What's for breakfast?

[Amy_and_Victor 159]

One day, my husband and his officemate had a conversation about breakfast. My husband commented that oatmeal, bagels and cereal are starting to get less appealing to him and he wished that he'd have assorted flavors for breakfast. Then his officemate seriously replied, "That's why I have five different types of cereal at home."

[it's Victor from Russia] Honestly, I would be tired from such poor choice for breakfast within a one week. I personally can't understand how some people can eat the same meal as a routine, from day to day, or every other day, I would hate it very soon and it would be easy to notice my annoyance by this food. When I'm cooking dinners, I'm trying not to cook any meal more often, than may be 2-3 times per month to not get tired from it, because variety is very important for me to be satisfied by food. With breakfasts it's harder to be such creative, but I still make it pretty various.

Some examples, what I cook for breakfasts (may be it will give some ideas for you): sausage links; buckwheat (very popular cereal in Russia - yummy!); cauliflower; fried eggs; omelette (similar to scrambled eggs, but not quite the same); French toasts; bliny (Russian variant of pancakes); pelmeni or vareniky (Russian meal similar to dumplings - with meat or vegetables); various sandwiches; crab meat/sticks (substitute from surimi, of course, I'm not such rich to have real one); draniki (Russian variant of potato pancakes)...

That's not everything, but what I mostly cook in the mornings, usually cooking breakfast takes about 20 minutes of kitchen rush for me every day. Also, as Amy already wrote, I can use for breakfast leftovers of some kinds dinner (like pizza, or broised vegetables).

[ONA 133]

Some examples, what I cook for breakfasts (may be it will give some ideas for you): sausage links; buckwheat (very popular cereal in Russia - yummy!); cauliflower; fried eggs; omelette (similar to scrambled eggs, but not quite the same); French toasts; bliny (Russian variant of pancakes); pelmeni or vareniky (Russian meal similar to dumplings - with meat or vegetables); various sandwiches; crab meat/sticks (substitute from surimi, of course, I'm not such rich to have real one); draniki (Russian variant of potato pancakes)...

That's not everything, but what I mostly cook in the mornings, usually cooking breakfast takes about 20 minutes of kitchen rush for me every day. Also, as Amy already wrote, I can use for breakfast leftovers of some kinds dinner (like pizza, or broised vegetables).

Victor, I'm not sure about some of the options listed here...

Buckwheat, for example, is not very common outside of RUB countries and some people (like me) absolutely hate it.

Cauliflower... I would mix it with eggs for breakfast, but, I think it's better as a side for dinner.

They make omelettes here, a great variety, with mushrooms, onions, green peppers etc. - delicious!

Blinchiki is a good idea (it's more like crepes than actual pancakes).

I would not eat pelmeni or vareniki for breakfast - pelmeni is dinner food and vareniki is more of a desert (the sweet kinds).

You don't have to be rich to buy real crab meat here (especially here, in Maryland, "Blue Crab Land" ), but it's hard to find decent imitation crab meat (crab sticks) unless you go to a Russian or an Asian store. And it's better for dinner too.

Draniki is a great idea. It is pretty much a Russian version of hash browns, my husband loves them And he learned how to make them himself

I use dinner leftovers for lunch.

As for breakfast - I never had real breakfasts in Russia. I was on a very busy schedule and I thought that I'd rather sleep than eat in the morning So my breakfast was pretty much just a cup of tea, sometimes with a muffin or something like that.

Now, ever since I moved to the States it depends... It can be home style potatoes with eggs, an omelette, eggs with cheese and tomatoes, hash browns, a bacon/egg sandwich, but since I very seldom feel that hungry in the mornings, it's more likely to be any kind of fruit or fruit salad, yogurt, a muffin or a toast with some orange juice.

Edited February 27, 2012 by ONA

[Marilyn. 340]

my whole life I have rarely eaten Breakfast in the morning.. it drove my mom nuts

I do like eating Breakfast food for lunch or dinner though..

[Amy_and_Victor 159]

Victor, I'm not sure about some of the options listed here...

[it's Victor again] I agree, that it also depends on personal preferences. I can pretty easy skip lunch if I haven't time, but substantial breakfast with protein and carbs is "must have" for me no matter what, or in a couple of hours after waking up I'll start to get stomach pains. I know that some people eat pelmeni and vareniki for dinner, but I get used from my childhood that it's breakfast meal - bowl of pelmeni with sour cream and mild tomato sauce is a perfect start of my day.

[CharlineLP 3]

Biscuits (pillsbury, they're really easy to make) , gravy and bacon,

or egg breakfast caserole.

Or try adding some fresh fruits and sliced almonds on his oatmeal.

Grilled cheese sandwich

Pineapple chunks or canned peaches and cottage cheese

, youghurt topped with granola, sliced strawberries and banana and drizzle some honey

And my favorite, peanut butter and jelly toast!

[Calypso 464]

Thank you for the great ideas, everyone.

I'd like to keep our breakfast healthy and easy to prepare. I am not very fond of sausage or bacon.

My husband and I started to have steel-cut oats, fruit salad, cantaloupe and cottage cheese, and grapefruit in the morning in addition to the very convenient cereal. I'll try some of your enticing breakfast ideas.