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Breakfast of Champions: What Did You Eat This Morning?

2009_03_16-BreakfastToday.jpgGood morning! We're getting into the swing of things this morning with a bowl of yogurt and a mug of chai tea, though we're craving steel-cut oats after seeing the image above. What did you have for breakfast today?

 
 

Actually, Irish oatmeal would be particularly appropriate with St. Patrick's Day tomorrow. In the post related to the image above, the guys over at the Bitten Word suggest a technique for soaking oats overnight to shorten the cooking time in the morning.

Perhaps we'll get up the gumption to try that tonight so we can celebrate St. Patty's day in style!

Steel-Cut Oats in 10 Minutes from the Bitten Word

Related: Looking For: Easy Portable Breakfast Recipes

(Image: Flickr member The Bitten Word licensed under Creative Commons)

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Homemade granola with banana and toasted almonds, served with whole milk - delish!

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posted by reggiesoang on March 16th 2009 at 8:21am
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A banana...that's it...nothing else in the house.

posted by 39520expat on March 16th 2009 at 8:27am
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Yogurt with fruit.

About the steel cut oats, they reheat really well unlike rolled oat oatmeal. My husband and I often make a big batch on the weekend and then reheat it by the bowlful on weekday mornings.

posted by Niamh on March 16th 2009 at 8:31am
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I took the red eye home and went directly to the office. I have coffee and a croissant from the bakery on the corner.

posted by lizaboo on March 16th 2009 at 8:50am
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Breakfast is for suckers!

I eat leftovers from dinner if I eat anything.

posted by The Blow Leprechaun on March 16th 2009 at 8:52am
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Some turkey bacon, eggs scrambled with tomato and spinach, and a couple of pieces of toast. And a latte.

I don't understand how people can skip breakfast. If I skip it then by about 10 I'm ravenous and grouchy!

posted by laetitiae on March 16th 2009 at 9:02am
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toast with peanut butter and honey and a café a lait!

posted by Ana Almeida on March 16th 2009 at 9:14am
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Buckwheat flakes with blueberries and my signature office-hacked cafe au lait.

posted by zuzupetals on March 16th 2009 at 9:19am
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brown rice with almond slivers, cinnamon, dried cherries and heated up in a little cherry juice with a splash of milk

and tea

posted by kmarie on March 16th 2009 at 9:24am
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Steel cut oats with cinnamon and a bit of fresh ground peanut butter. Iced coffee early AM and now a green tea.

posted by mstinagray on March 16th 2009 at 9:24am
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Custard filled doughnut with chocolate on top and a diet coke. Not exactly the breakfast of champions but a bribe was in order to get myself to work this sticky, grey morning.

posted by Tiamat_the_Red on March 16th 2009 at 9:55am
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http://jonhuck.com/breakfast/index.htm

it seemed fitting

posted by cate918 on March 16th 2009 at 9:56am
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Um, er...a caramel macaron from Bouchon Bakery.

posted by meg_ues on March 16th 2009 at 10:00am
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homemade cinnamon raisin toast with a little butter

posted by mrbell on March 16th 2009 at 10:08am
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greek yogurt with trader joe's ginger granola, honey and a banana and a lot of coffee

posted by matt manfredini on March 16th 2009 at 10:09am
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Steel cut oats with soy sauce and scallions (a la Bittman) made overnight in the crockpot - and ready to be reheated for the rest of the week.

posted by boredatwork on March 16th 2009 at 10:11am
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I had a DELICIOUS whole wheat strawberry banana muffin along with cottage cheese & strawberries! YUM! Then when I got to work I had coffee. I plan on blogging those yummy & healthy muffins, so maybe I'll come back and post the link after I do.

posted by UptownGirl on March 16th 2009 at 10:28am
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Grits and turkey sausage.

posted by Casey Leigh on March 16th 2009 at 10:30am
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I with you, Leprechaun. Except I usually take mine in liquid form from Starbucks.

posted by L1bby on March 16th 2009 at 10:33am
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pb & blackberry jam on white, cold from the fridge :)

posted by chusmabilly on March 16th 2009 at 10:42am
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My favorite quick breakfast, Ezekiel almond cereal (http://tinyurl.com/43aax9) with soymilk and raisins. It's not cheap, but I'm addicted to it.

Recently, I've been making rye flakes and/or spelt flakes just like oatmeal and loving it. It's like a much heartier oatmeal.

posted by Pixie on March 16th 2009 at 10:59am
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Coffee & Cigarettes, it was really good coffee so I have no regrets.

posted by veryplainjane on March 16th 2009 at 11:30am
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a mix of multi-grain hot cereal and oat bran, cooked with cinnamon and half a banana, topped with 1/2 c plain yogurt, the rest of the banana, a handful of homemade almond granola and a spoonful of homemade applebutter, with a big cup of black coffee.

this has to be one of my favorite questions. it says so much about a person!

posted by ellenp1214 on March 16th 2009 at 11:32am
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Trader Joe's nonfat greek yogurt with 2 tbsp. ground flaxseed, a hard boiled egg with salt and pepper, 1/2 banana and coffee.

posted by Matilda on March 16th 2009 at 11:41am
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We mix equal parts steel cut oatmeal and 4-grain plus flax cereal and freeze it in ice cube trays. This mixture bumps up the fiber in the cereal. It freezes well. Takes a minute in the microwave.

Ate it with half a banana and some whole milk yogurt.

And lots of coffee. YUM.

posted by JudiAU on March 16th 2009 at 12:04pm
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Homemade granola and a banana.

posted by sweetpeacooks on March 16th 2009 at 12:09pm
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toasted crumpets with a mug of milk.

posted by angorian on March 16th 2009 at 12:11pm
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leftover biscuits, one with toasted with cheddar and one with black raspberry jam, coffee

posted by Kate (NC) on March 16th 2009 at 12:16pm
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i had one of these for breakfast today

posted by robotknees on March 16th 2009 at 12:16pm
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hot oat bran cereal with salt and pepper; coffee with cream.

posted by mizrobot on March 16th 2009 at 12:28pm
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Fage yogurt & blackberries.

posted by Jen in Chi-town on March 16th 2009 at 1:11pm
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Muffin (dried cherry, dark chocolate pecan) and a fruit and yogurt shake

posted by Hanna on March 16th 2009 at 1:15pm
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Organic raisin bran & milk & banana. And two cups of great homemade coffee!

posted by Charlotte on March 16th 2009 at 1:38pm
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Trader Joe's Whole Milk Vanilla Bean yogurt (definitely worth it) with blueberries from Chile (which I've never had before and are really not as good as local in season ones).

I love this thread and all the good ideas here for breakfasts.

posted by cptmoll on March 16th 2009 at 1:54pm
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Plain yogurt with flaxseed and blueberries eaten at my desk. My weekend breakfasts are much more inspiring. Sigh.......

posted by rosebud on March 16th 2009 at 2:02pm
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cottage cheese w/strawberry jam & a banana on the side :D

posted by plumeria on March 16th 2009 at 3:13pm
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bagel with green cream cheese (festive, huh?) and white fish.

posted by desireeg on March 16th 2009 at 5:49pm
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A bowl of steel-cut oats

posted by silverivy on March 16th 2009 at 7:13pm
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nothing, I'm sick and didn't eat anything until 5pm. I guess it's a good sign that everything here sounds so good!

desireeg- green food dye, I hope!

posted by -haley- on March 16th 2009 at 8:08pm
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Two fried eggs over whole-grain toaster waffles with lots of salt and pepper. Also lots of coffee with cream and sugar.

posted by graefix on March 16th 2009 at 8:34pm
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Oatmeal porridge with chocolate flavoured protein powder, some cinnamon and Splenda.

The proteins make me feel full for longer, and lowers the GI a bit. And it tastes kind of like Dumle chocolates from Fazer. :)

posted by katti on March 17th 2009 at 6:13am
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brown rice cakes with peanut butter, honey & sliced banana

as seen here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterbean/1155059039/

posted by shutterbean on March 17th 2009 at 10:41pm
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a boiled egg, a giant glass of fresh squeezed grapefruit juice and a plum

posted by brianmac on March 19th 2009 at 1:59pm
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