I'm at work now and can't post the recipe but Ann T's bacon, chive and cheddar muffins are absolutely terrific. I made seven of them yesterday and five are now residing in my freezer -- the other two are residing in my tummy. I just wish DH would have been home when I made them because he would have loved them fresh out of the oven. I'm anxious to try the frozen ones but since it's an Ann T recipe I know they will be fabulous.

I learned to like Nasi Goreng (Indonesian fried rice) when I went to the island of Borneo years ago. It was served on the breakfast buffet and is what I had almost every morning along with the cute little bananas and delicious hot tea. Not sure if what I had contained shrimp?

Nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice)

Note: this recipe calls for cold cooked rice, which can be made up to a week ahead of time; or, buy steamed rice from a Chinese restaurant, and chill it. Serves 4-5 as a side dish; can be doubled.

2 Tbsp canola oil
10 large shrimp (21-25 size), peeled, deveined, sliced in half length-wise
1 garlic clove, minced
1-1/2 cups storebought cole slaw mix (or 1-1/4 cups shredded green cabbage plus 1/4 cup shredded carrot)
1 cup shredded cooked chicken (I used rotisserie chicken from the supermarket)
1 egg, lightly beaten
3 cups cooked long-grain or basmati rice, cold
2 Tbsp kecap manis
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1 Tbsp Sriracha (or less, to taste)

In a wok, heat the oil over high heat. Add the shrimp, garlic and cole slaw mix, and stir fry for 2 minutes. Add the chicken, and cook for an additional 2 minutes or until the shrimp are pink and curled. Push the mixture to one side, and pour in the beaten egg. Let cook 1 minute or until just set. Add the rice, and stir all together, chopping up the rice clumps and the egg with a wooden spoon. Stir in the kecap, sesame oil and Sriracha, and stir to combine all ingredients. Serve hot.

When I don't know what I want for breakfast, I usually fix cheese toast: a good melting cheddar on my homemade multi-grain or whole wheat bread. In fact, that is what I had for lunch today. Cheese toast is good anytime of day, breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack. IMO it is the world's perfect food! Growing up I didn't like cereal all that much so I would often have a bowl of Campbell's tomato soup and a piece of cheese toast for breakfast.

Teresa

Breakfast pizza's good....crust of basic roll dough, prebaked andw hile warm filled with very soft scrambled eggs, crumbled cooked bagon, chopped green onions and grated cheese of your choice....baked at 400 until cheese melts and browns a bit...8 minutes or so.

And any fruit crisp made with oatmeal tastes like breakfast to me!!
Linda C

Are you cooking breakfast for just yourself, or do you make it for two, three, or four people? I generally cook for two, and I don't think I would make a lot of things I make just for myself.

Here are some of the things I make only for two or more: Migas (Tex-Mex), garlic cheese grits with sausage, breakfast burritos or tacos (made with scrambled egg), cornmeal pancakes, latkes, puffy French toast, German apple pancakes (when my apples are ripe), etc.

If I make breakfast just for myself, I tend to make the things you are tired of, such as granola with yogurt and fruit or smoothies. I generally do not cook eggs just for myself, however.

If you want recipes for anything mentioned above, let me know.

Lars

OK I don't much like eggs, but I do like quiche. Wanting something easier and quicker that doesn't take crust, I've made breakfast stratas that use the same ingredients as quiche, but are much quicker and easier to make. They reheat wonderfully!

Nothing too off the wall here. On the week days it's usually banana bread, zucchini bread, muffins (blueberry or pineapple right now), granola bars or yogurt.

On the weekends it's bagels with cream cheese, omelets, crepes, French toast, beinets or pancakes.

Booberry,
May I have your recipe for pineapple muffins? Thanks

Pineapple muffins do sound good, I'd like that recipe too, Booberry.

I don't like breakfast, or anything before about 9:30 or 10 am, so at work I usually wait until then and toast an English muffin (100 calories, high fiber), spread with peanut butter. (shrug) It works.

Ashley liked those Power Shakes with peanut butter, banana, chocolate and milk, all blended. She sometimes had a cup of chicken noodle soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. I made calzones for both the girls filled with scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage and cheese, and they liked breakfast burritos with the same fillings. Ashley also liked baked potatoes with sour cream and butter for breakfast.

Elery likes hard boiled eggs, remove the yolks and fill the whites with salsa. Grandpa used to like pie for breakfast, he said it was no different than toast and jelly. Now, if I had pie, I might even want to eat breakfast!

Annie

I usually eat protein at breakfast and definitely think out of the box for breakfast.
I might make lots of summer rolls the day before and eat some of those or because I like coffee with sweets and I only drink coffee at breakfast, I might have some cookies or cake for breakfast, not too often though.

I often eat a handful of raw, toasted (by me) cashews and find that fills me up until lunch. Or strips of grilled chicken.

I like the breakfast burrito thing, too. I make mine with a fried corn tortilla or flatbread (if I've got dough around), beans, a sunny side up or poached egg, salsa or tomatoes, hot sauce, and sometimes sour cream. Today I had chicken and tomato pizza. Perogies are also an excellent breakfast. I bet paratha stuffed with ground turkey (or just about anything) would be good too.

I've been making a mid-morning breakfast my time to get in the majority of my daily veggies. I sautee whatever's around which is typically something like brocolli, peppers, onions, corn, maybe tomatoes, asparagus, whatever... mix in a couple tablespoons of sambal oelek. It usually amounts to over two cups of veggies and I never tire of it.

Hi There,
I am new from down under.

I am usually an egg breakfaster, however I do tire of the goog at times.
This morning I had, and so enjoyed, a banana on toast and topped with ricotta cheese, yum yum. May I add that bananas are $14 a kilo at the moment, but so what!! I am not shopping for a family, just myself.

I sometimes change to baked beans on toast, creamed corn and bubble and sqeak.

Of course I always follw up with a mug of plunger coffee!!

I love that first and often my only cup of coffee in the morning. I indulge in some milk/cream and maybe a granola bar or bar and yogurt. A good muffin would be even better. Cream cheese and a bagel -- the best.
Annie

Hey, it's the "other Annie"!

Junek, welcome to the cooking forum. You did remind me that I often have a sandwich of cold baked beans when I have them left from the night before. White bread and cold baked beans, everyone else thinks I'm crazy but I love 'em.

Annie

I had one entire large cantelope and two large mangoes for breakfast this morning.

I make a lot of fruit leather with my dehydrator, and I can make my fruit "leather" crispy. I mean potato-chip-crispy crispy.

Very delicious and healhy kind of breakfast. No cooking, and no dishes to wash.

dcarch

I normally have a glass of milk (chocolate, ovaltine or coffee flavored) first thing in the morning. Then I munch on fruit or raw veggies to get me to lunch time. On weekends I might do something more substantial like a breakfast taco or quesadilla type thing. I've definitely breakfasted on the power shake that Annie mentioned, which I have gleaned from her previous posts. That stuff is gooood.

Boy, try to google "goog". All that comes up is a bunch of references to, well, google! Finally found out that it is an Australian word for egg, origin unknown. Interesting what you learn here! Welcome, Junek!