My 5 Favorite Breakfasts

It should be no secret that I love breakfast.  Go back to 2021 for my post on Breakfast Cereals as proof of my love for the morning meal or at least the food from the morning meal.  As I was scarfing down a Pop-Tart at 9:45 PM one recent night, it got me thinking, what are my favorite breakfast foods.  These would be foods that are traditionally served at a morning meal, but could be eaten at any meal.  Or, any of these breakfast meals could be eaten with a nice hot cup of coffee...at any time of day.   

Here are my Top 5 Breakfasts!  

5.  Pop-Tarts!  Let's face it, Pop-Tarts are basically cookies for breakfast!  The classic Brown Sugar and Cinnamon are my favorite with the chocolate Pop-Tart with white cream filling is a super close second.  I like the frosted cherry Pop-Tarts too.  While I don't mind a generic Toaster Pastry, they aren't a Pop-Tart.  

4.  Sausage Breakfast Burrito - Yep, roll those suckers up in foil and take them on a hike or bike ride and you've got a great protein-filled and filling snack.  Even though they scream morning meal, I can eat these at any time of the day.  Please, do not put any cream sauces of any kind on my breakfast burrito.  I would take it with a dipping salsa thought.  Yum!  

 

3.  Scrambled Eggs, Turkey Bacon with toast and jelly -  This is a classic and one of my favorite meals to make; however, I like it when my youngest daughter makes it.  She has a touch about making the eggs super fluffy (I think her secret is lots of almond milk).  I do love that when she makes this breakfast for the family, I have to flip the bacon.  I mean, the grease can hurt a little.  

2.  Cereal - I can eat cereal any day and any time of day.  I will eat sugar cereal, healthy cereal, and cereal in between.  I love cereal.  

1.  Steak and Eggs!  Okay, steak and eggs with hash browns.  What else do I need to say other than when I have steak and eggs, the eggs have to be sunny side up so the yolk spreads across the plate to get soaked up in the hash browns.  Okay, I can taste it now.  My favorite place to have steak and eggs is either at a local ma and pop restaurant or at Bob Evans Restaurant.  

Top 5 Breakfast Cereals

Recently, my oldest daughter saw a post online that asked what food reminds her of her dad.  Her reply was pizza and cereal.  It is true, I am not handy when it comes to the kitchen.  I like to keep it simple, but it is also no secret that my favorite meal of the day is breakfast.  Let's face it, it is the meal of the day where basically cake is acceptable: Donuts, pastry rolls, pancakes and syrup, French Toast, and the list goes on.  It is also the meal that often features bacon.  

My most common breakfast food though is cereal.  It is easy.  It can be eaten with milk or just throw it in a ziplock back and it is on the go.  Breakfast cereal is also good at any time of the day.  My favorite time of day for cereal besides breakfast is as the midnight snack.  

I feel that a list like this is best written by an adult because as a child, part of the breakfast fun is trying the 1000's of different kinds of cereals.  These are the sugary, colorful, fun shape cereals and the trial and error as a kid is endless.  It isn't until adulthood that you really start to shape a serious opinion, but hey if a kid wants to share her top cereals, don't let me stop her!!  It would be fun to see. 

Anyway, here are my Top 5 favorite breakfast kinds cereals: 

5. Frosted Mini-Wheats - I just love filling these little pillows of cereal with almond milk and eating them.  They fill my stomach, they are sweet, and satisfying to eat!  

4. Frosted Flakes - When I need a dose of childhood, Tony the Tiger and Frosted Flakes are there for me.  As an adult who doesn't eat the flakes often, they do tear up the roof of my mouth a bit, but it is totally worth it as they taste so good. In fact, they're Grrreat!!!  

3. Chocolate Chex  It is gluten-free and satisfies a chocolate craving.   

2. Honey Bunches of Oats with Strawberries - I like the variety of texture in a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats with the clusters, flakes, and strawberries.  The flavor is also sweet but not overwhelmingly so.  

1. Honeynut Cheerios - This is the champion of cereals for me.  First, it is delicious any time.  I enjoy it with some almond milk, but when I am rushing out the door for work, I throw some in a bag and enjoy later.  On top of all that, it is a gluten-free option that takes care of any sweets cravings.