For the majority of my life I haven't been a morning person, and last thing I wanted to do when I woke up was eat anything π¬. But I liked breakfast food for late night suppers. Still do.
Now sometimes I do have breakfast. If I had a personal chef, I'd have eggs Florentine or Benedict, but since I don't, it's usually an egg or two and either turkey sausage of some kind, or Morning Star "bacon."
Not really. Like the taste of coffee and breakfasts food together...but never hungry in the morning...if so...McDonald's breakfast burritos and coffeeπ
Yup, yup, that's the thing. Breakfast food is great, just not in the morning. I suppose if I woke up hungry it'd be fine, but that rarely happens. Usually last thing I want when I wake up is food. Any kind of food.
I like juice for breakfast. Tops in my book is freshly squeezed OJ. Where I used to live there was a very prolific orange tree, with sweet and juicy oranges that made the best juice.
Folks, itβs the most important meal of the day: break-fast. Youβre breaking a fast. Your blood sugar (glycogen) is depleted. Coffee will trigger an adrenaline rush, but it wonβt nourish your body. Skipping breakfast is like trying to drive to your job with no gas in the tank. You deserve to be kinder to yourself; some fresh fruit, toast, waterβhow hard is that to pull together? Catbookss, Iβm glad to see that you are making an effort.
I admit to enjoying an omelet, home fries and a garden salad for dinner.
Iβm not going to tell you any such thing. We all pick our own poisons; but it could be possible to include breakfast in your life. I often drink a can of Ensure along with 12 ounces of water, a multivitamin, other supplements and a medication that keeps my ulcerative colitis from killing me, for breakfast.
I've heard that all my life, R_K, about breakfast being the most important meal of the day. And yet, ever since I was a kid, and my mom insisted on me eating it, it made me feel nauseated because my body just didn't *want* food in the morning.
It's not a matter, for me, of it being hard to pull a breakfast together, it's a matter of not wanting any food so soon after waking up. Lunch was always my favourite meal. By lunchtime I was hungry.
I don't think we're all alike and our requirements aren't all alike. My lifelong dislike of eating when I wake up (except occasionally, and more recently) may have a lot to do with the fact that I've been a night owl for most of my life. Who knows? All I know is I trust my body to tell me what it wants and needs.
Mmm, an omelet, home fries, and a salad sounds like a great dinner to me!
Thank you, Cat. I have long believed that, if we must eat, then let us DINE.
When I was a little boy, I wanted a hamburger for breakfast. Nobody had told me about, say, steak and eggs, and I sure as hell did not want cereal. Iβm not a cow! As I matured, I taught myself to look at the bigger picture. I am a night owl, too! Many times I have walked in from the night at 6 AM, with her scent on me; however, I had stopped off at a Chinatown restaurant on the way home. I was not fasting. And there were times when I didnβt want to eat on waking, just as there have been times when I didnβt want to work, or exercise. My needs supersede my wants, so I take care of my needs.
Iβm not surprised thst you enjoy omlets. Do you prefer them soft, medium or hard? I like them in-between soft and medium.
I will say this: on a workday, thereβs not enough time to savor a meal. Itβs fuel, juste. An omelet in the evening is an entirely different proposition!
There's nothing wrong with eating a hamburger for breakfast -- bread, beef patty, cheese, tomato, leafy green lettuce, with lettuce being the only unusual item as breakfast food, but certainly there's nothing wrong with it. I'd say little boy R_K's body was communicating just fine with little R_K.
In my opinion a great deal of our health issues can be traced to us *not* listening to the wisdom our bodies impart to us. Other animals don't have this split, so their instincts are intact. But we're trained out of it early on, by our well-meaning parents and society.
I prefer my omelets medium. If they're at all runny, that puts me off. If too hard, then it's overdone for me.
Youβre right, of course, Cat, that our bodies are often smarter than we are. When I said I wanted a βburger for breakfast, my family reacted as if I were nuts, so that put an end to my interest.
I've struggled with that very thought. On the one hand, people want to say In The Morning Eat Like A King, etc,
but if your body isn't telling you that, what are you supposed to believe?
Usually I go with the Body. I don't want to eat if my body is telling me it doesn't want to.
I gain enough weight as it is, w/o consuming when it's not necessary.
I always eat breakfast. So it will be a bowl of cooked raw muesli with milk and yoghurt, or scrambled eggs on toast with orange juice or something like that. It doesn't usually include meat though, I save that for lunch and dinner.
Have you ever had just beans and toast? I've heard of this as a common Brit meal, but have never had it and frankly it doesn't sound very appealing to me. I like buttered toast, and beans are ok on occasion, but would never think of having the two together.
I'm serving Bush's Maple Baked Beans with dinner tonight. i think I'll try some of the leftovers on toast tomorrow morning. I've never had that before. I admit that it never crossed my mind to try that particular combo. I may be pleasantly surprised though.....
Like the first time I had mashed smoked oysters on crackers. It looked so disgusting, but it was so good!
As for breakfast, I always made a point of eating it all the years I worked. Usually Oatmeal with toast. I still like that.
these days I still get up at 5:00 AM, but since my day is my own, I wait till around 10:00 or 10:30 and make brunch.... Either something like breakfast or leftovers from the night before.
I missed you, delicious feet made a thread in your honour, it was decided that you were probably doing holiday stuff. Whatever you were doing I'm glad you're back.
Beans on toast are my 4 year old granddaughters favourite thing, she shovels them in and farts all afternoon!
FART! That's a no no! At least here!
I'll chance the gas if it means eating the beans! I love em!
I'll let you know what I think.
i have been busy. I probably will continue to be busy. I have come to the realization that I have been spending far too much time on this site. Sitting at the computer isn't exactly what I envisioned all the years I dreamed of retirement. I've rediscovered many of the things that make me happy, like my friends and my work at the animal shelter..... my flower garden. Those things are what I have decided to focus on.
You guys are great. I'll drop by from time to time.π
Nice to hear from you, MissMargo! I'm in the same boat as you are - my time is my own now. And yes, I sometimes spend too much time on MC. I'm trying to step away more often. Now that it has finally stopped raining here, I'm heading outside to take care of the section of fence that blew down in yesterday's storm.
So sorry, but you wouldn't really want my help. I have a not-so-secret weapon: Mr Neighbor, who is an absolute gem when it comes to things like this. He's helped me A LOT around here. And you can't have him! π
I'll be sure to let you and Dazed know what I think!
LOVE them oysters! I confess that I haven't had the smoked oysters on crackers in years. That is something I must do again! I have to see if it is still as delicious as I remember.
You and me! I wrote the oysters on my shopping list just a moment ago!
Well, I gotta fly! Nice to talk with you. I saw the big news on Roseanne this morning. That seemed to be the big story today. I had to check out what folks were saying about her..... Pretty much what I figured.
See you around....
I'd better write them on my list or I'm sure to forget! Rarely buy anything in the canned seafood section. We can have a mashed smoked oysters on crackers party!
Oh boy, yes, Roseanne shot herself in the foot but good.
They're still really cheap although there are naturally gourmet varieties again which are admittedly delicious.
I guess you're right.
Great source of non meat protein too.
It's the same here, beans are cheap, and we also have the pricey gourmet varieties.
In trying to answer my own question, before I could find it, I came across a site talking about British foods that flummox Americans, and vice versa.
I have to say I'm with you Brits on all of these! Except for the sandwiches. (But aren't your baked beans sweet? Or are they savoury? If savoury, that might change my mind!)
That made me laugh and yes the marshmallows thing is something that seems very strange to us. I do love your giant sandwiches they make my mouth water and I'd certainly attempt a fried pickle...without the chocolate.
I think we may have talked about Scotch Eggs before? I can take or leave them and I hate offal,haggis and black pudding too. Yuk! My dad used to love Tripe which has to be seen to be believed, I've never tried it and nothing could tempt me to do so.
Our baked beans are in a tomatoey sauce with just a hint of spice. I sometimes add fried onions, garlic, a tin of tomatoes, a splash of Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar to the beans too. Hmmmm
The marshmallow and yams or sweet potatoes, while familiar, are horrible! But then in general I prefer sweet and savoury to keep well away from each other. Pineapple on pizza? No thanks. But I do like to sprinkle a little sugar on bacon while it cooks, and caramelizes.
The giant sandwiches are great! But they do need to be smashed down a bit or they're too hard to eat. I'm not a fan of fried anything, with or without chocolate!
I do think we talked about Scotch eggs once, a long time ago. They sound pretty good to me. NO for me on the offal, blood puddings, and haggis, although I admit the haggis doesn't look bad in that photo. Still, nope.
If I could find a can of savoury baked beans, I might like beans on toast! With grated cheese, fried onions, Worcestershire, and garlic [yes]. I just assumed the ones you have there are the same as here.
I've changed my mind on Scotch eggs. Only got as far as they're hard boiled eggs surrounded by sausage. That sounded fine. But reading on, I see they're deep fried. Never mind.
Since I watch a lot of British TV I'm familiar with haggis and Scotch Eggs. I looked up black pudding, offal, and tripe - π± Never! Marmite doesn't sound good, either. I guess it's one of those "love it or hate it" things.
I enjoyed your links. This comment in the Marmite paragraph made me laugh: βItβs like spreading lug nut oil on your bread.β And this one under the fork-holding section: βItβs shaped like that for a reason; itβs like using the wrong side of a shovel.β
It's also dark. While I've never seen lug oil, I assume it's both! Marmite isn't oily though. It is salty and savoury. I don't love or hate it. It's okay.
That does sound tasty and also seems like a perfect solution pertaining to a couple of items ( cheesy garlic toast and Mexican style blended cheese) I've been wanting to use up the remainders of. And it just so happens I'm about to leave for the grocery store.
Hi Dazed! I just thought I'd let you know that I tried the Maple Bush's Baked Beans on toast earlier. Not bad! I heated the beans and sort of mashed them with a fork. That way, it was more like a spread. It isn't something I'd try every day, but it's a great way to eat up the leftovers.
My husband was leaving for work as I was eating my beans and toast. He wasn't sure if he should ask what I was doing! LOL!
I informed him that this is a breakfast in the UK. He just rolled his eyes.....
First, Prince Harry's Wedding. Now this! I wonder if I have him worried that I may want to take a trip..... cross the pond!
That really sounds good and healthy. My problem is I fall into the cheap, easy and satisfying category.
I end up getting something that "hits the spot" but really isn't very good for me.
Too many preservatives, too much sodium, but I eat it anyway.
But not always. I'd rather forgo than repeatedly gorge on junk food.
I don't need a lot of energy to do my current job, (not that it wouldn't help!), so I tentatively figure what days i think i should eat and what days I'll put it off.
I'm not usually in the mood to eat right away in the morning, but I always eat breakfast before work. My go-to breakfast is pretty light: toasted English muffin with a bit of butter, a glass of milk, and some yogurt. I'm not a coffee drinker, but during the winter I sometimes have hot green tea.
If push came to shove, I could deal with that kind of breakfast, or a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice. But I still don't think it's what I'd want.
A glass of fresh OJ, by itself, yes! Or a cup of tea. Lately I've been having a cup of vanilla cappuccino, but that's unusual. Later on, lunchtime, I'm good for an actual meal :)
Didn't used to but now I do everyday.
Either Porridge or another cereal with fruit.
Like a few others I never used to fancy it but some bloodwork revealed slightly raised cholesterol, having breakfast really helped and I now wake up hungry!
Perfect point! The body craves what we teach it to crave. I was a vegetarian for 18 years, not for any moral purposes, but because I was a very serious long-distance runner and my body needed carbohydrates to support the work it was doing. I loved meat, but lost my love for it. Then I started lifting, needed protein, ate meat, and my craving for flesh came back in a torrent. We are what we teach ourselves to like.
I believe you. My mind tells me to get certain things because they are cheap and seem appealing, then in the back of my mind, I think I should be eating something else. Fruit, avocado sounds dee-lish, but somehow I find myself eating a microwave burrito or sausage biscuit, some such nonsense. Not sure why this is.
How long did it take before you started waking up hungry? Sometimes I am, and then I eat. Most of the time it's a not/not. Glad to hear your cholesterol is down, and it was an easy fix!
Thanksπ but I forgot to add that I started making sure I walked at least 10,000 steps per day on top of my usual activity!
But that with porridge (oatmeal) which is known to help reduce cholesterol and using Cholesterol reducing spread daily I felt a difference in about a month and I had a second bloodtest 8 weeks later which showed a decrease. It wasn't hugely high and my ratio good to bad was positive but it still put the wind up me.
The waking up hungry thing, I didn't notice it happening. At first eating in the morning was a chore, I cannot tell a lie. It's been 18 months since I started it and I've been waking up hungry for sometime now.
You must have one of those step-counting gizmos. It's a good idea!
Between losing my dog (had no choice but to take her for walks every single day) and being so tired from the move and disasters, I know I'm not getting enough exercise. Energy is starting to return, so soon I'll be more active again.
8 weeks, that's fast! And good on you for staying on this for 18 months!
I recently had a job where I felt like Danny Glover -- I'm too old for this shit !
It took about 8-10 weeks when I realized my body wan't rebelling any more, I had built the strength back to perform the duties required. That is one thing bad about leaving that job -- I was getting paid to be in shape.