Need recipe advice...

Ok well I'm 2 months post op and am doing really well thanks to all of you who have helped me through this whole process. I've lost 41 pounds since surgery and am feel pretty good. I think I have my eating under control but could really use some good recipes for breakfast and lunch. Dinner is easy for me cause I make for the whole family and then I take whatever I can and am good. Breakfast and lunch however are a lot harder for me due to not being hungry and tired of the same old things. Lets just say I have had my fill of eggs. If anyone has some good recipes they'd like to share that would be awesome! 

I'm a protein shake gal .. it's easy, it's good for us and it takes the work out of breakfast. I use cold coffee, cream, protein and ice/water for mine. I get my morning caffeine and a dose of protein. It fills me up too.

That said, if you are tired of just regular eggs, look at baking the eggs in muffin cups. You can line the muffin cup with a slice of ham or prosciutto and then fill the cup up with a quiche type mix. I like eggs, cheese, a cooked mushroom/onion mixture, bell peppers, more meat, etc.  You can then bake a dozen at a time and either freeze them or just refrigerate them Grab & go with flavor.

This is one of my favorite recipes (the above).

One more thing ... you don't need to eat breakfast foods at breakfast. Eat what you want. Leftover dinner works for me!

I am waiting on the replies;) I am in the same boat!

that looks awesome. copying it and putting it with all the other things I have collected about the DS and will use when I can.

Here are the recipes that got me through my first couple of years:

Fabulous Ricotta Fluff Stuff
1 large container of ricotta cheese
1 box  SF jello instant cheesecake pudding
dollop or two of sour cream (to taste)
A little bit of milk to lighten it up (about a cup-add last and gradually)

Mix it all up and enjoy however you want it.  I love it with strawberries!  It's a great fruit dip or just eating straight out of the bowl. 

Variation for fluff:  Do whatever flavor of pudding you like and add a little milk to get the texture you like.

Warning:  Walmart's ricotta is very grainy in texture and never mixes to anything smooth and creamy.  Tasty, but strange.

Fabulous Trail Mix
Base mix
1 jar peanuts
1 jar sunflower kernels
1/2 bag raisins or "berries and cherries"
1/2 small bag chocolate chips.
1 small bag macadamia pieces
1 small bag pecan halves

To this, I might add other nuts depending on what's on sale (walnuts, cashews, more pecans).  I've also varied the fruit, too, so play around.  Try to keep the proportions the same.  It's so easy to load up the sweet stuff, but it's the nuts that are so valuable here.  The balance makes the perfect sweet and salty snack and my daily breakfast.  If proportions are kept, it's about 32g of protein for 8 oz.

Fabulous Custard -- full of protein, easy on new post-ops ~delicious!
3 cups milk
3/4 cup splenda
4-5 eggs (depending on size)
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg (optional)
handful of coconut (optional)

Preheat oven to 375'.  Beat eggs, nutmeg and vanilla together in baking dish.  On the stove, bring the milk and splenda just to a boil, then stir together to the eggs.  Bake for 25 min
NOTE:  when the milk is coming near to a boil, you'll get a little foam on the top.  Remove this foam before stirring into the eggs, or it will get a weird texture on top.

God Bless Paula Deen for flourless peanut butter cookies!

1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 tbsp vanilla
1 cup Splenda

Mix and roll into balls (about walnut sized) and flatten with fork dipped in Splenda.  Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.  

TIPS
-Do NOT overocok -- they will get crumbly since there's no gluten
-Peanut butter is naturally low sugar - the low sugar kind only reduces it by 1g per serving.
-If you're picky about artificial sweeteners, I've done a 3/1 with splenda and sugar to cut the after taste and it's good.  Presently, I do full-splenda in the cookies, and roll in regular sugar and that's good too.  I've also added semi-sweet chocolate chips to shake things up. 

Thanks Valerie- the recipes are copied and in my folder. I appreciate you sharing with everyone and to whomever asked for these- thank you!

I struggle with this too because I don't care for eggs. I eat bacon and drink one or two protein shakes every morning.

Check out bowolf /Atkins diet geek, he's a fav of mine for recipe inspiration. He's on YouTube as bowolf.

I agree with Tali - don't think about breakfast in the same way - eat anything you would eat during the rest of the day for breakfast.  I like to keep some ham and cheese rollups on hand if I need to grab something; otherwise I'll eat dinner leftovers or just protein shakes.  Of course one of my favorite breakfast and dinner treats right now is fried Spam!!