Breakfast ideas (apart from toast or cereal).

ascot64

tiff wrote: »

I love peanut butter, but I find its quite expensive now and I prefer the natural one too.

I think I'm going to go for a choice of porridge, toast with whatever topping, beans on toast, pancakes and will try the hm crumpets too.

You can make natural peanut butter very easily yourself.

I use 2 packs of Value peanuts and blend them with a little vegetable oil. Havent bought Peanut butter for monts and we used to get through a jar every 2 weeks.

Hawthorn

sb44 wrote: »

I think I will have to give these a go when I have bought some egg rings.

When recipes call for strong white flour, can you use white bread flour? (Or am I being thick and they are the same thing).

I got my egg rings off ebay - three in a pack for £3 ish I think it was? that's all you really need. No more than that will fit comfortably in the frying pan

White bread flour is the same thing

sb44

Hawthorn wrote: »

I got my egg rings off ebay - three in a pack for £3 ish I think it was? that's all you really need. No more than that will fit comfortably in the frying pan

White bread flour is the same thing

Thanks very much for the info.

I did see some silicon egg rings in Home Bargains but it was a while ago, I knew I should have bought some at the time.

:rolleyes:

sb44

ascot64 wrote: »

You can make natural peanut butter very easily yourself.

I use 2 packs of Value peanuts and blend them with a little vegetable oil. Havent bought Peanut butter for monts and we used to get through a jar every 2 weeks.

Do you add any sugar or salt to the mixture?

Hawthorn

sb44 wrote: »

Thanks very much for the info.

I did see some silicon egg rings in Home Bargains but it was a while ago, I knew I should have bought some at the time.

:rolleyes:

Hmmm.....I have heard with silicon egg rings that they don't heat up properly all the way to the top - the rings for crumpets need to be hot.
Not sure how true this is mind, as I've no experience - just something I heard

sb44

Hawthorn wrote: »

Yes! Make crumpets. Absolutely, easy peasy, and last for a couple of days.

On cold days, mine like hot cakes too (not especially healthy, but delicious and warming and fine for a treat now and then)

Here is the recipe I use. Very little work involved - the majority of the time it's just 'standing'
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/home-made-crumpets,1587,RC.html

I have just been looking at the recipe and considering you only use 1tsp of yeast in a loaf 1 tablespoon seems like a hell of a lot of yeast to 8oz of flour.

tessie_bear

mine have toast with jam or peanut butter...sometimes porrige...some times boiled eggs...also pancakes...choc pastries...croissants....yogurt....fruit

purpleivy

ascot64 wrote: »

You can make natural peanut butter very easily yourself.

I use 2 packs of Value peanuts and blend them with a little vegetable oil. Havent bought Peanut butter for monts and we used to get through a jar every 2 weeks.

do you toast the peanuts?

I have a massive tub of crunchy good quality PB that I got on the market the other week, but was planning to try and make my own at some stage. I suspect once you have done it, you don't buy again!

Pink.

Hi tiff,

Our favourites mid-week breakfasts are porridge, eggs in all shapes and forms, scotch pancakes, potato bread, yogurt and fruit and sometimes just toast and a banana milkshake.

There's an earlier thread with lots more ideas on cheap breakfasts so I've merged your thread with it to keep the ideas together.

Pink

pixie1

I never eat breakfast because Im always in a rush to get out of the door, but Im trying to rectify this.

Ive used the search function but only found the best cooked breakfast thread and I need cold things i think??

If youre in a hurry, what cheap, quick and easy breakfast would you opt for?

Many thanks

Pix