WFMW: Breakfast
Anyone else get stuck in a food rut? Hands both up and waving wildly over here. Because we live a fat thirty minutes from a grocery store, I plan out menus a week at at time. Some weeks I could sit down and write out two weeks worth of menus in no time flat. Those are usually the times when I’m starving hungry and the sun is shining. Other weeks, there are dirty dishes on the table, the skies are greeeeey, I just finished a big meal …. and I can’t think of anything but the simplest, quickest food possible. Which usually means making the same thing. over. and over. and over again.
I was tired of the breakfast rut we’d fallen into. The boys really, really dislike cereal. Liam isn’t supposed to be eating gluten so bagels are kind of a non-option. I wish for quick and easy. Did anyone notice those three don’t add up?
So there we are. Quiche. Steel cut oats. Baked oatmeal. Breakfast casserole (thankfully I found a gluten free one that we all love). Fruit and yogurt parfaits. Smoothies and muffins. Almond flour pancakes. Begin process again.
Enter, Pinterest. I spend zero minutes there for weeks on end, then suddenly get the urge and realize what a treasure trove it is! I have no idea why I don’t use it more regularly.
Here’s my recent breakfast inspiration.
{Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet with Bacon}
I know. I don’t even like bacon. Or, I’m not supposed to. When we started buying MSG free bacon for Liam I realized the better quality bacon actually tasted like pork instead of fat. It was kind of good. (I tried not to admit that out loud.) Then David cured some of his own last year. Oi. I can no longer claim my distaste. Just don’t expect me to willingly eat bacon bits on salad anytime in the next five decades.
Sweet potatoes and bacon seemed like an amazing flavor combination on paper. It was even better in real life! It took a little while to dice up all the vegetables even though I bought sweet potato fries to speed up the process. Oh, and I cooked the eggs til they weren’t really runny intentionally. This doesn’t qualify for quick and easy, but, oh, it was so, so yummy. You really should try this for a Saturday morning breakfast.
Unfortunately, Adam and Liam didn’t like it. I think it was the idea of sweet potatoes for breakfast that threw them. I’m pretty sure this could be dinner some night, too.
What’s your go to breakfast dish right now?
That sounds really really good! And I love the idea of using it as a supper one night. We love breakfast suppers around here.
I have a hard time finding things for breakfast. I don’t particularly like cereal and it all has to be gf too. At new year when all of us kids will be home, we’ll be making dairy free, egg free, nut free and gluten free meals. So please keep the breakfast ideas coming! Could I have your breakfast bake recipe?
Absolutely! Let me email it to you.
I wanted to make this today….we had breakfast for lunch. Didn’t have enough sweet potatoes, so I used some white too, and lots of onion. No other veggies, but it was de-lish! I make a similar skillet fairly often that’s made with beaten eggs poured over fried potatoes and onions with either bacon or sausage (which is more often in the budget), 🙂 and we all really like it. But we loved the sweet potatoes in this version. I’ll definitely be trying it again.
We love fried apples with sausage and eggs or ponhaus and grits. (If I have time to peel them. ) My go-to breakfasts are usually easy things like egg sandwiches, granola parfaits, or soaked grain pancakes or waffles. We love avocado on buttered toast, and my family really enjoys grits, especially if I stir in browned sausage and grated cheese. We can go in spells with things like muffins; pumpkin-chocolate chip were very popular this month. I usually ask the children to mix them up the night before.
I’m liking your WFMW ideas!
Glad you liked it! We’re a huge fan of grits here, too, although I haven’t tried adding sausage and cheese. I’m pretty sure the boys would be delighted. Thanks for the idea!