High protein breakfast recipes with 25g or more per serving, built without protein powder. Fifteen savory and sweet ideas, from five-minute bowls to make-ahead casseroles. Every recipe states its sodium figure openly, including the ones that run high — the range spans from 87mg to over 1,600mg. Start with the collection overview, which compares all fifteen side by side.
Quick answer: These cottage cheese waffles have 30 grams of protein and 471 calories per serving, and take about 20 minutes. Everything goes in a blender — cottage cheese, eggs and rolled oats, no flour and no protein powder. Serves 2, makes about 4 waffles. They freeze well and reheat in a toaster in two … Read more
Quick answer: This breakfast quesadilla has 31 grams of protein and 612 calories per serving, and takes about 15 minutes. Two eggs, black beans and cheddar folded into a large tortilla — the one recipe in this collection you can eat standing up, one-handed. Serves 1. It also carries 1,141 mg of sodium, the third-highest … Read more
Quick answer: This egg white wrap has 33 grams of protein and 447 calories per serving, and takes about 12 minutes. Two hundred grams of egg whites — about six eggs’ worth — carry 22 grams of that protein with almost no fat. Serves 1. At 1,160 mg of sodium it runs on the higher … Read more
Quick answer: This breakfast casserole has 40 grams of protein and 373 calories per serving across six servings, and takes about 50 minutes including the bake. It leaves out the bread that most casseroles use as filler, which is what makes the protein-to-calorie ratio the best of any recipe in the collection. It can be … Read more
Quick answer: This chia pudding has 28 grams of protein, 8 grams of fiber and 364 calories per serving, and takes about 5 minutes plus four hours in the fridge. Greek yogurt replaces most of the milk, which is where the protein comes from — no protein powder. Serves 1. It’s also one of the … Read more
30g of protein, no protein powder Quick answer: Whisk 70g of plain Greek yogurt into the egg custard instead of using more milk. Three slices of day-old sourdough, two eggs, and that yogurt give you 30 grams of protein for 557 calories — no protein powder, no protein bread, and no change to how French … Read more