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I was never really a fan of breakfast when I was growing up. I would usually eat whatever my mama fixed so as not to rock the early morning boat, but it was mostly something I tolerated, not enjoyed. And when I got to college, breakfast became something that I just flat-out ignored. I wasn’t even remotely interested in it.
I would not recommend this practice, by the way. My breakfast-less philosophy was right up there with my maybe-if-I-only-eat-popcorn-I’ll-lose-10-pounds philosophy. That is to say: worthless.
Youth is wasted on the young, my friends.
But when I was in my mid-20s, a switch flipped, and suddenly breakfast became my very favorite meal of the day. I don’t have any idea what caused this seismic shift – it certainly wasn’t because I loved to wake up early, because truth be told I would sleep until the crack of noon whenever I could – but I started to see breakfast as a meal that was chock-full of possibilities. I also started to recognize that I was way more productive – not to mention cheerful – when I took the time to fix myself a good breakfast. It’s a habit that’s stuck with me through the years.
Since I know firsthand the difference between a day that begins with a great breakfast and one that doesn’t, I’ve tried to be very intentional about making sure our little guy gets a good start to his day – every day. I really like to fix a hot breakfast, but time doesn’t always cooperate (or maybe the real problem is that I don’t always cooperate with time). My husband leaves the house much earlier than my little boy and I do (most mornings), so it’s usually just the two of us at the breakfast table. It’s one of my favorite times of the day. We both love cheese grits (not the instant kind), so that’s always a big hit, and we love to talk about how tasty our grits are while we’re eating. Perhaps we have some grits-related issues.
I’m a die-hard oatmeal person in the fall and winter, but since my child does not share my oatmeal-related enthusiasm, I usually sacrifice the oatmeal for the convenience of making something we’ll both eat (I don’t know if I mentioned it, but we’re fans of cheese grits). But we like other stuff, too: cheese toast, peanut butter toast with a banana, cinnamon-sugar toast or bacon and eggs. Last spring I got on a kick of making breakfast sandwiches with English muffins, eggs and bacon, and that’s probably going to be our go-to breakfast when we crank up our back-to-school routine in a couple of weeks. Some mornings we eat cereal, and it never ceases to fascinate me that my child likes his milk on the side. To me this practice is sort of like making chocolate chip cookies with the chocolate chips on the side, but apparently dry cereal is loaded with all sorts of tasty nuances that I have yet to experience. I’ll just take his word for it.
More than anything, it’s important to me that we share that time together in the morning – the food and the conversation fuel our day. I think it’s critical for kids to have variety in their meals and to continually try different foods. Breakfast is a great time to introduce them to new kinds of bread, cereal and fruit, don’t you think?
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Hands down, anything with bacon!!! Yum…
I love a toasted bagel with peanut butter.
My favorite is chocolate waffles. MMMM!
I love making danishes! They are easy, pretty quick, and I almost always have the ingredients, even when we’re out of just about everything. Plus they are YUMMY!
My favorite breakfast food is hash browns, scrambled tofu, a tomato salad and meatless “sausage”. Mmm! Wish I had a plate right now! :)
Sometimes it’s waffles with fruit, but other times I crave eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and OJ.
Banana, yogurt and cereal or granola bar. The kids, that is, cause I don’t eat breakfast!
I adore stuffed french toast for breakfast! ;) I rarely get it though. It’s usually cereal, or eggs in this household. We go for easy and someone all can agree on.
I love either waffles with syrup topping (mostly on weekends) or Kelloggs cornflakes with skim milk if I’m low on time :) On the whole fruit will do as well!
I always enjoy a bowl of oatmeal and fresh fruit now that I’m in my late 40s :-) I also enjoy a yogurt parfait with some fresh fruit and granola when I feel industrious.
I love oatmeal! And the school cafeteria where I work makes the best oatmeal ever! Can’t wait for school to start back. :)
I’m a sucker for a good breakfast casserole. But I also love a bagel w/ some tasty cream cheese.
PS: My Lucas eats his cereal dry as well, with his (chocolate) milk on the side. Weird, huh?
Bacon!
Breakfast is help-yourself around here. The cereal is in a low cupboard so even the little kids can reach it.
We do a lot of whole-grain frozen waffles with syrup and eggs. Pretty quick and my kids love them!
I love “green” smoothies, but don’t make them enough. They have flaxseed, fruit, spinach (you don’t taste it)and some ice or water. That’s it!
I love cereal or peanut butter toast.
My favorite is the original bacon eggs and toast. However, I never see that in this household. It’s usually cereal if anything at all! kytah00@yahoo.com
My favorite breakfast food is definitely a huge bagel with a thick coating of cream cheese and a tall, cold glass of orange juice. Thanks so much for hosting this giveaway!
Eloise
furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net
For breakfast I love yogurt and granola. I love cereal anytime of day.
I adore Pioneer Woman’s caramel apple rolls. So yummy!
I love a ham and cheese biscuit preferably from bojangles
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
Bacon! Love me some bacon. In an omelet, in a casserole, on a sandwich, PLAIN! Bring on the bacon. My girl likes cereal, but not for breakfast. She wants it before bedtime.
Pecan pancakes and bacon… and of course COFFEE! :)
Blessings!
Melanie
My current favorite is a toasted english muffin with peanut butter on top. Delicious, nutritious and quick to fix when heading out the door to work!
MY FAVORITE BREAKFAST FOOD IS A MUST HAVE- COFFEE OR LATTE gmissycat@yahoo.com
I like yogurt with fresh blueberries.
Oh, definitely poached eggs, bacon, biscuits with buttah & starwberry jam and GRITS. With cheese in them. Because at that point, why NOT add cheese?
biscuits and gravy!
Anything with chocolate – chocolate chip pancakes, chocolate chip waffles, chocolate milk, chocolate muffins (you get the picture – I’m Bubba from Forrest Gump without the shrimp!
Yogurt with crushed granola.
There’s over 20 different breakfasts that we eat around here, but the easiest is by far cold cereal. If milk were just cheaper… or if we had a place to keep a milk cow.
Kellogg’s Raising Bran…2 Scoops!
I love waffles if I’m eating breakfast for dinner, but if we’re talking morning meal- it’s Raisin Bran all the way. Yum, fiber.
Cracklin Oat Bran is my favorite cereal each morning!
My favorite breakfast is eggs benedict!
gregoryjohn99(at)yahoo(dot)com
Breakfast is our most important and are fastest and easiest meals! We are a cereal loving bunch. We do love a special outing for waffles and bacon though!
Thanks for the chance
TonyaMCrain [at] aol.com
Kids are grown. But I eat a breakfeast, every day. Sometime cold cereal, or oatmeal, or eggs, it varies on mood and now it can have want maybe I’ll have a grill cheese sandwich.
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I have many many “favorite” breakfasts. In fact, it’s one of my favorite meals of the day. I’m just going to mention bacon and be done with it. Also home made cinnamon rolls. Oh, and fresh-squeezed orange juice. Mmmm.
Fried eggs (runny centers), toast, & bacon
In the summer, I love something light and cool, like fruit. But in the winter, I love hot oatmeal with butter and brown sugar. Yummy
My favorite breakfast food is a loaded veggie and eggs in a wheat tortilla wrap. YUMMY! :)
Rachel
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A California omelette or special k red berries make for amazing starts to a morning.
I enjoy oatmeal or cheesy eggs and bacon. My daughter loves her cereal!
My favorite is French Toast.
if i am at a restaraunt i isually get a mushroom omelet..at home…it would be a fresh bagel with plain cream cheese
nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net
I love a hot buttered biscuit with honey, bacon and eggs.
Don’t laugh….my favorite breakfast food is…Special K with Red Berries! I can actually eat it all day! The problem is, my tween loves it too and we go through 2 boxes a week! Thanks
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I love oatmeal with little bits of apple and brown sugar. Mmmmm.
I love French Toast with powdered sugar on it. Causes a sugar high, but oh so good!!
While we mostly eat cereal, I love waffles with real butter and hot syrup with sliced bananas on top and extra crispy bacon.
I eat a yogurt every morning for breakfast. I love the Yoplait Whips – chocolate raspberry.
hands down…whole grain bagel (toasted) with peanut butter and mini chocolate chips all melty and oozy together!
My favorite breakfast is a bagel and a shmear, and … of course … a huge cup of coffee!
skkorman AT bellsouth DOT net
french toast!!!
my favorite breakfast food is whole wheat pancakes with pecans, yum!
My favorite is a bagel and cream cheese.
Bacon!! I love bacon and biscuits with sausage grany.
eswright18 at gmail.com
I love me some chocolate chip pancakes! Blueberry pancakes take a close second.
There are days when I make bacon and eggs, or pancakes, mostly just toast. But most days, my kids beat me out of bed and have some cereal in them before I even open my eyes! Then I grab something for myself quick and we run out the door!
I love western omelettes, but I rarely have the time to make one, so my go-to faves are oatmeal with a little milk and brown sugar or toast with peanut butter.
My Favorite Breakfast food is Eggs Benedict.
I love some biscuits and gravy!
I have many “favorite” breakfast foods…the thing is, I don’t like to eat them early in the morning for breakfast. I love bacon and I love bran muffins made with the recipe that was on the box of 40% Bran Flakes (now called “Complete” I believe) 30 years ago. I don’t like to drink milk, so my favorite way to eat cereal is in Rice Krispie Treats or Peanut Butter cereal (either Corn Flakes or Special K) bars.
I normally skip out on breakfast. My kiddos like pancakes, eggs, or cereal in the morning. When my hubby is home he fixes the works! I just cant go crazy like that in the morning lol!
My favorite breakfast food is coffee. My daughter loves pancakes & sausage & My son’s favorite breakfast food is waffles with vanilla ice cream.
My FAVORITE would be bacon and eggs. (I wish bacon was a vegetable!) But what we usually eat is cereal.
I eat sourdough toast and homemade cappuchinno every morning
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My favorite breakfast food is bacon. Mmmmm.
My favorite breakfast is sourdough french toast and bacon with orange juice.
If I could eat what I prefer, I’d eat quick oats. I’m having trouble getting gluten free oats though :( I eat granola most of the time.
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I have coffee and a little something sweet when I first wake up. Maybe a danish, or even a cookie or brownie. I’m not a morning person and I need to bribe myself with a treat to get out of bed, LOL! Then I check my emails and have a sensible breakfast a little later, like cereal or a banana and orange juice. Then I shower and get ready for work.
I love pancakes, but usually eat cereal.
I’m now much of a breakfast person on the weekdays. I can’t eat too early in the morning. My hubby takes care of breakfast for the kids most mornings since he’s 2nd shift. We try to have a big family breakfast together at least once on the weekends.
Pancakes… for certain! Though my husband makes a mean potato hash!
My good-for-you breakfast of choice is either old-fashioned oats with cinnamon and raisins or Chobani peach yogurt and granola. My less-than-good-for-you breakfast of choice is a buttery croissant smothered in Nutella.
We cook some eggs and sausages and eat them in the car
I prefer cereal for myself in the mornings; my grandkids all have different preferences for breakfast…one has a scrambled egg plus fruit; I keep pancakes frozen in the refrigerator; and all of them like my oven cinnamon toast. But I don’t have the responsibility of getting them off to school each day etc and all but the two youngest can get their own breakfasts and they have siblings who can make breakfast for them.
I love Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes with sliced banana on top!
Waffles with berries and syrup. Oh, and COFFEE!!!!!
A cup of coffee, yogurt, and granola. YUM!
Right now I am in love with oatmeal with coconut and crasains!
I love to have a bowl of sugary cereal in the mornings! Cocoa Puffs, Froot Loops, I love them all!
I’m a strange person, which you probably already know…but I get on “breakfast kicks.” I ate the same thing for breakfast for WEEKS until one day I wake up and no longer have any desire for it. I’ve gone through egg sandwiches, cinnamon waffles, fruit etc, and now I’m on blueberry bagels. Wonder what’s next…
Steel ground oatmeal during the school year (weekdays). On weekends, eggs with goat cheese and tomatoes.
Everyone is up and about at different times so we all have our own routines. Mine involves feeding all the animals as I’m first up and then relaxing with coffee. I don’t eat until I get to work and usually then have a bagel with cream cheese. No milk available at the office cafeteria so no cereal.
Our favorite weekend breakfast is glutenfree pancakes with an egg casserole :)
nsue21702 at gmail dot com
Biscuits and gravy! yum!
Coffee and a bagel – that’s all I can manage in the morning
we like cereal and fruit
oatmeal with apples and raisins in it – yum!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I am a simple guy. My favorite is belgian waffles with maple syrup.
pauleyd68 (at) yahoo (dot) com
Up, shower, get kids up and feed all – cereal, frozen pancakes (homemade), waffles, scones and I usually try to get some fruit in my kids although I’m not always successful! Coffee for me! Take care of pets, dress and off to school.
I love pumpkin bread for breakfast.
Apple Cinnamon oatmeal is my favorite breakfast food.
Mine is coffee and the boys..one is cereal and the other is nothing, he doesn’t eat in the morning.
BACON! Followed closely by Belgium waffles :)
We like cinnamon sugar toast and cereal almost every morning for breakfast.
I’ll have to go with an old fashioned bowl of cereal :)