Breakfast ideas (apart from toast or cereal).

Lugh_Chronain

Mmmm, pancakes!

Ingredients
125g/4oz plain flour
pinch of salt
2 eggs
210ml/7fl oz milk
90ml/3fl oz water
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Method
1. Put the flour and the salt in a bowl and mix.
2. Make a well in the centre and pour in the eggs.
3. Mix together the milk and the water.
4. Beat the eggs into the flour with a wooden spoon and gradually beat in the milk mixture to get a smooth liquid the consistency of cream.
5. Stir in the oil and allow to stand for 30 minutes.
6. Heat a pancake/crepe pan and, using kitchen paper, wipe the base with a little oil.
7. Pour in about 1 tbsp of the batter and swirl around the base of the pan. Cook for until golden and the surface bubbles, then flip over and cook the other side until golden.
8. If the first pancake is too thick, add a little milk to the batter to thin it. Make more pancakes from the remaining batter.

How easy is that!

I notice this recipe has oil in. I don’t remember ever putting oil in pancakes. Have you ever tried cakes made with olive oil instead of butter? Delicious!!

Penny-Pincher!!

I usually have cottage cheese on WM or crackerbread as its a good protein source and great for calcium.

PP
xx

penguin83

I've never had cereal because I don't like milk. Before I joined SW I never used to have breakfast but now I have a mullerlight and fruit during the week when I am at work and fried (done in frylight) or scrambled eggs on 1 piece of wholemeal toast during the weekend. I still have to force myself to have breakfast though - don't think I will ever enjoy eating at that hour! x x

jinky67

Weetabix here

or porridge with dried fruit and seeds and nuts and some pieces of Lidls yummy Madagascan chocolate

Or toast

Bitsy_Beans

Those of you who make HM granola - what oil do you use? I couldn't use melted butter as my H loathes the stuff. one receipe says canola oil but didn't want to have to buy expensive oils for this.

greenbee

I either have homemade muesli (I get lots of different flaked cereals plus oat and wheat bran from the health food shop and mix them with nuts & all kinds of chopped dried fruit... although as I don't like raisins I leave them out), with yogurt and fruit. This is particularly good if I don't want to eat until I get to work, as I make it up the night before and take it with me.

If I'm breakfasting at home in the winter, I'll have porridge with fruit and honey.

I occasionally have scrambled eggs or bacon or toast, but not often.

No coffee unless it's a late lazy breakfast - just fruit juice and water. Maybe some herbal tea if there's time.

Lugh_Chronain

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Those of you who make HM granola - what oil do you use? I couldn't use melted butter as my H loathes the stuff. one receipe says canola oil but didn't want to have to buy expensive oils for this.

I found a recipe for granola on the BBC’s Good Food website if it’s of any use.

a_sav

Run out of milk again ..so it was hot make it with water choc and 2 croissants,normally its cereal

thriftmonster

Canola oil is rapeseed oil which is what the supermarkets sell as vegetable oil. Personally I think it smells of fish so I use sunflower oil in granola.

champys

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

I usually have cottage cheese on WM or crackerbread as its a good protein source and great for calcium.

PP
xx

That comes close to mine: I have a slice of HM wholemeal bread, toasted, with spreadable goat's cheese (the 'chavroux' type - it's cheap here in France). On Saturday poached eggs on toast. I have never eaten cereal because I can't stand milk and don't like anything sweet first thing in the morning. In winter DH makes porridge occasionally.