Nat’l Breakfast Month
Not mentioned in the article from china.org.cn is a dish that turns up when you search on chinese breakfast recipes: congee. Many Chinese begin their day with a warm bowl of congee (also known as jook in Canton), a watery rice gruel that bears a marked resemblance to porridge. The variety of seasonings used to [...]
Continue reading about chinese breakfast: congee and you tiao
I really only found two sources that told me about Chinese breakfast. One was Mr. Breakfast. He has a page that covers Breakfast in Asia and it covers not just China but Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore. One thing that Mr. Breakfast points out is that western style breakfast is not really known [...]
The traditional Bircher muesli was made from rolled oats and ingredients that were soaked overnight. Give this recipe a go for a truly Swiss-style muesli start to your day.
The traditional German Breakfast is called Frühstück. It has a bread roll called “Brotchen” which means “small bread.” Brotchen is a simple yeast bread enriched with egg on which butter and jam are spread. Sometimes variations are served including “Zwiebelbroetchen” (onion), “Kaesebroetchen” (cheese), or “Schinkenbroetchen” (ham). Seed may also be added, like sesame or poppy [...]
Take a break from breakfast cereal with this creamy polenta, served hot topped with blackberry jam and a dollop of creme fraiche or sweetened sour cream.
I found a tasty recipe for creamy polenta and it got me to thinking about what was a traditional Italian breakfast? So I started to search. Of course, I knew about polenta; I have it often for breakfast along with my omelette. And my omelette will often be turned into a fritatta. So there we [...]
I love mushrooms. I usually have them in an omelette if I am having them for breakfast. Here is a recipe I found that adds a little something else I can put on my breakfast table, especially when I have guest for breakfast, like when the children come home for holidays.
I am a lover of the mushroom and September is National Mushroom Month. They are tasty, low in calories, and high in bulk. They are fat free, cholesterol free, and bullshit free. And yet they add so much to any dish. I particularly like to have them as part of omelets.
Continue reading about mushrooms: a no b.s. addition to breakfast, lunch, or dinner
If you want to try something instead of maple syrup, if you have a sweet tooth, if you love honey, this is for you. Great on toast, french toast, pancakes, and waffles. Use it in a variety of things you would normally use with butter … biscuits, sweet potatoes, in oatmeal … go crazy.
Honey for breakfast! I love it! (Actually honey anytime will do.) I like to use it to sweeten anything I would sweeten with sugar … OK maybe not my coffee, but I usually drink that black anyway. I do use it in oatmeal, on my cereal, in my tea, over my biscuits and on my [...]
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