Preferably something that has little to no preparation required.
Is there an equivalent to eatcheapandhealthy here?
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I need some cheap healthy food!
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Well, I’m Dutch. So sandwiches. Put something tasty on them and you’re done in a whim.
What bread do you use? I asked bcz white breads are not considered healthy.
I’m not the person you asked, but whole grain anything is a good choice as breads go: I like the multigrain stuff with seeds added.
Whole grain as pointed out by the other commenter. Might still be quite a difference, since I heard American bread is quite sweet, with added sugar and all. (If you’re from the US, that is)
Cottage cheese with granola. Similar to yogurt but I think cottage cheese is more palatable. The low fat version (often 1% or 2% instead of whole/ full fat) doesn’t have as strong a taste to me and is covered pretty easily by granola if you don’t like the flavor of cottage cheese. I also recommend store brand for the same reason—the taste is less strong, it seem, than name brand. For example, I think Daisy cottage cheese tastes a lot like their sour cream and just doesn’t work as well as whatever store brand is available (and often cheaper) right next to it.
Sometimes I add a little jam or something too, which is also good
An apple
They said filling. 10 apples.
Turning OP into the people from math questions
It depends on the size of the apples. Some people where I am grow apples the size of a Nintendo Switch.
Been doin 2 bananas with jar of peanuts. Bite of banana, pour in a few peanuts, eat together.
I make steel cut oats in a rice cooker with a timer, so I can put the oats and water in the night before. I’ve pre-mixed the spices, peanut powder, flax powder. I throw nuts and raisins in when I mix it all together in the morning. For spices it’s cocoa, tiny bit of cloves, tiny bit of cinnamon, tiny bit of ginger, pinch of salt.
Steel cut oats are even better done with chicken broth as a savory in the rice cooker. Use as you would rice with dinner, or break an egg over a bowlful in the morning and microwave or “fried rice” it.
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.
You can cook or keep it cold.
I do it cold with yoghurt.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
Cooking is entirely optional.
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.
Do you find you have no appetite in the morning?
I have this problem and find that Greek yogurt cups and black tea help.
Alternatively, the “BRAT” diet is meant for someone with a queasy stomach from being ill but also works in this case: Banana, Rice, Applesauce, Toast.
Granola with yogurt.
I get a fairly low-sugar granola, or make my own (see ‘food wishes - granola’ on YT) and portion it into tupperware containers, 1/2 cup each. Then I put on 1/2 cup greek yogurt (the real kind, not the sugar-loaded kind) and freeze like 10 of them at a time. In the morning, i take one, add 1/2 cup oat milk, maybe some extra dry or frozen fruit, and by the time i get to work, its defrosted but still cold, mushy but still crunchy. Should be relatively low in bad sugars and pretty tasty.
I have a similar idea: Muesli/granola with yoghurt, plus an apricot on the side.
I make pork and vege wontons and freeze them in the deep freeze in packets. When I don’t want to eat in the morning, I put a packet in the steamer and have a shower. When I get out on the shower alarm, I have hot cooked dumplings to eat. It is good even at 430AM.
But if you want no prep, not even the ease of a steamer, then stewed fruit from the fridge or a can, mixed with yoghurt and some nuts (or nut flour) and a handful of dry uncooked rolled oats. It takes zero time, and is good quality, and can change with the seasons.
Oat meal
2 tbsp Peanut butter + 1 tsp cocoa powder + one tsp sugar + 300 ml milk
Or sunny side up eggs with spices and half a cheese slice per egg (put one slice between two of them)
Can also have a bowl of oats besides if need more fulfilling stomach, is light on GI scale and has lots of fiber
I like to make oats in the microwave and mix in peanut butter and banana slices
So much prep going on in these comments.
Half a bowl of Shreddies, half of Swiss Muesli, milk. Tea if you have time, juice if not.
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.
