What Do You Eat for Breakfast?

[NevadaMama]

I am trying my hardest to kick my processed food habit, and it seems I just can't shake eating cereal every morning for breakfast. I've been eating healthier snacks, lunches, and dinners, but every time it comes to breakfast I hit a nutritional brick wall. DD is almost one and I really don't have a lot of time in the morning to slave over steel-cut oats, and I can't stand eggs. I love yogurt, and could do that every morning with my cup of tea, but I need something else to go with it.

What does everyone eat for breakfast?

[sewchris2642]

baked potatoes with grated cheese and chives, scrambled eggs and fried potatoes (slices or cubed), pancakes, french toast, pj&j sandwich, grilled cheese sandwich, yogurt with fruit and granola (aka crunchies according to my grandson), smoothies, left over tomato soup, cottage cheese and fruit, muffins.  Dylan likes couscous for breakfast made with orange juice or chicken broth instead of water in the winter.  On non school days, breakfast is at 8:30.  On school days, Dylan eats at 7 am and I eat when I get back from dropping him off.  On school days, the pancakes are made ahead and reheated that morning. 

[peainthepod]

Raw fruit (apples, pears, bananas, berries, peaches, whatever is in season), plain yogurt sweetened with raw honey or berries, kefir (store-bought for now but I have kefir grains on the way! ), steel-cut oatmeal sweetened with blackstrap molasses, eggs with a bit of cheese scrambled in, homemade cinnamon raisin toast (very rarely, as a treat).

The steel-cut oatmeal we make doesn't take very long or require much slaving; you just boil a small amount of water, add the oats, stir it down, reduce the heat, and walk away for 30 minutes. I find it much easier than cooking an omelet or something.

[bcblondie]

I eat cereal too. But the rest of my meals are very healthy. Cereal is the only thing I crave in the mornign. And I figure milk is good for you so.

Sometimes I feel the need to eat something better and I have 2 boiled eggs but I feel like I'm kinda forcing it down.

[Koalamom]

I may eat something different if we didnt have so many allergies, but what we do eat is:

Yesterday- fried eggs in local grass fed tallow, steamed boccoli, and baked sweet potatoes. 

Other mornings- Chicken sausage with GF pancakes

This morning is going to be sweet potatoes with sausage

When it gets warmer we do smoothies sometimes

[staceychev]

Usually, eggs. On work days, I hard boil eggs in advance and eat them during my commute. If I didn't, I'll eat some cheese. On days we have time, I'll eat scrambled eggs with onion and garlic and greens. DH has lately been making a hash with onions, garlic, greens, and sometimes meat (organic, all-beef hot dogs, leftover meat from previous dinners, keilbasa...) and then cracking an egg over it, letting it cook to "over easy." 

And bacon. 

[puffingirl]

DD craves a big breakfast most days so we have some of the following:

GF pancakes and bacon

GF French toast and local pork or buffalo sausage (that was today--yum!)

Eggs and GF toast

GF bagel and cream cheese with fruit

Fruit and yogurt smoothies with something like toast or granola

Oatmeal (we start the steel cut ones in the night, stick in the fridge overnight and then they cook within 10 mins in the a.m.)

GF english muffins with nuts and fruit

Before DD I would have just cereal or toast for breakfast but have found that I actually enjoy the bigger breakfasts now too and stay full much longer in the morning. 

[goldenwillow]

We try to stick to a raw AM routine and rid of any processed AM treats.  Even the GF one's these days are not good for you. 

Fruit is a big breakfast item around here along with soaked quinoa or rice.  DS has an poached egg, I drink a raw egg nogg daily. 

[velochic]

I rarely eat breakfast food in the morning.  I almost always eat leftovers. If I don't have leftovers, I like sandwiches - panini with a nice artisinal bread for example.  A piece of meat that I made the day before with some toast and gravy.  If I have pasta in the fridge, that's breakfast.  I really like leftover mexican food early in the morning.

I think the problem in that people in North America think that they think they have to have what commercials tell them are breakfast foods for breakfast.  Around the world, they eat whatever is on-hand for breakfast.  Branch out!  We don't eat processed food, so cereal is off the table (literally).  That's no way to start your day, IMO.

[Alyantavid]

I agree, don't limit yourself to typical breakfast foods.

I could eat eggs every day, but I don't have time on weekdays.  So for me, it's usually oatmeal and toast, bagel with cream cheese, onions and salami, a hardboiled egg, onions, cheese on a toasted english muffin, pb&j on a toasted english muffin.

The kids eat any of the above, waffles, pancakes (I cook and freeze a ton at a time).

[MrsBone]

I eat eggs every morning for the most part, mainly because I'm trying to eat grain free, so cereals and oatmeal are out. I do eat yogurt whenever I'm not eating eggs. Occasionally I'll get raw grain free granola, but it's expensive. Or a fruit bowl(cut up apples, pears, bananas) or fruit "cereal." I chop up dates, almonds (you could do this in advance), apples, bananas and pears and pour almond milk over it all. It's something my mom used to make for us growing up, although she used date sugar instead of dates. I like the pieces of dates better. You could also eat a couple of dates stuffed with peanut/almond butter for protein. My niece sometimes eats a couple spoonfuls of peanut butter and a glass of milk for breakfast since she doesn't like eggs, and isn't big on meat either.

[UnschoolnMa]

The caveat to this list is that sometimes I do not eat breakfast at all. I just have coffee with cream and sugar. Otherwise, here is a general list of my go to stuffs eaten alone or together in some combo:

oats with fruit

eggs

Bread (usually homemade or Daves Killer Seed co)

Eggs, scrambled or hard boiled

Salad with avocado and tomatoes

Pizza left overs

left over meat with eggs or bread

Nut butters

Cheese

Smoothies with greens, milk of some kind, banana and berries, cocoa

[tinybutterfly]

I often make 5 minute regular oatmeal.

I like eggs, so have fried, scrambled or boiled eggs sometimes.

I love good whole wheat toast with butter, all-fruit, peanut butter, honey, whatever...

A piece of fruit, some cheese and a handful of nuts.

Yogurt.

A cheese sandwich.

Leftover pizza. Leftovers in general.

This morning I had leftover sweet potatoes.

Hope you find something you like! If it's too stressful to go without your cereal everyday, just add a breakfast you think is healthier 2 days a week to start, then work up to 3 days a week, then 4, etc.

[CBEmomma]

Usually it's one of two things.

1. Eggs from a local farm (they are organic too, so that's a nice plus), with home made organic whole grain toast or whole wheat organic pancakes with fresh fruit like banana, apple and kiwi.

2. Luna bar for me, organic granola bar for ds1, and yogurt with fresh fruit.

[Smidge]

I'm trying to veer off of the "cereal for brkfst" course too :)  We used to eat cold cereal 5-6 days a week and now it's about 2 days a week.

I like to fix:

Steel cut oats

Oatmeal

Eggs and toast

Homemade bread w/ butter (cranberry/orange, banana, etc)

Yogurt

[sagewinna]

We eat:

Muffins

Toast with avocado, salt and pepper

Leftovers from dinner

Oatmeal, cooked or baked

Pancakes (with almond flour added)

Waffles

Kids have eggs sometimes

Scrambled tofu and potatoes with greens

Biscuits and gravy

[ollyoxenfree]

For the past week we've been enjoying big yummy breakfasts: lemon cranberry or blueberry buttermilk muffins, bagels, steel cut oatmeal, yoghurt, fruit (mostly clementines, grapes) bacon and scrambled eggs. They've kept us well-fueled for hiking and skating on a frozen lake and lots of outdoor fun. 

We've just returned from a week at the cottage last night, we need groceries (no eggs or milk) and I'm sick, so today it's every person fend for themselves. I think the kids had some left-over bagels and DH probably had some whole wheat toast. It's all a bit of a letdown after our nutritious start to the year, especially since everyone is back to work and school today and a healthy breakfast would have been especially welcome. 

Our breakfasts are little heavy on grains. I like oatmeal (in the winter) and granola (in the summer) for breakfast, with fruit and yoghurt. I have a couple of recipes for homemade granola (one with soaked grains) that are especially good, especially topped with homemade yoghurt. The kids like left-overs for breakfast. DD often eats left-over pasta.

I don't find it takes a lot of effort to make oatmeal in the morning - boil the water, add the oats and stir occasionally while it simmers for 30 minutes. For me, that's a lot easier than chopping and mixing and blending a bunch of ingredients in a smoothie (which is something that DH and DD like in the mornings, but I mostly prefer room temperature or hot breakfasts). Oatmeal in the slow cooker, if you have one, takes even less effort, although you have to set it up the night before. 

[sewchris2642]

Forgot the left over pizza, muffins and quick breads that I make.  I don't really cook every morning.  Pancakes, muffins, breads are done in large batches so they can be reheated (or eaten cold) for other breakfasts.  I do use the microwave to nuke baked potatoes instead of baking them in the oven. 

Chris

[Sol_y_Paz]

Anything is game for breakfast, even leftovers.  

But breakfast can also mean eggs, vegetables, home made granola, yogurt and fruit.   Once a month maybe waffles. 

[BetsyS]

oats (steel cut or regular)

eggs (usually fried in toast, but scrambled in a tortilla is a close second)

leftovers (chicken noodle soup, shrimp coktel, and enchiladas never make it to lunch)

toast with peanut butter, butter, cheese, or cream cheese

And, that's usually it.  On the weekends, dh occasionally makes pancakes.  On Sunday nights, I make breakfast for supper so we get our favorites without having to think at 8am.