Chrissy Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Porridge or fruit of late, although some mornings it's porridge and fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) Breakfast is comfortably my favourite meal of the day! I could eulogise for hours about it (so be warned!) During the week it's either toast with honey, or porridge with fruit - I usually have to be out of the house by 7. Toast has to be the bread from our local bakers, one of the best I've ever shopped in (Bondgate Bakery in Otley - they won the Radio Four food awards a few years ago), or baked ourselves - I'm really fussy about this!! At weekends, we'll often have boiled eggs or something cooked: a special treat is the bacon from the butchers in Ilkley who source their meat locally (we get almost all our meat there - did I say something about being fussy?!). To drink, it has to be coffee - we're both addicted to the espresso machine (but drink it more dilute for breakfast). Weekend breakfasts will usually be more than a one cup meal. Again, we're really fussy about what coffee! What do we do at breakfast. Well we talk, although we usually have Radio 4 on in the background. In fact that's pretty standard at all meals - at school we talk over lunch in the staffroom (anything other than work!), whilst breakfast and evening meal are the main social times for us as a family. When on my own I used to read a lot, but I found that I wasn't focusing enough on the food, and that was part of the recipe that led to a pretty substantial weight gain (lost again!). It's very, very hard to say what my favourite breakfast is - we've had some pretty amazing ones. Last summer we had a succession of wonderful meals cycling along the Rhine, where we used to pack up the bikes (we camped a lot) and then find somewhere for breakfast - most bakeries served them. But perhaps the one that sticks the most was on our first day in the Netherlands, where the previous night it had heaved it down in the campsite, and it was still damp on the Sunday morning. The village tourist centre had a cafe attached where they served a special breakfast on Sundays: it had everything you could imagine and a bit more. For us the meal lasted a good two and a bit hours, and when we finally left, families were still sitting round and eating - it was obviously one of the great social occasions in the village. Needless to say we didn't need to eat again until the evening!! But then there is something very special about boiled eggs, toast and coffee, or local bacon sandwiches, or simply really good toast, all washed down with real coffee. Breakfast really is the best meal of the day! Edited February 15, 2012 by willoyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 I have been having crumpets lately with a smear of extra light philadelphia cheese and a slice of ham. I'm finding it tasty and filling. When it's not this I am having porridge with a hint of cinnamon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Oh I love crumpets, drenched in butter. Yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali9321 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Has to be porridge Altho fave alltime has to be full Scottish - but guilt free when on holiday (cooked by someone else, washing up by someone else) and sets you up for a day walking with the pup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parenthesis Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Two cups of strong coffee. Always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 This morning I had a bowl of fruity filled mini shredded wheat. They are delicious, but I only have them occasionally as I usually prefer a savoury breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 This morning it just had to be toast with Marmite and a cup of tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Branflakes with a chopped banana, very healthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 This morning it just had to be toast with Marmite and a cup of tea. That's what I had to have yesterday after reading your post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 I had a lovely peanut butter roll. We were out until late (for us) last night and I always find that a cup of tea and a peanut butter roll or sandwich always perks me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Almost every day I have a bowl of cereal with vanilla soy milk. I vary the cereal weekly. Sometimes on weekends I may have scrambled eggs and toast. I only have coffee on weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 mini vanilla scones today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryographies Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I love porrige cooked with milk with some raisins sprinkled in, maybe with a bit of brown sugar. But these days I've been just having tea - waking up too late and it's almost lunch!! The harships of working from home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Ever since we're on Atkins, we have either a large spoon of peanutbutter, or eggs and bacon/sausage, and cheese. This morning was a bit different, we found some 1 carb water crackers, and had some left over caviar. Sometimes a piece of flat bread with cream cheese is good too. Always tea for me, coffee for husband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffin Nail Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Much to the amusment of my OH and my son who eat worthy health conscious cereal, today I opted for Sugar Puffs and a banana and a big latte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I've been alternating the past few weeks... either Kashi cereal with fruit and yogurt on the side or a hard-boiled egg and a couple slices of this yummy grain-y bread toasted and topped with hummus or babaghanoush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I made myself a strawberry smoothie for breakfast this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 An almond croissant with coffee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argon9 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Some slices of home made bread topped with something very, very sweet (sugar sprinkles, chocolate sprinkles, jam or peanut butter) and some nice hot mug of black tea. Some bit of fruit if we have it will do just fine too. I see a lot of cereal and other things eaten from a bowl between the comments. I never eat cereal or porrege for breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 A vanilla latte from Costa. Tis a good way to start the day . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argon9 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 A vanilla latte from Costa. Tis a good way to start the day . . . Is that all? Don't you eat something substantial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 ^ I misread the title of the thread; I thought it was what did you have for breakfast today! But no, I generally don't eat breakfast (lazy arse me would rather spend another 30 minutes in bed . . .). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 I should have entited it 'What did you have for breakfast?' rather than 'what do you have?'. I might get a passing Mod to change the title! I had a toasted pitta bread filled with houmous and tomatoes. Yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitegold Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I had a bowl of Harvest Crunch cereal with craisins and milk. Yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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