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emeralde
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Last weekend I made swedish pancakes. Ooooh yum.
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Yep they're yummy... but you should eat them the swedish way! whipped cream and strawberry or raspberry marmelade/jelly (or even better fresh berries). Thats how we do i...
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cranberryandme
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Location: Brookly, NY
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What nice breakfast pictures!
a_post_it_note: An avocado tree (exuse me, 2!) that supplies free, perfectly ripe avocados is a dream come true. You were very very lucky! They're usually the same around here–pricey and never properly ripe. I would eat them every day too if I could.
and, whywhy, I totally second your love for toast. It is simply great! Of course, mine isn't homeade. Is it a hassle to make bread every week? I barely have enough time to stretch every day. I marvel at the way the glitter ladies manage to squeeze it all in!
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WorkAndPlay
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No bagels here
Makes me really sad
Too sad for haiku.
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KnucklesTheDog
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| Posted: Apr 11, 2007 8:22 am Post subject: |
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and, whywhy, I totally second your love for toast. It is simply great! Of course, mine isn't homeade. Is it a hassle to make bread every week? I barely have enough time to stretch every day. I marvel at the way the glitter ladies manage to squeeze it all in! |
I make bread at least once a week, the easiest, tastiest bread ever.
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whywhy
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| Posted: Apr 11, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| cranberryandme wrote: |
and, whywhy, I totally second your love for toast. It is simply great! Of course, mine isn't homeade. Is it a hassle to make bread every week? I barely have enough time to stretch every day. I marvel at the way the glitter ladies manage to squeeze it all in! |
I have a bread machine, which I love love love. I've had it for several years now and I never buy bread any more. It only takes a couple of minutes to toss all the ingredients in, and the machine does the rest. Four hours later, you have bread.
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| Posted: Apr 12, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| a_post_it_note: An avocado tree (exuse me, 2!) that supplies free, perfectly ripe avocados is a dream come true. You were very very lucky! They're usually the same around here–pricey and never properly ripe. I would eat them every day too if I could. |
Heehee, the benefits of living in paradise. We also had a tangerine, 2 mangoes and 2 lemon trees. Actually, I forgot, we had 3 avocado trees, one of which I remember my mom growing from seed. I wish I could grow them here!
Knuckles and Whywhy, you two are way more motivated than me. I always think of making bread as being a huge event! Must buy dutch oven for no knead bread. Maybe it would get me baking. |
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Oceanna
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| I make my own whole wheat flax seed bread. |
Oh, please can you share your recipe? I love flax seed bread! Do you make it in a bread maker? I have one.
I've got to try some of these yummy breakfast suggestions!
Sometimes I make toast and make a PB & J sandwich. I love how the PB melts on the hot toast.
Sometimes I do fat-free vanilla yogurt with a handful of cranberry granola in it.
Most often I do a smoothie. I slice up fruit n' veggies for my parrots every morning, so I toss stuff in the blender as I go... a slice of apple, 3-4 grapes, papaya with the seeds (the seeds are a great source of enzymes and are a little peppery), pineapple, then add frozen strawberries, blueberries and cherries. In the summer I'll toss in peaches and plums. Just a little bit of each. Then I toss in my powdered green vities, and sometimes half a scoop of protein powder, some soy milk, and maybe a little water or ice. It's yummy and jam packed with nutrition.
In the summer I love Rice Chex with soy milk and fresh picked raspberries out of my yard.
Another summer fave is canteloupe, pineapple and raspberries fruit salad, no dressing.
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dustbunny
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On weekdays I have Kashi GoLean cereal for breakfast. It has lots of fiber to make you feel full and lots of protien to make the feeling last. If I have any bananas or strawberries I throw those in too.
On weekends sometimes I make french toast or srambled egg whites (I don't like the yolks, blech!) with bacon or sausage.
I wish I had a waffle iron so I could make my own waffles, I've been yearning for one, but haven't bought one yet. I could make waffles on the weekend and pop them in the freezer and then toast them in the mornings! |
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midnightsky1686
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I make my bread in a bread machine as well- less mess, no kneading. I let it rise an extra half hour or so (or longer if I am gone- whoops) then bake it in my oven so I can shape the loaves. I never buy bread-bread, but I do still buy bread from the bakery. I make bread at least once or twice a week, and make tortillas, egg noodles, flatbread, etc pretty often as well.
I ussually just eyeball ingerdients, if I am in a hury just plain flour and some whole wheat. If I have more time I'll add in flax, rye, nuts, etc. or make sourdough from my starter.
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WorkAndPlay
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There's this fabulous recipe for honey bran muffins that calls for the batter to be refrigerated overnight. I sometimes mix it up before going to bed, then bake fresh muffins in the morning. The recipe as it is is WAY too sweet, so I leave out two thirds of the sugar, add different kinds of chopped dried fruit (apricots are great!) and some coconut flakes, and I substitute egg whites for about half of the eggs (two whites per whole egg). I also put some sunflower seeds in there. That way they are pretty healthy - low in fat and refined sugar and high in fiber.
Whole wheat toast is a favorite of mine, too. I love St. Dalfour's jams - they are sweetened with fruit juice only, no sugar added. And I find low-fat cream cheese spreads to be a yummy substitute for butter. When smoked fish is on sale I love to have that on ww toast in the morning. Smoked mackerel is generally much cheaper than other kinds of smoked fish. It's oily, but it has lots and lots of Omega-3.
And I love red grapefruits. I eat them with honey. So delicious!
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lexy
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| I have to admit my breakfasts are very unexciting, but (for me) breakfast isn't a time for surprises, so it's porridge + milk + tea every morning. |
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nicegirl
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I usually have oatmeal with soy protein powder, flax seeds, cinnamon, applesauce, and skim milk bit oatmeal has been making me want to vomit lately so instead I
-made a giant batch of belgian waffles with whole wheat flour, some ground oat flour, and ground flax seeds. Put them in the toaster oven in the morning, topped with berry sauce (just frozen berries cooked down and 1 tbsp sugar) and yogurt.
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-coarsely grind oats and flax seeds in the blender, and add yogurt and berry sauce. Very delish. That's what I had this morning.
I've been buying TJ's brand Greek yogurt. It's cheaper than Total but still expensive for yogurt. This week I bought a giant container of store brand plain yogurt and drained it in a fine mesh strainer for 24 hours and it's just like Greek yogurt. Will continue to do this.
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cranberryandme
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nicegirl, I've been straining yogurt on and off too for a few months. I love the results! I usually spread it on bread or pita with olive oil and a little pepper. When I've got a stocked fridge I add arugala too.
That said, my attempts at making the yogurt spread still fall short of my high school memory of eating fresh labneh at my friend Nadine's house after school. She was (is) from Lebanon and the memories of stuffing my face with unbelievable Middle Eastern cooking at her place are heavenly. Anyway, I just couldn't help talking about her when you mentioned that yogurt. Mine just isn't the same.
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KnucklesTheDog
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Ugh. I am eating what is truly the Worst "Scone" Ever from the deli downstairs. Yech. Need to snap out of my funk and start making my own breakfast again!
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