Quick meatless protein breakfast options

[yesno]

My crazy view is that breakfast should be protein-based.  Good for the brain.  I think that the Italian model of a pastry and some caffeine is off.

Anyone have any fun ideas for a lacto-ovo-fisho-tarian breakfast?  Beans and toast?  Hard boiled egg?

[Dorvid Barnas]

I add Carnation Instant Breakfast to a tall glass of soy milk and pop a multi-vitamin.  Tastier than you'd think!

[Andy]

i've been drinking syntha6 as a meal replacement for my day time meals lately.  mix it with some skim milk and it's great.  it has 6 different proteins that break down at different rates to keep you full longer.  30 meals for like $30

[buffcoat]

Peanut Butter Capn Crunch.

[Stan]

Peanut Butter Capn Crunch.

 I have to agree. Also, it has the lowest shred the roof of your mouth potential of all the Capns' offerings.

 Because it's round.

[erika]

An apple with crunchy peanut butter! (I usually eat some toast too)

[Denim Gremlin]

My crazy view is that breakfast should be protein-based.  Good for the brain.  I think that the Italian model of a pastry and some caffeine is off.

Anyone have any fun ideas for a lacto-ovo-fisho-tarian breakfast?  Beans and toast?  Hard boiled egg?

beans and toast all the way

[Sarah]

Anything you'd have for lunch.  Or leftovers.

[Rainer]

If you have a prostate gland a handful of roasted pumpkin seeds is an easy, healthy option.

[dania]

my favorite saturday morning breakfast: swedish pancakes with syrup-cooked blackberries, some orange slices, maybe an egg or some yogurt

my favorite hurry-up-and-leave breakfast: whatever cereal is on hand with soymilk or just a banana, or both together

Honestly, I don't know about protein-loading.  Bananas are probably your best option, oranges can hurt your stomach in the morning when eaten solo, oatmeal might be the second best option, or maybe waffles, or maybe an english muffin..?  I could go on and on about breakfast because I love it so much. 

[Andy]

do any of those have a lot of proteins ?  I would have thought those would be carb laden breakfasts.

[Sarah]

I often drink twelve ounces of the following for breakfast (recipe adapted from Adele Davis--old-school health nut):

Blend together 2 cups milk, 1/2 cup powdered milk, 1 tablespoon to 1/2 cup brewer's yeast (increase the amount as you get used to it), 1 egg (shell and all), 1/4 cup flax seed meal, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1-2 tablespoons lecithin, 1/2 frozen orange juice concentrate.  Then add 2 more cups of milk and blend again.

I like the way this tastes, but many wouldn't.  It's full of protein, though, so perhaps you'll want to give it a try.

[Andy]

no offense, sarah, but the fact that you drink that disgusts me!

[Sarah]

I knew it would repel someone.  It's such a hippie drink.  But I have a terrible time convincing myself to eat breakfast, and this gets a lot of protein and B vitamins (plus other holy, wholesome stuff) into me painlessly.  It takes me a couple of hours to sip my way through it, and by then I'm usually willing to figure out some real food to eat.

Besides, my mother gets mad at me when I don't drink it.

[Beth]

I'm a granola and yogurt person myself. With a bit of fruit. It's quick, easy and filling, and if you get granola with a good amount of nuts you'll get lots of protein. I love the granola at Baked in Red Hook, if you live around there. I don't, but whenever I'm in the area I stop and get a bag or two. It's the absurd amount of macadamia nuts they put in there that keeps bringing me back.