Do you have a favorite breakfast?

[Flaxbee]

What is it?

I love breakfast foods, always have. Any time of the day. I love pancakes, eggs - scrambled, hard boiled, over easy, omelettes, whatever - cereal, toast, tater tots... oatmeal, more 'Mediterranean' style breakfasts of cheese and olives and porridge... yum. All of it.

Anyone have good quick-but-filling breakfast suggestions for busy mornings?

[emilyg]

1. Yes - a pot of coffee.

[Flaxbee]

3. that's it?

doesn't that much caffeine on an empty stomach bother you?

[emilyg]

7. After the 2nd cup I usually

have some toast or a muffin.

[orleans]

13. same here. i can't eat in the morning--i'm not even awake yet.

besides, i can barely tolerate mornings.

[Odin2005]

2. Buscuits and gravy!

[Flaxbee]

4. Carbs! Good stuff!

:)

[Odin2005]

5. PORK FAT RULES!!!

:D

[DeadEyeDyck]

6. Whweeties

[csziggy]

8. This time of year - oatmeal

None of the quickie, flavored concoctions, but old fashioned oatmeal. I make it with milk and butter, put a little cinnamon and a shake of salt, then top with turbinado sugar.

While I love pancakes, waffles, French toast, bacon with eggs sunny side up, omelets and other breakfast foods, I can't deal with the preparation first thing in the morning. A few times when I have made French toast for dessert I'll make extra slices and save to reheat for breakfast other days. When we travel, a major indulgence is getting a "real" breakfast.

[flying rabbit]

9. Bacon, scrambled eggs and hash browns,

or a ham and cheese omelet, or biscuits and gravy. All of the above must have a dose of hot sauce for true breakfast excellence.

[clyrc]

10. For years and years I loved biscuits and gravy

sausage and hash browns. I missed them so badly in the country I live in, I would day dream about them. Now, though, I seem to prefer walnuts, wheat crackers, apples and coffee.

[marzipanni]

36. The other day I listened to a segment on a "Living on Earth" radio program,

an interview with Firoozeh Dumas, a woman who was born in Iran, and moved to California with her family when she was about seven. She wrote about her experiences coming from the Persian culture and growing up in America in two books, one is called "Funny in Farsi," and the other is called, "Laughing without an Accent."
The difference in Persian and American food is the main topic of their conversation. It was interesting, and funny-
http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=10-P13-00053#feature2

What do people eat for breakfast where you live?

[soleiri]

11. I love breakfast too.

All time favorite is a toasted bagel with cream cheese and blue berries on top.
freaking yum.
recently I've been using egg replacer in a dry pancake mix and making quick pancakes for one by adding soymilk. With CHEESE! CHEEEEEEEEEEESE!!!!!!!!!
and then a wrap it around a veggie sausage.

oh, how I love breakfast.
I love it so much, sometimes I after having breakfast, I eat weetabix for lunch.

[hibbing]

12. Greasy and browned hash browns

Hi Flaxbee,
I always have fond memories of having breakfast for dinner when I was a kid. That usually consisted of pancakes, some scrambled eggs and maybe a strip of bacon. For me today, I always like some good and greasy and browned hash browns. I am sure my cardiologist will be thankful that I like that stuff. Village Inn used to have ham and cheese crepes that I would get with a side of hash browns and then another side of has browns. The waiter or waitress would always look at me weird when I did that, but they did do a good job with the hash browns.

Peace

[blogslut]

14. Pork chops, eggs over easy and plain toast

I absolutely must have my eggs cooked so that the whites are opaque and the yolks are runny because I cut them up and scoop them into my mouth with torn up pieces of toast. The meat is incidental. I am okay with a minute steak or sausage or bacon but if I get to choose, then I choose a nice, thin-cut pork chop or two.

And coffee.

[Lucian]

15. Biscuits and gravy with lightly salted house fries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_fries

[struggle4progress]

16. If I have to eat a good fast breakfast, I probably do something like

apple + banana + large glass of milk with some cold coffee added to it + toast with a bit of olive oil

Slower speed might be a tangerine + glass of milk + one or two grilled tortillas with melted cheese and a bit of tomato and a bit of cucumber

[xchrom]

17. biscuits and gravy

BISCUITS AND GRAVY

Read more about it at www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1626,154188-224206,00.html
Content Copyright © 2011 Cooks.com - All rights reserved.

BISCUITS:

2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. shortening
1 beaten egg
1/3 c. milk

Sift together dry ingredients; cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine egg and milk; add to flour mixture all at once. Stir until dough follows fork around bowl.

Turn out on lightly floured surface; knead gently with heel of hand about 20 strokes. Roll dough to 3/4 inch thickness. Dip 2 inch biscuit cutter in flour; cut straight down through dough - no twisting.

Place on ungreased baking sheet (3/4 inch apart for crusty biscuits, close together for soft sides). If desired, chill 1-3 hours. Bake in a very hot oven (450 degrees) 10-14 minutes or until golden brown.

SAUSAGE GRAVY:

1/2 lb. bulk sausage
4 tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 1/2 c. milk
Salt and pepper to taste

Cook sausage, crumbling well. Pour off all but 2-3 tablespoons of grease. Sprinkle flour on top. Increase heat to high and cook, stirring, until flour starts to brown. Add milk, stirring constantly and continue cooking until gravy thickens. Add salt and pepper. Serve over hot biscuits or toast.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1626,154188-224206,00.html

[MiddleFingerMom]

18. An omelet with cheddar cheese and sliced green olives -- maybe some salsa. n/t

[mopinko]

19. corned beef hash and a poached egg.

and public health be damned, i want that yolk to run.

[blockhead]

20. Eggs Benedict with hashbrowns

[RichGirl]

34. Eggs benedict...

...with a crab cake instead of Canadian bacon. DEELISH!!

[Chan790]

35. Somehow...

even before I clicked your profile, I knew you were from Del/Mar/Va. NoVA, I'm guessing; that's a local brunch staple in OTA.

[CTyankee]

21. My usual: 4 oz orange juice, soft boiled egg or turkey sausage patty, whole grain cereal/fruit,

and coffee w/skim milk, no sugar.

In the summer I have fresh berries. In the winter I have dried fruit...tiny prunes, cranberries, cherries, raisins...

If I go out for a special breakfast later in the morning I love eggs benedict. But I have to really fast before hand to be able to eat that much...as I get older, I can't stuff it down like I used to...

[LiberalEsto]

22. Cheerios and milk with peach ice cream

This was a treat my mom let us have only a couple of times a year when it was really hot out and promising to get hotter. There's nothing like it on a hot July morning.

[tigereye]

23. scrabled eggs and toasted bagel with fresh squeezed

orange juice or a mimosa.

Or strawberry crepes with powdered sugar or creme, (swoon) with really good coffee!

[GoCubsGo]

24. Bob's Red Mill 8-Grain Cereal.

With a pat of butter. Unfortunately, it is no longer carried in my area. :-( Cheese grits and oatmeal both come in second. I like hot cereals, in general.

That's my favorite winter breakfast. My favorite summer breakfast is what was served at the hotel where I stayed when I visited Germany. We had good, hearty breads, butter, all kinds of cheeses, yogurts, tomatoes, and various sausages/cold cuts. There were hard-boiled eggs, muesli and delicious jams, too. It is also how I developed my addiction to Nutella.

I also love French Toast, Kashi Go-Lean, bran flakes--with or without raisins, eggs and grits, waffles...

[LiberalEsto]

29. Sounds like an Estonian breakfast

When I visit my cousin in Estonia inn the summer, she sets out wonderful Estonian rye bread, butter, cold cuts, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, chopped scallions and dill from her garden, and sometimes a dish of homemade cottage cheese. There's often fried eggs, porridge made from various grains, and/or smoked fish as well.

They think our breakfasts of cold cereal are crazy.

[Kali]

25. pizza or any other leftovers

don't really care for "traditional" breakfast AT ALL, don't like to eat in the morning either but have to sometimes for work.

Med. breakfast is the YUM - cheese and olives, good bread and strong tea/coffee

[Parche]

26. hey flaxee

4eggs up, hashbrowns
bacon

or.........quisp cereal......

:hug:

[jberryhill]

27. There's a breakfast buffet at Olive Garden

[fizzgig]

28. i'm not much of a breakfast person

coffee and a croissant or cherry danish is my favorite if i do decide to eat something early

[TK421]

30. poached eggs and sausage with maple syrup n/t

[madinmaryland]

31. MMM!! Breakfast!! Eggs, bacon, home fries, hash browns, sausage, biscuits, and

fruit!!

:woohoo:

[Oceansaway]

32. eggs,sunny side up..wheat toast...

crispy bacon and hashbrowns with cheese

[Chan790]

33. Porridges.

All of them, any grain. Oats in particular though.

I love oatmeal. With a very-small pat of butter*, sea salt, smoked black pepper, onion and garlic. (Obviously, I prefer savories to sweets.) Occasionally, I'll skip all that and break out the Old Bay. (I also boil my corn and taters in O.B.-seasoned water. It's the taste of summer for me.)

I buy it in the 4# tub and eat it like 3 meals a day and snacks. Then, when it's gone, I never remember to buy more or look for it when I'm impulse shopping until I specifically make a trip to buy more. In all, my poor memory probably reduces my oatmeal intake by about 90%. (What I'd give for the space and means to be able to buy it by the 40# sack!)

*I should point out that for many vegetarians the thing that keeps them from going vegan is cheese...for me, it's butter. Margarine is terrible for you and tastes bad too...when someone makes a great non-hydrogenated non-oleoresin "not-butter", I'll probably never touch dairy again.

[marzipanni]

38. If you like olive oil you can mix it with softened butter

1/2 and 1/2, then keep it in the fridge- since olive oil is a monounsaturated oil and will be thick and cloudy when cold, so the combination makes a softer-than-cold-butter spread. Then at least you'd be eating less butter, along with a beneficial oil.

[hobbit709]

37. Migas con chorizo

[Avalux]

39. Migas!!!!!

I pass on the chorizo, but love migas with lots of cholula :hi:

[kwassa]

40. Since the heart attack, oatmeal, which I actually like!

After 20 years of Grape Nuts for breakfast. Never found grapes or nuts in that cereal, by the way.

Eggs are cholesterol bombs, in the yolks. Most of what is recommended in this thread clogs my arteries just by reading about it.

Just to drop some depressing reality into this thread. I do apologize for doing this. From the standpoint of health and nutrition, traditional breakfast foods are the worst.

[RushIsRot]

41. Steak, scrambled eggs, crusty shredded hash browns, toast & jelly.

Coffee goes without sayin'.

[cali]

42. blueberry pancakes- not too thick- with real maple syrup.

[NMDemDist2]

43. lately I've been doing vanilla yogurt topped with lo-fat granola

cereal with raisins and almonds. if i'm feeling VERY ambitious I'll cut up half a banana into it

i never cared for cold cereal with milk, but i like it as a yogurt topping :)

[Flaxbee]

44. My husband got the flu, and I had no idea this thread had gotten 'legs'

thanks for all the replies! :hi: