What's for breakfast?

[MREDME2]

Simple question.

Not lunch or dinner - breakfast.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Eggs mostly. Every once in a while I have pancakes or waffles, but mostly eggs.

 

[LoquiSordidaAdMe]

Weekdays: Cup of yogurt. Handful of mixed nuts. Coffee.
Weekends: All bets are off.

 

[SamScribble]

What is this breakfast of which you speak?

 

[Handley_Page]

What is this breakfast of which you speak?

There was once a time when I'd have agreed.
These days, however, with advancing age and so on, the answer is
Weekdays - Cerials
Weekends - Eggs

 

[Hypoxia]

Variable, depending on whether I got more than two hours sleep. The 7AM alarm forces me to meds and peanut butter, and maybe a granola bar and a spliff of Greek yogurt. Or maybe just the pills and PB, then back to sleep, followed mid-morning by four mini-wontons stewed in canned seafood chowder, a whole 200 kcal repast.

If more ambitious, I'll chop and partially nuke a small red potato, throw in an egg and egg whites and cheddar cheese and whatever (artichoke heart? sausage slice? cherry tomatoes?) and microwave into a no-propane omelet.

As Croc Dundee said of gowanna: "Tastes like shit but you can live in it." Then he pulled out a can of chili. Hot peppers improve everything but milkshakes.

 

[Alice_Rosaleen]

Usually Overnight Oatmeal in a jar (oats, chia seeds, Greek yogurt, mangos, bananas and other yummy stuff) or a Breakfast bowl (quinoa, black beans, spinach, salsa, egg over-easy, whatever's on hand). Toad-in-the-Hole for comfort, homemade protein bar for convenience (a leftover from my days as a vegan- soooo much healthier and less sickeningly sweet than store bought). But I'm a big weirdo and only eat breakfast cereals at night when I wear my sunglasses

 

[LoquiSordidaAdMe]

But I'm a big weirdo and only eat breakfast cereals at night when I wear my sunglasses

So you can, so you can watch us weave then breathe our story lines?


My tragic taste in music may be assuming too much from that reference.

 

[Alice_Rosaleen]

So you can, so you can watch us weave then breathe our story lines?


My tragic taste in music may be assuming too much from that reference.

*if my sig line is any indication, I too have a "tragic" taste in music.

 

[Hypoxia]

My favorite was a desayuno tipico at Fernando's (next to Posada la Merced in Antigua Guatemala). Served by lovely Corazón: several eggs, a scrap of meat, a scoop of black beans, a pile of fried plantains, a chunk of hard white cheese, little hand-size maize corn tortillas, and endless cups of the planet's best coffee, all for under US$2. Beat THAT, gringos!

 

[Handley_Page]

Cereals, loads of cold fresh milk and some decent coffee

 

[JugheadJane]

The same thing every day:
Poached egg on whole grain toast
Side of fruit (usually fresh mango (because it’s always in season) and strawberries)

 

[ChloeTzang]

A green smoothie (oranges, clementines, pineapple, slice of fresh ginger. Kale, dandelion leaf, cilantro or parsley and a chunk of bitter melon skin pity seeds and all and add some collagen, powdered lecithin, vitamin c, Calmag and water and a raw beet). Blend and drink. Followed by grapefruit and banana with organic soy milk. Then coffee. Same almost every morning

 

[carsonshepherd]

A green smoothie (oranges, clementines, pineapple, slice of fresh ginger. Kale, dandelion leaf, cilantro or parsley and a chunk of bitter melon skin pity seeds and all and add some collagen, powdered lecithin, vitamin c, Calmag and water and a raw beet). Blend and drink. Followed by grapefruit and banana with organic soy milk. Then coffee. Same almost every morning

I'm in awe of this smoothie recipe. Why lecithin?

I usually eat a turkey wrap on a whole wheat tortilla. Protein, a little fat and a few carbs. I don't like eggs so my breakfast is usually not traditional breakfast food.

 

[ChloeTzang]

I'm in awe of this smoothie recipe. Why lecithin?

Lecithin? Helps you digest fats and oils, good for your brain and heart and it is also good for reproductive health for women. It also contains choline which is good for muscle rebuilding and I work out a lot so I find it helps with recovery. I sometimes throw in glucosamine sulfate as well

 

[NotWise]

Coffee (of course) and a bagel with cream cheese.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Tomorrow, anything but grits or (apologies in advance to the Usual Suspects) biscuits and white gravy.

 

[Handley_Page]

Cold rolled oats and fruit

 

[beachbum1958]

Poached duck eggs on a warm salad, crispy fried homemade cornbread, grilled sweet bacon, Earl Grey tea for me, Colombian coffee for her, and an apple, mango, banana, Mars bar and peanut butter smoothie to take to work (disgusting, I know, but we both need enough energy for 12 hours in the OR)

 

[SolarRay]

Macchiato, mini egg sandwich with cheddar and pickled kohlrabi, frosted maple-banana bread, and some friendly conversation with the café regulars.

 

[Hypoxia]

Depends on how one defines 'breakfast'. Technically, "breaking one's fast" means consuming whatever after a fairly long sleep or pause since an evening meal. A midnight snack may intrude. Weird sleep cycles (often too short) can interfere. It's flexible.

So I crashed around 11 PM and awoke at 3 AM. At 6 AM I took meds, a burrito, and an IPA (that's strong beer), and crashed again. Up again at 10 AM, I nuked a chowder and coffee. Was that breakfast? Then at 11 AM my partner conjured a thick fruit smoothie. Was that breakfast dessert? Will a snack at 3 PM (two hours from now) be a late lunch or high tea or what?

We now have What Did You Eat? threads for dinner, lunch, and breakfast. Do we need threads for midnight and afternoon snacks? I recall some long-ago wit proclaiming they only ate one meal a day -- all day. If you snack continuously, are meals irrelevant?

And is LIT becoming fucking social media where we report our every fart?

 

[LoquiSordidaAdMe]

And is LIT becoming fucking social media where we report our every fart?

Personally, I like most of the people in the Lit AH more than I do the people in my social media accounts.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Personally, I like most of the people in the Lit AH more than I do the people in my social media accounts.

I'd actually agree with this. Mostly. I find AH far more fun than my personal social media.

 

[Handley_Page]

Fried Eggs on toast

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Personally, I like most of the people in the Lit AH more than I do the people in my social media accounts.

I'd actually agree with this. Mostly. I find AH far more fun than my personal social media.

What they said. I have only been here a short time. I have felt more welcomed more quickly here than any other forum I am part of: woodworking, exercise, gardening, alumni. You guys rock.

Sunday is a bit of decadence after protein shakes and bran cereal all week. Today it's an omelet with smoked cheddar, keilbossa (kobassa?) and bright red cherry tomatoes for Canada Day. Sourdough toast and strong black coffee.