Breakfast ideas (apart from toast or cereal).

kboss2010

ginnyknit wrote: »

It looks like you prefer a good filling start to the day - nothing wrong with that but have you thought of spreading it all out over 4 days?

Beans on toast with a sausage each
Scrambled eggs and blck pud
Bacon and cheese toasties
then have the rest as a smaller breakfast

Just a thought. I love a big brekkie too but like to change it about a bit.

Personally, I would, but OH and I only see each other on weekends at the moment and it's a bit of a treat for him we're living apart by necessity (jobs in different places until at least June/July) hence why we're both skint lol

ginnyknit

Well thats different, its your tradition and hope you find cheaper shopping with help from the other posters xxxx

Owain_Moneysaver

A slice of porridge crisped up in the bacon fat will be cheap and filling.

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as I'm a bit of a fat-hater:):) I sometimes drain the fat into a small dish when cooking the bacon ( a bit like a dripping pot ) and just use a small smear to lubricate the pan if I'm cooking an egg I don't like food sitting in a pool of fat:):):).Saves buying Cookeen or lard as well :):) I am wearing my Frau Frugal hat again .:):):)

kboss2010

Yup, same JackieO, except I tend to throw it out. It gives me horrendous flashbacks to all the greasy, fatty fried food my grandparents ate when I was young. It totally put me off eating at their house, when you washed up the water had to be changed about 10 times and there was still a layer of grease on everything in the kitchen. I would polish off whatever was in their fruit bowl instead of eating anything cooked. I think they thought I was some kind of strange fruitarian lol!

Uniscots97

We have potato scones in ours (Aldi 60p for 6 and you can freeze them) and mushrooms. What about using frozen sausages rather than fresh? I think Aldi's do 20 frozen ones for £1.

Parsimonia

Have you thought of making chai seed pudding?

I know chai seeds can be expensive if you buy them in small quantities, but if you buy in bulk from somewhere like chia4uk they work out pretty cheap, and they're super-nutritious, keep you full for ages, keep you regular (!) and are super-easy to make into delicious puds.

All you need to do to make a chia seed pudding is add some seeds to a beverage of your choice, in a ratio of about 45g of seeds to 200mls of fluid. I most often just use regular semi-skimmed milk, but it's nice with all of the nut milks (almond milk, hazelnut milk etc), it's lovely if you make it with a flavoured milk (e.g chocolate or banana) and I've even made it with a made-up cup of Options hot chocolate. If I'm feeling indulgent I add some vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract and a bit of sugar....you can flavour it in any way you like, as chai itself is tasteless....

You stir the seeds into the fluid, wait about a minute, give it another stir, wait a couple more minutes and give it a final stir and then pop it in the fridge for about an hour to set into a solid pudding (or overnight, if you're making for breakfast). When it's ready it has a sort of tapioca-ish consistency.

My hubby loves it served with a big dollop of jam (takes him back to the tapioca of his school days); I like to eat it with half a sliced banana on top, or some blackberries in foraging season. Any type of fruit goes well with it, and it really is very very filling!

You could try it with a small bag of chai seeds to see if you like it (the consistency isn't to everyone's taste) before you invest in a bigger bag of seeds...but it's the bigger bags that make this an economical as welll as healthy breakfast.

We eat if for dessert after dinner too....

As for nutritional content, when made with 45g of seeds, 200mls of unsweetened almond milk and 5g of vanilla bean paste, it contains 256 calories, 8g of protein and 18 (!!) grams of fibre!!!

penrhyn

Sounds awful, never going to top a full English.
Mind you most days I have Jordan s porridge with blueberries and a dollop of low fat yogurt.

JIL

A knowledgeable person told me to make a breakfast muesli and incorporate all the seeds and nuts that the "experts" tell us to eat. Top it with some fresh fruit and a bio yoghurt.

Seems like a good idea to me.

penrhyn

Beware of the linseed, its the devils seed and is only fit for oiling cricket bats and making lino.

It had a very unfortunate effect on my digestive system.