Grab & Go Breakfasts & Snacks: Dr. Rachel Paul, PHD, RD
Grab & Go Breakfasts & Snacks: Dr. Rachel Paul, PHD, RD
Grab & Go Breakfasts & Snacks: Dr. Rachel Paul, PHD, RD
BREAKFASTS
& SNACKS
by DR. RACHEL PAUL, PhD, RD
Welcome!
Iʼm so glad
youʼre here
& ready
to get
cooking!
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permission of Rachel Paul. This guide is for the
recipient ONLY.
Ingredients:
Apple, small (1)
Nuts (¼ cup)
Instructions:
1. No nuts? Use seeds.
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Baby Carrots & Guac
Total calories: 145
Ingredients:
Carrots, baby (1 cup)
Guacamole, single-serving packet (1)
Instructions:
1. Dip carrots into guac
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Baked Cheese Crackers +
Orange
Total calories: 232
Ingredients:
Baked cheese bites (1 oz)
Orange, medium (1)
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Loaded Banana Oatmeal
Total calories: 355
Ingredients:
Oatmeal, dry oats (uncooked) (½ cup)
Nuts (⅛ cup)
Banana (1)
Dash: cinnamon
Instructions:
1. Mix oatmeal with water & microwave to desired
consistency
2. Top with nuts, banana, and cinnamon
3. Feel free to swap out these nuts for another nut or seed you
prefer. Roasted & salted nuts and seeds are fine
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Jerky Dipped in Guac
Total calories: 240
Ingredients:
Beef jerky (2 oz)
Guacamole, single-serving packet (1)
Instructions:
1. Dip jerky in guac. (I promise it’s SO GOOD!)
2. No jerky? Have hard boiled eggs.
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Avocado Toast with Egg
Total calories: 292
Ingredients:
Bread, slice, whole wheat (1)
Egg, large (1)
Guacamole, single-serving packet (1) or 1/4 cup
Everything bagel seasoning (1 tsp)
Instructions:
1. Hard boil egg.
2. Toast bread.
3. Top bread with guac, egg, and seasoning.
4. Gluten free? Use gluten free bread.
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Apple, Eggs & String Cheese
Total calories: 291
Ingredients:
Apple, small (1)
Egg, large (2)
Cheese, string cheese, mozzarella, full fat/regular (1)
Instructions:
1. Hard boil eggs.
2. No dairy? Have nuts or seeds.
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Bagel & PB Box
Total calories: 264
Ingredients:
Bagel, mini, whole wheat (1)
Peanut butter (1 Tbsp)
Strawberries, fresh (½ cup)
Blueberries, fresh (½ cup)
Instructions:
1. Spread PB on bagel
2. No nuts? Use a seed butter, e.g. sunflower seed butter.
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PB&J Box
Total calories: 474
Ingredients:
Egg, large (1)
Cheese, sliced cheese, full fat/regular (1 oz)
Peanut butter (2 Tbsp)
Grapes, red (1 cup)
Instructions:
1. Hard boil egg.
2. Many ladies like dipping the grapes in the PB “PB&J.”
3. No dairy? Have an extra egg.
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Banana and Peanut Butter
Total calories: 199
Ingredients:
Banana (1)
Peanut butter (1 Tbsp)
Instructions:
1. Use a peanut butter packet for easy transport if you need
it.
2. No nuts? Use a seed butter e.g. sunflower seed butter.
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Blueberry Banana Overnight
Oats with Chia Seeds
Total calories: 419
Ingredients:
Chia Seeds (2 Tbsp)
Banana (½)
Blueberries, fresh (½ cup)
Oatmeal, dry oats, uncooked (½ cup)
Milk, 2% (½ cup)
Instructions:
1. Combine oats, milk, and chia seeds.
2. Let sit in container with lid (like a Ball jar) overnight.
3. Top with blueberries and banana.
4. No dairy? Use almond milk.
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English Muffin Egg Sandwich
with Bacon and Cheese
Total calories: 346
Ingredients:
English muffin, whole wheat (1)
Egg, large (1)
Uncured bacon, slice (1)
Cheese, sliced cheese, full fat/regular (1 oz)
Instructions:
Spray a pan with an oil spray. Crack in egg and fry to desired
consistency. Add seasonings.
Fry bacon on stove top by cooking on low heat & turning every few
minutes. Alternatively, you can cook bacon in the microwave or in
the oven (~20 minutes at 400 degrees) if you prefer.
Toast English muffin.
Add egg, bacon, and cheese to English muffin.
No bacon? Use turkey or soy bacon. No dairy? Use more bacon.
Gluten free? Use gluten free bread or English muffin.
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Mini Waffles, Eggs and Nuts
Total calories: 322
Ingredients:
Mini waffles (1)
Nuts (⅛ cup)
Strawberries, fresh (1 cup)
Egg, large (1)
Instructions:
1. Hard boil egg.
2. Choose pancakes or waffles that you have access to -
freezer already-made waffles, mix from a box, or from
scratch are all good options. Pre-made from frozen is
what’s pictured (from Whole Foods). Regardless, stick to an
equivalent calorie amount that’s listed here. Cook waffles.
3. No nuts? Use seeds.
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Nutty Popcorn
Total calories: 218
Ingredients:
Popcorn, popped, plain (4 cups)
Pecans (⅛ cup)
Cinnamon (2 tsp)
Dash: salt
Instructions:
1. Pop popcorn from kernels or use a pre-popped version.
2. Mix in nuts (roasted, salted is fine!) and seasoning.
3. No nuts? Use seeds.
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Yogurt with Fruit & Nuts
Total calories: 390
Ingredients:
Yogurt, plain, Greek, 2%, single-serving container (1)
Raspberries, frozen, not sweetened (1 cup)
Nuts (¼ cup)
Instructions:
1. Add nuts and berries to yogurt
2. No nuts? Use seeds. No dairy? Use a dairy-free yogurt.
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Peach & Yogurt Box
Total calories: 413
Ingredients:
Peach (1)
Nuts (⅛ cup)
Egg, large (2)
Yogurt, plain, Greek, 2%, single-serving container (1)
Dash: everything bagel seasoning
Instructions:
1. Hard boil eggs.
2. Arrange all foods in a box if you like.
3. If you want to use a flavored yogurt, choose one with less
than 15 gm sugar - or chop up the peach & add it to the
plain yogurt for flavor!
4. Use salt & pepper if you don’t have everything bagel
seasoning.
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Rice Cakes with Yogurt
Total calories: 280
Ingredients:
Two whole wheat rice cakes (1)
Yogurt, plain, Greek, 2%, single-serving container (1)
Strawberries, fresh (1 cup)
Instructions:
1. Top rice cakes with yogurt and berries.
2. Extra berries? Eat them on the side.
3. No dairy? Use a dairy free yogurt.
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Pork Rinds and Guac
Total calories: 180
Ingredients:
Pork rinds (½ oz)
Guacamole, single-serving packet (1)
Instructions:
1. Dip pork rinds into guac if you like (it's so good!)
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