so what's for breakfast today?

(That's ok Tai Chi, you can have it for supper(!) instead )

I'll follow shewolf's lead and have some eggs today, though I'll scramble 'em. I'd love to add some rye toast and tomatoes to that. Hmmm. Mmmm.

Apple pie...

With cheese?

Gawd I love that.

grapes

Heh! I typed that and then erased it because I didn't think anyone would have heard of it!

No cheese, but I remember my mother liking cheese with apple pie..

It was a family staple growing up JPB. Vanilla ice cream was a faraway second.

If you're ever inclined osso, you might try it warmed up with a good slice of old cheddar. The flavours and textures of the apples and cheese and pastry... so good.

It's the traditional breakfast of old yankee Vermonters.

and EVERYONE from the Ottawa Valley :wink:

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this morning I started off with swiss cheese on multi-grain Italian bread and a stein of English Breakfast tea

mmmmmmmm

Grandma Mary, in my family, then.


In a hurry this morning. Coffee only so far. I brought lunch, though. Is it too soon for left over chicken and salad?

eggbread toast with butter and jam , and tea for first breakfast - before heading to the pool .
banana and toast etc. for second breakfast - in a hurry , no time for the usual leisurely breakfast .

saw this... and obeyed!

Sweet n Salty Granola bar - and about 4 cups of tea.

My breakfast, 5 days a week, is:

Irish oatmeal, with 2 TBS whole flax seed, 1 TBS half-and-half, and 1 TBS pure maple syrup.

8-ounce glass of 100% pomegranate juice

1 mug rose-hip tea

This may not be thrilling--in fact, it's a cliche!--but it tastes great, and it sits easy. The "sits easy" is important to me, because, as you possibly guessed from this sample of my diet, I do a lot of heavy exercise to stay fit.

The other 2 days a week, my breakfast is:

2 four-minute boiled eggs, with 1 tsp. butter and a little salt

2 pieces whole-grain bread, lightly buttered, with either raw honey or fig preserve.

1 8-ounce glass of 100% Blueberry juice

1 mug chamomile or rose-hip tea.

I know, YAWN.

But, when we travel, all bets are off. Real croissants, farm butter, sausage, bacon, etc.

Miklos,

3 or 4 times a week i have the sweet-flavored irish oatmeal, to which i add a bunch of raisins and berries.

quick n' tasty...

Great stuff, Region!

I am counting the days until the first of the fresh berries arrive; they are, indeed, super in oatmeal.

Oatmeal rules! I could eat it every day, but that is, apparently, a poor strategy, according to my doctor. She says we are omnivores and should eat a large variety of foods.

we've been getting these nickel n' dime sized blueberries in the supermarket down here for a few weeks now -- worth every penny!

the strawberries and blackberries haven't been consistently good week to week.

to counter-balance the nutriment?
a bacon egg n' cheese bagel sammich once a week...

Those big blueberries are high-bush varieties. Some of them can taste really good--but not by the time the trucks bring them as far as us.

Soon, we'll have Florida strawberries, which travel well. Then, some awful (almost zero flavor) strawberries from California, which get better and better as the season goes on.

Strangely, the watermelon has been consistently good these last two months--but I usually have that with lunch, rather than breakfast.

Come late June, Maine has it's own strawberries, then, by mid-July, raspberries (my personal favorite) and the beginning of the (low-bush) wild blueberries, which go into September.

Any cold cereals you like? I can't do warm oatmeal when spring finally gets here.

They are GMO'd "winter berries", breed for size, color, shelf life and they do smell good - but no taste. It can take over two weeks for them to show any sign of rot.

I like my steel cut oatmeal with real maple syrup and a little whole milk or cream, but today I had a whole wheat croissant and coffee.

I've been a bit crook the last couple of days - not able to hold anything down, or up!

You have no idea how good that first mug of tea tasted this morning!