Forgot to add that I only eat solid food before noon a few times a year, when travelling or on holidays. Black coffee is my go-to because anything else triggers sugar cravings. I used to eat Brussels sprouts or broccoli but just the sensation of chewing makes me want something sweet so I am safer not getting the taste of any particular food in my mouth that early.

I live in Belgium. Most people here whom we know eat bread and coffee or cereal. Weekday breakfasts are small, hurried affairs. Pastries are often weekend treats.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree Op. But Americans like easy and sweet. The less work they have to do to prepare the actual food the better. Plus sweet / white flour is universally appealing and somewhat addicting.

My DH is from Middle East. His typical breakfast here at home is the Arabic pita bread with yogurt, tomato, fresh mint, a drizzle of olive oil, rolled up. Or a big bowl of beans with lemon, garlic, olive oil, cumin and some fresh vegetables on the side. But he also grew up in a poor country during war time in Middle East- women didn’t work and schools weren’t handing out pop tarts and chocolate milk. These things weren’t readily available either. If you wanted to eat, you had to cook and prepare food to eat.

Your DH’s breakfasts sounds perfect to me, though I usually only have breakfast on weekends. I love savory breakfasts with vegetables and put yogurt and olive oil on everything. Ever since I discovered Ranch Gordo, I always have a pot of beans in the fridge, and we grow our own herbs and use them in most meals. I also love Japanese style breakfasts and breakfast tacos similar to those described by a PP . I have turned two of my kids into savory breakfast converts, but DH and the youngest still have cereal every weekday morning. Not sure if they are addicted, but it truly brings them joy. We all love big American style breakfasts when traveling—they are a great treat.

I will say that I hate the way OP has framed this question. For starters, I have no respect for anyone who refers to what others eat as “garbage” or “trash.” These are usually the same people who feel comfortable looking down on others and calling them garbage or trash as well. It’s a terrible way to go through life. Also, all the foods mentioned here have some nutritional value, including bagels. If you want to maintain good health, you of course need to make sure you are getting good nutrients each day or at least each week, and you can’t eat unlimited sweets or any calorie-dense foods without moderation. But that doesn’t mean every meal has to be nutritionally balanced.

OP was just trying to start a war, not an honest debate. Not a sign of intelligence.

Anonymous wrote:Agree Op. But Americans like easy and sweet. The less work they have to do to prepare the actual food the better. Plus sweet / white flour is universally appealing and somewhat addicting.

My DH is from Middle East. His typical breakfast here at home is the Arabic pita bread with yogurt, tomato, fresh mint, a drizzle of olive oil, rolled up. Or a big bowl of beans with lemon, garlic, olive oil, cumin and some fresh vegetables on the side. But he also grew up in a poor country during war time in Middle East- women didn’t work and schools weren’t handing out pop tarts and chocolate milk. These things weren’t readily available either. If you wanted to eat, you had to cook and prepare food to eat.

Your DH’s breakfasts sounds perfect to me, though I usually only have breakfast on weekends. I love savory breakfasts with vegetables and put yogurt and olive oil on everything. Ever since I discovered Ranch Gordo, I always have a pot of beans in the fridge, and we grow our own herbs and use them in most meals. I also love Japanese style breakfasts and breakfast tacos similar to those described by a PP . I have turned two of my kids into savory breakfast converts, but DH and the youngest still have cereal every weekday morning. Not sure if they are addicted, but it truly brings them joy. We all love big American style breakfasts when traveling—they are a great treat.

I will say that I hate the way OP has framed this question. For starters, I have no respect for anyone who refers to what others eat as “garbage” or “trash.” These are usually the same people who feel comfortable looking down on others and calling them garbage or trash as well. It’s a terrible way to go through life. Also, all the foods mentioned here have some nutritional value, including bagels. If you want to maintain good health, you of course need to make sure you are getting good nutrients each day or at least each week, and you can’t eat unlimited sweets or any calorie-dense foods without moderation. But that doesn’t mean every meal has to be nutritionally balanced.

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Anonymous wrote:I am English and very few people there have a full English breakfast very often. For most people it is once a week or less. Maybe if you work in construction you can get away with it.

Most people start the day with a cereal like weetabix, porridge, or toast and marmite. Maybe a soft boiled egg with soldiers.

My favorite breakfast is nasi lemak, which you get in Malaysia, Singapore or Indonesia. Rice cooked with coconut milk, served with fried anchovies, sambal (spicy shrimp paste), an egg, and sometimes peanuts.

Anchovies in the morning. Gag.

Donuts in the morning. Barf.

Agree with both sentiments.

cereal, eggs, toast. Bland and not too sweet.

I will stay within the boundaries of healthy... Yogurt with walnuts and fruit, soft boiled egg with wheat toast, a bowl of oatmeal... but I simply don't want fish and rice for breakfast. Not gonna happen. I was not acculturated to eat that for breakfast. Sorry not sorry.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know anyone who eats any of that on a daily basis.

Cereal - sometimes, but more for a snack, not breakfast really.

Pancakes/crepes - rarely (once or twice per year)

Breakfast meat and potatoes - once every other month

Oatmeal/Farina - once every other month

Most days - just once cup of coffee and water, apple or other fruit mid-morning

Why was that bolded? Shouting from the rooftops?

If--say when travelling--I eat breakfast in a restaurant, my staple order is hashbrowns, 2 eggs, and toast or english muffin, because I enjoy that as an occasional indulgence. At home it is mostly oatmeal the way I like it (old fashioned rolled oats, creamy but not slimy) with a bit of honey or maple syrup or homemade applesauce. Who has time to make what OP is talking about for breakfast?

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Anonymous wrote:I am English and very few people there have a full English breakfast very often. For most people it is once a week or less. Maybe if you work in construction you can get away with it.

Most people start the day with a cereal like weetabix, porridge, or toast and marmite. Maybe a soft boiled egg with soldiers.

My favorite breakfast is nasi lemak, which you get in Malaysia, Singapore or Indonesia. Rice cooked with coconut milk, served with fried anchovies, sambal (spicy shrimp paste), an egg, and sometimes peanuts.

Anchovies in the morning. Gag.

Donuts in the morning. Barf.

My kids eat muffins for breakfast. But i make them with oatmeal and shredded zucchini and apple and honey and flax seed (for bowel movement).

I make DD oatmeal. It’s the prepackaged kind, it has 12g of sugar. She had slivered almonds to the top and had fruit with it. This is a perfectly healthy breakfast imo, it’s filling and she’s fine until lunchtime at school.

Anonymous wrote:I am English and very few people there have a full English breakfast very often. For most people it is once a week or less. Maybe if you work in construction you can get away with it.

Most people start the day with a cereal like weetabix, porridge, or toast and marmite. Maybe a soft boiled egg with soldiers.

My favorite breakfast is nasi lemak, which you get in Malaysia, Singapore or Indonesia. Rice cooked with coconut milk, served with fried anchovies, sambal (spicy shrimp paste), an egg, and sometimes peanuts.

Anchovies in the morning. Gag.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know people who eat those big breakfasts on a daily basis, either. Most people I know eat cereal or oatmeal, or have a smoothie, or maybe scrambled or boiled eggs and toast or a bagel. The big sweet breakfasts are a weekend thing.

Still, many of those choices are terrible. Smoothies often contain tons of sugar, especially if they're store bought. Eating a bagel is eating a nutrient devoid food stuff. A single bagel is almost like eating 4-5 slices of bread. All carbohydrates and zero nutrition. Muffins, turnover, donughts....all the same. Eggs...OK good protein source. Oatmeals really depend on whether you're prepping it from scratch or heating up packaged stuff that's often loaded with sugar.

Eat what you want and miiiiiind your business.

NP who eats eggs for breakfast but couldn’t care less what food choices others make

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Anonymous wrote:We do not eat garbage for breakfast. Maybe you do OP.

PP what do you eat for breakfast? Where did you grow up?

NP. I cook the savory Indian breakfasts my grandmother taught me: idli with sambar and chutney, poha, upma, sabudhaba khichdi, besan chilla,Bombay sandwich, pongal and on decadent weekend morning the occasional masala dosa. We also do eat quick and simple breakfast like toast, eggs and oatmeal. Eat what you like and what makes sense to you.

Anonymous wrote:We do not eat garbage for breakfast. Maybe you do OP.

PP what do you eat for breakfast? Where did you grow up?

Millet dosa with paneer
Red pepper chutney
Coffee