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what to have for breakfast?!

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what to have for breakfast?!

arghhh i get so frustrated first thing in the morning! trying to figure out what to have every morning is such a pain. more than half the people i ask what they eat every morning, they just say the skip breakfast. so kinda hard to figure this out.

its important to be practical, therefore go with something that'll take less than 5 mins to make. but it also needs to be filling. cereal is easy but not very filling at all, you're hungry 20 mins later. oatmeal is similar. eggs i guess are do-able but they dont taste very good the way i make them somehow; and they involve bread which i'd prefer to avoid, tho it might not be possible.

any healthy options??

thanks!
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I just had leftover homemade pizza from yesterday, hits most of the food groups!
Actually, any leftovers are good - doesn't have to be 'breakfast food'...

Sometimes I just fork-scramble an egg in a soupbowl, nuke it for a minute, cut in half, eat each on a piece of toast.
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I make a large batch of steel-cut oats every week. I keep it in a container in the fridge and scoop out a serving at a time. Just microwave for a minute or so, add a bit of milk or cream and a teaspoon of maple syrup. It is way better than rolled or quick oats, and it will keep all week in the fridge. Our Costco sells it in a huge box. It requires longer cooking than regular oatmeal, about 20 minutes. I add brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to it near the end of cooking along with a cup or so of milk.
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Steak and baked potato.

Bacon and fried eggs on the side.
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hard boiled eggs or sardines.
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bigdan wrote: its important to be practical, therefore go with something that'll take less than 5 mins to make. but it also needs to be filling. cereal is easy but not very filling at all, you're hungry 20 mins later. oatmeal is similar. eggs i guess are do-able but they dont taste very good the way i make them somehow; and they involve bread which i'd prefer to avoid, tho it might not be possible.
Just curious, how are you making your eggs?
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Mars2012 wrote: I make a large batch of steel-cut oats every week. I keep it in a container in the fridge and scoop out a serving at a time. Just microwave for a minute or so, add a bit of milk or cream and a teaspoon of maple syrup. It is way better than rolled or quick oats, and it will keep all week in the fridge. Our Costco sells it in a huge box. It requires longer cooking than regular oatmeal, about 20 minutes. I add brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to it near the end of cooking along with a cup or so of milk.
This.

I mix 3 cups of water, 1 cup of milk, and 1 cup of steel oats and bake it for an hour then i'm good for the rest of the week. Very convenient and filling breakfast to have before stepping out the door. I switch up what i eat for breakfast sometimes (toast/eggs/muffin+yogurt) but oatmeal is the best if you want to feel full.

I can't stand the quick 1 or 5 minute oatmeal though, it's so soggy.
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Another Steel cut oat eater here. This is my routine. Very fast, very easy, absolutely no fuss.

I usually make a two day serving the night before (sure you can do more but I do two days at a time)...nuke 2/3 c of water for 2 min on high. add 1/2 cup of steel cut oats, cover and leave it on my counter.

Next day, I nuke half of that for 1 min 40 s and let it sit five or ten minutes in the microwave while I make my coffee [put the other half in the fridge for next day]. After making coffee, I add some milk/water to the oatmeal that's been sitting in my nuker and then nuke again for around 1 min....watch it as it "puffs" up and can overflow/blowup in your nuker if you overheat it. Stop it as soon as you see it puffing.

Add honey/cinnamon/brown sugar/maple syrup/nuts/butter/coconut oil or whatever topping you want including a bit more milk (to cool it so you can eat right away without burning your tongue). Enjoy.

Another method....similar to mine but a bit more fussy in my opinion.

http://www.thekitchn.com/oatmeal-in-jar ... tee-143623
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I have Alpen or other granola cereals and they are very filling. I put the Welches frozen wild blueberries on it from when they were on sale a few weeks ago.
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western and cheese omelettes most of the time.
prepare the veg mixture the night before (I make enough to last a few days) so it's ready to add to eggs in the morning.
personally love runny yolks so most of the time I'll separate the white from the yolks. make the omelette using the egg whites and add the raw yolks on top. raw yolks are also much healthier.

mix up the sides…smoked salmon, avocadoes, smoked pork loin, hash browns, bacon, etc.
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The trick is to make things ahead so it’s quick and easy in the morning (no fuss). Everything listed here can be made ahead

Baked oatmeal – make it at the beginning of the week, portion it out and easy to microwave in the morning (freezes very well)

Breakfast burrito – make ahead and freeze (eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes in a tortilla)

Quinoa pancakes

Boiled eggs

Muffins (esp high fibre ones)

Quiche / Frittata

Also, you really don’t need to eat “breakfast” foods for breakfast. Growing up, my mom made “lunch/dinner” foods for breakfast (e.g., sausage in a bun, homemade hamburgers on whole wheat, tuna etc). May sound strange but really wasn’t strange to us.
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funkyfr3sh_ wrote: Also, you really don’t need to eat “breakfast” foods for breakfast. Growing up, my mom made “lunch/dinner” foods for breakfast (e.g., sausage in a bun, homemade hamburgers on whole wheat, tuna etc). May sound strange but really wasn’t strange to us.
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ronin1701 wrote: Just curious, how are you making your eggs?
However OP does it, it can't get much worse than this:
natalka wrote: Sometimes I just fork-scramble an egg in a soupbowl, nuke it for a minute, cut in half, eat each on a piece of toast.
The only thing I would use a microwave for with eggs is to soft boil them... and that's only with one of those microwave egg cookers. Otherwise you're just building a bomb.
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joeyjoejoe wrote: However OP does it, it can't get much worse than this:

The only thing I would use a microwave for with eggs is to soft boil them... and that's only with one of those microwave egg cookers. Otherwise you're just building a bomb.
chawan mushi comes out pretty good out of a microwave.
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joeyjoejoe wrote: However OP does it, it can't get much worse than this:



The only thing I would use a microwave for with eggs is to soft boil them... and that's only with one of those microwave egg cookers. Otherwise you're just building a bomb.
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thanks for the great advice guys. so it looks like oatmeal is the clear winner, prepared in advance. i just havent found it particularly filling or satisfying yet. i guess the point is to just have more of it, and play w/ the extra ingredients.

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>I mix 3 cups of water, 1 cup of milk, and 1 cup of steel oats and bake it for an hour

In this case do you boil the water and milk, then add oats? If cooking for an hour, what kinda heat does one use for that?
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If you want something hearty and more filling, get beans in there. It doesn't spike up your blood sugar so you get the less ups and downs associated with more simpler carbs.

Sprinkling some cayenne pepper helps it go down (you can maybe throw beans in your oatmeal, omelette, or burrito)

A bag of beans is around $3 and can last more than a week. Make the night before and put in a large tupperware taking what you need when you need it. You'd be surprised at how a couple of spoons of it can fill you up.

Kidney beans are good. I use it as a replacement primarily from your typical carb sources. Get ~2 cups of dry beans, rinse then soak for minimum 6-8 hours, rinse, heat on stove top on high for 10 mins, than bring down to med/low, put a lid on it for another hour. Stir occasionally to make sure it doesn't stick too much. Rinse, dry for a bit, and your good to go.

Hard to eat it everyday all the time, but it's a good habit and food to get in there.
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at1212b wrote: If you want something hearty and more filling, get beans in there. It doesn't spike up your blood sugar so you get the less ups and downs associated with more simpler carbs.

Sprinkling some cayenne pepper helps it go down (you can maybe throw beans in your oatmeal, omelette, or burrito)

A bag of beans is around $3 and can last more than a week. Make the night before and put in a large tupperware taking what you need when you need it. You'd be surprised at how a couple of spoons of it can fill you up.

Kidney beans are good. I use it as a replacement primarily from your typical carb sources. Get ~2 cups of dry beans, rinse then soak for minimum 6-8 hours, rinse, heat on stove top on high for 10 mins, than bring down to med/low, put a lid on it for another hour. Stir occasionally to make sure it doesn't stick too much. Rinse, dry for a bit, and your good to go.

Hard to eat it everyday all the time, but it's a good habit and food to get in there.

thanks for this. actually i visited ireland for 2 weeks and they gave baked beans w/ a friend egg and mushrooms every day. the beans was the biggest part. i did indeed think it was a good breakfast.

but while we're talking blood sugar and all that, are baked beans OK? i mean the canned ones (if there's more than one type) w/ the tomato sauce already added. ofc that'll be quite filling but from a health / sugar perspective.
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bigdan wrote: thanks for this. actually i visited ireland for 2 weeks and they gave baked beans w/ a friend egg and mushrooms every day. the beans was the biggest part. i did indeed think it was a good breakfast.

but while we're talking blood sugar and all that, are baked beans OK? i mean the canned ones (if there's more than one type) w/ the tomato sauce already added. ofc that'll be quite filling but from a health / sugar perspective.
I love the "English" Breakfast as well, but I don't think at1212b was referring to canned pre-fab baked beans when he was suggesting to include them with breakfast.

The problem with baked beans (whether the sauce is based on tomatoes or on molasses) is that there's quite a bit of added sugar. And in fact, sugar is ingredient #3 on the list, right after water and beans. Looking at a can of Heinz "Original" beans with Pork & Tomato sauce, it contains 150 calories and 8g of sugar per 125mL. One can contains 398mL, so we're talking about a 25g of sugar here. The Heinz "Deep Browned" variety is even worse.

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