cottage cheese turns bubbly and starts to brown.


4. Eat with a knife and fork.

Apple Pie version of Pineapple Toast

Sub 1/4 cup chunky apple sauce for pineapple

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VitaTop with Fruit and Yogurt 
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my personal favorite

Cran-Bran VitaTop with Blueberries and Yogurt

Ingredients

1 100 Calorie VitaTop of choice, I used Cran Bran

1/3 cup Low Fat French vanilla yogurt, I used Stonyfield

1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Cinnamon, to taste

1 packet Stevia or sweetener of choice, I used Truvia

1 tsp chia seeds, optional

Directions

1. Toast the Vitamuffin, crumble.

2. Place the blueberries and yogurt in a small bowl, top with cinnamon, sweetener and chia seeds then top with the crumbled Vitamuffin.

Just look at these tart cranberries and wonderfull toasted muffin!

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