Foods You Enjoy for Breakfast that are non-typical

[KaimukiMan]

yes, prompted by that other breakfast thread.... i do like many 'typical' breakfast foods, but i also like some non traditional ones, especially leftovers.

top on my list would be cold leftover pizza. on a warm summer morning (or almost any morning in Honolulu) it really hits the spot. just love it for breakfast. i go out of my way to make sure at least a slice or two is leftover after having pizza the night before.

pie - my favorite is apple, and most of the time pecan is too sweet, but in a pinch it will do. If i liked pumpkin i am sure it would be on my list.

stew - one of the best reasons for owning a microwave is heating up things like beef stew for breakfast.

spaghetti - or other similar pasta dish. again the microwave is a hero.

oddly enough sandwiches are not on my list, although there should be a law that leftover turkey, ham, or roast beef must be reserved for the making of sandwiches, but for me thats snack, lunch, or even dinner food, not breakfast.

[sunshine842]

I haven't done it in years, but when we were kids, a big piece of cake from last night's dessert in a bowl with milk. (yes, I hear the collective gasp. We lived.)

[odkaty]

There was no bowl, or milk, but leftover cake was a frequent breakfast food when I was a kid. Actually, any leftover dessert. But, then, we never had cereal.

[nothingswrong]

yes! big slice of cake with espresso. delicious. love the sugar/caffeine high that doesn't even get me through my morning commute.

[linguafood]

If you define 'breakfast' as the day's first meal, but not necessarily early in the morning.....well - then I guess I'm pretty flexible as to what goes in my mouth.

I tend to just have coffee before I wake up '-), but a couple hours later, the sky's the limit. While I often will make such typical things as scrambled eggs and a grapefruit on the side with a glass of milk, my "breakfasts" these last days ranged from

whole grilled trout/mackerel
spicy Thai dim sum & larb
sushi
fried fish with potato salad.

Again, my 'breakfast' is everyone else's lunch probably (time & meal-wise), but it's MY breakfast.

[JEN10]

KaimukiMan, I am with you on the leftovers. Most anything will do as I am not a huge fan of traditional breakfast foods. If I go out I always look for a place that will serve from the lunch menu at breakfast. Sometimes this puts a damper on getting the meal out as quickly, but hey I am worth the wait right? A favorite was a chicken Buffalo sandwhich with onion rings.

[joe777cool]

I am not really into breakfast either, so any leftovers from the night before are fair game. Pizza, pasta, chinese, mexican, doesnt really matter. Funny thing is I usually eat cereal as a snack before bed too....

[Jay F]

I've never eaten "breakfast food" for breakfast. Today I'm going to have chili. I'm not eating cake or ice cream these days, but if I were, I find both perfectly acceptable first meals in the morning. I'm eating eggs again (scrambled or omelets only) after being sick of them for about three years, but I don't necessarily eat them for breakfast.

[magiesmom]

My two favorites are leftover cold peanut or sesame noodles and a BLTA( avooado) on very dark wheat toast with horseradish mayo

[Uncle Bob]

Left over fried Catfish from the night before...warmed a bit on a griddle....Hot Coffee!
This time of year, when HG tomatoes are rolling in the back door...Biscuits & Tomatoes...Cut open the biscuit...add a little butter and a honkin slice of fresh tomato, S&P and eat like a sandwich....I also like lots of sliced tomatoes with Grits, eggs, bacon, etc...Yum Yum!

[JEN10]

I forgot the directions to your house Uncle Bob, please send and I will help you out with the breakfast dishes.

[Uncle Bob]

Let's see...get off at the South Exit....Turn right and drive 7 miles to the 2nd blacktop to the left...Turn left and go about 3 miles....Turn right across the Cattle Gap...(right before the creek bridge) into the drive way....about 3/4 miles in you'll see the house (Twin Oaks) up on the ridge....Come on in, and don't worry...the "Kill Dawg" want bite :) I'll leave the front porch light on....

[JEN10]

I'm on my way!!!

[mamachef]

I need this food NOW. Not later. Not someday. Now.

[shanagain]

Leftover catfish is my absolute favorite breakfast - even cold. (Or any fish pan-fried in cornmeal, really.)

I had to skim the rest of your post - no HG tomatoes here this year - and it was just too painful.

[shanagain]

Leftover fried chicken is another favorite (cold), as is soup (yes, soup) made from leftover mashed potatoes, milk, seasoning to taste, crumbled bacon and cheese.

[mrbigshotno.1]

Leftovers are usually the way I go, just finished up some grilled brats and onions from last night. I like to go out once in awhile for standard breakfast. Enchiladas with an overeasy egg on top is one of my faves.

[EWSflash]

Mine too

[ipsedixit]

I eat just about anything for breakfast, be it savory or not.

About the only savory item that I do not typically eat for breakfast is soup.

But everything else is probably fair game, from leftovers, to desserts (like cold pie), to ice cream, to fruit, pastas, steak, seafood, etc.

[JEN10]

Split Pea soup is a must the next morning, with a slice of cornbread and honey butter.

[caviar_and_chitlins]

We just had pork carnitas tacos with scrambled egg (concession to the hour) for breakfast. Was deeelishous.

[jamieeats]

i love starting off a weekend day with a tomato. i'll cut off a few slices for my boyfriend's omelet or egg sandwich, then eat the rest before i have my breakfast.

[sunshine842]

sauteed cherry tomatoes (halved and browned cut-side down in the bacon grease) are a regular part of breakfast in the British Isles, along with sauteed mushrooms and baked beans.

[Cakegirl]

When I was a kid, my mom would make My-T-Fine chocolate pudding and serve it hot for breakfast on a cold morning...she would call it "chocolate soup"...haven't had it in years but boy was that good!!

[1sweetpea]

Fried rice. At my husband's request, I now make way too much steamed rice for dinners with the intention of keeping the leftovers for frying the next day with an egg. It can be simple, just a lot of black pepper, some salt and sesame oil, or more elaborate, with green onions, a leftover meat, mushrooms, whatever veggies we have hanging around, etc. I've also turned leftover steamed rice into congee the next day, which is a great blank canvas to take other leftover proteins.

I'm not that keen to eat leftover dinner for a second dinner, but I'll happily down them as breakfast the next day. My husband will stop eating a pizza when there are a few slices left, just to guarantee cold pizza for breakfast the next day, much like a poster above said.

[KaimukiMan]

interesting, having lived in asia for a short time, i don't classify fried rice as an 'odd' breakfast, but i'm sure here in the US its. I keep frozen chopped vegetables almost specifically for fried rice, supplemented by whatever might be available in the fridge.

[BelovedofIsis]

Yup fried rice for the win!

[Leper]

A cheeseburger with a hot cup of coffee makes a remarkably good breakfast--especially at a dive diner.

[sunshine842]

yeah, but at 3 am when you're half in the bag, is it dinner, a late snack, breakfast, or salvation on a plate? ;P

[tongue_to_tail]

I remember doing the exact same thing for one full year in college for breakfast every morning, and even infrequently thereafter. Great ratio of protein to carbs to start the day. Never could find someone to make mine for me at 8am, though.

Edit: Suppose you'd call what I did a patty melt actually. I used potato bread pan fried in extra virgin on one side.

[LorenM]

I love a big gulp of pickle juice straight from the jar, vienna sausages, a Miracle Whip and sardine sandwich, and cold chef boyardee straight from the can all for breakfast.

[Will Owen]

I think my very favorite non-standard breakfast has eggs in it, but its best version is fried cakes of leftover mashed potato, with the eggs on top, and over that some of the leftover meat heated up in brown gravy. OR leftover chicken (if that's what we had) in chicken gravy. And then everything gets chopped up, whereupon Mrs. O averts her eyes and shudders (or did, back when I was still eating that kind of thing). Biscuits on the side.

[Sharuf]

Sounds kinda like a haole moko loco.

[jdoyle2254]

This made me laugh. You're completely right, just a different starch.

[EWSflash]

My mom used to make the best potato cakes- mix leftover mashed potatoes with a lot of flour and a couple of eggs, add salt, pepper, and a healthy sprinkling of chives, slap by big spoonfuls into a buttered hot skillet, turn when browned on the bottom. Oh my gosh they were good. I may have to break my own rule and make mashed potatoes this weekend in the middle of a 107-degree heat wave just so I can make some potato cakes.

[Passadumkeg]

I enjoy grated fresh potato & onion pancakes w/ a dollup of sour cream and a side of kolbasa.

[sueatmo]

I've been experimenting with different foods for breakfast. I am liking salmon burgers (Pacific) for breakfast with toast. I also like those small sweet peppers and or cherry tomatoes with breakfast. And I like a BLT when we finally get local tomatoes available. I also like a grilled cheese or grilled peanut butter sandwich for breakfast.

[JEN10]

I LOVE a BLT with avocado for breakfast, with a side of fries.

[Will Owen]

I posted my recipe for salmon burgers on a thread about Trader Joe's stuff a long time ago. I make a sandwich with the skillet-cooked salmon patty, toasted muffin, TJ's wasabi mayonnaise and a slice of tomato. Usually have this for lunch, but breakfast would be nice.

[sueatmo]

I admit that Trident makes the salmon burgers I eat for breakfast--or lunch. Both Mr. Sueatmo and I like them for other meals too. Your way of eating them sounds wonderful. I'll have to try wasabi mayo. Never had that. And there is no reason why I can't take my low carb toast and make a sandwich out of the salmon burger.

[EWSflash]

Do you buy the salmon burgers from costco? I almost got some yesterday, they were made from wild pacific salmon and looked and sounded really good.

[sueatmo]

Yes from Costco and from my regular grocer. The brand is Trident. The Costco ones are really big. The ones from the grocer are smaller. I grill them on my handy dandy cast iron grill pan. They are pretty natural, but they do have salt. I love having them in my freezer ready to be pulled out and grilled.

[goodhealthgourmet]

some interesting replies when the topic came up last year:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/742323

[1sweetpea]

Herring tidbits and Dijon mustard on fresh pumpernickel rye. It's a lovely breakfast. I'm a herring fan, but became a rabid fan after a trip to Iceland. Add to that some cold smoked salmon, some red onions and capers and I'm in heaven.

[linguafood]

that sounds like a breakfast to my liking. perfect for hangovers, too '-)

[1sweetpea]

I can attest to that as well. A few mornings on that Icelandic vacation involved quick recovery from overindulgence the night before.

[laststandchili]

I've been hooked on the spicy noodle bowls for breakfast recently. I blame Bourdain.

Quick, easy, cheap, and a huge variety has become available in the area in recent years. I'll sometimes substitute a healthy dollop of sambal and a dash of soy sauce for the heavily sodium laden seasoning packets included.

[EWSflash]

Yep, guilty. But I throw out the oil packet and don't add soy. There's plenty of sodium there already. And fat, I found out to my dismay. But i LOVE IT.

[AsperGirl]

Lately I like the rice-noodle based ones more than the ramen-based ones. The rice noodle hot soups seem like a natural for breakfast because they are light, not heavy at all. In either, I'll poach an egg and/or some tofu. You can always add in cold pieces of any protein or veg left over from the nught before, like steak sllces & a few green beans.

[Terrie H.]

I love mushrooms on toast for breakfast. My mother used to make it and I must have inherited the gene. My man commented recently that I like to order things with spinach in it when we go out for breakfast.

[Uncle Bob]

Biscuits and Tomatoes ~ Ya just gotta try it! ~"Bust" open the biscuit,,.add a small pat of butter...Insert the fresh slice of tomato ...and go for it.

EDIT....Just realize I already talked about this up thread....Oh well...It's just that good!!!

[buttertart]

My mind's mouth is going crazy on this one. Gorgeous.

[CCSPRINGS]

Brown rice with cubed mozzarella, let it melt a bit before eating. I don't think rice for breakfast is unusual. Sometimes we have congee with dried fruit and nuts.

Agree with pickled and smoked fish for breakfast. Good stuff but have some mints handy.

If I happen to be in a diner then a cheese burger and fries is good choice

[CCSPRINGS]

A family member had bison meatballs with rice noodles and two fried eggs for breakfast today and stated that they were not hungry at lunchtime. Surprised?

[Passadumkeg]

We usually have a Norwegian frukost bord on Sunday's, open face sandwiches w/ herring, sardines, salami,cheeses. thin slices of tomato, peppers and cuke. We generally begin w/ Norwegian gjeitost ( a sweet brown goat cheese) on a buttered Wasa flat bread and topped w/ slice of hot boiled egg. and end w/ jam, and butter on a Wasa.
( just made for a Chow buddy, Dogracs, an old Dumkeg family favorite, French toast topped w/ liverwurst and real maple syrup. Don't knock it 'till you try it. Sweet and savory.

[dragonchowmein]

Tamales w/ poached eggs

[Passadumkeg]

Tamales w/ a bowl of menudo topped w/ diced raw onions! Arrrgh!

[kcward]

A deep fried Tamal in a bolillo with a cup of atole is a really traditional Mexican breakfast.

[Passadumkeg]

In New Mexico, the menudo is a traditional weekend hangover cure,

[EWSflash]

As it is in southern AZ. I like the white, DH vacillates between white and red. I really get cravings for menudo if I haven't had it in a while.

Is NM menudo different from Tucson menudo? I would have said Arizona menudo but i don't think i"ve even heard the word spoken in the Phoenix area.

[Passadumkeg]

Usually just red chile menudo.

[EWSflash]

BTW I crave it even though I very rarely have hangovers these days.

[Passadumkeg]

A downeast Maine specialty of my logging camp cook FIL; fish cakes and boston baked style beans w/ a fried egg and brown bread baked in a can.

[vafarmwife]

I can't eat first thing in the moring and I don't do regular breakfast food except for maybe ham biscuits or sausage gravy and biscuits. I just finished a bowl of half runner beans and new potatoes along with a tomato for my breakfast this morning. I also like a bowl of leftover cornbread and buttermilk for breakfast

[CCSPRINGS]

Never heard of runner beans. Is that a string bean cousin?

[pmelvoin]

Ah, but now's the time to let go of the family secret:

"Haggis."

Well not exactly the BBurns variety, but something I find quite close:
steel-cut oat meal cooked slowly until there is barely any water left--gloppy/soupy--into which is added ANY savory leftover from the night, or week, before.

Meat, fowl, seafood, lumpy gravy, veggies, Asian, whatever you have on hand, coarsely chopped into bite-sized pieces stirred in, till warmed through.
A tablespoon or two of congealed fat from a roast, even bacon, gives added flavor.
If you want to get fancy, add a gently poached egg to the top of each serving.

This is my idea of a great breakfast.

Serve with salt, pepper, and low sodium soy sauce.

[JEN10]

I make a savory oatmeal with leftover bacon or ham, I add some cinnamon or allspice, brown sugar, salt & pepper. Guess I need to get more creative. I do the egg on top too, the husband loves this for breakfast.

[BobB]

English muffins, toasted crisp and topped with melted sharp cheddar and jalapeños.

[pie22]

cold pizza, ramen with leftovers from night before, fried rice in general and cold chinese food are all often seen at my breakfast times.

[huiray]

Breakfast today:
Steamed (boiled) rice with liver and pork lap cheong steamed in the rice,
Sour mustard and pork spare ribs soup.
Burp.

[JEN10]

Now that is a hearty breakfast.

[sunshine842]

that's a cultural difference I can't quite get my head around...because while I'd be first in line to have those for lunch or dinner, that just doesn't sound appetizing in the morning at all.

[Tripeler]

I love to have Natto (fermented soybeans) for breakfast, which is not at all typical in the U.S.
However, Natto for breakfast is quite typical in Japan.

[FoodFuser]

I retain a firm image of mornings at McDonald's in Japan,
where the bins were stuffed full of Filet-o-Fish.

I far preferred natto and miso and dried fish and a ration of fiddleheads,
but for them, I had to go elsewhere.

But still, those McD's mornings were not wasted, were fun,
fish and potatoes fried and cheese and steamed buns.

[AsperGirl]

I couldn't develop a taste for it. I tried mixing it with sprouts, on rice, etc. How do you eat yours? Do you have any suggestions?

[Tripeler]

Most commercial natto comes with a liquid seasoning packet that is based on soy sauce and bonito stock. I mix it in, stir up the natto to make it creamy then put it on top of hot rice. I suppose I have become used to the flavor, and the smell, because I don't find it off-putting at all. I might add that it took several times of eating natto to become used to it, but like blue cheese, once you come to like it you find you really love it. Good luck. Is it available where you live?

[FoodFuser]

Easy to make at home. Just google for "homemade natto degrees".

[Antilope]

A breakfast burger. Take one left-over, cooked, hamburger patty, two slices of buttered, white bread toast, strawberry jam and ketchup. Warm hamburger patty in microwave and assemble into a breakfast burger. I'll have one a couple of times a year. It's a comfort food from childhood.

[PotatoHouse]

Cold pizza and root beer is the breakfast of champions!

One of my favorites from high school was the morning after a fried chicken dinner. I would take a couple pieces of chicken and pull off the meat, mix it with some of the gravy (we're southern we always make gravy) and heat it up. Mix with a couple of biscuits or pieces of toast and you've got a FANTASTIC breakfast!

[Jay F]

Today it's leftover St. Andre and bread. Yum.

[Leper]

We have a Christmas morning tradition where I bake spareribs (oven baking is not BBQ but will do in a pinch) so they are done around 9:00 a.m. Then served traditionally with white bread and a Blood Mary.

[huiray]

That sounds good - but how about subbing something like, oh, say, egg noodles tossed with sauteed chopped leeks and fennel bulb for the white bread instead? Ooh, I think I'm going to make that now...
The Bloody Mary would go fine with the noodles too.

[sunshine842]

because barbecue spare ribs on white bread is a thing of beauty.

This isn't high-brow culinary heights -- it's down-home goodness -- don't take it uptown and wreck it.

[huiray]

I wouldn't have thought the egg noodles/leeks/fennel I suggested would be "uptown". ??
((shrug)) I myself don't like white bread, and was thinking aloud about other things to use besides the bread.

Sorry if you consider it hoity-toity to think about pairing oven-baked ribs with something other than white bread and 'wrecking it' that way.

@Leper, just ignore this exchange. I trust you enjoy your nice meal every Christmas.

[Jay F]

Personally, I'd leave out the spare ribs *and* the white bread, and let you make egg noodles/leeks/fennel with something completely different. But it's Leper's tradition, so for the purposes of this thread, I'd leave it as it is.

And no, I don't think you were being "hoity-toity." Maybe a little "uptown," but that's not a bad thing.

[sunshine842]

yep -- just uptown...

It's still not something I'd choose for Christmas breakfast, but it's not my breakfast and it's not my Christmas.

But there are some things that are better when you leave them just the way they are, even though they're not very Chow-ish.

[huiray]

It ought to have been clear (in context) that I was thinking about Leper's breakfast as adapted for myself. Leper is perfectly free to do as he wishes. I was commenting on his breakfast, just as you commented on my latest posted breakfast earlier in this thread - as something you would not do and can't understand - which I accepted as your opinion. I'm puzzled why you jumped down my throat in this case and accused me of wrong-doing.

[sunshine842]

"it's uptown" is a long way from "wrong-doing", and "jumped down [your] throat" is, well...considerably more harsh than the original comment was ever intended to be.

I just said that sometimes the simple way is the best.

[shanagain]

We like oyster stew on Christmas morning. (And sausage balls. Yeah, that's right. Jimmy Dean sausage, Bisquik, cheese - you know the ones.)

[berkleybabe]

Soup -- maybe my favorite. Split pea, chicken noodle, beef barley, French onion (made at home.)
Savory, easy to eat/heat and not sweet in the a.m. - can't do sweet so early any more. My own McMuffin with veggie sausage patty, English muffin and sometimes cheese. Leftover spaghetti's always great, pizza is a given. Leftover dressing from Thanksgiving w/ gravy....awesomely awesome.

About the only thing I haven't had for breakfast might be a tossed salad.

[JEN10]

Thanksgiving stuffing / dressing with gravy is a MUST for the morning after.

[laststandchili]

Last holiday season I started breaking out stuffing for breakfast.

Nuke some and serve with hash browns with a couple eggs on top.

My stuffing is pretty heavily laced with sausage and bacon so I can't imagine why it's taken me so long to work out this combo.

[BobB]

That sounds dangerously good! Care to post your stuffing recipe?

[JEN10]

I do a cornbread sausage stuffing with mushrooms, onions, red bells, apples, celery, corn, herbs, etc.. It is for me the only reason I make a Thanksgiving turkey. This year it will be a breast only and a pork roast with all the trimmings.

[Sarahkay3]

My favorite winter breakfast is canned pumpkin, sprinkled with cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar. I stir in a tablespoon of cream if I have any, and top with crushed nuts or dried fruit.

My partner particularly enjoys sweet and spicy dried anchovies tossed with ramen and Sriracha.

Our usual breakfast is scrambled eggs mixed with whatever leftovers we have on hand- bits of onion and mushroom, meat, fennel, leeks, even leftover hot wings shredded.

[Veggo]

Grilled conch with garlic, 2 over easy, fresh habanero salsa on the side, and a breakfast beer.

[sunshine842]

make mine cracked and fried, and you drink my beer, and you're on.

Or grits n grunts.

[huiray]

"make mine cracked and fried, and you drink my beer, and you're on.

Or grits n grunts."
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Interesting, I didn't get the impression you fancied savory breakfasts apart from British-type stuff like sauteed tomatoes, mushrooms, etc. I guess you also don't mind adaptations/substitutions for the poster's b'fast here... ;-)
(Heh, ‘grunts’ are not conch pieces, grits is not salsa. Just sayin’.)
Sounds like a nice b'fast anyway, whichever variation.

It’s interesting that the two foods you mention together and select [and as named] have cultural associations with Bahamian folks or Key West Conches.

[sunshine842]

I don't, in general -- but yes, grits 'n' grunts is a traditional Bahamian breakfast, as is cracked conch. I lived in the Bahamas for a while a long, long time ago...but frankly haven't had either of them before lunchtime since then.

And cracked conch is typically breaded with crushed saltines...I'm not substituting as much as just choosing another variation on the same theme, and if I left most of the salsa (which I would) it's still not exactly a substitution.

Still can't drink beer before noon, though. Just can't. (Bloody Mary or a Mimosa? I'm all over it, but no beer)

[FoodFuser]

I will not debate this Hemingway breakfast.

Lots of good stuff that comes fresh from the shell.

And as to the beer, what the hell.

[TexanGert]

When I was a kid, we used to get cinnamon peanut butter toast with tea on special occasions. You have to make it just right, though. Toast the bread just good and toasty, slather it with butter, spread it thickly with crunchy peanut butter, and sprinkle it all over with cinnamon and sugar.

My current favorite non-typical American breakfast is an Indian dish called Sabudana Khichdi. I was first served this dish when I stayed at the home of a Hindu friend. Tapioca pearls are soaked and prepared with black mustard seed, turmeric, cumin, cilantro, lemon juice, peas, and freshly roasted peanuts. Mmm mmmm!

Veggo, you are not playing fair with the grilled conch mention! At least not to those of us nowhere near an ocean. I always have grilled conch with garlic over grits with over medium eggs and salsa when we visit Grandma's each summer. My mouth will be watering for a taste of that breakfast for days now.

[JenJeninCT]

A common breakfast when I was growing up spending summers in Atlanta included the previous day's catch of fried bass and bluegill, with us kids fighting over the crunchy tails and fins. Another breakfast fave was fried chicken livers and gizzards- my Atlanta- born and raised dad is still making them at almost 80, along with pecan waffles.

[huiray]

Bak Kut Teh with steamed rice a few days ago.

[huiray]

Today - leftover Tai Yee Ma Kar Lui (大姨媽嫁女) . [Hairy gourd with dried prawns and glass noodles. Oh, and garlic (in the initial saute) and sea salt.]

[alliegator]

Now that it's finally cool enough in the mornings 'round here to want a hot breakfast, I'm on a quesadilla kick. A big handful of whatever veggies I have around, and some nice shredded cheddar. It's probably one of the most satisfying easy breakfasts I can think of.

[Olliegator]

Macaroni and cheese

Soup- usually potato or broccoli

Leftover pizza, warmed up.

Birthday cake.

Pumpkin pie from thanks giving

[JEN10]

I am going to have to have some kind of pumpkin pie this year!!!

[Olliegator]

Once, I made a pumpkin cheesecake with a chocolate crust. It had to be in a regular pie dish though, as it was a layer of cheesecake and a layer of pumpkin pie. The recipe is lost, but it was damn good.

[JEN10]

Oh my that must have been a slice of Autumn heaven

[Olliegator]

It was definitely one of my favorites. Maybe I'll try to re-create it.

[piccola]

I've been eating roasted chickpeas or edamame for breakfast. YUM.

[laliz]

cold pizza of course
cold leftover meatloaf
cold chicken dipped in cold bbq sauce (I prefer KC Masterpiece)
leftover spaghetti (two ways); mixed w/sauce and eaten cold, or mixed w/sauce and fried in butter then sprinkled w/parmesan
cold chicken or turkey salad made with cranberry mayo
leftover cold cheeseburger patty dipped in cold ketchup
cottage cheese topped with thousand island dressing and sprinkled w/sunflower seeds

[mattstolz]

polenta is one of my faves for breakfast, cake or creamy style

also love meatball sandwiches

anything spicy works for breakfast for me! stuffed peppers and chili are definitely a favorite as well!

or bbq.... mmmm

finally, if i can add either: peanut butter, chocolate, or cinnamon to it, it is fair game for breakfast for me

[sunshine842]

how do you fix the polenta?

I ask because fried cornmeal mush is a very popular old-school breakfast in much of the midwest -- and it's basically cake-style polenta, sliced and fried, with butter and maple syrup -- or for really old-school, sorghum syrup)

[mattstolz]

i like to do it that way, but i also will eat it for breakfast either creamy or fried topped with a meaty ragu or a mushroom cream sauce.... mmmm

[Motosport]

Left over Chinese food is one of my favorites for breakfast. Typically chow fun, lo mein noodles and fried rice all mixed together and heated in a cast iron pan.

[amazinc]

Matzo ball soup. Matzo balls have chives added to the batter and are stuffed with a spiced
ground veal. Add home made chicken broth with thin slices of carrot and celery. Savory soup; savory heaven. Also love soft scrambled eggs covered with Wolf Brand canned chili and chopped scalliions. Melt grated cheese over all and enjoy.
Can't do sweet in the a.m..

[huiray]

Today:
Noodles in soup, then
Yong Tau Foo (釀豆腐).

[huiray]

B'fast today:
Steamed siu mai & char siu pow; followed by
A nice hot bowl of 2-day old beef short rib stew w/ carrots, celery, onions (both pre-charred and fresh cut), crushed garlic, oregano, flor de sal.

[huiray]

Late B'fast today:

Bamboo shoots tossed with [wet bean curd in cooking wine] in hot oil, then stewed with fresh shiitake mushrooms (common 香菇 variety), fresh wood ears (黑木耳 variety) and bean curd sheets.
White steamed rice.

[kentuckycook]

im guilty of this constantly. It grosses people out, but i fail to understand how sliced tomato on toast is a perfectly acceptable breakfast while spaghetti (essentially the same concept-- tomato + starch) is "disgusting".

[huiray]

Bully for you. Heh. Obviously I'm one of those who would have no difficulty with spaghetti + sauce for b'fast. :-)

[piccola]

Personally, I see nothing wrong with spaghetti for breakfast. It's not what I crave in the morning -- too starchy -- but that doesn't mean it's gross.

[JReichert]

Ribeye with over easy eggs. Hello delicious!

LOVE cake for breakfast.

[pitterpatter]

Pasta Carbonara. This is not weird. Eggs, bacon, cheese and starch -- the starch is simply different, i.e, not bread. Served piping hot to the love in my life -- very good, indeed.

[jw615]

Just finished a delicious breakfast of beer-battered fried fish.

I'm allergic to eggs, most fruits, and on steroids. Therefore, I'm allowed to have whatever I want for breakfast. In fact, I think that I might have some nachos for a snack after I manage to choke down the nutritional shake that helps with the bone pain side effects.