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Typical breakfasts

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I’ve decided to post a sample of our menus, followed by a one-month shopping list. Here is the first installment: a list of our typical breakfasts.
Breakfasts that lack significant protein include a generous glass of milk. I’m prone to low blood sugar so I *have* to be sure to include a good bit of protein for myself, or plan to snack again soon.
Sometimes we’ll treat ourselves to a glass of juice or fresh fruit on the side.
We eat the following about once/week:

  • whole grain (but not homemade) toast & peanut butter – our hurry-up breakfast
  • pancakes, from scratch, of course; mine have chopped walnuts for protein
  • fried eggs & toast; the 4 oldest love to do their own eggs. It’s rather time-consuming, but also a good use of time, I think. We do scrambled when we’re in more of a hurry.
  • cold cereal – inexpensive unsweetened varieties, like corn flakes, bran flakes, toasted oats; or the yummy health-nutty stuff bought on sale with a coupon. I very rarely pay over $1.50/box.
  • oatmeal, sometimes w/cinnamon and diced apples or canned peaches
  • Monday-Friday, Hubby usually has a freezer burrito or a homemade breakfast sandwich of sausage, fried egg and cheese on whole grain toast or on homemade biscuits.
  • Saturday brunch: eggs, sausage, grits, biscuits, sausage gravy. Or leftover Friday night pizza. :)
  • Sundays are sometimes egg, cheese & sausage biscuits, if we remember to make the biscuits Saturday night. The eggs are cooked as an oven omelet – pop it in the oven and it’s done by the time everyone is done dressing and grooming.

Other occasional breakfasts:

  • french toast
  • cream of wheat
  • grits w/butter, salt and pepper, or sometimes with sausage, cheese and eggs stirred in. Hubby loves them this way!
  • homemade vanilla pudding, made with extra eggs and way less sugar than the recipe calls for, of course
  • homemade muffins or banana nut bread
  • hasty pudding – a Laura Ingalls recipe. Cornmeal mush topped with butter and syrup.
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Comments

  1. MamaK adds her thoughts::

    Cream of wheat is my kids’ new favorite…But egg sandwiches are they’re all-time fave!!

  2. amanda adds her thoughts::

    hasty pudding sounds yummy.

  3. Frugal Homemaker adds her thoughts::

    I love cream of wheat. We go through months where we eat it everyday, with honey. Mmmmm…

  4. The Daring One adds her thoughts::

    You are too good. Toaster waffles again, anyone? I actually try to offer alternatives (I have a killer whole wheat pancake recipe) but Laylee’s sort of stuck in a rut.

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