Usually what is your breakfast item? Do you relish it or prefer some change?
By buchi_bulla
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
India
December 21, 2009 9:27pm CST
In our house mostly I prepare idly (rice pudding type), dosa (spreading dough in a round shape on pan) and pongal (pressure cooking rice and green gram) for breakfast as they are good for health. Sometimes I make poori (wheat floor mix deep friend), sandwich and uppuma (made out of crystals of wheat, semolina and vermicelli) and noodles etc. I prefer to make poori with side dish of potato and onion. Since it is oily, I avoid making it often. What is your usual breakfast item? Do you like to have a change in the item? If so what is your preference?
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@neo_matrix (884)
• India
22 Dec 09
i have bread butter with a glass of juice or sprouts for breakfast everyday as i have to move early for work. on sudays i make mysewlf some elaborate ones like alu- paratha,poha,upma,idli-dosa or puri chole. i would like to have more of parathas of any variety everyday
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
You mean there are many varieties of parathas, probably with mullangi (radish) or menthi (fenugreek) leaves right?
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
22 Dec 09
I have the following items for breakfast, steamed bread, noodles--fried or soup, porridge, cakes, soybean milk, bananas and apples and so on. Sometimes if time is pressure in the morning, I will just have a quick breakfast based on the food that is available to me. They are all my favorites.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
15 Jul 10
All good items that you like Williamjisir. As long as you do not starve in the morning, it is good to eat any food item.
@vandana7 (100282)
• India
22 Dec 09
Ah, we have idlis on Sundays and Mondays, we have bread on Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, Upma on Thursdays and Fridays, Dosa varieties on Saturday. Oats may replace bread at times or upma. :) Its almost fixed menu like some hotels. :) Actually, I started this because making dosas takes time. And now all our family friends have a fixed menu system. They copy my predefined system. LOL. It helps because even maid knows the chores she has to day on any specific day. LOL.
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
18 Jul 10
That is really great to have menu defined. You need not break your head in the morning about that day's menu.
@neelimaravi (1793)
• India
22 Dec 09
Normally i do idly, dosa, chapati, upma,and poori, my kids likes poori and dosa. so, i prefer to make that only, i do chapati's on saturday's and sunday's because, in the morning time i cannot do that, it will became late to my kids. i like poori verymuch. thankyou, have a nice day.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
Hai Lihocc, yes, change in the breakfast will make it interesting to eat. Have a good day friend.
Hai Starsailover, In the limited time that is available for making breakfast, try to give a possible change. You can eat bread with peanut butter, jam or any other spread. Eat fruit and beverage like bournvita or complan, cereal you can have. Have a good day.
@starsailover (7829)
• Mexico
23 Dec 09
Hi lihocc: I try to change my daily breakfast but i can not do it in my normal life, because i have to go to work so i need to eat something really fast and i can not even think about to prepare something different. Even with that, thanks for sharing with us what you take for your breakfast. Hope you are having a nice day. Merry Christmas/ Happy holidays.
-Alvaro.
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@najnoiram (52)
• Philippines
22 Dec 09
usually bread, eggs and bacon. being a student, some days i wake up a bit late for school so i usually just grab a sandwich along the way. when there's enough time for breakfast, i usually go for rice, some scrambled eggs, hotdogs or anything thats available inside the house.
it really depends on you lifestyle i guess.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
19 Jul 10
Not necessarily najnoiram, in many South Indian houses, idly, dosa and upma is a regular breakfast item, whether rick or poor.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
22 Dec 09
I usually make a big batch of steel cut oats and then warm some up every day. I like to put molasses and butter with some walnuts in them too. I also have some whole wheat toast with some mashed avocado on it. It keeps me full for a good part of the day. The I don't eat lunch until later in the afternoon.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
This is actually a good practice to eat a sumptuous breakfast in the morning so that we can keep going, even if the lunch is late.
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@honeylore23 (1081)
• United States
23 Dec 09
Hello Buchi,
As for me, when I was still in philippines, we always have regular meal, my mother tell us that we should eat good in the morning and then paired with coffee or milk. Sometimes we have pandesal with egg just like the common breakfast in Philippines. But since I came here in Philippines, I always have have wheat cereal and coffee for breakfast.
Would you tell me more about those foods you mentioned, they seem unfamiliar to me. Where are you from?
Lourdes
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
I am from South India. The recipes cannot be writeen in Mylot as it is against rules. But the recipes are available in many sites in the internet. You can make a mylot search and find out. All the dishes are very tasty and I am sure you will thank me for this discussion. Have a great day.
@vathsala30 (3732)
• India
23 Dec 09
I also prepare all the above items and also i make coconut pan cake made of fresh coconut and rice paste, rice flour chappati, and semolina pan cake, which is filling as well as tasty and consumes less oil.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
That sounds very interesting vathsala30. My mouth is watering.
@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
23 Dec 09
I usually just have a bowl or hot porridge or oatmeal with some toast for breakfast. Yes I do agree that you can become in a rut and bored with eating the same meal everyday. So I sometimes switch up and have cereal for breakfast with some fruits.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
Yes friend, same item for breakfast will be boring. In our own possible way, we can give a change, which will make eating breakfast interesting.
@starsailover (7829)
• Mexico
23 Dec 09
Hi Buchi bulla: i must admit that's the first time i have heard about these meals, sound interesting. My normal breakfast was, until some months ago a cup of coffee, bread and cookies. Now I start my day with something healthier so I drink a cup of lemon ice tea and nothing more. Then I wait until 13:00 to take my lunch. Thanks for your answer and to explain us what you exactly eat ;). Hope you are having a great day. Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays.
-Alvaro.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
If I understood well, lemon ice tea is a watery item. It will not stay in the stomach for long. Then acidity will develop. Please eat some good food friend. At least bread, butter or cookies and biscuits, cereal will do. In a friendly interest, I am writing this, please excuse. Your response is very friendly and bubly. Have a good day friend.
@davissiu (90)
• United States
22 Dec 09
I have toast, eggs and potato tart usually. I have breakfast in my school everyday morning. They offer same thing everyday, not so many choice. But they are tasty though (if you are not picky =)) I'd like them to offer some sausage, ham, bacon, and little slice pizza if possible.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
That is really nice to know that your school provides breakfast for all of you. When we see others eating, automatically we will also feel like eating. Put a request to your school to serve a change of item in the menu.
@mac_mac1221 (478)
• Philippines
16 Jul 10
Hmm... I like to eat boiled egg during break fast.:D I usually have rice, hotdog, and egg. And there I'm already satisfied.:D But, sometimes I just eat bread or cereals.:) Sometimes, I don't eat breakfast...I eat Brunch.:D
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
21 Jul 10
This brunch habit is there even in our house sometimes. Then I will make some porridge or give complan to the family members so that they will not feel hungry.
@Iequate2 (280)
• United States
18 Jul 10
Oatmeal in the Winter. I teach; Oatmeal sustains me until 3p.m.
And of course, I drink orange juice and coffee. On the weekends, I enjoy brunch, which consist of scrambled egg whites, or egg substitute, turkey sausage and two pancakes.
I wish that I could eat sweetrolls and doughnuts for breakfast. lol
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
21 Jul 10
When I make porridge in oats, that will not sustain for more than an hour for me. May be you prepare in a different way. However I am sending herewith your favourite doughnuts. 
Enjoy and have a great day.
Enjoy and have a great day.
@albert2412 (1782)
• United States
22 Dec 09
We usually eat raisins and pecans. These we eat with black coffee. Later on in the day I like to eat Patio burritoes with tabasco sauce on them. These are some of my favorite things to eat and to drink.
@neo_matrix (884)
• India
22 Dec 09
usually its bread with butter and a glass of juice or sprouts as i have to move out early for work.sundays can see me cooking something elaborate like alu ka paratha,puri-chole or idli-dosa. i would all form of parathas for breakfast everyday
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
Yes, in a hurry we cannot cook in a elaborate manner. I love Alu ka paratha. Send me some when you make.
@doglady112 (604)
• Canada
22 Dec 09
Sounds like you have a pretty big breakfast where you're from. For me, I just eat a small breakfast, I have a banana and a cup of yoghurt. That's usually it for me, then in two or three hours I have a big lunch which lasts until dinner.
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
I usually make idli, dosas of different types, pongal and sometimes poori with potato, onion side dish. Breakfast is an important meal is it not? But sometimes I make oats porridge also, when the lunch is grand. So you give preference to a great lunch. Good come home today, I am making bisi bele bath which is made out of rice, yellow split peas), vegetables etc. It will be very tasty.
@deepasubramani (1074)
• India
22 Dec 09
Hi Aunty,
Usually morning times we have less time to prepare anything and rush to the office so i would do more idly, dosa, Chappitis and pongal and very rarely i prepare poori as nobody likes at my home. Some times i prefer to have sandwich or breadtoast or have oats.
Have a great day.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
Very true. Even I will not make poori very often for breakfast as it is an oily stuff and my children will not prefer it for breakfast.
@Jennifer_lee_88 (589)
• United States
22 Dec 09
I think breakfast is really important to eat! I'm on i diet right now so i try to eat as soon as I wake up but i wake up at different times every morning so i'm not sure if that counts! I try to also have my biggest, most carb meal at breakfast... like 2 eggs with whole wheat toast!
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
20 Jul 10
Yes, you are right. Breakfast is an important meal of the day. I am happy you take a good breakfast.
@PSDirectory (116)
• United States
22 Dec 09
Wow! I can definitely tell you and I do not live in the same country, lol. I actually eat cereal for breakfast! Or pancakes! But usually just cereal! Its easier to prepare
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