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Coming up with gestational diabetes breakfast ideas that aren’t just eggs on repeat day after day can be a struggle. We’ve got a bunch of ideas ranging from sweet to savory (plenty without eggs) below to test out and hopefully add into your rotation!
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I had GD during pregnancy, and all meals were a struggle for me personally. I want to be able to provide resources for any other woman going through it, because I know it was hard to navigate all by yourself. I found professionals to not be the most helpful, so I was on my own for figuring a lot of it out.
I hope this helps to provide some gestational diabetes breakfast ideas that you will actually enjoy and most likely not spike you.
If you’re been doing the GD thing a while though, you of course know that what doesn’t spike one person will spike another. Also, it might not spike you one day, but it will a week later. Lots of trial and error at play! But these breakfasts have either been safe bets for me or others, so they are hopefully worth testing out!
I’ve broken them down into sweet (no eggs), savory (no eggs), and savory with eggs. Egg burnout is so real, so had to ensure we had plenty of non-egg options! Some are similar, but I am still including them because sometimes we just need to look at foods in a new way or find new variations!
This post is all about gestational diabetes breakfast ideas.
Three Big Tips for Breakfast With Gestational Diabetes:
For many, carbs are hardest in the morning. That means they are more likely to spike you. Totally normal, totally frustrating. Be mindful of carbs, be mindful of fruit, etc.
This applies to all meals, but water water water and walking post meals helped a ton for me personally!
Remember, you can easily eat non breakfast foods for breakfast! Especially if you’re feeling the egg burnout.
Sweeter Breakfasts:
1. Low carb/keto granola and low sugar yogurt
2. Cottage cheese with sugar free pudding mix stirred in (usually needs a splash of milk to help mix it)
3. Cottage cheese with half and apple and cinnamon
4. Chia pudding
5. Low sugar protein shake
6. Carnation Instant Breakfast Light Start made with unsweetened almond milk or fairlife milk
7. 2% Greek yogurt with berries, almonds, and a little bit of maple syrup or honey
8. High fiber bagel with peanut butter and cinnamon
9. High fiber blueberry Eggo waffle with a little butter melted on top, a Greek yogurt and a small handful of almonds
10. Vans protein waffle with peanut butter, layer of ricotta, then strawberries and some cinnamon
11. Cottage cheese with berries
12. Magic Spoon cereal
13. Two Good vanilla yogurt (low carb, higher protein) with 1/4 cup of sliced almonds with either a pinch of mini chocolate chips or cinnamon
14. Smoothie with greek yogurt, berries, chia seeds, and a LOT of peanut butter
15. Kodiak pancakes (or pancakes made with almond flour), with peanut butter and a teeny drizzle of maple syrup
16. Kodiak oatmeal
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Savory With Eggs:
17. Low carb bread (I did the brand 647) with avocado and 2 eggs on top
18. Cottage cheese with eggs on top with or without avocado
19. Breakfast sandwich with low carb bread, eggs, sausage, and cheese.
20. Breakfast tacos: a low carb or whole wheat tortilla topped with egg, onion, bell pepper, turkey sausage, cheese, and pico
21. Half a potato, eggs, cheese, and sausage
22. Sautéed kale with butternut squash, red onion, turkey sausage and mushroom all mixed together like a hash with an egg cooked over it (cheese + avocado optional)
23. Jimmy Dean Delights frittatas with high fiber toast
24. 2 eggs with tomatoes, spinach, bell peppers, and 1 slice of turkey bacon
25. Breakfast burrito: Mission Carb Balance Tortilla Spinach and Herb with a scrambled egg, spinach, salsa, avocado, and cheddar cheese
26. Savory breakfast oats: Steel cut oats (1/4C dry) with spinach and green onions added at the end and some miso or sauce of choice, topped with an egg or two
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Savory Without Eggs:
27. Cottage cheese with seasoning (everything but the bagel, salt and pepper, garlic and onion, etc.) Also good with a drizzle of olive oil!
28. Low carb bagel, cream cheese, sliced cucumber, red onion, capers, and everything bagel seasoning
29. 3-5 breakfast sausage links with avocado toast
30. A thin slice of Dave’s Killer Good Seed bread with lots of cheese melted on top (open faced grilled cheese)
31. Sausage balls.
32. Whole wheat English muffins with cheese, sausage, and tomato
33. Geek yogurt, olive oil, salt, cumin, avocado, nuts, a cherry tomato
34. Hummus with veggies and cheese
35. 1/2 an english muffin with a full-fat Laughing Cow cheese and blueberries
36. Sausage patty with cheese and 1/2 slice of wheat toast
I really hope this gives you some inspiration and new ideas to add into your breakfast rotation that you ENJOY and don’t spike you. Breakfast is hard, especially with those carb limits, but that doesn’t mean you have to be miserable. Give these a try and see which ones work for you!
