5 Weekday Breakfasts To Go (…and under 300 Calories each!)

This post is sponsored by Woolworths

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’m a big advocate of breakfast eating but whenever I discuss this with friends I’m in the minority. Lots of people don’t like to eat breakfast or simply don’t have the time to prepare it or eat it in the mornings. After watching a friend spend $6 on two slices of dry multigrain toast at a very basic cafe near her work, I decided to pop together a few breakfasts to go for those busy little bees who need to eat on the run. All of these breakfasts are easy to prepare, transportable and under 300 calories. Most of these meals take just a few minutes of preparation the night before and it’s so worth it to invest that time so you have something decent in your stomach when you start the work day… and also so you don’t have to mortgage your house after spending a fortune on unappetising cafe toast with a 1000% mark up.

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1. Banana Protein Smoothie

1 banana

2 scoops of protein powder

1 handful of spinach

250 mls unsweetened almond milk

A handful of strawberries

Ice

Throw all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Pop it into a travel mug and have it with a container of fresh strawberries.

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2. Bircher Muesli 

½ cup macro rolled oats

¼ cup apple juice

1 tablespoon of toasted slivered almonds

2 tablespoons of low fat Greek yogurt

1 teaspoon of lime juice

1 teaspoon of macro honey 

Small handful of mixed berries

Small grated apple

Simply pop your oats and apple juice in a jar in the fridge over night. In the morning add grated apple, almonds, yogurt, lime juice, honey and berries and mix it all up. Then pop it in your bag and eat it when you get to work.

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3. PB Banana Coconut Muffins and Yogurt 

1/2 cup of coconut flour

2.5 tablespoons of raw sugar

1 cup of macro peanut butter

3 eggs

¾ teaspoon of baking soda

2 to 3 large mashed bananas

1/3 cup of almond milk

1/2 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste

In a large mixing bowl combine coconut flour, sugar, and baking soda.

After mixing the dry ingredients together add in the mashed banana, almond milk, vanilla extract, and peanut butter. Completely combine all ingredients.

Half fill 12 muffins tins with mixture. Bake the muffins at 175 degrees for 20 minutes. Bake until muffin tops are golden or a cake tester comes out cleanly.

Pre-make these muffins and store them in an air tight container and then simply grab one on the way out the door and devour with a pot of natural unsweetened yogurt.

(Muffin recipe adapted from Taralyn’s banana muffin recipe)

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4. Porridge and Banana

1/3 cup of macro oats

¾ cup of skim milk

1 banana

1 teaspoon brown sugar

Simply pack your dry oats, milk and sugar in separate tupperware containers and just grab it and go in the morning. It’s one of the easiest, healthiest and most filling grab-and-go breakfasts you can make. Depending on your workplace you can even just leave your milk in the work fridge.

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5. Cereal, Fruit and Yogurt 

30 gms Woolworths Free From gluten cereal

1 tub of plain yogurt

1 small tub of macro peaches

Simply measure out your cereal into a plastic container, grab your fruit and yogurt and you’re good to go!

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I always try to make the time to eat a proper breakfast either at home or at work but for those occasional days when I have a 7.30am meeting or I have a morning gym session, these transportation friendly breakfasts-to-go are total life savers.

If I’m super desperate, even just a banana first thing in the morning or a small handful of trail mix is so much better than starting my day without any fuel in my tank.

Also poppets, this is also the finale to my Woolworths macro and gluten-free series and to celebrate I’m giving away a $100 Woolworths voucher to one lucky reader in Australia.

All you have to do to enter is answer this question in comments…

What did you have for breakfast this morning?

Easy peasy! If you can tell a funny story that goes with your breakfast, well that’s even better.

PS. If you’re a busy health nut you should check out 3 Easy Make Ahead Lunches For Work and 5 Easy and Healthy Lunch Box Ideas for Grown Ups.