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Post by Backdrifter on Dec 4, 2018 11:21:32 GMT
Unusually for me, no breakfast at home today. Instead a bacon and egg flatbread from a cafe in Waterloo station and an orange juice, taken into work and eaten at my desk.
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Post by Backdrifter on Dec 5, 2018 8:22:08 GMT
For a change, breakfast out at the IronBar, Squatney Downs. Devastated avocado on randomised charcoal sourdough sprinkled with sublimated acerbic bean seeds, with an erlenmeyer of durian and oblique fern juice.
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Post by Backdrifter on Dec 5, 2018 13:48:47 GMT
Well you often see 'crushed' avocado. Devastated avocado is the next tier of distress up. In either case, we can only guess what might be the cause of their upset. I think I've also seen 'traumatised avocado' but I'm not sure where they are on the spectrum of disruption. |
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Post by raider80 on Dec 5, 2018 15:08:57 GMT
The usual, Instant Oats and a homemade smoothie.
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Post by 49thand8th on Dec 5, 2018 15:19:34 GMT
Oatmeal with CRANBERRIES
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2018 15:29:30 GMT
Porridge, because yesterday I was walking through the supermarket and suddenly thought it might be nice to have porridge for breakfast.
I forgot that porridge swells up a bit in the microwave so it was an anxious few minutes peering through the glass watching the level rise towards the lip of the jug. Spillage averted, but only just.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 5, 2018 15:47:22 GMT
I think *we* need more information from all you porridge eaters.
Milk or water?
Sugar or salt?
There is actually a World Porridge Making Championship, held annually in Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2018 16:46:59 GMT
Milk or water? Sugar or salt? Milk, and neither. I once tried making porridge with water following a moderately successful experiment with a milk/water mix. It was like eating wet oats, mainly because that's exactly what it was. I like porridge with sugar, but I like enough sugar that it melts together to form a deliciously sweet crust on top of the porridge. Awareness of calories stops me doing that these days, unfortunately. |
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Post by Backdrifter on Dec 5, 2018 17:14:27 GMT
Porridge. I soak the oats in milk overnight, then as I start heating them in a pan, will if necessary top it up with hot water from the kettle. It doesn't usually need much, and I like my porridge on the thick side but not cuttable. At the end of cooking I'll stir in a small drizzle of maple or agave syrup.
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Post by queenie on Dec 5, 2018 17:17:34 GMT
Having seen some of the disgusting healthy breakfast ideas photographs on the local Slimming World facebook I said
Queenie - sod the diet and be happy
So I had all the things I wanted in pret a manger
1,200 calories
I'm a lost cause
I only came on here to discuss musical theatre nicely
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 5, 2018 20:17:11 GMT
I like porridge with sugar, but I like enough sugar that it melts together to form a deliciously sweet crust on top of the porridge. Awareness of calories stops me doing that these days, unfortunately. That's why I gave up having porridge regularly. I only find it palatable with large quantities of brown sugar on it & I reckoned the unhealthiness of that was worse than the healthiness of the oats. On the odd occasions I do still have it then it has to be made with milk. Which is kind of odd when I think about it given I can't bear milk on its own & only drink water. |
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Post by tysilio2 on Dec 6, 2018 13:24:12 GMT
With milk and either sliced banana and honey or with a dollop of homemade apple and ginger jam to sweeten it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 10:32:16 GMT
I have been felled by a chest infection so I indulged and ordered breakfast from Ottolenghi, via Deliveroo. Fruit salad, Greek yogurt and nutty granola. I am going back to bed now.
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Post by Backdrifter on Dec 7, 2018 12:43:06 GMT
And mummy bear said "who's been eating my porridge?" And baby bear said "who's been eating my porridge?" And daddy bear said "stuff the porridge, where's my iPad?" A favourite line from the original radio Fist of Fun, a spoof of Goldilocks - "Look, I'm not being funny but, I think someone's been sitting in my chair. Though how I'm quite so sure, I don't know." |
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Post by Backdrifter on Dec 7, 2018 12:45:15 GMT
Toasted cinnamon and raisin bagel, the usual cup of tea. (One day, someone will pick up on that reference. They must!)
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Post by hal9000 on Dec 29, 2018 20:46:39 GMT
Hot multigrain toast, smear of Kerrygold, 1 slice olive oil fried tomato, 2 olive oil fried egg whites, black coffee, iced Tazo passion tea, handful of blueberries.
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Post by 49thand8th on Dec 30, 2018 1:11:26 GMT
Today I got up at around 1 p.m. and got a toasted egg bagel with whitefish salad, spinach, and red onions. YES.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Dec 30, 2018 9:52:47 GMT
Bircher muesli and a grapefruit, which I really needed after a week of mince pies, bacon, butter and chocolates for brekkie
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 10:13:44 GMT
A slice of leftover Christmas Cake and a coffee. Usually I can make that damn cake stretch out until March time.
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Post by Backdrifter on Dec 30, 2018 10:38:58 GMT
A slice of leftover Christmas Cake and a coffee. Usually I can make that damn cake stretch out until March time. You make it sound like it's something of a struggle! "I will finish this cake. I WILL!" |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 10:41:45 GMT
A slice of leftover Christmas Cake and a coffee. Usually I can make that damn cake stretch out until March time. You make it sound like it's something of a struggle! "I will finish this cake. I WILL!" I love making it but only a quarter of it gets eaten over Christmas usually. I keep threatening to make it smaller but never do  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 10:42:37 GMT
I had shredded wheat before the gym and a croissant after. It's called balance.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 11:59:00 GMT
Nothing. After the last couple of weeks I need to lose some weight so I'm cutting down on meals. (It doesn't help that the meal I had at a restaurant yesterday was so large I suspect the kitchen overlooked a "serves eight" on the recipe.)
I hope to get back to porridge in a few days.
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Post by hal9000 on Dec 30, 2018 13:29:27 GMT
Peach and pecan museli
1 boiled egg white (I know the yolk contains all the nutrients but the cooked proteins make me unwell)
1 piece frozen mango
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 14:52:32 GMT
Skipping meals all together is a really good way to convince your body that there's a famine on and it needs to cling on to every ounce of fat for dear life. Surely it would make more sense to eat smaller portions of all the usual stuff...
Almond croissant and a cup of tea for me, breakfast of champions!
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