Breakfast

[Almedingen]

I'm looking for ideas on what to have for breakfast. Does anyone have any ideas that they would like to share?

[Mom22]

Eggs, bacon, omelet, Enviro-Kids cereals (available at health food stores), yogurt (we get yoplait), you can order breakfast items from knickknick or from www.celiacspecialties (their donut holes are delicious), gluten free pantry has a pancake mix, there are several Atkins bars that are gluten-free (off the top of my head I know that Atkins cinnamon breakfast bar is gluten-free). Hope this helps~

Mom 2 2

[angel-jd1]

Here are a few things that I eat for Breakfast:

Orville Reddenbacher Popcorn cakes with Peanut Butter

Malt O Meal Corn Burst Cereal with Milk

Enviro Kidz Peanut Butter Panda Puffs Cereal with Milk

Gen-o-Soy Chunky Style Southern Peanut Butter Fudge Bars

Think Thin Caramel Swirl Bars

Omlets with meat, cheese, veggies

Smoothies

Hope that gives you a few ideas

-Jessica

[tarnalberry]

What I often have for breakfast:

homemade blueberry muffins

homemade banana bread

soy yogurt (I'm CF as well)

smoothies

rice cakes w/ peanut butter

omlette (weekends!)

cream of buckwheat, Bob's Mighty Tasty Hot Ceral, rice bran, or quinoa flakes (or some combination thereof) w/ soy milk, honey, and cinnamon

[kabowman]

We cook breakfast meat on the weekends and then just fix eggs and some rice bread with jam for each day and re-heat the meat.

-Kate

[strack2004]

almedingen: I am on the Selected Carbohydrate Diet for Celiac, ibs, etc. This diet is more restrictive than most. I am also lactose intolerant. I have various mixtures of meat and vegetables along with mushrooms, bananas, natural brand of peanut butter or almond butter. I just eat the latter by dabs or tsp. Lima beans cooked to a mush make kind of a cereal like food if you like limas. Cheers, Ruth S.

[MySuicidalTurtle]

I either have a Kinnikinnick cinnamon raisin bagel or a banana.

[celiac3270]

• Rice Cakes (with whatever topping)
  
• Toasted gluten-free bread w/ jelly, butter, or whatever else you'd put on it
  
• Foods By George English Muffins (what i eat every morning -- w/ cream cheese, they're kinda like a really light bagel)
  
• Fruit (fresh or canned)
  
• gluten-free Bagels -- there are some
  
• Foods By George Crumb Cake (a sweet breakfast)
  
• Eggs
  

[Guest barbara3675]

Think outside the box here.......who says you have to have "breakfast food" in the morning? Why not some leftovers from last night, or some soup if that would tast good? You are a "special" person, so do something special for yourself and eat what tastes good to you when you want it. Some of the suggestions that have been made are good too. I am going to try them.

Barbara

[FreyaUSA]

Cream of Buckwheat cereal w/chopped apples, blueberrie, etc.

Mesa Sunrise cereal w/dried fruit bits and soymillk

Cranberry Sunshine cereal w/soymilk

Egg custard (made with milk or soymilk)

Plain ff yogurt mixed w/vanilla or caramel syrup on top of melon or other fruit

Chocolate Chip Banana (or Pumpkin) Flaxmeal Muffins

Flaxmeal pancakes or waffles (same recipe)

I'm going to try some of the bagels and english muffins suggested. Also, I didn't realize the malt-o-meal corn burst cereal was gluten-free. Cool!

My kids like Fruity Pebbles and I'll sometimes mix a little of this with Corn or Rice Crunch 'Ems for them. Why can't some of the non-sugar intensive, regular cereals be gluten-free? (Or, hey, here's a stretch, maybe a gluten-free cereal with FIBER? Please, if anyone knows of one with lots of fiber, let me know! My past favorite cereals were all whole grain twig or stick thingies. )

[darlindeb25]

i bought a box of cranberry sunshine cereal made by kashi and was told it wasnt made on dedicated lines so it wasnt safe for us--is my cereal the same as the one you are talking about--it looks so good, but i have been afraid to try it --its funny, i never ate much cereal before i went gluten-free and now i love to have it--must be it didnt agree with me all along thanks--deb

[terri]

Deb, the first cereal I bought after diagnosis was the Cranberry Sunshine as it was on Trader Joe's gluten-free list. I ate the whole box and never got sick. This is the first I've heard that it's not safe for us. It's very yummy but I've switched to Mesa Sunrise as it's more filling. I also love the quinoa flakes that you make like oatmeal, hot and add brown sugar and raisins and chopped walnuts. I like it better than I ever liked oatmeal!

[enigma]

If you can find Lifestream Buckwheat Waffles (gluten-free, of course) in your organic or healthfood store's freezer I urge you to try them! I can even pop one in the toaster and eat it plain on my way to work - they are that good!

[burdee]

I must avoid soy and dairy as well as gluten, so for breakfast I have:

Peanut butter (Adams No Stir or Whole Foods Whole Kids) and fruit spread on gluten-free bread or English muffins or occasionally rice cakes with fruit;

Chopped hardboiled eggs mixed with mashed avocado and gluten-free/SF mayo in a white corn tortilla wrap with fruit;

Turkey ham slice or sausage, fruit, and gluten-free/SF/DF banana date bread or other fruit breads;

Fried eggs in olive oil, gluten-free toast with Smart Beat (gluten-free/SF/DF) margarine and fruit.

BURDEE

[darlindeb25]

i always have quaker corn cakes for breakfast--my favorite is caramel corn cakes --recently i found cracker jack corn cakes and i loved them, so i went back and bought 2 more bags well, guess what--i didnt realize there are 2 kinds of cracker jacks--both times i went to the store, there was only one style there, so i assumed which we should all know better anyways, i thought i grabbed the same kind--i ate them and then my sister asked me if i knew there are 2 styles------ dont buy the cracker jack butter toffee style--they contain barley--thank god, they didnt make me physically ill, but i am sure they are in there telling those little villi to lay down --i was so upset, i emailed quaker, havent heard a word from them i learned a very good lesson that day--maybe i need to take an adult with me to read the ingredients for me deb

[jaycee30]

Just a note because I didn't see it here yet....

Van's Original Waffles are gluten-free, egg-free and taste great right out of the toaster.

Here's another thing I do for breakfast too....

On the weekend, I brown up about 1.5 lbs of ground beef or turkey, add a little seasoning, add some water or Imagine chicken broth and then throw in some frozen mixed veggies. Boil for about 5-10 minutes and stick it in the fridge. I also steam a pot of brown rice, put THAT in the fridge and then eat a scoop of the rice with the meat/veggies in the morning. I know it sounds funny, but no sugar rush, it sticks with me, gets in an extra serving of fiber and veggies for the day and tastes good. Add an orange a couple of hours later and I've got a bunch of my "suggested servings" before lunch!

[FreyaUSA]

About the Cranberry Sunshine cereal... According to the woman at my healthfood store, she says the company has changed their processing and the product is now made on dedicated lines (she told me this about a month ago.) They now sell the cereal as gluten-free (which means I get the 10% gluten-free product discount ) I've had two boxes of it so far and not had a single reaction (I'm one of those quick to react people, so I'm assuming...) I love this cereal. I mix it with the Mesa Sunrise.

[darlindeb25]

that's great to know about cranberry sunrise--it looks so good and i have been wanting to try it---and what's this about a 10% discount--tell me more--deb

[FreyaUSA]

My healthfood store is Healthway. They have a policy (here anyway) that if you are GI and buy gluten-free foods, you get a 10% discount.

[Carol Farmholtz]

I make this almost every weekend. It is really yummy and reheats well.

Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

Makes 4 servings

4 slices bacon

2 cups frozen shredded hash brown potatoes

1/4 cup chopped onions

1/4 cup chopped green peppers

4 eggs

1/4 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon salt

Dash pepper

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cut bacon into small pieces (about 1" wide).

In a large skillet cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from pan and set aside.

In same skillet with bacon drippings combine potatoes, onion and green pepper. Cook uncovered, over medium low heat about 8-10 minutes stirring occasionally until potatoes are crisp and browned. Remove from heat.

In a small bowl, beat together eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Stir in shredded cheese.

Add the egg mixture to potato mixture in pan. Stir so all is combined.

Put potato mixture in a greased pie tin or shallow baking dish.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until lightly browned.