Those hotel free breakfasts

Since I travel 6 weeks a year, I'd like to take advantage of the free breakfasts
offered at most hotels. Problem is how to do it and still maintain low carb and
blood glucose control. Some places offer hard boiled eggs, which would be okay.
But many hotels have only high carb cereals, pastries, waffles, and fruits,
which also affect my glucose control.

Any suggestions on either the free breakfast menu or things I can take along
which don't require refrigeration. Besides coffee, I could also get milk,
butter, and cream cheese from the breakfast bar.

Nuts.

BillJ wrote:
:: Since I travel 6 weeks a year, I'd like to take advantage of the
:: free breakfasts offered at most hotels. Problem is how to do it and
:: still maintain low carb and blood glucose control. Some places
:: offer hard boiled eggs, which would be okay. But many hotels have
:: only high carb cereals, pastries, waffles, and fruits, which also
:: affect my glucose control.
::
:: Any suggestions on either the free breakfast menu or things I can
:: take along which don't require refrigeration. Besides coffee, I
:: could also get milk, butter, and cream cheese from the breakfast bar.

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:12:25 -0400, BillJ wrote:

Since I travel 6 weeks a year, I'd like to take advantage of the free
breakfasts
offered at most hotels. Problem is how to do it and still maintain low
carb and
blood glucose control. Some places offer hard boiled eggs, which would
be okay.
But many hotels have only high carb cereals, pastries, waffles, and
fruits,
which also affect my glucose control.

Any suggestions on either the free breakfast menu or things I can take
along
which don't require refrigeration. Besides coffee, I could also get
milk,
butter, and cream cheese from the breakfast bar.


You're right -- they're very hard. Is it possible to configure your
hotels around what they offer? I've been to some that offer eggs and
meat, which is what I have.

--
Bob in CT

Well, you put the kybosh on refrigeration, but I take insulin, so I have to
have a fridge...

I take pre-measured bowls (Gladware pr Ziploc) of low-carb hot cereal and a
carton of Hoods LC milk. Then, if the hotel has only high-carb food, I can
make my own breakfast and coffee in my room. The Hoods works for both... And
for variation, I add different nuts to the cereal.

HTH - Steve


"BillJ" wrote in message
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Any suggestions on either the free breakfast menu or things I can take
along
which don't require refrigeration. Besides coffee, I could also get milk,
butter, and cream cheese from the breakfast bar.

I agree. Ask the hotel/motel what they serve for this free breakfast.
Some do serve eggs, meat, etc.
The best free breakfast I ever had was at a small, inexpensive motel in
Tennessee which served eggs, biscuits, gravy, bacon, sausage, orange
juice, coffee, etc.by the front desk every morning. I stayed there 4
nights, so it couldn't have been any better! And that was just about 9
months ago. So the good places still exist, you just have to look for
them, and hotel price is no indicator of what is provided for the
breakfast.

Barbara

Bob in CT wrote:

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:12:25 -0400, BillJ
wrote:

Since I travel 6 weeks a year, I'd like to take advantage of the
free breakfasts
offered at most hotels. Problem is how to do it and still maintain
low carb and
blood glucose control. Some places offer hard boiled eggs, which
would be okay.
But many hotels have only high carb cereals, pastries, waffles, and
fruits,
which also affect my glucose control.

Any suggestions on either the free breakfast menu or things I can
take along
which don't require refrigeration. Besides coffee, I could also get
milk,
butter, and cream cheese from the breakfast bar.


You're right -- they're very hard. Is it possible to configure your
hotels around what they offer? I've been to some that offer eggs and
meat, which is what I have.

That leaves you with canned, fresh, or dried products. Do you like canned
chicken or tuna?
Cheese would work as would nuts as Roger said.

Pat in TX

Thanks for the ideas. It also occurred to me that I could take along some Wasa
crackers and spread them with cream cheese from the breakfast buffet.

On Apr 22, 3:49 am, Marengo wrote:
On 17 Apr 2007 06:12:25 -0700, BillJ wrote:

|Since I travel 6 weeks a year, I'd like to take advantage of the free breakfasts
|offered at most hotels. Problem is how to do it and still maintain low carb and
|blood glucose control. Some places offer hard boiled eggs, which would be okay.
|But many hotels have only high carb cereals, pastries, waffles, and fruits,
|which also affect my glucose control.
|
|Any suggestions on either the free breakfast menu or things I can take along
|which don't require refrigeration. Besides coffee, I could also get milk,
|butter, and cream cheese from the breakfast bar.

Stay at Hampton Inns (by Hilton)! I'm General Manager of a Hampton
Inn & Suites, and Hampton's breakfast includes hot items which are
varied each day; most days there are eggs and/or sausage patties or
bacon. Just avoid the day when the hot item is biscuits with sausage
gravy ;-)

The hot item is a brand standard so you'll find it at all of the
hotels in the chain. And to put in a plug, you'll also earn lots of
free night stays with the Hilton Honors frequent traveler program :-)


I usually take along low carb muffins and low carb jelly. I still
have some of the Atkins muffin mix that I use to make them. I'm sure
you can find some recipes online that work too. Then all I need from
the hotel is coffee.

These don't even need jelly:

FOB's Muffins

1.5 cups CarbQuick
..5 cup Oat fiber
..375 cup poppy seeds
..5 cup ground flax seeds
..5 cup Splenda
..5 t salt
1 t ground ginger
1 T dried grated orange peel
1.5 cups Hood's Calorie Countdown mild (used to be called Carb Countdown)
2-3 eggs
..5 cup butter, melted
1 generous cup walnut pieces
..5 cup cottage cheese

I mix the dry ingredients, the put the wet ones in the blender with the
walnuts, it's the easiest way to grind them up, add the cottage cheese after
the walnuts are done, pour all in the dry ingredients, mix, put in muffin
pan, makes 12. Bake at 350º for a half hour. 284 calories each, 24 g fat,
carbs 23g minus 18 of fiber=net 5, protein 11 g.

You can also add a dash of orange extract to heighten the flavor, or some
dried unsweetened coconut, I also have put in a half a cup or so of
cranberries chopped up--add to the blender ingredients.





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| I usually take along low carb muffins and low carb jelly. I still
| have some of the Atkins muffin mix that I use to make them. I'm sure
| you can find some recipes online that work too. Then all I need from
| the hotel is coffee.

FOB wrote:
:: These don't even need jelly:

Why?

They do sound good, though.

::
:: FOB's Muffins
::
:: 1.5 cups CarbQuick
:: .5 cup Oat fiber
:: .375 cup poppy seeds
:: .5 cup ground flax seeds
:: .5 cup Splenda
:: .5 t salt
:: 1 t ground ginger
:: 1 T dried grated orange peel
:: 1.5 cups Hood's Calorie Countdown mild (used to be called Carb
:: Countdown) 2-3 eggs
:: .5 cup butter, melted
:: 1 generous cup walnut pieces
:: .5 cup cottage cheese
::
:: I mix the dry ingredients, the put the wet ones in the blender with
:: the walnuts, it's the easiest way to grind them up, add the cottage
:: cheese after the walnuts are done, pour all in the dry ingredients,
:: mix, put in muffin pan, makes 12. Bake at 350º for a half hour. 284
:: calories each, 24 g fat, carbs 23g minus 18 of fiber=net 5, protein
:: 11 g.
::
:: You can also add a dash of orange extract to heighten the flavor, or
:: some dried unsweetened coconut, I also have put in a half a cup or
:: so of cranberries chopped up--add to the blender ingredients.
::
::
::
::
::
:: wrote:
:::
::: I usually take along low carb muffins and low carb jelly. I still
::: have some of the Atkins muffin mix that I use to make them. I'm
::: sure you can find some recipes online that work too. Then all I
::: need from the hotel is coffee.