Home Moms’ Porch Let’s Chat Ok.. let's talk breakfast now!Ok.. let's talk breakfast now!Welcome to Simply Charlotte Mason › Discussion Forum › Moms’ Porch › Let’s Chat › Ok.. let's talk breakfast now!Tagged: breakfast, meals, menu, recipesThis topic has 22 replies, 18 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 2 months ago by Kayla.Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 23 total)1 2 →AuthorPosts June 10, 2010 at 6:32 pm MistyParticipantWe’ve discussed dinner and acutally in that department I’m doing ok. I have more than enough good or mostly good meals to make months of lists. Though I did like the summer chart with the simplier ideas.But I get sick of cereal (though it’s from Kashi), oatmeal/cream of wheat, and toast. Do you have any new twists on what to do with breakfast? (Then again maybe it’s just me who gets sick of it and not the kids??LOL) Misty June 10, 2010 at 6:45 pm houseofchaosParticipantMuffins, eggs and fruit of choice.Waffles – homemade ones are filling.I dislike pancakes, but our kids love them. Sausages and syrup to go with.Plain yogurt is good to fill the protein gap if you need to. We like a yogurt shake – 1 large container yogurt, two or three bananas, frozen berries, a bit of brown sugar and peanut butter to taste. Add cream or milk to fill the blender and blend away!Crepes are delicious in my opinion. That’s all I’ve got. June 10, 2010 at 8:55 pm Alana AdamsParticipantHere is what we do for breakfast: Monday is Banana Bread that was baked on Saturday and refrigerated to lock in flavor. Tuesday is Homemade Granola Cereal that was baked overnight on Sunday Night. Wednesday is Baked Oatmeal with chocolate or carob chips that was prepared on Tuesday night and refrigerated. (it just needs to be baked on Wed. morning). Thursday is Toasted Cinnamon Swirl bread that I make on Wednesday during my bread baking session. Friday is Granola Cereal again. My kids love it. Saturday is Homemade Breakfast Pizza. Sunday is Sausage Cheese Biscuits Balls. If something happens and I wake up without anything prepared, scrambled egg sandwiches are a quick fix. I also make up a whole wheat pancake mix and keep in the fridge. We all love biscuits and tomato gravy, cream gravy, or chocolate gravy, with grits and fried eggs… But we are trying to eat healthier and this meal did not make the cut. We easily add a homemade protein smoothie and fruit to our breakfast to round it out a bit. Lorrie Flem at TEACH magazine has some great little breakfast cookbooks called Sanity Saving Breakfast Ideas that have lots of great recipes. Martha @ Marmee Dear has a cookbook called Martha’s Family Cookery Book that is excellent. I love having breakfast prepared ahead of time. It makes a world of difference in my day… and I need all the help I can get!! ;0). Alana June 10, 2010 at 9:10 pm blue jParticipantWe try to limit the amount of carbs we take in due to health/ allergy issues in our home, though we do eat them (or at least the children do). Here’s my list of items:Sauted apples and sausage links (YUM)High protein smoothiesOatmeal (soaked and made the NT way) with nuts, almond butter, coconut flakes or oil, and some type of milk (goat, nut, or coconut) over it – sometimes a raw egg from our friend’s farm gets mixed in if I leave out some of the other ingredientsScrambled egg roll-ups -usually I make these with water in the eggs which results is VERY light and fluffy scrambled eggs and use sprouted grain or whole grain tortillasQuicheApples and nut butterFlourless pancakes (or waffles, though pc is the preferred product)Homemade granola – I doctor this as much as possible to add protein/ slow the breakdown of the carbsProtein muffins w/ fruitPoached, fried, or scrambled eggs w/ sausage or baconFrench toastCheese tortilla and fresh fruit is very tasty in summerTortillas w/ a nice spread of nut butter and banana or thinly sliced apples and rolled upSome days we grab the previous night’s leftovers as well June 10, 2010 at 9:18 pm kimofthesavagesParticipantSome things we do that weren’t mentioned yet:yogurt with fruit and/or toasted wheat germ or granolaoatmeal (with real maple syrup and nuts and raisins)whole wheat muffins (I have a six week muffin recipe we like to use. We just scoop out what we need for that morning) June 11, 2010 at 2:59 am the9clarksParticipantI’m the opposite. I could eat oatmeal every day and not get tired of it. lol We do some form of hot cereal or eggs & toast M-F. We only have fun breakfasts on the weekends. Not helpful huh? June 11, 2010 at 3:23 am crazy4boysParticipantMost of the things we eat have already been mentioned. We do make rice pudding or “egg rice” which is just rice scrambled with eggs. We also make One-Eyed Susans (aka Toad in the Hole). And breakfast burritos. I have 8 or so pancake recipes and the same for muffins so we rotate through those and they don’t get too boring. I’d love the Cinnamon Swirl bread recipe and any granola ones. We’re about to venture into making our own cereals now.Heather June 11, 2010 at 3:31 am 6boys1girlParticipantThe only other thing that we eat for breakfast that I didn’t see is arroz con leche. Basically hot rice (fresh or rewarmed) with milk, cinnamon and some sweetener (maple syrup, honey or ???). My kids love this!Personally, I don’t like breakfast foods much (except eggs, which can get old) so I will frequently eat dinner leftovers for breakfast. Just another thought.Rebecca June 11, 2010 at 7:04 pm MistyParticipantThanks everyone you have really broadened my breakfast horizans. Now I have to ask what or how do you make:Homemade Granola Cereal, Cinnamon Swirl bread, Sauted apples and sausage links. I think my family would love these reciepes. Thanks everyone Misty June 11, 2010 at 9:22 pm dimondclanMemberI use Jennifer’s Granola recipe off http://www.allrecipes.com for our homemade granola. I really like some of these suggestions and can’t wait to get a little more organized with my breakfast menu. June 11, 2010 at 9:28 pm RebekahyParticipantI haven’t tried these recipes yet, but they look FAB and they follow the Nurishing Traditions – soaking grains etc…. http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/recipe-index Just a great blog in general – TONS of useful information. June 11, 2010 at 11:56 pm flobee76ParticipantWe try to follow a Traditional Foods diet here. It’s easy after a while. Some of the breakfasts that we enjoy are: Nitrate-free bacon waffleshomemade turkey sausage pattiesLOTS of eggs (we have chickens)baked oatmealpancakesmuffinsbanana breadplain yogurtfrench toasthomemade granola We add lots of fruit and or milk to each breakfast so it’s filling and satisfying.There are so many great and EASY recipes out there for breakfast ideas. If it’s a bread or pancake type, I double the batch and freeze extras. January 8, 2014 at 12:04 am Wings2flyParticipantI found this old thread in a search, as I am planning our breakfast menu. I really like the ideas from Adamsfamily & blue j above. I have spent much time lately on getting my day and week more organized. Last summer I put together a monthly menu for dinner. I am working on one for winter now. A few months ago, I made a bi-weekly M-F lunch menu. Now I am ready for improving the most important meal of the day. I am open to more breakfast ideas. Not being a morning person, I do not plan to “cook” in the morning. For too long we have eaten cold cereal. My healthy improvement on cereal a few years back was to stop buying sugary, colored kid cereal. We are used to Cheerios, Kix, Rice Chex or Krispies, and Raisin Bran now. Occasionally we have some oatmeal, yogurt, eggs, or toast.The light bulb went off for me when I was reading Teri Maxwell’s Managers of Their Homes on page 100 from Ellen, “Anyway, I recently discovered make-ahead breakfasts! Easy, cost-effective recipes that can sit in the fridge overnight and be popped in the oven the next morning!” She goes on to give some examples, “We’ve had strata, Mexican casserole, baked oatmeal, and French toast. English muffin pizzas, refrigerator bran muffins, breakfast burritos, and crock pot cobbler are soon to come! The children can wake up to a hot, filling tasty meal instead of boring, expensive cereal, and I can feel like I’m really doing something for breakfast!”This is exactly how I feel and I am searching for yummy, healthy breakfasts I can make ahead the night before. This book, along with Large Family Logistics, are really helping me get a good schedule and menu set up. This is so important to accomplishing what God wants you to. There are great breakfast ideas on this thread I will use too. Thanks ladies! Please share, if you have ideas to add. January 8, 2014 at 12:46 am Laura.boraParticipantWe love http://www.thenourishinghome.com for all meal ideas, including breakfasts. 🙂 January 8, 2014 at 3:21 pm MountainMammaParticipantWe have two breakfast times which has always worked well for us. When we come downstairs at 7:30 we eat cereal during the week and oatmeal in the crockpot on the weekends. Then the kids play and I do laundry and other chores and we have a bigger breakfast at 8:30. Usually waffles, pancakes, or muffins, eggs and fruit. This is when we do our family read alouds so it is nice to have a more substantial meal to enjoy.It works because everyone is pretty hungry right when they wake (especially me because I am nursing!) but I’m not ready to cook a big breakfast yet.Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 23 total)1 2 →The topic ‘Ok.. let's talk breakfast now!’ is closed to new replies.
