breakfast ideas
Siobhan Perricone
parameters, so it makes it difficult to find things for him.
Here are the parameters:
not too heavy or fatty (egg sandwiches every day are out)
must be something easily portable to the office, and not require prep time
in the kitchen at work. He doesn't mind nuking something for a minute or
so, but having to actually cook in the kitchen at work is more than he
wants to do for breakfast
not messy to eat. It should be something he can easily eat at his desk
without getting his fingers all gooey/sticky/greasy 'cos he works on a
computer all day, and he'd rather not have to stop everything he's doing
just to eat.
not require a whole lotta clean up after he's done
Prefer savoury to sweet
Things we've tried that he's a getting tired of:
Fruits (we get these seasonally, but sometimes he wants something a little
more substantive or less sweet or less messy)
yogurt
frozen bagels from the local bakery that are then toasted and spread with
butter or butter substitute
frozen breakfast sandwich thingies
instant oatmeal packets
I'm interested in ideas, things you've tried, to see if there's anything we
can do/modify for him. Thanks. :D
--
Siobhan Perricone
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kalanamak
>
> I'm looking for breakfast ideas for my husband. He's got some specific
> parameters, so it makes it difficult to find things for him.
>
> Here are the parameters:
>
> not too heavy or fatty (egg sandwiches every day are out)
>
> must be something easily portable to the office, and not require prep time
> in the kitchen at work. He doesn't mind nuking something for a minute or
> so, but having to actually cook in the kitchen at work is more than he
> wants to do for breakfast
Since I've gone vegan (nutritionally, not politcally, so no hateful
email, please) I've been inducted into Kashi, a (tm) grain mix that is
quite chewy. It gets cooked the day before and nuked. I eat it straight,
or stir in a spoonful of cashew butter and a dab of good cherry
preserves. For years I had been eating toast with creamcheese and was
finding it hard to stave off hunger pangs before noon without the cream
cheese. This is substantial enough to do the trick, although I suspect
the cashew butter helps.
Alternatively, I heat up Scotch oats I cook over a double boiler (so I
don't have to stir) and freeze in single servings.
blacksalt
Jill McQuown
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Think he could stomach grits? I keep a box of instant grits in my desk
drawer. 3/4 cup hot water from the coffee machine tap in a mug and that's
all she wrote. Staves off the "hungries" and has no fat on top of it. Of
course, I really prefer a good sausage biscuit (smile).
Jill
Curly Sue
whole wheat bread and flavored it with craisins, brown sugar, and
pumpkin pie spice. It was not very sweet and the craisins were a nice
tart addition. It would be easy to cut it into blocks to bring to
work and nuke, or not. I didn't put cream on it.
As I ate it I was struck by the resemblance to bread poultry stuffing.
Leaving the sugar out and adding poultry seasoning would do it, if you
really want something savory. Or just use a stuffing recipe and bake
it "out of the bird" in a pan. Then cut into blocks.
Quick breads- eg. date nut bread with cream cheese.
Mini calzones (spinach or broccoli stuffing, no or low-fat cheese).
If you like sushi and make it yourself, make some with vegetables
(carrots, cucumbers, avocado) instead of fish. (yes, I would eat
sushi and calzones for breakfast :>)
Biscotti.
Homemade muffins- these are favorites of mine. Freeze the batch and
pull one out of the freezer when leaving for work.
Whole wheat pumpkin muffins
2 c sugar
3 c whole wheat flour
1/2 c vegetable oil
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1-1/2 c pumpkin
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 c water
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 c raisins (optional)
1 c walnuts
In a large bowl, mix sugar, oil, eggs, pumpkin and water. In a small
bowl mix flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and
spices. Add to first mixture and blend together. Add raisins and/or
nuts.
Let stand at room temperature for one hour, during which time preheat
the oven to 400 deg.
Grease 24 muffin tins (or line with paper). Bake 13-15 min. Or use 12
big cups and watch the baking time. These muffins freeze well.
Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
sue at interport dotnet
Nancy Rivera
"Siobhan Perricone" <ast...@sover.net> wrote in message
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I'm partial to PB&J on wheat for breakfast these days. That or farina.
Lately, tho, I've been craving egg noodles (hot) with a bit of cottage
cheese mixed in. I think I'll fix that tomorrow.
Nancita
Ellen Smith
1) Quick breads that have been made ahead in mini loaves and frozen.
Pull a loaf out the night before, slice in the morning, spread with
plain or flavored cream cheese. Cheddar Beer or Cracklin Bread are nice
with sundried tomato cream cheese.
2) French Rolls or sliced baguette with asst. cheeses (teleme, brie,
camembert, cheddar or stilton) and a few slices of prociutto. Fresh
fruit is good with this.
3) Rice Bowls: Cooked White Rice, grilled chicken, teriyaki sauce or
grilled fish with sesame ginger sauce. Sounds weird but I love it for
breakfast. Thermos of Miso soup to go with?
4) Pasties made with Corned Beef Hash as the filling. Make ahead, freeze
and pull out as needed.
5) Sausage Rolls - Basically pigs in a blanket made with Crescent roll
dough and brown and serves. I love these with Pickapeppa sauce.
6) Cook some cornmeal mush with salt, pepper and a bay leaf, add cooked
crumbled bacon or cooked, crumbled chorizo and shredded jack cheese.
Pour into a buttered loaf pan and chill over nite or until firm. Empty
out and slice into 1 inch slices. Pan fry in a nonstick pan with a light
coating of butter spray. Place into microwave container. The Bacon
version is great with a little honey butter which you can get in a nice
sealable container he could leave in his desk if he likes. The chorizo
version is great with salsa.
Ellen
T&L Mazzaccaro
About the only food served by McDonalds that I liked was their breakfast
burrito. It had an acceptable flavor, but the best thing about it was it
was very convenient to eat while driving...easy to hold with one hand
and no dribbles down my shirt. They, of course, discontinued the item, a
decision I took personally.
This is still a good idea for a easy to fix, easy to eat breakfast. Use
prepackaged, flour tortillas and stuff them with whatever you want. Then
roll and fold like a burrito, but only tuck in one end-leave the other
end open. Hash brown potatoes and scrambled eggs, or ham and cheese, or
whatever you have leftover in the fridge would work. I would want salsa
on the side, as these tend to be a bit dry. - Tony
Miche
<ast...@sover.net> wrote:
> I'm looking for breakfast ideas for my husband. He's got some specific
> parameters, so it makes it difficult to find things for him.
>
> Here are the parameters:
>
> not too heavy or fatty (egg sandwiches every day are out)
>
> must be something easily portable to the office, and not require prep time
> in the kitchen at work. He doesn't mind nuking something for a minute or
> so, but having to actually cook in the kitchen at work is more than he
> wants to do for breakfast
>
> not messy to eat. It should be something he can easily eat at his desk
> without getting his fingers all gooey/sticky/greasy 'cos he works on a
> computer all day, and he'd rather not have to stop everything he's doing
> just to eat.
>
> not require a whole lotta clean up after he's done
>
> Prefer savoury to sweet
>
> Things we've tried that he's a getting tired of:
[list snipped]
Here ya go...
Light, low-fat, not too sweet (especially if made with milk instead of
oj), portable, nukable (and freezable) and not at all messy to eat.
Really nutritious, too.
Enjoy!
CARROT AND RAISIN MUFFINS
1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
1/3 cup softened butter (I sometimes use 1/3 cup of oil instead, or 2
Tablespoons oil and 2 Tablespoons applesauce)
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs (or 1 egg + 2 egg whites if you want)
1/2 cup orange juice or non-fat milk
2 medium carrots, finely grated
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Cream together butter and brown sugar in medium mixing bowl. Beat in eggs
and juice. Stir in carrots, raisins, walnuts, and orange rind.
In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon.
Add carrot mixture; stir just until moistened. Spoon batter into 12 small
greased or paper lined muffin cups. Bake in 350~ oven 15 - 20 mins. until
tops spring back when touched lightly.
--
"... in the physics of the heart, distance is relative;
it is time that is absolute."
- Lois McMaster Bujold, _Shards of Honor_
Jean B.
>
> I'm looking for breakfast ideas for my husband.
Hmmmmm. I used to take muffins and quick breads (mostly sweet, but
you could explore the savory ones). I lost most of my recipes and am
currently inputting the ones I have found in case you want me to
send/post them....
I also took containers of Kashi pilaf (waving hi here), which I would
sometimes mix some soy sauce, walnuts and honey into (that's when I
wasn't topping it with some Japanese tofu-mushroom concoction, but
your husband might not want THAT for breakfast).
Recently I have found some decent black bean calzones (Sara Lee?) in
the freezer case of the regular supermarket. I also went through a
phase of eating those frozen pocket-type things from the health food
store--Amy's (unfortunately they changed the crust formula a few years
ago, and the new one is not so desirable) and, I think Imagine brand
(or that may be BEFORE the name change. I usually ate the pizza or
the veggie version of Amy's, the former dunked in salsa. (Can you
tell I don't like breakfast foods?)
Pie also makes a terrific breakfast, as do bread puddings (or more
savory stratas) and anything of that nature....
Jean B.
Jack Schidt
some specific
> parameters, so it makes it difficult to find things for
him.
>
> Here are the parameters:
>
> not too heavy or fatty (egg sandwiches every day are out)
>
> must be something easily portable to the office, and not
require prep time
> in the kitchen at work. He doesn't mind nuking something
for a minute or
> so, but having to actually cook in the kitchen at work is
more than he
> wants to do for breakfast
>
> not messy to eat. It should be something he can easily
eat at his desk
> without getting his fingers all gooey/sticky/greasy 'cos
he works on a
> computer all day, and he'd rather not have to stop
everything he's doing
> just to eat.
I never looked at any meal as "just to eat". I enjoy eating
so much, it's not a chore.
>
> not require a whole lotta clean up after he's done
>
> Prefer savoury to sweet
>
> Things we've tried that he's a getting tired of:
>
> Fruits (we get these seasonally, but sometimes he wants
something a little
> more substantive or less sweet or less messy)
>
> yogurt
>
> frozen bagels from the local bakery that are then toasted
and spread with
> butter or butter substitute
>
> frozen breakfast sandwich thingies
>
> instant oatmeal packets
>
>
> I'm interested in ideas, things you've tried, to see if
there's anything we
> can do/modify for him. Thanks. :D
>
> --
sounds like your ready for sandwiches - you figure out which
kind
If he's that finicky, he's probably not that hungry.
Jack Comida
Bob Y.
wrote:
>I'm looking for breakfast ideas for my husband. He's got some specific
>parameters, so it makes it difficult to find things for him.
>
If he's going to be picky, tell him to make his own!
- -
Bob Y.
Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue.
Jill McQuown
news:3A8725C6...@shore.intercom.net...
> Siobhan Perricone wrote:
> >
> > I'm looking for breakfast ideas for my husband. He's got some specific
> > parameters, so it makes it difficult to find things for him.
> >
> > Here are the parameters:
> >
> > not too heavy or fatty (egg sandwiches every day are out)
> >
> > I'm interested in ideas, things you've tried, to see if there's anything
we
> > can do/modify for him. Thanks. :D
> >
> > --
> > Siobhan Perricone
>
> burrito. It had an acceptable flavor, but the best thing about it was it
> was very convenient to eat while driving...easy to hold with one hand
> and no dribbles down my shirt. They, of course, discontinued the item, a
> decision I took personally.
>
>- Tony
That's funny, they still sell them here in west TN.
Jill
Siobhan Perricone
>On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:31:03 GMT, Siobhan Perricone <ast...@sover.net>
>wrote:
>
>>I'm looking for breakfast ideas for my husband. He's got some specific
>>parameters, so it makes it difficult to find things for him.
>>
>
>If he's going to be picky, tell him to make his own!
*chuckle* He does. I'm just asking for ideas to tell to him since I'm the
one who hangs out on this newsgroup. :D
For the record, we alternate cooking every other night. :D He's a pretty
darn good cook, 'specially with mexican food. :D
--
Siobhan Perricone
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who
cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn,
and relearn." -- Alvin Toffler
Fargo
If it's quick...
We had a bunch of company for a week, going in and out of the house at all
hours. We needed some quick breakfasts. At the same time, physical
disabilities prevent me for standing for any extended period of time.
So...pre-made a bunch of pancakes and put them three to a small freezer bag,
with a pat of butter in-between. Scrambled a bunch of eggs, stirred in
cooked sausage crumbles and put a large spoonful into a flour tortilla,
added a little shredded cheese, folded like a burrito and packaged.
Everything went in the freezer and then could be pulled out and
defrosted/heated in microwave in a few minutes. Between that, instant
flavored oatmeals, and small boxed cereal...everyone was happy. Also
cleaned strawberries and several types of melon and had them bagged in
fridge to add a few pieces next to the entree for an attractive platter.
Every one commented on how hard I had worked...Didn't tell them how easy it
was. :o)
Fargo
"Jean B." <jb...@rcn.com> wrote in message news:3A87EA42...@rcn.com...
Chef Helen
translates from Dutch. It's a good crisp French style bread of some sort or
another, thinly sliced Gouda cheese, *thinly* sliced European cucumbers,
lettuce, some shredded carrot (or not, I like it) and some lettuce. My hub and
I have one almost every morning. You toast the bun so that it's nice and
crispy and put it together with no spread. It's healthy, it's good and it
keeps us going and I'm not even a big cucumber fan but this requires it!
Anyway, it's just another idea.....
helen
sedge
helen,
Just a light scraping of real butter.
Nice light French style wheat bread. Nutty yellow buttery cheese. Crisp
pockets of cucumber between your teeth.
I miss those flavors near every day that I walk this earth in the free
world.
--
Saara B. Kuure
Vice President EAUG
vicepr...@eaug.org
http://www.eaug.org - Realtime Online AutoCAD Support
Jacqueline
Chef Helen heeft geschreven in bericht
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Hi Helen,
In Holland we eat a "broodje gezond" for lunch...and never for
breakfast...it's to much for our stomach in the morning. Only some toast and
fresh orangejuice is enough for breakfast. That's why we are slim in
Europe...:-)
Jacqueline...from Holland
THECOOK
with butter. Now that's what I call a breakfast sandwich.
Chef Helen
>
>In Holland we eat a "broodje gezond" for lunch...and never for
>breakfast...it's to much for our stomach in the morning. Only some toast and
>fresh orangejuice is enough for breakfast. That's why we are slim in
>Europe...:-)
>
>Jacqueline...from Holland
>
Jacqueline,
I have to eat something substantial for breakfast in the morning since I get
one meal at 5:30 am and don't eat again until after 2.
Also, the Dutch breakfasts that I've been a part of are a bit more than just
bread. They've been bread with either *thinly* sliced meat or thinly sliced
cheese. Also if you visit the bed and breakfasts there you're apt to get a
soft boiled egg but that too me seems too much. For folks that keep regular
hours the bread with cheese seems to be just about fine. Too bad I don't get
to keep regular hours.
Also, you Dutch folks keep slim from riding your bikes everywhere whereas here
in the US our land is so big that (at least where *I* live) it's quite
impossible to do. We also don't have good bike paths, drivers who give way to
bikes, flat land like you do there and GREAT bike riding temps (you do NOT want
to ride a bike here in the summer when it's over 37C for months at a time,
cooling down to a balmy 30 at night)
helen (who misses the Netherlands and it's tall skinny population)