What did you have for breakfast thread?

Spanish Eyes

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Went veggie this morning. Fried halloumi cheese, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, poached eggs and toasted slims.

Meat feast this afternoon!

Please tell me how you poach your eggs so perfectly. I adore poached eggs, some come out ok, but I have NEVER poached an egg that looked as perfect as yours!

getzls

Cornflakes and two rounds of toast

Gloomtastic!

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Please tell me how you poach your eggs so perfectly. I adore poached eggs, some come out ok, but I have NEVER poached an egg that looked as perfect as yours!

Big discussion on C&R a month or so ago about how best to cook poached eggs. Loads of different opinions/ techniques.

I've used several different methods, the simplest that seems to work is:

1. Fill a small pan with a couple of inches of water. Bring to the boil.
2. When the water is starting to bubble, add a tablespoon of white wine vinegar.
3. Gently crack an egg (the fresher the better) on to a saucer.
4. Stir the water to create a whirlpool. (This step seems to be optional but if your egg is not very fresh, do it!)
5. Tip the saucer of egg into the swirling water.
6. If poaching more than one egg, when the water stops swirling, break and then tip another saucer of egg in.
7. Poach for about 3 mins depending on size of egg.
8. Scoop out with slotted spoon, drain any water off and season with salt and pepper.

Good luck!

Mrs Fox

Scrambled eggs with salmon and spring onion, in a gem lettuce cup.

leahyl

Will be having breakfast/brunch soon in Liberty Grill - eggs benedict mmmmmm

pwurple

leahyl wrote: »

Will be having breakfast/brunch soon in Liberty Grill - eggs benedict mmmmmm

Well Jealous.

Mrs Fox

Smoked mackerel with gem lettuce and mint.

MissFlitworth

Home made (not, I must emphasise, by me) cinnamon roll. 2 slices. And some of the cinnamon sugar mix has burst out and caramelised the bottom of the roll. And I cut the slices myself so they were verging on doorsteppers. Heaven, I'm in heaven...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOYzFKizikU

pwurple

Croissant with a poached egg and a rasher. With a big feck-off smoothie. Won't have time for lunch today, so that should keep me going.

Tilly

Chilli Hummus and carrots.

Mrs Fox

Omelette with spring onion and bird's eyechilli, spinach and feta salad, and avocado.

Mrs Fox

Poached egg, sauteed mushroom, baby spinach drizzled with garlic- parsley oil. Hello Sunday

Mrs Fox

Scrambled eggs with spring onion, smoked rainbow trout and little gem.

dibkins

Brunch in the Sextant yesterday.

SMJSF

my everyday breakfast is 1-3 cups of tea(depending on how much time I have), and a half sesame seed bagel with butter..... I can't stomach anything heavier before 11am!

hairyprincess

Inspired by this thread, this morning I had a toasted bagel with real butter, asparagus wrapped in parma ham and two poached eggs. Still struggling to get them right

the dark phantom

Eggs with Milk, Tea, Orange, Banana, Apple, Porridge and Tuna.

Tree

Buttermilk pancakes (made last weekend, frozen, toasted), butter, maple syrup.
Coffee.

polydactyl

Up early with the little one so wanted a treat. Had left over buttermilk after making wheaten bread earlier this week so made some scones. Yumm fresh from oven.

vicwatson

polydactyl wrote: »

Up early with the little one so wanted a treat. Had left over buttermilk after making wheaten bread earlier this week so made some scones. Yumm fresh from oven.

I have buttermilk in my fridge ... Recipe please !!:)

polydactyl

Sure

350g self raising flour
1/4 tsp salt
1tsp baking powder
175ml buttermilk
85g butter
2tbs caster sugar
Egg to glaze
Oven 220

Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Rub in butter to breadcrumbs . Stir in sugar and then make a well. Add buttermilk and bring together quickly using a knife. Turn out onto flour and with as little handling as possible bring together and leave about 3cm thick. Cut out and glaze.

Place in oven for about 15min.

Yumm

Roesy

In keeping with the buttermilk theme, buttermilk pancake, griddled banana and a little bit of caramel sauce. Damn you husband and your decadent breakfast/brunch notions!

MissFlitworth

Slice of cold pizza & coffee. Heading out for brunch early this afternoon so this was my (laughable) idea of a light, low hassle breakfast before going.

Mrs Fox

Smoked salmon omelette with, errrr, a side of certain crunchy light green leaves.

vicwatson

Thanks Polydactyl for recipe, look great, wonder would some cheddar work in there.

the beer revolu

vicwatson wrote: »

Thanks Polydactyl for recipe, look great, wonder would some cheddar work in there.

If putting cheese in, I'd leave out the sugar.

sh1tstirrer

I do around 3 hours work before breakfast I have the breakfast at 9 usually 2 slices of toast with tea.

5unflower

Blueberry porridge...with added sunshine

polydactyl

the beer revolu wrote: »

If putting cheese in, I'd leave out the sugar.

Just what I was going to say. Then it would work perfectly

JaMarcusHustle

Today's breakfast



Half a Frozen Banana
Handful of Blackberries
Handful of Macadamia Nuts & Dried Cranberries
250-300ml of Dark Chocolate Almond Milk
Tsp. Milled Chia Seed
Tsp. Mileld Flaxseed & Goji Berries
Scoop Protein Powder

All blended up for 20/30 seconds. The consistency is amazing, and as for the taste... Heavenly!