What Do You Have For Breakfast?

[Yoekie]

I'm trying to cut down on bread (as store bought is too expensive for every day and I can't bake edible bread myself -yet ). Sometimes I have a glutenfreegrain porridge but I'm looking for less labor-intensive alternatives. I get easily bored of granola and rice cakes.

Any ideas?

[purple]

Here is what we eat:

assorted homemade muffins- chocolate choc chip, oatmeal choc. chip, lemon poppyseed, peanut butter and pumpkin choc. chip (muffins are my fave, esp. choc chip as you can see )

vanilla yogurt with granola, nuts, berries added

hashbrowns, or leftover baked potatoes, sliced and fried in olive oil

mashed potato patties

eggs (not me)

cereal

banana-nut chocolate chip waffles (today, with whipped cream and choc. syrup, my dd was visiting)

pumpkin bread

leftovers

scones

fried rice

bean burritos

oranges, bananas, grapes, cantaloupe, strawberries

smoothies

bacon or ham, rarely

iced coffee for older dd

dh likes french toast, his is gluten and my dd's is ef/df/gluten-free

that's all I can think of...

[Mother of Jibril]

Here's what I've been eating every morning for the last two months...

- Plain yogurt (give soy yogurt a try... it's surprisingly good)

- Shredded unsweetened coconut

- Fruit (slices of banana, berries, cherries, etc...)

- A packet of stevia (also good: maple syrup, cane syrup, honey)

Very satisfying! The coconut adds some calories... the yogurt gives you probiotics. If you use berries you get fiber and lots of antioxidants too.

[Ahorsesoul]

I eat leftover dinner for breakfast alot. I've never liked real breakfast food. I'd rather eat a steak and baked potato.

I've been gluten free for years so my mind set is into gluten free foods and not still stuck on the traditional things people think they need for breakfast. I don't eat eggs, fried or stirred up in pans (unborn chicks-ick) but I do eat them if they are mixed up and I can't see them. Just can't go with a egg staring at me.

[Tallforagirl]

Mainly I eat tinned creamed rice with bananna, that's about as quick and easy as you get, as I don't bother heating the rice.

Sometimes I like to cook some quinoa with fruit juice (1 cup quinoa with 1 1/2 cups fruit juice bring to boil and simmer 15 mins) I eat this cool with either creamed rice or yoghurt maybe with some fruit.

Most of the gluten-free breakfast cereals from a packet are terrible.

[codetalker]

I eat leftover dinner for breakfast alot. I've never liked real breakfast food. I'd rather eat a steak and baked potato.

Ditto.

A long time ago I worked third shift and "breakfast" was the meal I ate after getting off work. Something more substantial than typical breakfast fare was in order. A plus is that a substantial dinner-like meal in the morning really sets you up well for the rest of the day.

[missy'smom]

sandwiches

chicken and rice soup

microwave "baked" sweet potatoes in their skins with butter and cinnamon

[mindiloo]

i eat a lot of gluten free cereals - rice chex, envirokids, puffins honey rice, and tons of others at Whole Foods.

I also LOVE the Nature's Path Buckwheat Wildberry frozen waffles. they're good even without syrup.

I also make fruit smoothies- frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, and lactaid milk. Other fruits work well too, and you can add honey for sweetness.

[CeliacMom2008]

Bob's Red Mill Mighty Tasty Hot Cereal (it works well as leftovers, so you can make a big batch and the refrig it for later)

Gifts of Nature Oatmeal

Joan's Gluten Free Bagels - absolutely amazing (15% sale going this week I believe)

Joan's gluten-free english muffins - also fantastic

cold cereal with our without fruit (Whole O's by Nature's Path are YUMMY!)

Pamela's pancakes or waffles (again, easy if you make on weekend and then just warm up when you want them) - blueberry pancakes with powdered sugar or plain with sliced strawberries are my favorite!

Hormel Deli Style Ham browned in skillet

French Toast made from Gluten Free Pantry Sandwich bread (I slice and freeze to use as needed)

Omlettes

Crepe's with Yoplait French Vanilla yogurt inside and fresh berries on top

Popovers

Rice with raisins, cinnamon, sugar and milk (very good when you make it the night before and serve the next day or two)

Bananas with milk and a little sugar

As you can tell, we like breakfast around here!!!

[Yoekie]

Thanks for filling me in on american breakfast ideas!! We here in Europe are raised on bread with chocospread !! If you're oldfashioned you know porridge and we have croissants on Sunday but that's about it!! I'm thrilled to try out the puffed sweet potato and fried rice idea ! Thanks everyone!

[TearzaRose]

I've eaten the same thing for breakfast for the past 5 years.....oatmeal (gluten free) and peanut butter. I could eat it for all 3 meals, but that's not a very healthy idea!

[sixtytwo]

Rice chex, cream of buckwheat with sugar and milk, french toast made with my bread that I make myself with Bob's Red Mill mix, waffles made from Pamela's mix and blueberries---major YUM, scarmbles eggs and bacon and fried potatoes, we can eat pretty much like other people, just with a few innovaitons. I think you can make this as hard or as easy as you want it to be.

[Jenny (AZ via TX)]

I'm not a big breakfast person, but I try to eat something. I either have Stonyfield Organic yogurt and a banana or eggs and maybe a gluten-free muffin. It's easy and takes not time to make.

I make pancakes from Pamela's on the weekend for hubby (a gluten eater) and me with maple syrup.

[LadyCyclist87]

I'm trying to cut down on bread (as store bought is too expensive for every day and I can't bake edible bread myself -yet ). Sometimes I have a glutenfreegrain porridge but I'm looking for less labor-intensive alternatives. I get easily bored of granola and rice cakes.

Any ideas?

Gorilla Munch cereal from Envirokids (it's very good) with Silk soy milk. Sometimes cream of rice with Silk soy milk as well. I had to cut down on all of the major brand cereals since they have malt extract or malt flavoring in them.

[Juliebove]

Sometimes I have polenta. I buy that shelf stable kind in tubes. Slice it, top it with some tomato sauce straight from the can, sprinkle of Italian seasoning and nuke it. Handful of pumpkin seeds for protein.

If I have the time I might make grits with some coconut oil. Or some gluten-free oatmeal with chopped apples.

[MollyBeth]

I'm a big fan of the incredible edible egg! And delicious fruit!

[Nancym]

I discarded the notion of "breakfast foods" years ago. I now eat whatever suits my fancy regardless of whether it is traditionally viewed as "for breakfast" or whether it is something you'd eat for lunch or dinner. Yesterday I had stew I made from a pork shoulder. Today... hmmm... probably the Asian beef in lettuce wraps.

My one exception to "breakfast foods" is that I do often have bacon and eggs.

But I don't eat grains so that whole thing of cereals is out of the question.

[stolly]

One egg plus one egg white scrambled with either spinach and a dash of parmesan cheese or diced deli ham and a little bit of cheddar cheese. Very yummy!

[Wonka]

Bob's Red Mill Mighty Tasty Hot Cereal, cooked with shredded apple and dried cranberries, topped with toasted pecans and rice milk

Scrambled eggs, with sauted spinach (this just goes in the pan first till it wilts) and Dondonis feta cheese (hands down best eating feta)

Fried egg, cheese and Canadian bacon (looks like a ham slice) on a gluten free english muffin (I make double batch and freeze these)

Greek yoghurt with papaya and toasted nuts

[lobita]

For years after I went gluten free, I ate the same thing for breakfast:

Rice + honey + dates + tahini sauce (ground sesame seeds)

I have no idea why I created this combo, but it was probably making up for something else lacking in my diet. I only eat this once in awhile now.

Also, someone else mentioned polenta. That's another thing that's pretty easy to make. I eat it with maple syrup and dates.

[cruelshoes]

Lately I am on a kick of having a sliced granny smith apple that has been schmeared with almond butter. I have had this every day for a while. So yummy. Other things I like to eat for breakfast are yogurt and fresh fruit or Bob's Red Mill hot cereal. My absolute favorite thing to eat for breakfast is cold, leftover quiche from dinner.

[digmom1014]

I have had this for years, before going gluten-free and it is still a staple. It fills me up until lunch. It is a simple smoothie;

1 Tbs. of peanut butter

1 c. skim milk

1 banana

Blend it. Pour it. Drink it.

[emcmaster]

Technically I have coffee for breakfast since I don't usually get around to eating until 10 or 11 AM.

But when I do eat, I usually have one of two things (on weekdays):

protein shake

- soymilk

- frozen blueberries

- protein powder

- 1/2 frozen banana

- 1/4 c. plain nonfat yogurt

- 2 large kale leaves

- handful baby spinach

yogurt mess

- fage 2%

- 2 T. walnuts

- 1/2 c. frozen blueberries

On weekends, my favorite breakfast is a mexican-inspired omelet:

- 6 egg whites

- 2 T. cottage cheese

- 1 c. chopped tri colored peppers

- big handful baby spinach

- mexican spices (cumin, chipotle, etc.)

Cook, then top with mexican blend cheese. Yum!