A Cooked Breakfast... fantastic

I had to be out very early this morning for work and treated myself an hour or so later to something approaching a 'Full English' at a supermarket cafe en route.   A couple of little sausages, baked beans, a hash brown, some toast, margarine, tiny pot of blackcurrant jam, massive big mug of tea...  it was heaven on a stick.  Just out of sheer curiosity I entered the component parts as best I could in the CC food log... OK so it's not going to win too many awards for being healthy breakfast of the year... but it was only just over 500 cals all done.   And I didn't feel hungry again for hours and hours.

Anyone else love a cooked breakfast from time to time?

I love late cooked breakfasts! It seems like breakfast is always something more on the 'sweet' side, and it gets a teeny bit boring. I rarely have time to make a full cooked meal but I do like simple savoury things like leftover rice and lentils, cheese on toast with tomatoes, peanut butter and cheese grilled sandwiches, and boiled eggs.

Also savoury porridge is really good for a change. If I'm having oats then I combine milk and some salt and cook as normal, then towards the end stir in a mix of veggies, like peas, finely diced carrots, and sweetcorn. And then grated cheese on top.

Or polenta - you could cook it fresh in a few minutes and stir in butter and cheese and veggies, or leave it to set overnight, and have a slab to take with you in the morning!

My breakfasts are kind of boring. Two scrambled jumbo eggs, one white w/ skim (made in olive oil instead of butter, I'm not a butter fan anymore for some reason). I fried up some sweet white onions, minced garlic and tomatoes in a tbsp of olive oil. I put it all one a piece of whole grain toast and top with sriracha hot sauce (which I put on everything...).

All in all, about 450 calories, maybe 500 if you presume the food sops up every last drop of olive oil. It's pretty dang filling. I ate an orange afterward today as a snack ;)

I'm a veggie, but I love my full Irish - mushrooms, soda bread, beans, veggie sausages, and egg  - for breakfast once in a while on a weekend, especially if I've done a very long run.  And it isn't the world's worst for calories, especially since I only need a very light lunch afterwards.

It goes to show that you don't have to give up your favourite foods to lose weight or be healthy.

Weekend breakfast is one of the hardest things for me to forego - I try to limit myself to something greasy only once a month or so, but I love lazy Sunday mornings with a big, late breakfast. I'd eat bacon and eggs or biscuits with sausage gravy every weekend if I could still get away with it!

Original Post by kriklaf:

Weekend breakfast is one of the hardest things for me to forego - I try to limit myself to something greasy only once a month or so, but I love lazy Sunday mornings with a big, late breakfast. I'd eat bacon and eggs or biscuits with sausage gravy every weekend if I could still get away with it!

Same! I like to make a big sandwich out of a cinnamon raisin bagel, cream cheese, sausage and eggs. It may sound a bit weird, but I love the sweet and salty combo.

This week I discovered I can cook a quick breakfast in about 5 minutes - scramble egg beaters and microwave 2 pieces of turkey bacon. Actually I could probably cook the egg beaters in the microwave, too. But it only takes a couple minutes longer to make than my usual oatmeal. It keeps me just as full, and saves me more than 200 calories!

Weekdays it's yogurt and fruit, sometimes a mini-muffin, and some almonds. But weekends are a different story!

My boyfriend and I have a weekend tradition of making breakfast sandwiches, with bacon, egg, and cheese on an english muffin. Add some fruit and yogurt and a mocha and it comes to around 700 cals, but that's usually both breakfast and lunch so I don't feel bad at all. It's a lot of fun for us to make it together, and we've perfected the sandwich to a high art form :).

And for all you doubters out there....three slices of well-rendered bacon is only 120 calories. And that's the thick stuff. I never understand why so many people think they mustn't eat bacon (or pizza, or whatever) to lose weight!

Original Post by victoriagirl:

And for all you doubters out there....three slices of well-rendered bacon is only 120 calories. And that's the thick stuff. I never understand why so many people think they mustn't eat bacon (or pizza, or whatever) to lose weight!

All very true...but who wants to stop at three? And who doesn't want to scramble the eggs in the bacon fat afterwards? Sigh.

Yep, it's all about moderation. Stupid moderation. ;)

I love a Tex Mex scramble - a bunch of onion, sweet red pepper, spinach sauteed in habanero oil, eggs, and salsa, all wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla -with the bit that doesn't fit eaten on the side with a fork! Lasts til lunch and is perfectly reasonable for calories.

I have a deep and abiding love affair with REAL bagels and good cream cheese.

And huge omelets.

I am a huge fan. I think they have a totally undeserved bad reputation, as part of a healthy overall diet. I would go as far to say that they are a pretty good food chocie to start the day with every so often, they keep me full for hours and prevent sugary cravings later in the day. My favourite combo is sausages and bacon (grilled), egg, mushroom and tomato cooked in olive oil and wholegrain toast for getting all the juices.

Lots of protein, fiber from the beans, iron from the meat (important since am getting over a phase of anaemia!), vitamins and minerals from the mushrooms and grilled tomatoes, whole grains from the toast, bit of fat for keeping me full - PERFECTO BREAKFAST

Beans for breakfast is a joke, right???

I love beans for breakfast!  I often make a Mexican flavored scramble (chilies, tomatoes, onions, eggs) heat up some leftover black beans, and have a feast with a few corn tortillas.  It usually comes to about 500 calories, which isn't that much more than a serving of cereal with some fruit.  I usually don't have time except on Sunday, though.

I suppose in university I ate some strange things when I was starving and hung over and unskilled at anything but opening a can, but I can't imagine baked beans for breakfast.  I'm pretty sure those in this thread who said that were just pulling our legs.  All in good fun.

Why would it be a joke? As kids growing up we often ate baked beans on toast for breakfast - and plenty of other kids I knew did too. It's not uncommon!! Even today when I order a breakfast out it often comes with baked beans... I am surprised you've never heard of it.

I am a big fan of cooked breakfasts. My favourite cafe back home does an amazing veggie breakfast with grilled portabello mushrooms with pesto, buttery garlic spinach, grilled tomatoes, fresh home-made baked beans and a potato rosti topped with guacamole. It's not low-calorie, but it is heaven... especially washed down with a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice.

My normal breakfasts consist of muesli, plain yoghurt and some fresh fruit, and then often a cheese and tomato omelette to go with it. I need a hearty breakfast in the morning to start my day off with energy.

Original Post by fjortis:

I suppose in university I ate some strange things when I was starving and hung over and unskilled at anything but opening a can, but I can't imagine baked beans for breakfast.  I'm pretty sure those in this thread who said that were just pulling our legs.  All in good fun.

It's just simply not an American thing, for the most part. Sounds delicious tho.

I eat red kidney beans for breakfast with eggs.

Any passing Brit will bear me out but a 'full English' can include any or all of the following... bacon, eggs (usually fried), fried bread, baked beans, black pudding, sausage, grilled tomato, grilled mushrooms, toast.... and there are probably a few local variations I've forgotten.    Lashings of ketchup and HP sauce on the side, of course.

My brother once spent a summer in New Jersey as a youth camp helper and, desperate for a taste of home, showed a local cafe owner how to put a full English breakfast together.  The cafe owner, not slow to see the marketing opportunity, went on to offer it to his regulars as 'New!' LOL!

I'll take your word for it, though I have owned a couple of restaurants and never served a bean of any kind.  I've NEVER seen a bean eaten at breakfast time. 

An English friend told me about a food that I tried once, called Bubbles and Farts or something, and except for the way it laid on the bottom of my tummy for days it was pretty good.

I tried Yorkshire Pudding at a Canadian friend's once, but her mom had burned it pretty bad and it was nearly inedible.

Yorkshire pudding is delicious. My grandmother is from the UK and used to cook up the most delicious traditional English feasts. Unfortunately, alzheimer's has hit her like a ton of bricks and we don't get it anymore because she refused to teach anyone how to make it. haha

Original Post by fjortis:

An English friend told me about a food that I tried once, called Bubbles and Farts or something, and except for the way it laid on the bottom of my tummy for days it was pretty good.

That would be Bubble & Squeak although, owing to the cabbage element, Bubbles& Fartsprobably covers it.  Good way to use up leftover spuds.

Hahaha... yeah, bubble & squeak is nice and a good way to use up leftovers.