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Favourite breakfast

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distaffgran Sat 23-Jun-12 12:53:59

I didn't have my usual Saturday morning croissant today. I had toast (sourdough, though, very posh) and home-made marmalade.

In the week I have granola but I have tried them nearly all and there are only two I like. Is anyone else slightly obsessive-compulsive about breakfast or am I really weird?

Joan Sat 23-Jun-12 12:57:44

Must have lots of protein in mine. I prefer bacon and eggs and sausage and mushrooms but it's too much bother so I have hard boiled egg (from my own hens), slice of liver paste, slice of Strassburg with cream cheese on, two sardines, and a few cherry tomatoes from the garden and perhaps a slice of cheddar.

greenmossgiel Sat 23-Jun-12 13:02:15

I have porridge one day, then All-Bran the next - alternating throughout the week. In the porridge I put a few dates and have yoghurt on the All-Bran with some milk. Can't have toast as bread bloats me up. So I think I've got a bit of OCD there as well, distaffgran! smile

Humbertbear Sat 23-Jun-12 13:10:04

Meusli and soya yogurt every morning, served in bed with black coffee and the paper. But was only thinking this morning that it's been ages since I had a slice of toast. We always serve visitors croissants and beigels but that means I have to get up before breakfast.

Annobel Sat 23-Jun-12 13:11:56

Invariably natural yoghurt with fruit (banana/apricots/ stewed apple/blueberries) and oat bran cereal. Saves me from having to think about it - am not a morning person.

nelliedeane Sat 23-Jun-12 13:21:29

Raspberries blueberries,weetabix crunched up like topping and lemon yoghurt..

whenim64 Sat 23-Jun-12 13:23:04

Porridge with dates or fat raisins most days, but today it was toasted bagel with scrambled eggs. Just luuurve porridge, even in summer!

merlotgran Sat 23-Jun-12 13:23:25

Every which way with eggs from our hens or porridge with Greek yoghurt and a tiny drizzle of local honey. I can't function without breakfast. I always wake up starving.

Annobel Sat 23-Jun-12 13:26:32

Although Scots, I really loathe porridge. Used to be forced to eat it when on holiday at Granny's, thoughI did have the concession of being allowed to add sugar - Granny ate hers, in the traditional way, with salt. I think there's something about the texture of the stuff that makes me gag.

AlisonMA Sat 23-Jun-12 13:45:19

Weightwatchers yoghurt is all I have and I only have that because I have to take my meds with food. When I have them I might add blueberries or raspberrys. I really don't want to eat before about midday and also have to be very careful as I have extremely slow metabolism.

DH love the full heart attack b'fast when he gets the chance!

jeni Sat 23-Jun-12 13:46:43

Anything prepared by someone else!
But probably areally fresh buttery croissant, with butter and apricot ja and a boule of chocolate sat outside in a cafe in France!smile oh and sunshine
(haven't used that emoticon for ages, wonder why)

absentgrana Sat 23-Jun-12 13:48:09

Sometimes multigrain toast with Marmite, honey or home-made marmalade or jam, sometimes yogurt. Always a piece of fruit.

Annika Sat 23-Jun-12 14:06:12

Simple just toast and a cup of tea ! I'm easy to please smile

Greatnan Sat 23-Jun-12 18:38:57

Porridge made with half-fat milk and a little water, over bottled cherries and sultanas. No sugar and very little salt. I like No-sugar Alpen but I can't find it in France. Most French cereals are very sugary, but I have found Weetabix.
Although I live in France, I hate croissants as I find the pastry too greasy.
In French hotels, I usually just have a piece of a baguette with some butter and a mere hint of jam (the only time I eat anything so sweet.
In Egypt last week, I ate far more than I do at home - some wholemeal bread with jam, a cheese omelette and fresh fruit salad.
In a UK hotel, I will have bacon and scrambled egg, with one round of toast and muesli if it is on offer.

Ariadne Sat 23-Jun-12 18:41:55

Cereal bran bar and really good coffee!

Anagram Sat 23-Jun-12 18:46:42

Special K (no sugar) with full-fat milk and a mug of PG tips!

nanaej Sat 23-Jun-12 19:07:47

Only recently got into breakfasts but now I am 'retired' I do have one! tea x 3, home made fruit and plain soya yogurt smoothie or museli,fresh fruit and oatmilk & maybe toast and marmalade or croissant if it is late then I will skip lunch!

Annobel Sat 23-Jun-12 19:10:46

PG Tips! Wash your mouth out, nag and go and buy some Yorkshire Gold or even Waitrose Gold. Preferably loose leaf! [snob emoticon]

Anagram Sat 23-Jun-12 19:12:14

No posh supermarkets round her, Annobel! I have to make do with what the builders left....grin

Bags Sat 23-Jun-12 19:25:57

Breakfast number one: coffee, quite milky (full cream milk), and a flapjack (homemade, about a third nuts and seeds).

Breakfast number two: doorstep slab of home-made bread with butter and marmalade, and another coffee as above.

Breakfast number three: bacon, egg, mushrooms, onion fry up.

Roll on dinner time smile

Bags Sat 23-Jun-12 19:26:35

Oh, and sometimes (quite often) there's another coffee and flapjack in there somewhere.

Anagram Sat 23-Jun-12 19:28:22

Well, you do get up at an unfeasibly early hour, Bags! wink

jeni Sat 23-Jun-12 19:30:47

How DO you stay so slim on that lot?[green]

Bags Sat 23-Jun-12 19:33:55

It only sounds like a lot. I don't really eat a great deal. Very small evening meal for instance. I'm hungriest in the mornings.

granjura Sat 23-Jun-12 19:51:13

Breakfast like an Emperor, lunch like a King and sup like a pauper, is my moto.

Porridge made with half milk, half water, some cut up dried apple and cranberries, and a spoon full of crushed seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, almonds and linseed) - with a bit of cinnamon sugar and half-fat milk. Slow release GI, and keeps me going until about 2 when we have lunch.