Simple and Quick Breakfast Ideas

I would like to start this out saying that I had to do something the other day that was the hardest thing I've had to do in a looooooong time. Most of you don't know this but I have a fear of touching fish, especially ones that I have to cook and still have a head, tail, and scales. This one was still a little frozen so I was running it under the water to thaw it the rest of the way and IT MOVED!!!! At that moment I swear it was alive and it was going to eat me. I dropped it and screamed like a little girl. Then I took this picture:

I had no one to take over and I didn't want the fish to stay in my sink forever. I paced back and forth trying to figure out how to get over this fear, then I put some gloves on and threw it in a pan and fried it. It was delicious, but I still have no desire to do it again. At least not with a head and eyes staring at me. *shudder*

 



So now on to the real reason for this post!

I have been asked by several people lately to give some ideas for a quick breakfast. I'm a simple kind of girl so I thought of a few things you could do to make a speedy breakfast and even take it on the go if you need to. Skipping breakfast is BAD!

These aren't so much recipes as ideas that you can run with.

1. Bacon and eggs: pan fry the bacon, when done set the bacon on a paper towel and cook the eggs in the bacon grease. Served with some sauerkraut would be a nice well rounded breakfast.

2. Hard-Boiled egg salad: Hard boil eggs the night before, peel and refrigerate. In the morning, slice and serve on a bed of baby spinach with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

3. Leftovers: Eat your leftovers from the night before!

4. Eggs and spinach: scramble a couple eggs with spinach and season with salt and pepper. If you have time, cook some bacon first then cook your eggs in the bacon fat. Serve with avocado, yum!

5. Fritatta: Brown some meat in an oven save pan, when cooked add in some veggies and season with whatever spice you want. Whip up some eggs and pour them in with the meat and veggies. Cover and cook about 3 minutes then transfer to the oven on 350 and cook until the eggs are firm, 5-10 minutes. Slice like a pizza and serve.

6. Pumpkin Porridge: You can throw this together and cook within about 5 minutes.

7. Omelette: Brown some meat in a pan, toss in some veggies and cook. Whisk some eggs together and pour into a different pan. Cook a few minutes on one side then flip. Add in the meat and veggies and you have yourself an omelette.

8. Steak and eggs: This is probably my favorite, I could eat it any time of day. I like to eat this with sauteed spinach.

9. Microwave eggs: Really short on time? Whisk some eggs together and nuke em!

10. Turkey and avocado wrap: Take a few slices of avocado and wrap with turkey slices.

11. Protein Shake

If you have any great breakfast ideas please leave them in the comments!

Acorn Squash Breakfast Bake

This recipe has very few ingredients and is so simple to make. Simple meals happen to be my favorites because I'm a busy girl. I decided to veer a little from my recent pumpkin theme and used roasted acorn squash that I made and stored over the weekend. I'm a huge advocate of prepping food and storing it for the week ahead, this helps tremendously! For this week I made a double batch of Chocolate Chili and Thai Curry, riced two cauliflowers, roasted an acorn squash and a spaghetti squash, and made a batch of homemade Larabars. That should last me and the Fitness Ninja a few days :)

I don't know about the rest of you, but I sometimes just don't want to eat the usual eggs and bacon for breakfast. I want something that reminds me of a chilly morning with warm Fall flavors. That is when this recipe came to me. It is so good that the Fitness Ninja asked me if there was any protein in it at all! Yes there sure is! It is eggs incognito :) It tastes like a mix between a pumpkin bread and a souffle.

Sorry for the bad pic, I was in a hurry as always!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 of a roasted acorn squash (You could also use 1 can of pumpkin puree)
• 6 eggs
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 2 teaspoons stevia (more or less to taste)

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Place all of the ingredients into a blender, place the top on the blender, and blend on high until smooth (about 30 seconds).
3. Pour into a greased baking dish (I used ~8x12x2)
4. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until the center is no longer jiggly and a toothpick comes out clean.

*Tastes great alone or with a little honey drizzled over it.

I added raisins, yum!
 

 

Breakfast Sausage

I was never a sausage eater in my younger days because all I knew was the kind that came in a roll that you cut into slices and when you bit into it there was always a chance of chomping on some gristle. Bleh! Then I came across a recipe on www.civilizedcavemancooking.com for a breakfast sausage that changed my mind. His recipe uses a pound of bison meat as well but since I didn't have that on hand I improvised. This makes about 20 patties depending on how big you make them. I made a bunch of small ones so it would last a while. I just made them into patties and stuck them in the freezer. Whenever I want some I pull them out and fry them up from frozen.

Ingredients:

• 1 Lb Grass-fed Ground Beef
• 1 Lb Ground Pork
• 1 ½ Tsp Thyme
• 1 ½ Tsp Sage
• ¾ Tsp Rosemary
• 1 ½ Tsp Salt
• 1 Tsp Black Pepper
• ¾ Tsp Nutmeg
• ½ Tsp Cayenne

Directions:

1. Combine all of your ingredients thoroughly with your hands in a large mixing bowl.
2. Form into 1-2 inch rounds and flatten into patties until all the sausage is used. If putting in tupperware, separate the layers of sausage with parchment paper to prevent from sticking together.
3. You can refrigerate the patties for up to 1 week and/or freeze for up to 3 months.
4. If you are going to eat them immediately, heat a skillet over medium-low heat
5. Saute until brown and cooked through, ~10-15 minutes
6. Serve with any other food you can imagine, breakfast, lunch or dinner
7. Enjoy