Since almost everyone is trashing cereal in the Rant Of The Day thread, I was wondering what do y'all eat for breakfast? That's probably the hardest meal for me to get excited about. I like eating breakfast out in restaurants - that is exciting - but at home, blah. So ignoring the cereal that everyone seems to hate, here's what I eat:
Does anyone have different suggestions that I could branch out to?
p.s. - With the new Vitamix I got for Christmas, I have discovered Smoothies. I may start making these for my breakfast too.
- I scramble eggs (I'd prefer over easy, but I don't have the proper skills/practice for cooking those). I usually add a few links of frozen sausage. I think it's made by Banquet - those yellow and red boxes in the freezers. This is not great sausage, but it's OK I guess and super cheap. Bacon would be preferred, but that's too messy to cook so I don't mess with it. Sometimes I'll substitute hard boiled eggs for scrambled.
- I also cook grits with butter and salt.
- When they are on sale, I buy those Jimmy Dean frozen muffin things. There are a couple of varieties - I like the ones that are a biscuit with a scrambled egg patty, a sausage patty, and a piece of cheese.
- Sometimes I will make waffles from a pre-made mix in the waffle iron. That is only if my wife requests that, I never make them for myself alone.
- I may add a Mandarin orange or a banana to any of the above.
- I always have some skim milk with the meal, and a cup of coffee afterwards.
- And of course, I do eat the dreaded cereal when nothing else strikes my fancy. I used to search out the healthy stuff, but after reading labels I found that there is very little "healthy stuff" available, so I will even eat Captain Crunch. If I'm going to have cereal, I prefer things like "Great Grains" that have nuts and fruits (I guess that's what those chewy bits are??? Who knows!)
Does anyone have different suggestions that I could branch out to?
p.s. - With the new Vitamix I got for Christmas, I have discovered Smoothies. I may start making these for my breakfast too.