What's on your breakfast plate?

[Allison_Fishman]

Hello there,

I'm wondering -- what are you eating for breakfast these days? There's so much talk of what to prepare for dinner, it seems that breakfast gets short shrift. Which is odd, as so many tell us is the most important meal of the day.

I am a fan of savory breakfasts. Recently it's been hard-boiled eggs drizzled with a good olive oil, salt pepper, and some torn basil. This morning I've got some leftover chow fun that's calling my name -- savory noodles for breakfast is something I picked up when in Vietnam. The only sweet breakfast that I go for is pie -- I had a slice of sour cherry pie for breakfast last week. Pie used to be a traditional American breakfast item about a hundred years ago -- keeps the energy up!

I recently had a nice breakfast in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn. They sliced some hard-boiled eggs with one of those old egg slicers, and layered the slices with thin wedges of avocado. This was laid on top of a thick piece of toasted, buttered country bread. The colors -- sunny orange/yellow and delicate yellow/green were lovely. Tasted pretty good too :-)

What do you eat for breakfast?

Allison 

[Ryan_G]

I like to make Monte Cristos for breakfast when I have the time to do it.  I'm one of those who uses ham and turkey together with pepper jack and swiss cheese.  I don't get to do this very often but when I do I'm in Heaven.

Other than that it tends to be quick and whatever is on hand.  Over the last few days I've had cold cereal, chorizo and eggs, a jalapeno sausage roll from a convenience store, cold pizza, and a bacon breakfast burrito I threw together in 10 minutes.

[TiggerBear]

Leftover pizza

left over steak sliced thin with scrambled eggs and fresh tomatoes

scomlets (invention of necessity, when I didn't own a decent pan)

   take left over meat, or lunch meat, or no meat

   thin onion slices, or shallots , green onions; whatever you have got laying around

   left over potatoes, just so their not mashed

   heat with a little oil in pain

   in you have tomatoes add just before you add eggs

   while that heat, fork whip eggs with paprika, and a pinch of cinnamon

   poor in, stir, don't let the eggs stick

   when egg in mix is done slide onto plate and sprinkle with any desired cheese

   eat happy

or sometimes just some fruit

my husband however

if not scomlet day

wants either a vegiburger or grits with eggs sunnyside

[khohman]

Although I generally find myself avoiding breakfast during the week, it has historically been one of my favorite meals.  In my younger days, when I worked out incessantly, I ate eggs, bacon, potatoes, sourdough toast with lots of butter, and lots of good coffee.  Now, I generally eat yogurt, or peanut butter toast.  I have also, on occasion, had salad, which I crave at all meals.  Softboiled eggs with good break and decaf coffee is truly my fave - and I can be found eating it at a local Pasadena spot on most Sundays. 

[Felidae_Evol]

I usually make eggs and toast simply because that's one of the few things I can make and is pretty quick. I do enjoy french toast every once in a while when I have time.

[Allison_Fishman]

Thanks for your responses. I enjoyed reading them, and appreciate you taking the time!

I'm reading Julia Child's "My Life in France" now (in preparation for Friday's release of Julie and Julia), and she has an incredible description of the way she was taught to make eggs on page 64-65.

You'll never scramble the same way again.

Allison 

[TiggerBear]

---

Allison_Fishman wrote:

Thanks for your responses. I enjoyed reading them, and appreciate you taking the time!

I'm reading Julia Child's "My Life in France" now (in preparation for Friday's release of Julie and Julia), and she has an incredible description of the way she was taught to make eggs on page 64-65.

You'll never scramble the same way again.

Allison 

---

Me too, got 1/3 of the way through so far. Enjoyable foodie book.