I finally figured out how to install Google Analytics and LOVE that I have readers from 27 countries! I get a little thrill from seeing the map in various shades of green, and I started to wonder. What did you all have for breakfast this morning?
I had a hankering for salt so I made fried eggs, hash browns, whole wheat toast, sliced canteloupe and veggie sausage for the family on my new griddle pictured here with another breakfast. :)
If you feel comfortable, tell me where you are from and what you ate!
I am from Canada, and I had hot cereal (Sunny Boy brand) with milk and brown sugar. Usually I have either cold cereal (often brown sugar Mini Wheats) or multigrain toast with Nutella.
ReplyDeleteFan Family Feeding Dynamics on FACEBOOK (click on the link to the right on the blog) to see what my facebook followers had for breakfast!)
ReplyDeleteInteresting question, Katja. JonHuck.com has a beautiful and delicious photo book called Breakfast. You can get hungry just looking at the pictures.
ReplyDeleteAnd, what did I have for breakfast? Fried rice from last night and a latte.
I'm in Maine and I had strawberry yogurt with homemade granola. And not enough coffee. ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is too fun! I lived in Portland for 3 years. LOVE Maine and miss it dearly! I'm on my post-lunch coffee right now!
ReplyDeleteNothing. If I sleep in late enough, I just skip right to lunch. Oh and I'm from Indiana.
ReplyDeleteI'm in Montana and I had cereal with strawberries and whole wheat toast with peanut butter and jam. And coffee.
ReplyDeleteI actually hate breakfast because it seems like there are so few options. I get bored with them!
Hello from Spain! I had a pear, two slices of bread with olive oil and serrano (cured) ham, and a cup of black coffee.
ReplyDeleteYum! Rosenleaf, maybe these posts will inspire you!
ReplyDeleteI loved the Mediterranean breakfast of white bread, olives, goat cheese, tomatoes and cucumbers when I was in Turkey, but have never eaten it here! My friend was in a hotel in Detroit that catered to lots of Japanese business people and there was the usual continental breakfast plus miso soup!
I live in the US. I normally have a "green" smoothie with kale or a frittata, but I ran out of kale and didn't make a frittata this week, so:
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-chia seeds
-whey protein powder
-eggs
-brazil nut milk
-parsley
-coconut oil (need fat or I am ravenously hungry five minutes later)
The verdict: weird, but good!
I'm from Germany and have a strange day-and-night rhythm which makes me unable to stomach breakfast after getting up. (Imagine having six hours of eastward jet lag every day). So I breakfast in the office around noon. I had two sandwiches (rye bread, butter, one with goat's cheese with herbs, the other with Italian salami), an apple, a dried fig, and a large mug of black tea.
ReplyDeleteWe were pretty boring this morning with cold cereal (though it was an organic millet-buckwheat-sorghum fancy brand!) with soy milk and sliced Pink Lady apples on the side.
ReplyDeleteUnscrambled, if you're just doing a smoothie, do you miss "chewing" something?
ReplyDeleteLyorn. Rhythms are different for different people. Glad you found something that works for you. Is sausage still such a breakfast staple? (Wurst? I used to love Gelbwurst and Bierschinken as a kid.) I think there is something to the more substantial breakfast with more fat and protein to get the day going...Do you think many Germans have adopted the cereal and milk? Your meal made me hungry. Sounds soooo good!
Katy-I love Pink Lady! I usually don't do the diner breakfast, but felt like it this morning! What's the cereal called? Do you have kids and do they like it?
ReplyDeleteI don't often get hungry in the mornings so I had half of an orange (roomie ate the other half), a handful of almonds and two string cheeses.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I'm in California, duh, should have mentioned that.
ReplyDeleteI live in California, and I had a piece of strawberry clafouti (strawberries + egg custard, baked), an orange, and tea.
ReplyDeleteAt first hesitated to leave this comment because all the other commenters are such healthy eaters! But I decided to take a risk. I had shredded wheat and coffee this morning, and I made banana-yogurt smoothies for the kids. They also had 4 mini sausages. There's protein in that ... along with the fat and sodium... :)
ReplyDeleteI'm American and I live in China. But our breakfasts are almost 100% American. Lunch and dinner are almost 100% Chinese.
Melanie,
ReplyDeleteWho knows what we all ate the rest of the day! I happen to believe that there is room in a healthy diet for ALL foods. I did note the irony as i was eating a donut (can't remember the last time I had one) with my coffee whilst scanning "Clean Eating" magazine for recipes at the coffee shop. (They eschew all processed foods, refined flour, sugar etc... Obviously does not jive with my feeding philosophy but I think I found a good coconut shrimp recipe...)
That sounds like a grand breakfast! I love sausage (kids need fat) sodium risks are far overrated for the average healthy person and you had a great variety. If you ate with them even better. Kudos to you, I think it sounds like you had an exemplary morning! What an adventure you are having! Are you cooking the CHinese meals too? I love Chinese food. My best friend in high school is from China and we would go to her house at lunch and devour the left-overs! Ribs, shrimp with snow peas...
I live in Massachusetts and we had pumpernickel toast with: cream cheese (son-6), butter and jam (daughter-4), peanut-butter and honey (me) along with eggs and sausage. Our son was going on a field trip today with a recommendation for a heavy breakfast because snack was going to be late- hopefully this will tide him over.
ReplyDeleteI Love it! Recently a mom said the dad didn't want to do family meals because it felt too "formal." I imagine your table (like mine often) was full of jars and containers, chatter, cheekiness and love. What a great start to the day you gave them. Yummy too!
ReplyDeleteEven if we live in Massachussetts, we have really French breakfasts: usually a toast of bread, or Englisg muffins, with butter and jam or honey, or maple sirup, with tea for me and milk for the kids. Some days we have cereals (granola usually) with milk. I cannot get used to having salty foods for breakfast ! I suppose it's hard to change your habits.
ReplyDeleteI'm mostly a toast and jam/PB kind of gal. I have to say I enjoy salt too though! My SIL is French and when she visits, she craves diner breakfasts, particularly hash-browns! Now, when I visit her, it's croissants, brioches and baguettes with lots of butter!!!
ReplyDeletere: sausage and cheese: The textbook German breakfast is white bread rolls or toast, jam, honey and Nutella, coffee with milk, a boiled egg and/or muesli (rolled oats, fruit, milk or yoghurt). Dark bread, sausage, cheese and pickles are for dinner. But of course you can always eat Wurst! A "Bavarian breakfast" is Weisswurst (veal sausage), sweet mustard, a pretzel and a beer.
ReplyDeleteThe more substantial breakfasts go well with my rhythm -- I'm awake for about three hours when I have breakfast, and have about five hours to go until my second meal of the day: Something mostly carbs wouldn't work as well.
I live in Ontario and am from Michigan. It's Sunday morning, and I made potato pancakes out of leftover mashed potatoes, flour, buttermilk, and baking powder and served them with fried eggs and blackberries.
ReplyDeleteI'm an American reader who is living in Italy for two years. This morning's breakfast was a special one because we needed to take the train in the morning and didn't have time for breakfast at home. We ate at the train station bar. I had a cappuccino with a chocolate brioche, and my husband and I split a "spremuta" which is a fresh-squeezed orange juice. Yum!
ReplyDeleteMy normal breakfast at home usually consists of coffee with lots of milk, a small piece of bread with gorgonzola cheese, about five small biscotti with almonds in them, and a piece of fresh fruit (usually banana but sometimes pear or apple).
I enjoyed reading about everyone else's breakfast habits -- thanks for posting the question!
--Cindy
Oh, that all sounds so good!!! Thanks for writing in! I too have enjoyed seeing what folks are eating!
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