Did you know it’s National Breakfast Week? Kellogg’s are running a campaign to get the country eating breakfast – not necessarily cereal – just making sure you eat something to start your day. Breakfast is heralded as the most important meal of the day but amzingly one in five grownups and one is six children don’t bother.
I have to tell you now I’m the one in five, I’m not a breakfast fan and gave up eating breakfast years ago. Yes, I’m a naughty girl, but you knew that anyway and I do insist the children have breakfast – a case of do as I say, not as I do.
Watch the Make Time for Breakfast ad here – it’s actually quite funny!!
If I had to choose I would eat Maple and Pecan Bread toasted with Lemon Curd? Do you fancy some? Here’s the recipe….ooh and make sure you read to the end…you could win this!
Oh and yes I know it’s not really baking but it’s a fabulous hamper packed with cereals, a teapot and teacups too (my other fetish)!
Ingredients:
290ml milk
225g strong plain flour
225g Doves Farm Malthouse Bread Flour
1tsp salt
15g fresh yeast
2 tbsp maple syrup
80g pecan nuts, chopped
As always, this Mixer Mummy is going to make it in the electric mixer, but you can do it by hand too – you just need big muscles!
Add all ingredients to the bowl of your mixer with the exception of the pecans which you need to leave to one side for now.
If you’re using an electric mixer use the dough hook attachment, mix the dough together well. Let the machine knead it for you for a full five minutes.
If you want to do it by hand put all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, make a well in the centre and pour in the liquid. Combine to a dough and then knead for a full 10 minutes.
Tip it out onto the worktop
Knead by hand for a further 2-3 minutes (my weakling arms can manage this). You are aiming for a soft but not sticky dough that springs back when you poke it. If your dough is very sticky then you can flour the worktop but if it isn’t then stay well away from the bag of flour. Incorporating more flour at this stage can toughen the bread and you don’t want that.
When you are happy that the dough is springy pop a small amount of oil into a large bowl.
Drop in the ball of dough and turn to coat it in the oil.
I don’t like to cover savoury bread while its rising, I like the ‘crust’ that forms on the top of the dough and it adds flavour when it is reworked into the dough when you knock it back, but this is an entirely personal choice if you prefer it covered use a clean teatowel or clingfilm and then set aside the bowl in a warm draught free spot to rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Chop the pecans into nice chunky pieces.
Turn out the dough onto your worksurface, again you shouldn’t need to use flour.
Knock back the dough by poking it down with your fingers and fists.
Sprinkle on the chopped pecans and roll up the dough roughly.
Knead for a couple of minutes to disperse the pecans thoroughly.
Shape the dough into a rough loaf shape. I like to form by hand and use a tray but you can use a tin.
If free-forming its really important to give the dough a ‘spine’ otherwise it will spread out rather than rise upwards.
To do this I flatten out the dough into a large flat rectangle using my hands. As if wrapping a parcel fold two opposite sides into the middle. Then fold in the other two edges to the middle, repeat until you can’t fold in any more.
Imagine lots of dough edges meeting in the middle of the loaf. Flip the loaf over so it is right side up. Tighten up the loaf by ‘tucking in’ the dough underneath itself using your hands.
Place the loaf onto a well floured baking tray.
Flour the top well and then make three diagonal slits across the top.
You will need an extremely sharp knife for this, I use a craft knife. You don’t want to drag your knife across the dough. If using a sharp kitchen knife draw the blade across the top in a slashing motion, don’t dig in the tip of the knife.
Cover the loaf with a tea towel and leave to rise for 45-minutes to 1 hour until doubled in size. Preheat the oven to 200c/375F/Gas Mark 5.
Once lovely and risen put it straight into the hot oven for 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
When completely cooled slice yourself a great big chunk, toast and serve with Lemon Curd (of course my lemon curd recipe is here).
And now for the Grrrrrreat Giveaway (that was supposed to be Tony the Tiger could you tell?) How about this…
To win this fabulous Kellogg’s breakfast hamper complete with cereals, bowls, teapot and teacups all you have to do is tell me – what’s your favourite breakfast?
Add your comment below and a winner will be chosen at random at 4pm on Friday 10th September.
Sorry only open to UK residents and if you have any trouble posting a comment email it to me instead!
Ruth Clemens, Baker Extraordinaire
Contestant on BBC2′s The Great British Bake Off
Tony the Tiger Fan
I love breakfast! If someone else is cooking I love bacon & eggs, but I always have something – toast/bagel/fruit/porridge! Not a huge cereal fan but my eldest son is & he eats it anytime of day
Chris x
I love a good breakfast but so rarely have the time, but when I do starting off with a big bowl of porridge and clotted cream is a real treat.
Oh I couldn't cope without breakfast! Porridge with fruit is my fav
Love the recipe for the maple and pecan bread – have never tried to make bread without the breadmaker – may have to try!!
I am a brakfast girl and love anything really, but most enjoy poached eggs on muffins as a weekedn treat with the boys
I love so many things I'm not sure where to start – on holiday a full English hits the spot, but my more modest but no less enjoyable day to day breakfast would be Special K with Red Berries and a banana sliced in to it or toast made with homemade bread and spread with raspberry jam. Loving the GBBO – it's nice to see a competition where everyone is so supportive of each other.
Hiya, that maple pecan loaf looks so good!
Breakfastwise, my favourite would have to be summer porridge (porridge oats soaked in the fridge overnight in milk/yoghurt) with dried apricots and a bit of crunchy granola on the top. Oh and a big old mug of freshly brewed coffee.
My scrambled eggs are the bomb. I use a really low heat, muchos butter and an extra yolk if I'm feeling really naughty. On a toasted english muffin with smoked salmon. Yum-tastic!
The recipe look yummy Ruth, I think I'll give it a go. I can't resist a good old fry up for breakfast – sausage, bacon, eggs, hash browns – the lot!
My absolute fave brekky is pancakes, maple syrup and crispy streaky bacon, soooo naughty but soooo good !
Nom. Will definitely be trying this one out. Fave breakfast for me is porridge made with just a wee bit of cream at the end, covered in brown sugar, grilled, then a crack of salt, some raisins and toasted nuts (hazelnuts and pecans preferably)…yum.
Belgian waffles, bacon and syrup with a mug of good coffee always makes for a good start to the day!
I have always eaten egg and soldiers for my breakfast ever since I was small (both Nan and Grandma's influence!)
I’ve padded this out a bit as I’ve grown up… I now start my breakfast with a bowl of cornflakes with dried fruit and yoghurt, then the eggs and toast before finishing with an orange and mango smoothie.
What’s not to love about making a three courses out of the most important meal of the day!
porridge and cream for me heaven
I love a bowl of museli with sultanas, banana, and grapes…very moreish and i don't get the munchies mid morning…
Loving the programme, I'm a local food tech teacher and am planning to use bits in my lesson planning. My favourite breakfast is my dads porridge and Greek yogurt.
If its cooked, then my mums homemade ciabatta bread, toasted, with a generous helping of smokey bacon.
OR, porridge made with salt and water and no milk – yeuch !
I love Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and tea and toast, but sometimes I love Oats, mashed banana, honey and natural yogurt.
Loving your recipes.
Breakfast is my favourite meal – I'll have a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea please.
When at home it's weetabix, rather boring. When on holiday it's pancakes with lashings of syrup.
D
My favourite weekend breakfast is homemade ginger and blueberry pancakes
)) During the week it's either cereal/porridge or toast made with homemade bread. Nom nom nom.
Well besides Maple and Pecan Loaf I absolutely love Stollen, but I only make it at Christmas as it's very yummy with the marzipan in the middle, and very naughty…otherwise just fruit, low fat plain yogurt and a sprickle of crunchy cereal on top!
Usually it's healthy porridge sprinkled with cinnamon, and a nice cup of tea – best cuppa of the day.
Porridge with fruit (pref. blueberries) is my fave – looking forward to autumn so I can start cooking it again as it just feels wrong to eat it in summer (have to make do with muesli then!).
The loaf looks great, I think I'll give this a go when we're all moved and settled. In the week breakfast tends to be a slice of toast but at the weekend my husband cooks us a gorgeous fry-up with the full works
Lovely!
I love toasted brioche with raspberry preserve. Lovely!
The new choc weetabix has been the new thing, but as the weather is quite cold now, might have to move onto a nice warm bowl of porridge!
has to be a full English a rare treat, I love good quality pork sausages, crispy sweetcure bacon, toast, mushrooms and grilled tomatoes best are the homegrown.
Aww now I am ravenous.
I love my breakfast, i especially love cereals, trouble is i can eat a whole box
Not a breakfast person at all unless I'm on holiday. I just grab whatever is handy – chocolate muffin or chocolate doughnut is favourite with a mug of coffee.
Naughty but nice
On a Sunday morning I love to set the table and have breakfast with my husband. I alternate what we cook, sometimes the full english, some times continental or if I am feeling extra naughty, pancakes, maple syrup and whipped cream.
I love a nice hot crispy, flaky Croissant and a pot of aromatic Earl Grey Tea. It's absolutely refreshing and sets me up for the day ahead.
I love toast and a thin spread of butter topped with home-made marmalade and a cup of English tea.
(Thanks for the Maple & Peacan bread recipe – the pictures are useful too.)
That maple and pecan bread looks divine – would it work if made in a bread maker?
Favourite brekkie is home made fruit bread, toasted and smeared with a tonne of butter!
The North Americans know how to do breakfast right. My favourite was the Montreal bagel with salmon, creams cheese, capers and onion, along with fresh orange juice and bottomless black coffee with lots of maple syrup.
I love nothing more than a bowl of Kellogg's Honey Nut cornflakes with ice cold milk and a cup of good, strong tea! In winter, I have Kellogg's Cornflakes with hot milk – it changes the entire taste and reminds me of being a child again!
cbr600gal @ gmail.com
My favourite breakfast is what my family call V for Vendetta toast, but I think it's actually called eggy in the basket. It's where you make a hole in a slice of bread put it in a frying pan with butter and drop an egg in the middle. Yummy.
I'm a bad boy i love a full scottish ,bacon, egg,haggis, square sausage, mushrooms,grilled toms and tattie scone
Thick Greek yoghurt, fresh figs and orange blossom honey with a slice of the nut bread shown here. I am getting the ingredients together as soonas I have finished this!
Porridge with fresh summer fruits such as strawberries and raspberries. My drink is a home made blueberry and banana milkshake/smoothie.
MMMMM that look's yum! I love Carluccio's fruit bread or their muesli with natural yog, berries and honey for breakfast.Particularly by the river in Kingston on a lazy Sunday morning with the papers!!
I love to have Kelloggs every day,
with milk or Yogurt, I'll try it any way.
I eat it at breakfast or supper time.
I love my Kelloggs, it's not a crime!
Keep the high fat bacon and egg's
I love showing off my lovely legs!
Four pieces of organic fruit (watermelon, kiwi, necarine and strawberries is a lovely summer mixture) cut up and mixed together, topped with blueberries, then I add two types of different nuts and pumkin seeds. Absolutely delicious!
A full english breakfast when someone else has made it!
I love fruit and fibre in the morning with freezing cold milk
Hot chocolate croissants with piping hot, fresh, milky coffee – consumed on a sunny patio.
eggs bendict, delicious!
An American style breakfast, waffles with maple syrup.
My all time fave is porridge with 'fruits du jour' on top – like the blackberries i picked last weekend, my windfall apples today or the damsons that my neighbour is going to bring me later. I want to try this making this bread though as I always have toast and something sweet on top at the weekend.
My favorite breakfast is scrambled eggs and smoked salmon in bed on a sunday morning!
Crumpets for me with all different toppings such as strawberry jam, chocolate spread, Cheese if its a late one, poached egg for the weekend or if nothing in then just butter:0)
Special K red berries if I'm feeling healthy, thickly sliced white toast smothered in butter if I'm not
A mixture of Bitesize Shredded Wheat,Muesli and Bran Flakes
Bev Hughes….
My favourite breakfast is the one enjoyed by my daughter when she was younger which was American style pancakes with Nutella spread followed by crispy, smoky bacon wraps. Quite heavy on the calories, so we kept it as our breakfast treat not to be had every day! And, of course, not to forget a large cup of English tea for me and a large glass of apple juice for her.
I absolutely love a nice bit of toast, smothered in Peanut Butter and eaten with a lovely mug of tea! Great blog, I really like it and I'm going to have a go at making that bread.
Has to be Full English breakfast!, well a veggie version anyway with fried onions and garlic mushrooms, although my partner isn't too keen on me having garlic mushrooms for breakfast. I have also been known to eat curry for breakfast (freshly cooked, not previous nights leftovers) If i am feeling lazy just a big plate of Hash Browns and ketchup.
I don't really eat Cereal for breakfast I have that for lunch!
I love The fill english on Sunday Mornings made for me by my lovely husband.
I am loving the Kellogs Mixed Berry for a start, it just makes me feel like I can get through my morning without hassles…
I like my breakfast plain and simple. Frosties with no milk just plain.
i love special k mixed berry it sets up my day to be merry !!!
I love breakfast! Good start to the day so I enjoy fruit salad in the Summer and porridge in the winter with the odd sneaky all butter croissant thrown in for good measure…mmmm!
i love muesli for breakfast i always add extra nuts and sultanas as they never have enough in. i add ice cold milk and a blob of lovely healthy fromage frais and nice fresh banana slices yummy!
I love it when you stay in a hotel and get a continental breakfast. I always make sure I have plenty of fruit, crossants and toast.
clairew137@yahoo.co.uk
My favourite breakfast is cornflakes with a sprinkle of sugar and cold milk – perfect!
As a breakfast treat for my husband and myself we have Eggs Benedict. Lovely poached eggs on a bagel smothered in hollandaise sauce and sprinkled with fresh chives. We were served this in a restaurant in New Zealand and love it.
It varies..Full English when we have the time..but often a bowl of cereal with fresh fruit.
If I'm doing breakfast then Muesli but I add extra nuts to it to make it even better. If someone else is cooking then you can't beat waking up to the smell of bacon – either with toast or in a butty. Mmmmm.
a nice continental breakfast is my ideal way to start the morning but it's longevity is not too good so i usually end up with a nice bowl of coco pops
but then again if someone wins with no contact details how can they win? but aside from that breakfast rocks and that bread looks really delicious! x
I love a bowl of muesli with some fresh berries added washed down with some fresh mango juice. I then follow it with a fry. For me the perfect fry includes bacon sausage, fresh mushrooms, (not tinned ones) and black pudding. Yummy. I also need two cups of tea.
Cappuccino and an almond croissant!
I love interesting breads at breakfast. I love pecans and I love maple syrup. (I remember it was really hard to find maple syrup in the shops in the 60s – showing my age now!)I also love baking so I will definitely bake this.Many thanks for the recipe.
Tea and chocolate biscuits.
pecan and maple plaits or pecan and maple crisp cereal have got to be my faves. Can you see a pattern forming here?? lol.
Pecan and maple loaf is no doubt going to be added to my list soon!
I always eat breakfast. Smells play a big part and I LOVE the smell of eggs and bacon and toast. However, whilst I do eat those quite often, I try to stay healthy and eat porridge made with water and either prunes or blueberries on top – no sugar! Mmm..delish. TFS. ~Glen~
Home made mango smoothie and a mixture of natural yoghurt, all bran (for crunch) and chopped fresh fruit. Bright light and brilliant for the digestion.
Has to be bacon and eggs, both free range – perfect high protein start to the day.
Favourite breakfast is Porridge, with honey, ground up flax seeds and sunflower seeds, strawberries, red currants, blackberries.
Delicious washed down with some fresh orange juice.
You can't beat homemade blueberry pancakes – they're the best!
Cornflakes, fresh cold milk and sliced banana have been a favourite since childhood
I'm a strong believer that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, it's cereal in the Summer and egg, patee or tomatoes on toast in the winter. At the weekends it might be a bacon sarny.
I love to have a big bowl of porridge with milk. Especially now the mornings are getting chilly.
Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. In fact, I believe breakfast can be eaten at any time of the day and I often do. I usually have some delicious muesli with yoghurt or bagel/granary toast with jam or cream cheese during the week days, but I love making waffles or pancakes at the weekend, with maple syrup and bananas or a fruit compote. Yum!
For me it has to be home made pancakes with a selection of fruit, natural yoghurt and honey or maple syrup – so so so delicious, my favourite is with bananas and a drizzle of maple syrup.
My other halfs favourite would definitely be a fry up!
And both of my little ones would say porridge – I love giving them porridge as i know they get really full on it and worry less throughout the day about them being hungry!x
Toasted wholemeal, banana and honey, pot of earl grey tea, this is a sunday treat. The rest of the week will be bran flakes for me, coco pops for my daughter and my son is liking chocolate weetabix at the moment.
Claire Redfern…
Toast, Butter, Coffee
Rachel…
My favourite breakfast is one of my home made pancakes, with strawberries and blueberries with a little lemon juice and
sugar. Yummy!! Can't eat this too often though as not good for your waistline!
Katy
I love creamy, soft scrambled eggs on buttery wholemeal toast with a glass of cold freshly squeezed orange juice…in bed of course!
I can't manage without my breakfast. A huge mug of tea, hot buttered toast, and a piece of fruit while watching the sun come up….
Hazel…
My favourite breakfast is Corn Flakes with warm milk, poached egg on toast with a slice of bacon and a sausage.
The Maple and Pecan Bread looks lovely – I must try changing it to gluten and milkfree.
Yummy Yummy in my Tummy and i bet it`s gorgeous Toasted with Jam and butter , oooohh what a breakfast . I can taste it and my lips are melting .
I love breakfast – I try and eat mine before the kids come downstairs – 5 minutes of peace before the storm! I love a soft boiled egg and soldiers with lots of melted butter on …yum!
Weekdays, I have a banana with cereals, (whichever I fancy when shopping )Hubby has toast….Weekends it's either a bacon or bacon and egg sandwich or a bacon, sausage, egg, mushrooms and tomato. A sort of fry up !!! It really depends on what we fancy and what's in fridge/cupboard….But, on holiday (we always make room in the case) for Kellogs Cornflakes because it's the only one my Husband likes with ice cold milk. We've taken them out to Africa many, many times!!
Scrambled eggs on toast is my favourite. But I love anything with maple and pecan nuts.
Since passing out a lot at school I was ordered by my doctor to never leave home without eating breakfast. That was 18 years ago and I still eat breakfast everyday! My favourite has to be fresh baked croissants with "proper" coffee. A bit of a treat, I normally eat cereal or porridge!
Most days I have toast with peanut butter, a banana and tea or coffee. I also like scrambled egg on toast, porridge and fruit ……
Your maple and pecan bread looks delicious.
How can there be just one! Bran flakes for serious work days to keep me full, sausage sandwiches on naughty white bread for Sundays when I have been for a run. Full English loveliness for away days with cold toast and sliced butter! Holiday times should include boiled eggs, fruit salad, yogurt and honey and cake, oh yes please dont forget the cake. Have i disqualified myself by naming too many?! Hungry now! grr.
Yum, I've been waiting for this recipe since I saw you bake it on GBBO last week. Can't wait to try it and it may become my new favourite brekky!
My current favourite is Kellogs Crunchy Nut Bites because I can eat them at my desk without milk when I have woken up a bit!
Cornflakes & cold milk! (I will not admit to Coco Pops!)
I love breakfast! Porridge in the week to set me up for work and weekend treats of muffins and pancakes
Frosties and really cold milk makes me think of childhood summers and holidays – yum
My Favourite breakfast has to be toast, one sweet one savory i have marmalade on one & marmite on the other mmmmm.
delicious !
If i dont have toast i like fruit & fibre with extra fruit sliced in it
Lightly fried potato bread (Northern Irelands speciality!)poached eggs & grilled bacon.. and tomato ketchup. Perfection on a plate! ^.^
My favourite breakfast is boring but lovely. Porridge made with half water, half milk. Big squeeze of golden syrup. Massive (nearly pint-sized) mug of coffee.
I love any breakfast that someone else is making for me! If it's me preparing it I have eggs (poached or boiled) if I've got time. If not it's good old Weetabix.
If someone else is cooking its got to be a full english breakfast with loads of mushrooms. If its just me at home its tea and chocolate brioche.
samantha_ripley@hotmail.co.uk
My favourite breakfast is Eggy Bread (French Toast). Once i've had that i add some more eggy bread and if i'm still hungary. I'll have some more Eggy Bread!!!!! I can eat anyone under the table!!
I live in the US but I thought i'd comment anyway
I like waffles or french toast but eat cereal most mornings.
-Tawny @http://theyearofthecookie.blogspot.com/
toasted brioche with some scrambled egg and smoked bacon, yum!
My best breakfast is seedy bread, lightly toasted, covered with a thin layer of marmite, cut into soldiers and laid next to two soft boiled eggs – all ready for dunking
Porridge with brown sugar and mango's.
A breakfast fit for a king.
Favourite Breakfast… Hmmm Where to start? Almond Croissants, and freshly ground coffee?? Porridge and A dollop of Cream? I think I'd have to go with my Sunday Morning favourite, Slice of Wholemeal toast, smeared with butter, fried potato farl on top of that, two rashers of bacon on top of that, and two lightly poached eggs on top of that! Breakfast mountain. Can take me half an hour to get through, but with the Sunday Papers… Heaven on a saucer!
My favourite breakfast is a bacon sandwich!! Naughty but oh so lovely!!!
Bit weird but I love bananas on toast, it tastes great and I'm getting one of my 5 a day.
I have two favourites either smoked salmon and scrambled eggs or pancakes and maple syrup
Breakfast is actually my favourite meal of the day – however I do struggle sometimes to make time for it. When I do have breakfast, I like nothing better than pancakes (with or without raisins)topped with maple syrup or cinnamon waffles. Can you tell I have a sweet tooth!
Breakfast for me is a must. Generally tea, fruit juice and Shredded Wheat with warm milk – comfort food from childhood – but on holiday my best breakfast starts with fresh fruit and fruit juice followed by bacon and poached egg with toast and marmalade to follow all washed down with cups of tea. Really sets you up for the day.
I love a full English breakfast, OR porridge with honey and banana.
Linda…
My favourite breakfast is black pudding, 1 sausage, bacon, scrambled egg, fried mushrooms and grilled tomatoes with
toasted wholemeal bread followed by a mug of fresh coffee. Totally piggy of me I know, but perfect treat at the weekend : )
Poached eggy pegs on freshly baked bread that's just toasted, butter spread liberally…and with a sprinkle of pepper and a few drops of vinegar.
Beat that for a start to the day.
Hot croissants with apricot jam,fresh strawberries and orange juice,followed by coffee made from freshly ground beans.Yummy!
2 Aberdeen Rowies/butteries, warmed in the oven and liberally spread with unsalted butter and home-made marmalade – am hungry just thinking about it.
Emma…
kippers with a cuppa!
Any breakfast that I get to eat without a small person interrupting and demanding some of it would be great! Better if it involves warm croissants, butter and strawberry jam, though.
I would probably eat dinner for my breakfast because i'm not usually up in time!
Brown Toast & Nutella – Nice but still a bit on naughtyness…
Crusty bread with lashings of butter and a mug of (decaf) coffee
Banana and walnut pancakes with warm butter pecan syrup and a little Lurpak. Heaven!
boiled eggs and lots of soldiers for my small army of kids!!!! and me, Im a big kid, cos I like coco pops as it turns the milk chocolatey!!!
Toast! with anything on it, but usually just butter mmmmmm
cereal with fresh fruit topping and yoghurt – beautiful
2 weetabix with cold milk in the summer, porridge in the winter.
Hmmm, toasted cinnamon and raisin bagel with lemon curd… yummy!
Thanks for a great competition, porridge with honey is my favourite, great site by the way.
Can`t beat a good old fry up!
I love rice and fish cooked the traditional thai way for breakfast.
real porridge with a dash of honey
Lots of piping hot tea and some lovely nutty muesli for me!
Fried egg sandwich followed by syrup pancakes, yum !!!
Marmite on toast or scrambled egg on toast with a large dollop of brown sauce.
Breakfast is absolutely my favourite meal of the day, particularly at the weekends when my son and I can have a feast! The Maple & Pecan Bread recipe looks delicious, and I'm going to attempt to make it for breakfast tomorrow, yum!! Boiled egg and soldiers, pancakes, bacon, muffins, croissants, cereal, fruit salad, toast . . .These are our everyday options and honestly my son would love it if I prepared all of these EVERY day! Thankyou for the recipe i'm very much looking forward to trying it!
You can't beat s "Full English" including Black Pudding, Fried Bread and Mushrooms alongside the standards like Egg, Bacon and Sausage.
Home made pancakes with proper Canadian maple syrup are the perfect breakfast, washed down with piping hot tea!
Granary toast with proper butter & marmite topped with a poached egg
If someone else is making it then it would be a bacon & mushroom sandwich!
Victoria…
My favourite breakfast is half a selection box, which I only have on Christmas Day! Alternatively I like porridge with blueberries, topped with a handful of nuts and seeds – yum!
It has to be leftover pizza from the night before. It makes you cringe a little thinking about it but cold pizza just tastes amazing. Perhaps that breakfast hamper would straighten me out a little!
I love fresh fruit, covered in low fat yogurt, with a couple of tablespoons of museli on top.
Adam…
I love a glass of fresh orange and fresh meats, cheeses and breads- just like I have abroad.
Sonia…
My favourite breakfast has to be some wholemeal bread lashings of butter with a boiled egg no better way to start the day!!
I start every day the All-Bran way, with a few slices of banana on top, otherwise I'm out of sorts all day!
Anthea says:
I love a grapefruit half, followed by some muesli and then some wholemeal toast with some of my home-made marmalade on it – delicious.
Patrick…
I would have to say Cheerio's is my fav. Although I think the Sainbo's one's taste nicer than Nestles haha. Cheap and Chearful
How about some thick pancakes, approx 4ins across. Take 2-3 of them and interleave with fresh raspberries. Blitz a handful of the raspberries and add icing sugar, then drizzle this over the pancakes. Add a large blob of creme fraiche and, if you've not fainted with desire in the meantime, tuck in!
Competition is now closed…thanks all of you for your inspirational breakfasts! Will be back to announce the winner shortly!
Ruth x