Breakfast! The most important meal of the day (2004-2011)

[little ms foodie]

Percy, I feel honored that I inspired! Your hash looks very good. Love the apples in it don't you??

Breakfast today was a piece of toast spread with avacado sprinkled with s & p and an eggnog latte.

[spaghetttti]

This morning: the kids had my dad's fried rice, a bowl of steamy, creamy oatmeal for my mom and a savory breakfast crepe for me. OJ all around.

[percyn]

This morning:  the kids had my dad's fried rice, a bowl of steamy, creamy  oatmeal for my mom and a savory breakfast crepe for me.  OJ all around.

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Yetty, what was the filling for the crepes? How do you normally make the crepes?

Percy, I feel honored that I inspired! Your hash looks very good. Love the apples in it don't you??

lmf, it was quite inspiring and tasty indeed !!

Thanks

Percy

[spaghetttti]

While frying some for breakfast, my dad comes bellowing into the kitchen, "you're going to eat bacon, BACON?!??!" Whoa, whoa, I had to calm him down and reassure him that it was indeed beef bacon . Oh well, after all that, it wasn't very good anyhow.

But the cheesy grits and egg were quite lovely. I wish I had a biscuit or some toast to go with.

Percy, for the crepes I just wing it with milk, eggs, melted butter, flour & salt. The filling was some creamed spinach (leftovers) that I thickened up with bechamel.

[lovebenton0]

I rarely eat breakfast . . . unless you count coffee. I usually save breakfast for dinner when I crave it.

But this morning I made ginger-spiced pancakes mounded with sliced apple and pear cooked with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, and two fried eggs. Coffee.

Aaaahhhh!

[Blair P. Houghton]

Picture this:

Protein shake: 2 scoops XRated (stupid name; great taste) Fast-Mixing Whey powder, Triple-Chocolate flavor, mixed in 12 oz nonfat milk with a stick-blender (it's much less tasty when done in a shaker, for some reason).

Oatmeal: 1/3 cup McCann's Irish Quick (steamed and rolled) Oats boiled 2 min. in 2/3 cup water (I don't get the steel-cut oats; they taste really metallic to me).

Banana: a big, ripe one, sliced into the oatmeal with a spoon.

Pills: 2 Centrum vitamins, 2 coral calcium, 1 chondroitin/MSM/glucosamine (which may or may not actually do anything)

561 calories, 68 grams carbs, 61 grams protein, 5 grams fat, delicious and nutritious.

[percyn]

Picture this:

Protein shake:  2 scoops XRated (stupid name; great taste) Fast-Mixing Whey powder, Triple-Chocolate flavor, mixed in 12 oz nonfat milk with a stick-blender (it's much less tasty when done in a shaker, for some reason).

Oatmeal:  1/3 cup McCann's Irish Quick (steamed and rolled) Oats boiled 2 min. in 2/3 cup water (I don't get the steel-cut oats; they taste really metallic to me).

Banana:  a big, ripe one, sliced into the oatmeal with a spoon.

Pills:  2 Centrum vitamins, 2 coral calcium, 1 chondroitin/MSM/glucosamine (which may or may not actually do anything)

561 calories, 68 grams carbs, 61 grams protein, 5 grams fat, delicious and nutritious.

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Blair,

Welcome to eG. Are you planning to enter some bodybuilding competition or trying not to get blown off by a strong gust of wind?

Yetty, I knew they made turkey and duck bacon, but never heard of beef bacon.

BTW, your crepes, grits and eggs sound and look really good.

Cheers

Percy

[percyn]

Jumbo Chanterelles, pancetta and scrambled eggs.

Edited December 11, 2004 by percyn (log)

[Malawry]

Butter lettuce salad with roasted red pears, fresh Zingerman's goat cheese, and ginger vinaigrette

Two shirred eggs with tomato concasse and tasso ham

Bacon

Coffee with chicory

[spaghetttti]

Percy, Gwaltney makes beef bacon, though I'm sure there are other brands out there that I will continue to search out.

I do love my grits and try to have them on the weekend, so this (late) morning -- slow cooked creamy, buttery, cheesy, garlic-y grits with an over easy egg and some turkey sausage, and some OJ.

Still sipping my hot mug of good, strong (Indonesian blend) coffee as I type.

Malawry, I've seen coffee w/chicory in a Vietnamese supermarket (Eden Center). How does the chicory enhance the flavor/aroma of the coffee? If I'm not mistaken, this is popular in New Orleans with a plate of powdery beignets, yes?

Edited December 11, 2004 by spaghetttti (log)

[Malawry]

Chicory intensifies the rich/bitter aspect of coffee in a way I find pleasing. I brew my coffee with chicory using less of the mixture than I would plain coffee or else the bitterness gets to be a little too much for me. It's excellent with cream. I love it. I ordered mine from Community Coffee. I also like the Cafe du Monde coffee with chicory. I fell in love with this stuff when I visited New Orleans for the first time last March. I have no experience with Vietnamese versions of the same beverage.

[percyn]

Chicory intensifies the rich/bitter aspect of coffee in a way I find pleasing.

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I also like the Cafe du Monde coffee with chicory. I fell in love with this stuff when I visited New Orleans for the first time last March. I have no experience with Vietnamese versions of the same beverage.

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Malawry, I was in NO last March as well and made the pilgrimage to Cafe du Monde as well...around midnight...for dessert and coffee

[percyn]

Breakfast (brunch actually) was at our neighbors place today, where we exchanged gifts with them and their little kids (they are so cute, too bad I can't post any pics).

They did the cooking (frittatas, fruits, french toast), we made the drinks (poinsettias, mimosa, bloody mary and champagne).

[spaghetttti]

Yum yum yum! Everything looks amazing! Is that ambrosia over there on the upper left? How do you make the poinsettias? (Can they be served "virgin"/non-alcoholic?)

Edited December 13, 2004 by spaghetttti (log)

[percyn]

Yum yum yum!  Everything looks amazing! Is that ambrosia over there on the upper left? How do you make the poinsettias? (Can they be  served "virgin"/non-alcoholic?)

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Spaghetttti, not quite ambrosia salad, as it did not have coconut and sour cream/mayo. Had most of the other ingredients though...mandarin oranges, apples, bananas, blue berries, marshmallows, etc. I think it was something that the kids like.

I am told the French toasts were soaked overnight in their batter....was very moist and almost like bread pudding.

Poinsettia = Very easy. Bit of cranberry juice, champagne and a touch of Grand Marnier (optional). For a virgin Poinsettia, simply use a non-alcoholic sparkling wine and either skip the Grand Marnier or add a splash of orange juice.

[little ms foodie]

Sunday breakfast- a few leftover pancetta, goat cheese and leek tartlets (from our party last night) rewarmed, scrambled eggs (well really 4 egg whites and 2 whole eggs) with Tillamook Extra Sharp White Cheddar, chives and basil....coffee with half and half.

Edited December 13, 2004 by little ms foodie (log)

[Misa]

Breakfast this morning was an apple with peanut butter for dunking, which is one of my favorite food combinations. And I need to double-check what kind of apples those are... they're quickly becoming my favorite.

[Susan G]

Milk-based oatmeal with raisins, walnuts and cinnamon. With brown sugar, natch.

[Bond Girl]

Coffee with milk. A small cup of fromage blanc with meyer lemon marmalade. Gosh, I am a lazy lima bean compared to all of you.

[EdS]

New crop Japanese rice (gohan) and a roasted Aidell's chicken-apple sausage which I now realize I don't care for too much. I think they are too salty. I just got a new fuzzy-logic rice cooker and tried the timer for the first time. It was nice waking up to a hot bowl of rice.

[helenjp]

A little off-topic...when son2 watched Home Alone 4 recently (and believe me, there's no faster way to find yourself Home Alone than to borrow one of those big-number sequels...), he perked up at the scene of child being pampered by a lavish breakfast in bed. Until he saw what it was - french toast with syrup.

"Is that ALL?" he scoffed, and turned back to his oat porridge with brown sugar, his home-made yogurt with bananas and sesame seeds, his toast, and his fried tomatoes, scallions, and sausage...

[percyn]

A little off-topic...when son2 watched Home Alone 4 recently (and believe me, there's no faster way to find yourself Home Alone than to borrow one of those big-number sequels...), he perked up at the scene of child being pampered by a lavish breakfast in bed. Until he saw what it was - french toast with syrup.

"Is that ALL?" he scoffed, and turned back to his oat porridge with brown sugar, his home-made yogurt with bananas and sesame seeds, his toast, and his fried tomatoes, scallions, and sausage...

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The sound on your son's breakfast makes we want to ask...Are you adopting kids at heart??

[helenjp]

Each to his own, I guess...it turns out that son2 thought a luxury breakfast in bed menu should start with STEAK.

[Knicke]

Two eggs over easy (fried a little garlic before I put in the eggs, YUM), 2 pieces supermarket wheat toast (for yolk-dipping), half a grapefruit, and a cup of double-bergamot black tea with milk and sugar.

Edited December 15, 2004 by Knicke (log)

[hwilson41]

Each to his own, I guess...it turns out that son2 thought a luxury breakfast in bed menu should start with STEAK.

 

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He's right. This kid leads a rugged existence, right ?

THW