egg alternative

[longlife511]

was hoping to get suggestions for egg altervatives. we are starting The Whole30 June 1st and my son does not like eggs.

[MeadowLily]

http://whole30.com/2016/01/best-of-whole30-recipes-egg-less-breakfasts/

 

 

http://forum.whole30.com/topic/12023-strongly-dislike-eggs-breakfast-ideas/

 

 

http://forum.whole30.com/topic/33249-i-hate-eggs/

 

 

http://forum.whole30.com/topic/31860-dont-eat-eggs-or-red-meat-and-struggling-to-get-enough-protein/

 

 

http://forum.whole30.com/topic/8697-help-other-breakfast-ideas-non-eggs/

 

 

http://forum.whole30.com/topic/22853-confession-i-hate-eggs/

[Carlaccini]

This is totally fine - there are many people here who either don't like them or are sensitive to them. 

 

Basically - you can eat dinner for breakfast if you'd like - left overs are good here, as well as sausages (Aidell's chicken apple sausages are generally compliant), or salmon cakes (personally I love salmon cakes for brekkie).  

 

However my regular breakfast is basically seasoned ground meat, along with cubed, seasoned and cooked sweet potatoes, and handfuls of spinach (or other greens) cooked in this mix until it is wilted down.  Serve with a dollop of mayo or BBQ sauce, or compliant hot sauce and away you go.

 

Alternatively you can Google whole 30 breakfasts without eggs - and you should get a bunch of ideas - however avoid those ideas that recreate cereal or are heavy on fruits and nuts and no veggies and proteins in the mix.  We highly recommend doing for best results, and especially if you are trying to starve off a sugar dragon.

[ShannonM816]

There are all kinds of other proteins -- beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb, venison, duck, fish/shellfish/seafood. You never have to eat eggs, lots of people don't, either because of personal preference or because they are allergic to them or because they suspect they may have issues with them so they're cutting them out to see how they react to them when they add them back in.

 

For breakfast, you can make meatballs or breakfast sausage, serve them with something like this root vegetable hash which should leave you with some leftovers for at least one more meal. You can have leftovers from a previous meal for breakfast. Google Whole30 no-egg breakfast for lots of past discussion on this.

 

Depending on how old your son is and how invested he is in this process (if he's 8 or 9 and doing this because you are, for instance), you may decide to let him have SWYPO things like paleo pancakes sometimes. Those are more about our emotional bonds with our foods, which younger kids really don't usually have the same issues with as adults. If he's older and he's completely bought in, or if you just don't want to deal with separate meals, that may not be an option, but some parents do allow those type of things for their kids, while others don't.

[True Primal]

Also, eggs are extremely versatile. Even without seasoning, a hard-boiled egg is quite different from scrambled. And kids in general seem to prefer well-done eggs.