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When mothers rise early
to fix a meal, we call it breakfast, but when we want to fix breakfast
for them, we take them out and call it brunch. Breakfast or brunch,
this is the start of the day, our welcome to whatever unforeseen events
wait in the breaking day. Mothers tells us that breakfast is the most
important meal of the day. Listen to your mother: nutritionists agree.
Brunch is a more elaborate affair and we combine lunch foods with breakfast
food to arrive at that combined word brunch.
Breakfast and brunch run the gamut,
from on-the-run coffee with a store-bought Danish, to more elaborate
ways of serving eggs, pancakes, French toast and pancakes. Ham and eggs,
bacon and eggs, sausage and eggs - all are classic breakfast fare. Sweet
breads are a favorite breakfast food. If you live in Japan, you'll have
miso soup, while in China you'll have congee. Breakfast is is a moveable
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- apple-oatmeal
power breakfast - all food is health food, this one tastes good
- berry
muffins- the berries make the difference
- Boerewors - a secret sausage recipe from South Africa
- breakfast
casserole - from the south in the USA, a ham and eggs dish
- breakfast casserole number two - variation on a great theme
- brie and sausage casserole
- carrot
coconut bread - a quick sweet bread for a sweet morning
- challah - make your own, then try it with French toast
- challah
french toast - the best French toast ever
- cherry
rolls - prepared the night before for an easy morning
- coconut
buns - a family special from British Guyana
- congee - what they eat in China - is this the original cream of rice?
- cornmeal
mush -from the deep south
- cranapple
french toast - the great French toast made even greater
- eggs -OK
corral huevos rancheros - the best ever due to a fabulous sauce
- eggs - nathan's
scrambled eggs - what to make when you become a father
- eggs - flamenco
eggs - eggs poached in tomatoes with shrimp - a Spanish classic
- flapjacks - flavored with apple juice and spices
- banana french toast - for Sunday, coffee and the paper
- french
toast with sorghum - from the south with sorghum molasses
- french toast with tofu - silken tofu is very liquid
- french toast - peaches & Cream french toast - from B&B owner, Patsy Swendson
- frittata
- a classic and variable dish
- frittata -artichoke & mozzarella frittata - the cheese melts a bit
- granola - make your own - it's easy and better
- granny's
corn cakes
- Ham
Hash with Eggs in Mustard Cream Sauce - an elegant, creamy way to serve eggs
- Baked
Spicy Pears with Vanilla Cream - from a
B & B owner who never has leftovers
- muffins - banana-bran muffins - the banana lifts this from the ordinary
- muffins - oatmeal, cherry muffins
- muffins - corn muffins with cherries and pecans
- muffins - sunrise
peach muffins
- muffins - california
cling peaches and cream muffins
- muffins - california
fig-orange muffins - for a healthy breakfast
- omelet - cheese omelet
- omelet - crimini
mushroom omelet - criminis are firm and don't get lost in an omelet
- omelet - ham omelet
- omelet - lebanese oven-baked omelet
- pancakes a la kristof - with variations tested at home
- pancakes - jigger's pumpkin pancakes - use fresh or canned, depending on the season
- pancake - apple pancake
- pancake - banana
- pancake - blackberry
- pancakes - chocolate pancakes - go ahead - it's healthy! from the 12 Best Foods Cookbook by Dana Jacobi
- pancakes - corn
meal pancakes - also nice at dinner - the same feeling as polenta
- pancakes - oatmeal
Pancakes - from Ireland
- pancakes - sweet potato
- pancakes - zucchini
- pancakes - zucchini and matzoh pancakes - no flour
- pistachio
mango bread - moister than moist
- popovers - simple to make when you know the secret
- country
ham with redeye gravy - redeye signifies the need for coffee
- Sawmill
Gravy (Milk Gravy) for Ham - in case redeye
is too strong for you
- Scrambled
Eggs with Smoked Salmon and Dill -more than elegant
- sausage and egg casserole
- cheese
scones - good for either breakfast or tea
- drop
scones or pikelets - probably Welsh in origin, but enjoyed in
Australia and the British Isles - also good for breakfast or tea
- tea
scones - for the afternoon, but for breakfast as well
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Soup
for Breakfast?
While American children crunch and crackle their way through corn flakes,
granola, crisp strips of bacon,and other traditional breakfast foods,
children throughout the East are sipping their breakfast. In China this
means congee, a breakfast soup that also could be called rice porridge.
Essentially congee is rice cooked in volumes of water to form a soup.
It may be eaten plain or may have bits of meat or fish added to it. If
this sounds strange to American ears, we have only to think of a hot bowl
of cream of rice. While we might toss in fruit, the Chinese add meats
and seasonings such as soy sauce and ginger. The expression my be different,
but the underlying idea is similar. Japanese children would be sipping
a strengthening miso soup for breakfast. Miso is made from fermented soy
beans. It is added to soup stock at the last minute. The water is lowered
to prevent boiling which would kill the beneficial bacteria produced by
fermentation. Studies are being conducted on the value of fermented foods
since the Japanese consume them in large amounts and have the longest
life expectancy of the world's peoples. Have a nourishing breakfast, no
matter what it may include in the menu.
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