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When I was younger, I always thought I’d grow up to be a pancake mom. You know, the mom whose family woke up on Saturday mornings to the smell of bacon frying and made-from-scratch pancakes cooking on the griddle. Naturally I’d serve the pancakes with fresh blueberries and warm maple syrup, and it probably goes without saying that I’d be wearing a starched apron and a double strand of pearls as I lovingly served breakfast to a table of smiling, grateful people.
(I’m thinking that maybe all those afternoons I spent watching reruns of Leave It To Beaver on TBS may have left an indelible imprint on my hopes and dreams.)
(However, I am happy to tell you that I never bought into the notion that I should clean my house while wearing two-inch heels.)
(Sanity prevailed!)
And the reality, of course, is that while there have been some weekend mornings when I’ve cooked big breakfasts for my family – especially during holidays when our extended family is visiting – by and large I tend to take the weekend off from the hustle and bustle of getting breakfast on the table. We eat breakfast, mind you, but odds are it’s going to be something that does not require me to turn on the stove and/or oven – something like cereal or peanut butter on whole wheat bread or, if we’re out of town for the weekend, something like this:
I know.
But to my boy’s credit, he was not in fact about to polish off a half-dozen donuts when I took this picture. Granted, he can put down some original glazed, but six donuts in one sitting is not a part of his breakfast-eating repertoire, and for that I am grateful. Because quite frankly I don’t think I’d have the foggiest idea how to harness the aftermath of a child who eats that much sugar before 8 AM.
So basically there’s one word that describes our weekend breakfast routine: simple. And we love it that way.
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It’s usually scrambled eggs and bacon. I make the eggs, the husband makes the bacon. And if I am particularly ambitious we might even have toast. At times I have made pancakes from scratch but definitely require a certain amount of sleep and a cranky-free attitude. Which is not always possible!
cheese toast and skim milk
If the kids are lucky, sweet and not annoying, we will fix pancakes. But they’re usually annoying and that trumps lucky and sweet, which they are also.
Sometimes pancakes, sometimes donuts, sometimes cereal, sometimes we don’t get up until lunch! :-)
Saturday is our “Breakfast at McDonald’s” morning. The kids wake up & discover that it’s Saturday & we’re OFF! Maybe we’ll have to change that to a different day, since they certainly won’t let us sleep in!
Breakfast is my favorite and most important meal of the day. I like to bake oatmeal with fresh chopped fruit on the bottom, veggie omelets or a fried egg over english muffin. Y-U-M!
most often eggs in some form
We just eat cereal xD
When the grandbabies are over they always expect donuts. It has become their tradition!
cereal bars are my best friend on school days
We eat cold cereal and/or toast (everyone for him or her self!) during the week, but on Sat mornings I like to cook something. Pancakes, French toast, home made cinnamon rolls, bacon and eggs, etc. Now I’m hungry.
we sleep late and then sometimes have donuts, sometimes mcdonalds or cereal or oatmeal
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Weekend breakfast in bigger than during the wk…eggs , bacon and waffles!
We love love love beignets on the weekends…sweet mercy fried yeast bread!!! Yummo.
bagels.
I usually try to make something like muffins, BEC biscuits, or pancakes/waffles on the weekend because we don’t do those things during the week usually.