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sunseeker Wed 05-May-21 09:37:49

After the unpleasantness yesterday thought I would start something a little light hearted

There was an article on local radio this morning discussing breakfast preferences one man said he has had the same breakfast every day since he was 14 and is now 52! (Scrambled eggs with cheese)

Do GNs have the same breakfast every day? I tend to vary my breakfast between cereal (porridge in the winter) or toast but have a cooked breakfast on Sundays

BBbevan Wed 05-May-21 19:00:41

We don’t have breakfast as we do 16/8. But we have brunch which is anything from melon and Parma ham to a beef burger. Anything goes really

Cherrytree59 Wed 05-May-21 18:44:36

Jumbo organic oats with some added fruit, whatever's available grapes, berries, pears or banana, (not all at once)
Then Vanilla yogurt on top.

I also do the 16/8 fast, but nothing gets in the way of my breakfast usually about 10am.?

Marmight Wed 05-May-21 18:10:25

No I don’t!
It depends on how I feel each morning. Could be porridge with rasps & blueberries with a dod of manuka honey, Skyr yoghurt with fruit topped off with a handful of granola, a poached egg on toast or spinach & smoked salmon omelette if it’s a late breakfast (saves having lunch) or sometimes just a couple of pieces of marmite toast.
All this talk of breakfast is making my tummy rumble ?

ILE35 Wed 05-May-21 17:44:59

I go between 2 most days. Either Greek youghurt with banana, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and a few mixed nuts or toast and marmalade. The odd weekend I’ll make a bacon roll or boiled eggs and toast and when on hol I enjoy a fry up.

I love breakfast. In fact I love all meal times! ?

maydonoz Wed 05-May-21 17:35:56

Our regular breakfast is toast, cheese, marmite and a few black olives. We have a second slice of toast with either honey or marmalade.
Once or twice a week, we have a soft-boiled or scrambled egg. Some days I have porridge with flaked almonds and a little milk on top. Of course there's plenty of Yorkshire tea to go with it all. In the old days when the DC were still home we used to have a fry-up at the weekend but don't indulge anymore.
Ps I wondered what is a 16.8 diet, I don't know this one?

maryrose54 Wed 05-May-21 13:36:51

Breakfast for me usually 10.30 to 11.00. I have porridge with sultanas to sweeten it, made with soya milk. If we ever have breakfast out it's just scrambled egg and wholemeal toast. Can't eat too much as have trouble with bloating otherwise.

muse Wed 05-May-21 13:35:27

Had to look up 16=8 diet.

MrM does breakfast every day. I do all other meals. He likes a set routine - bless him.

Me:
Wednesdays + Sundays are egg days. Scrambled or poached on sourdough toast.
Two other days - tomatoes on sourdough
Three days - high fibre cereal with soya milk and fruit

Most days I have some yoghurt.

MrM:
has a three course breakfast. Alternate days are porridge (with water)/high fibre cereal. He eat lots of dried fruit and puts something sweet on his porridge. Plus he has eggs on Wed and Sunday with me. Then a pile of toast with different spreads. He has very little for lunch. Works for him as he's very active/work. He cuts back on food at night if he has ever had an inactive day. His weight has not budged an ounce for as long as I can remember. + he loves a pud at night. He a perfect weight for his height.

Esspee Wed 05-May-21 13:24:21

Today I had avocado on toast, (salt, lemon juice and chipped up spring onions), more usually I have Lidl’s luxury muesli with fruit (fresh mangoes, raspberries or blueberries) and live yoghurt. Every Sunday we have a cooked breakfast, normally a a fresh Scottish bread roll, crispy streaky bacon (never smoked), black pudding and a potato scone with perhaps mushrooms or tomatoes.

Amberone Wed 05-May-21 13:23:50

Porridge through the Winter, made in the slow cooker overnight with almond/coconut milk - sometimes I add cranberries or apples while it's cooking then add cinnamon or maple syrup or blueberries when serving.

In the Summer sometimes cereals, sometimes toast, at the weekend have something cooked. On bank holiday Monday it was eggy bread with bacon and maple syrup, juice and coffee for a late breakfast in the garden.

Maggymay Wed 05-May-21 13:16:40

Same every day porridge and a cup of tea.

ginny Wed 05-May-21 13:15:22

Mostly porridge but I vary it with different seeds and fruit.
Rarely have a cooked breakfast as I find it makes me feel ‘heavy’.
I’d really like to have Danish pastries every day !

Ealdemodor Wed 05-May-21 13:11:11

Always toast and Marmite with coffee, sometimes with red berry cereal, or a banana and/or yogurt.
Never have a cooked breakfast, just don’t like it.

grannytilly2511 Wed 05-May-21 13:04:49

I alternate between overnight oats, .weetabix., fruit and fibre .
Sometimes have smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, or a bacon sarnie at the weekend.

PaperMonster Wed 05-May-21 12:39:34

Warm water and two cups of coffee for me.

grannyrebel7 Wed 05-May-21 12:34:55

I eat the same breakfast every day at home - porridge, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries. Greek yoghurt & honey. If we're away I'll have a fry up.

lemongrove Wed 05-May-21 12:12:29

I know a few people who eat the same brekkie every day ( I just couldn’t do that.)
Scrambled egg on toast, or porridge, or weetabix with a spoonful of added nuts and dried fruit, or marmalade toast
A bacon sarnie, or a small pancake with fresh raspberries and plain yoghurt.Those are favourite options, with now and then a toasted fruit teacake or croissants.I can’t do without food in the morning as some can.I also need two large cups of tea.

tanith Wed 05-May-21 11:57:21

Bran Flakes or porridge with fresh raspberries or banana, cup of tea. Full English once in a blue moon on the weekend.

grannysyb Wed 05-May-21 11:31:48

Sane for me every day , black Earl Grey and two slices of toast with homemade marmalade, DH usually has porridge, but sometimes Weetabix. If we're staying in a hotel I will have bacon and mushrooms.

Jaxjacky Wed 05-May-21 11:04:51

Breakfast is about 11 or later, either porridge or weetabix with blueberries/banana/soft fruit/kiwi/prunes, at least two different fruits. Occasionally croissants, if we’re in a hotel that does it, smoked haddock and poached eggs.

BlueSky Wed 05-May-21 10:57:47

Yes same for me every morning, black coffee and toast, I do vary the spread, marmite, honey or marmalade! grin

Redhead56 Wed 05-May-21 10:41:30

Small bowl of lumpy porridge made with water cooled down with milk and sugar on top. At the weekend maybe an egg with tomato and thin slice of black pudding.
Once a month DH goes to Widnes and gets a piece of salt fish for me. It’s a breakfast I like on a Sunday I had it as a youngster. It’s something our shops don’t sell anymore. I love toast and butter with Marmite but no matter what bread I use it cripples me so rarely have it.

TerriBull Wed 05-May-21 10:41:02

Of late, I love Greek yoghurt with honey and hazelnuts and fruit, particularly bananas that is my preferred breakfast nowadays. We always have porridge in the house, so occasionally I have that, not a great fan but it's like fuel for the body, it keeps it going, or toast with Marmite. I eat breakfast late, I generally have 3 coffees during the course of the morning before I eat. Sometimes breakfast merges into lunch. Unless we are away then it's often set times.

I only really have an English breakfast if we are away in a hotel. Somewhere along the line in adult life I went off eggs in a big way, I can eat them flavoured with other things scrambled with chives or smoked salmon, frittatas with chorizo, onions, peppers, but can't eat them on their own, not at all, they make me gag now. Strange! as a child loads of boiled eggs for breakfast.

Kate1949 Wed 05-May-21 10:31:08

I've just had a buttered crumpet. Yum.
Some days cereal and fruit, some days a boiled egg, some days toast. I try to vary it.

EllanVannin Wed 05-May-21 10:29:30

No prizes for guessing---from me grin

timetogo2016 Wed 05-May-21 10:27:56

I don`t have breakfast,i really can`t eat in the morning.