What is your favorite breakfast? Here are mine, which I vary day to day:

[CTyankee]

1) whole grain Cheerios mixed with whole grain nuggets cereal, one whole sliced banana on top with milk

2) whole grain toasted English muffin sandwich with sausage patty and fried egg

3) whole grain toaster waffles with sliced strawberries and maple syrup, honey or apple butter

I have one of those breakfasts with a small glass of OJ and coffee.

Is it any wonder that breakfast is my favorite meal?

[dhol82]

1. Soft scrambled eggs with sauted onions and garlic

With broiled peaches, bacon and buttered toast.
Don’t need much food the rest of the day.

[CTyankee]

3. I am going to try that...I don't cook but except for the broiled peaches I could handle the rest...

[dhol82]

7. I will often use canned peach halves in syrup.

Just drain them and pop them under the broiler until caramelized.
Easy peasy and sooooo good.
The halves are easier than slices to manage.

[dameatball]

2. thick sliced bacon, eggs over medium on top of grits, home fries, rye toast, black coffee.

Tobasco on the eggs. Fortunately I rarely eat that but when I do it's great.

[CTyankee]

4. I ate grits all the time growing up in Texas. Back east it is considered an oddity...

[dameatball]

5. I moved from the northeast to the south when I was five, so they were an acquired taste. Now I love

them. Had cheese grits with shrimp recently while traveling through South Carolina. Hard to find where I live now.

[dhol82]

8. Mmmmmm - thick sliced bacon!

The best!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

34. There's no need for me to post. My work here is done. NT

[MicaelS]

37. Wow!!!

Almost exactly the same. Ditch the black coffee.

Nothing better than a big bowl of grits.

[Polly Hennessey]

6. When I am in a restaurant

I will order Buckwheat pancakes (if they have them); eggs, sunny side up; bacon. Sometimes it will be a Denver Omelette with cottage potatoes. At home it varies: cottage cheese, yogurt, scrambled eggs with sausage crumbles and side of muffin, sourdough toast, bagel, English muffin. No, not all at once. This morning it’s yogurt with blueberries, blueberry muffin, cranberry juice, and coffee with cream. Getting ready to watch Joy Ann Reid.

[dhol82]

9. Hmmmm, time to go buy some buckwheat flour and cook up some pancakes.

Haven’t had them is a while and they are impossible to find where I am.

[hlthe2b]

10. Hot weather, a high protein yogurt smoothie sweetened with fruit or sugar free Torani syrup

and usually with some added fiber (fruit or flaxseed or powdered benefiber).

Alternately, plain greek yogurt with flaxseed, peanut butter, peanut butter sugar free syrup.

Is it any wonder I make two gallons of homemade yogurt each week?

Once a week or so, maybe a veggie cheese omelette...

[spooky3]

11. I love to order eggs Benedict when out, since it

Is a bit complicated to shop for and make.

[JimGinPA]

16. It's Not Really That Complicated

McCormick has a decent Hollandaise sauce in packets available at most grocery stores that's easy to make. Other than that you just need English muffins & Canadian bacon, also available anywhere. I did buy an egg poaching skillet a couple years ago but you can get by poaching eggs without one (they just never come out as pretty).

[spooky3]

17. Thanks! I like to make sauces from scratch. Nt

[mercuryblues]

32. hollandaise is easy to make

2 egg yolks
2tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1Tbls water
pinch of sea salt
pinch of pepper

4oz melted unsalted butter.

Combine the yolks, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a small sauce pan

cook, whisking constantly, over med-low flame until eggs start to thicken. Careful not to scramble.
I have an electric stove, so this is a tricky step. I use just under med heat and take it off the burner every 30 seconds or so, for about 10 seconds to gauge how thick it is. You may have to use a few trial runs to get the heat temp right for your stove.

When it starts to thicken, remove pan from heat.

Pour butter in, in a slow, thin, steady stream, while vigorously whisking. To judge the slow, thin, stream, once it stops dripping and streams that's what you want.

taste and adjust to your taste.

I bolded the key words.

I make this 1st and set aside while I make the rest. If it gets too thick whisk in some hot tap water until desired consistency.


I Love eggs benny. My variations: use thick sliced bacon, poached eggs and asparagus or corned beef hash, and poached eggs.

[SCantiGOP]

25. I leave off the hollandaise

I don't like it that much and it is loaded with saturated fat and sodium. I poach two eggs, toast a whole grain english muffin, and microwave two pieces of canadian bacon. Very good and very filling, with a minimum of the fat and salt that I need to avoid (somebody tell CTyankee to give up that sausage patty).

[spooky3]

29. That sounds good--but there is a lot more sodium in

Canadian bacon than in the sauce.

[SCantiGOP]

31. The Canadian bacon I use

has about 1/3 gram of sodium for two slices (which is slightly more than a serving of hollandaise) while the RDA is about 6 grams per day. I can leave off the sauce, but can't make a decent Eggs Benedict without the bacon.

[Harker]

12. From the garden...

Sauteed zucchini, peppers, and snow peas. Various tomatoes. From the freezer... hash browns in olive oil.

A little herbed up vegan mayo on the side, and woo-hoo.

The variation possibilities... green beans, eggplant... different herbs and spices... never gets dull.

Always served with pots of whatever green, red, or pu'er tea is desired.

And a big platter of love for my wife and for life.

[CTyankee]

14. With those vegetables, lif IS good!

You've given me some great ideas to vary my breakfast.

Of course, on Sunday mornings my husband brings a toasted pumpernickel bagel with veggie cream cheese for me. It is with so much love it satisfies completely!

[randr]

13. Huevos rancheros

Or cheese cake

[CTyankee]

15. Yes, huevos rancheros. That is heaven on earth...

[lillypaddle]

18. Almost every day

I have an egg over easy, a sausage patty or link, and some sort of breakfast potatoes. I add some melon or other fruit if I have it.

Sometimes I get lazy and make a quiche for the week (cheese, mushroom, whatever I have on hand), a slice served with either patty sausage or link.

I've pretty much given up coffee. Iced tea is my drink of choice. I really like grapefruit juice, though.

[yankeepants]

19. This Am:

Venison tenderloin medallions sauteed in butter with salt, pepper, and teriyaki sauce. Grapefruit juice with vodka for some funs.

[CTyankee]

21. I used to LOVE having brunch with a Bloody Mary! Now I have a Virgin Mary with brunch...not

the same kick but I think the food tastes better...

[NNadir]

20. My wife makes the world's greatest blueberry pancakes, just like the one's I used to have...

...at Uncle Bill's Pancake House in Manhattan Beach, CA, when we were first married.

They do, however, require fresh blueberries in season, a state of affairs now observed.

[CTyankee]

22. Now that sounds delightful...

[spooky3]

35. Just made some today! Nt

[NotASurfer]

23. Me: steel cut oats

Usually augmented with some berries or dried fruit or bananas

My better half likes any cold leftovers from dinner except vegetables straight from the fridge. Must be practicing to be a college student in another incarnation

[malthaussen]

24. My adopted brother makes the world's greatest pancakes...

...with a touch of vanilla and cinnamon. Best with real maple syrup, but at 16 bucks a bottle, that doesn't happen often.

But my default breakfast these days is Malt-o-meal Cocoa Roos and a slice of Arnold's whole wheat toast with butter.

-- Mal

[Cartoonist]

26. I'll have a #2

But can I have bacon instead of sausage? Cheese too?

[CTyankee]

28. Only if I don't have to fry the bacon (the sausage I use is precooked and I can heat it in the

microwave on low). As for cheese, maybe a tangy Swiss?

[Cartoonist]

30. Surprise me

But no peppers

[Peregrine Took]

27. Heated up Thai food from favorite Thai restaurant in (Chicago.)

Or a spinach pie or oatmeal with ground flaxseed and prunes.

[tanyev]

33. Soup!

Plus a hard boiled egg or other protein, and finish with a little fruit or yogurt.

[TEB]

36. I like

Oatmeal with granola and maple syrup

[CTyankee]

38. I like it in winter but now I use instant...too many years scrubbing the pan I cooked the oatmeal in

and I know it's "bad."

[yellowdogintexas]

39. Scrambled eggs, one slice of Dangerous Dave's

21 seed thin sliced bread toasted
coffee w/half/half
maybe some cherry tomatoes if I have them
3 WW points. (I have a very slick egg pan so no added fat unless I just want it for flavor)

2. 1 slice of Dangerous Dave's toasted
1 Tbsp peanut butter
sliced banana
coffee, etc.
this one is 6 WW points

3. steel cut oatmeal with a touch of brown sugar and some sort of oil (not much)

This is when I eat at home.

If I eat breakfast when traveling then I go for broke; I totally love breakfast especially eating out. There is this hotel near my sister's house with a bodacious breakfast buffet which is included with the room. That buffet makes up for the slightly higher cost of the room

[CTyankee]

40. Breakfast buffets are the best! Except for the so called scrambled eggs...always too hard and/or

too cold.