High-Protein Breakfasts for Weight Loss

If you’re trying to lose weight or get lean, breakfast will make or break your progress. I know during my 45-pound weight loss transformation, it was hard to try to figure out what to eat to hit my goals. And honestly, I eventually just got sick of eating scrambled eggs and oatmeal every day.

Why You’ll Love This

So today, I’m going to share three high-protein breakfasts that helped me on my 45-pound weight loss journey and are so easy to prep. I know you’re going to be adding them into your weekly rotation to help you on your journey too. All three recipes have 20 to 30 grams of protein per serving and under 300 calories. So if you are trying to shed pounds, lose weight, or just eat healthier, I made this video for you. I just want to make it easy for you guys. I want you to be able to have healthy breakfast on the go, no matter what your schedule looks like, so that you’re able to hit your goals and fuel your body.

Spoken Moments

I normally don’t throw like a bogey in when I haven’t tried it before, but it felt like it was the right choice. So you guys remember these from the Costco haul like two weeks ago? They’re these dehydrated bell peppers. Instead of cooking up bell peppers, they don’t have any.

If you have a whisk, it’s probably going to work a lot better. I have not been able to find my whisk since we built our new kitchen and got everything moved back in. That’s okay. I don’t often need a whisk.

Oh, this is going to be good. What?

Craziest recipe you will ever make in your life. I feel like I’ve been sleeping on them. It took me forever to like come back to these.

Ingredients

• For the Grain-Free Sausage Biscuits:
• 1 Onion
• A little bit of olive oil
• Cooked, cut up sausages
• Some dehydrated bell peppers
• 3 whole eggs
• 1/2 cup egg whites
• 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese
• 1 cup shredded cheese
• 1 cup almond flour
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Pepper (to taste)
• For the Everything Protein Bagels:
• 1 cup 0% fat Greek yogurt, plain
• 1 cup gluten-free, all-purpose flour
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• Trader Joe’s everything bagel seasoning (to taste)
• 1 egg (for wash)
• Sea salt (to taste)
• For the Strawberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats:
• 2 scoops plant protein
• 1/2 cup 0% fat Greek yogurt
• A little bit of zero sugar maple syrup
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Pinch of salt
• 1 cup strawberries
• Some chia seeds

Instructions

I pulled out everything I need for all three recipes. So I’m going to start with a really simple prep. I always want to start with the things that take the longest, like the washing and the chopping, get those done first. And then I can just throw it all together and get these recipes done fast.

Grain-Free Sausage Biscuits

1. Get the onion sauteing with just a little bit of olive oil in this pan, get that cooked down.
2. Have your sausages cut up, throw it all together.
3. Chop up dehydrated bell peppers and throw them in too.
4. The sausage is already cooked, so I don’t need to cook the sausage. Get them in a bowl.
5. Preheat the oven on at 400 for the biscuits.
6. Grab your three whole eggs.
7. Add a half a cup of the egg whites.
8. Add one cup of low-fat cottage cheese.
9. Add about a cup of shredded cheese.
10. Get this mixed up. You just want it really well combined, getting those egg yolks all broken and everything whisked together nicely.
11. Add a total of one and a half cups of flour (one cup almond flour and a half cup of coconut flour).
12. Get that all mixed together.
13. Add two teaspoons of baking powder.
14. Add a teaspoon of salt (eyeball that one).
15. Add pepper.
16. Add the mixture on top of my sausage and peppers and throw the onion in there.
17. Everything gets mixed together. You’re going to have to get in there with our hands.
18. Put these on the baking sheet, get them in the oven. It makes 12. So make just even little biscuit balls.

Everything Protein Bagels

1. Start with one cup of all-purpose or gluten-free flour.
2. Add one nice cup of 0% fat Greek yogurt, plain.
3. Add one and a half teaspoons of baking powder.
4. Mix it up.
5. Use the Trader Joe’s everything bagel seasoning. We’re going to get it into the bagels.
6. Get in there (with hands). Make sure you get all the flour.
7. You do need one egg. This is just to do a wash on top. Get like the right texture and to help the seasoning stick on top. Mix this up.
8. Put them on a little air fryer sheet and then throw them in.
9. Sprinkle the everything seasoning on top.
10. Sprinkle of sea salt.
11. Put these in the air fryer and cook them up.

Strawberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats

1. Add two scoops of plant protein. Mix that up.
2. Add 0% fat Greek yogurt.
3. Start mixing that up.
4. For a little extra sweetness, add zero sugar maple syrup.
5. Use unsweetened coconut milk. Starting with a half a cup, you can always add more until you get like a nice consistency.
6. You want to make sure everything is coated. Add about a cup right now because it’s going to soak it all up.
7. Add a little vanilla, about one teaspoon.
8. Add a pinch of salt just to bring out the flavors.
9. Add about a cup of strawberries.
10. Mix it right in there.
11. Put it in one large container, or individual containers if you’re trying to pack them up to take them to go.

Cooking Tips

• Egg whites are great because they increase volume, they increase protein, but they don’t increase your fat.
• For the bagels, you could do them in the oven, but then you’re going to have to like double up to make it easier so you do it at the same time.
• For the bagels, you can also swap the exact same amount of Greek yogurt for cottage cheese. The only difference is you’re going to have a little bit more fat, not much per serving, maybe like two grams or so, but protein’s about relatively the same in both. It’s kind of more of a preference thing. There’s just more work if you do the cottage cheese, because you have to like whip the cottage cheese down in a blender or something. This is quick and easy.
• The bagels are going to take about 10 minutes (in the air fryer).
• For the overnight oats, even two hours can be enough for this (to sit).
• For the overnight oats, you can always add the fruit later if you’d rather just add it on top. Especially if you’re going to not probably eat it for several days. But since I know we’ll be eating these in the next day or two, just mix it right in there.

Serving Suggestions

• A biscuit per serving has 220 calories, 20 grams of protein, only 14 grams of fat and eight carbs. So like so low carb. So these are a great high protein breakfast, snack, lunch. I mean, literally have them with dinner.
• Each single bagel has about 150 calories, 14 grams of protein. And it only has like a gram or two of fat. And the carbs on it are about 20. So if you’re going to go to work out, like you’re good.
• For the overnight oats, this is like two nice hefty servings. You can also take individual containers if you’re trying to pack them up to take them to go.

All right, girls. So that is it. 30 minutes, three different high-protein breakfasts you can grab and go easily. I love making these for you just to make eating healthy even simpler. Have an amazing rest of your week. I’ll see you next Sunday. Bye.