savory breakfast recipes anyone?

[KnottedYet]

Rooster sauce. I'll try to remember that...

[Geonz]

Usually I'm all over a bagel with cheese (with pretzel salt sprinkled on top and maybe some jalapeno slices).
Sometimes oatmeal but I want to find a way to do it ahead of time. The prepackaged stuff has so much extra sugar.

Leftovers - pizza, chinese... but it helps that my housemates have a *serious* delivery addiction that I am thankfully too introverted to ever develop.

[Brandi]

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/240748 this looks very yummy! breakfast risotto!

[jusdooit]

Cheese grits, sometimes peanut butter on toasted english muffin, oatmeal with raisins.
Saw an article or on a news program that eggs are not the beasts they've been made out to be (may have been in Bicycling Mag.)

[Brandi]

Cheese grits, sometimes peanut butter on toasted english muffin, oatmeal with raisins.
Saw an article or on a news program that eggs are not the beasts they've been made out to be (may have been in Bicycling Mag.)

I would think if it is something you don't have a problem with you would be ok. And if you don't eat much during the rest of the day it should balance out right?

[EBD]

You can also keep eating eggs but reduce the amount of yolks you use. Plain egg whites are super depressing, but mixed with salsa and wrapped in a tortilla, or made into a quick fritatta with spinach and feta, they can be made tasty. My standard omelet is one whole egg plus two whites. (I do always feel guilty throwing away the yolks. But, I decided there's nothing to be done about that.)

I'm with you, I get hungry by 10 if I had no protein for breakfast. I usually get it from fat-free yogurt, mixed with muesli (which has dried fruit, but no added sugar). Cottage cheese would also give you some protein, and can be mixed with savory things.

[OakLeaf]

Eggs: just like meat, the type of fat in the yolks is largely dependent on what the animal ate and what kind of life it lived. If you can get local, pasture-raised eggs, they're much higher in Omega 3s and don't tend to raise your LDL cholesterol nearly as much. Hens are so easy to raise that almost everyone, even in suburbs and exurbs, can find a local farmer. (Most cities are easy because they usually have thriving farmer's markets. And for the record, hens do need supplemental feed to lay regularly, so they won't be entirely pasture-fed, but you may be able to find a farmer who feeds only local organic grain.)

I still wouldn't eat any animal product every day. Unfortunately, "organic" and so-called "free-range" mass-produced grocery store eggs are almost always factory farmed, so avoid those as well if cholesterol or animal welfare are issues for you.

Oatmeal, or any grain cereal, is easy to make ahead and keep in the fridge for several days. If additives are your only concern, "quick oats" are basically shredded, with no sugar or other additives, and they'll cook up in 1-2 minutes. Or you can microwave old fashioned oats for 6 minutes on 50% power without stirring, just make sure you use a large enough container so it doesn't boil over. I use a 4 cup container for 1/2 cup of raw oats, but if your water is softened or naturally very soft, you may need a much larger container.

[ehirsch83]

Lately I have been big on making skillets. I have been buying the Simply Potato brand of hash browns or diced potatoes at the grocery(only potatoes and some seasoning, no extra stuff in them- about 80 calories per serving) and I have been cooking them in the skillet then scrambling in 2-3 eggs with them, adding some veggies if I want.

[lauren.warnecke]

I like skillets too. I don't eat eggs, so I make tofu scrambles a lot, sprinkled with tumeric to make it resemble scrambled eggs. Sometimes I just saute veggies by themselves and that's great too with toast or a bagel. I chop veggies in bulk so it literally take 5 minutes to make a hot meal.

Another thing I like if you're not into sweet is sliced tomato over oatmeal. Sounds weird, but it's good. I add a pinch of salt if I'm feeling frisky.