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I just realized I didn't know any Americans

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[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well I’m Asian and don’t really do the typical American breakfast. I just eat whatever, leftovers maybe. I’ll have coffee over tea though, so that’s pretty American of me lol

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

You and millions of other Americans eating leftovers for breakfast. Since the Mayflower for sure, and probably for centuries before that. Although they probably didn't have the Breakfast of Champions, cold leftover pizza.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 4 points 5 days ago

On weekdays I don't eat breakfast, but I'll usually make my wife an Eggo waffle with some peanut butter and cinnamon sugar for breakfast as an incentive for her to get up in the morning, since she's not a morning person. Sometimes if I'm feeling motivated I'll make her a real waffle instead. On free weekends she'll make scrambled eggs and I'll make some sort of protein - bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy... whatever we have on hand, then we'll eat together.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Coffee plus one of the following (it changes, depending on my whim and ingredient availability):

  • Homemade egg bites (egg, sausage or meatless sausage, peppers, onion, spinach, cheese)
  • Cereal
  • Greek yogurt mixed with a dollop of jam
  • Breakfast sandwiches (homemade, prepackaged, or from a local restaurant)
  • Biscuits and gravy
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[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Coffee on weekdays. On the weekend when I have time, I'll fry up some eggs. Breakfast food is my favorite food, mostly, but I never really have time to eat it.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

My kids and I typically have a bowl of cold milk and cereal, and (separately) a chicken egg cooked in one of several ways.

On the weekends I cook eggs in a different style for each member of the family, bacon or sausage, pancakes or waffles or crepes with jam/maple syrup.

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

Coffee. And then coffee.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 7 points 6 days ago

I have to eat really quick on workdays, so I don't always get anything, but usually cereal, or I'll spread applesauce and cinnamon on homemade bread if I've prepared some the last few days. Or recently pan dulce if I happen to have bought any recently because there's a bakery nearby that ive discovered sells it fresh for quite cheap.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Coffee with a bowl of yogurt, banana, Cheerios every weekday

Something with eggs on weekend. I try to be creative. If my kids are here, it might be pancakes or waffles, which technically have eggs

[–] KRAW@linux.community 7 points 6 days ago

Whole wheat toast topped with peanut butter, sorghum syrup, and bananas. The toast has fiber and the peanut butter has protein. The bananas and the tiniest drop of sorghum add enough sweetness to round out the flabor but contain less added sugar than most cereal.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Man, I miss my American, pheep. Hope he's doing fine.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Typically 3 eggs, overnight oats with protein powder, and a mandarin orange. Not a body builder or anything, just a ~~large~~ tall person who eats mostly vegetarian so if I want to eat healthy I have to get protein in where I can.

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 6 points 6 days ago

I almost never eat breakfast. Maybe a few times per year. I usually don't get up early enough.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

2-3 Eggs, a Sauage of some kind or bacon on on rare occasion, and a fruit smoothie usually. That's been my thing for the past 15 years or so. If it has to be quick I do oatmeal with peanut butter and fruit.

[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Nothing, or very little. Today I had a piece of white bread and cut of cheddar cheese before I went to work. The bread pairs well with Prozac and other anti-depressants.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

poptarts, coke zero, and pills

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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 6 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Usually coffee. Plunger, at least a pot. Otherwise it's pretty evenly split between vegemite toast, taiwanese green onion pancakes from trader joe's, or maybe a bagel, granola, shakshuka or left over takeout.

I grew up outside the country though, hence not being a fan of us style drip coffee which always taste like hay to me.

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[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 days ago

I make a warm mug of Ovaltine®. But with coffee instead of milk. It's... effective.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Peanut butter toast and a cup of coffee, usually. Y'all international types really do need to try crunchy peanut butter. Don't give me no skippy bullshit. It's amazing stuff.

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[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

On work days. Coffee and a banana when i wake up. Some oatmeal a bit later. On non work days, nothing.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Twin Peaks (1990) gives one a good sense of American breakfasts.

Don't forget pie and coffee.

Black coffee. Nicotine lozenges.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Breakfast sausage and eggs usually and depending on my mood coffee or hot tea. Sometimes I cook potatoes with it usually in the form or hash browns or using left over mash potatoes to make potato cakes. I usually vary sausage and eggs to either an omelette, burrito, if I have peppers on hand or a sandwich when I want cheese with it, else usually sausage patties and eggs over easy or sunny side up. If there's left over rice, egg fried rice with sausage.

Southeast US

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

If I have time, espresso + avocado toast with adobo & chili flakes, topped with a fried egg.

Otherwise, just a coffee.

[–] oh_@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Coffee, coffee, toasted English muffin with peanut butter and banana during the week. On weekends eggs n such.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Weekdays? Coffee with milk, and either a piece of sourdough toast, or avocado toast, or cold oatmeal if I made some for the week. (I do small breakfast, big lunch, small supper.). Often just the coffee.

Weekends always at least one big late brunch, usually just eat twice those days so eggs, potatoes, refried beans, cheese, onion, tomato, avocado, bacon if we have it.

If I have a weekday off, and there is leftover rice, then rice & kimchi with a fried egg, or maybe savory oats or french toast something fancy or different but that is not usual.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I drink coffee mixed with protein shake.

Then I eat more of a traditional breakfast around lunch time. I saute a bunch of veggies and a but of sausage (just enough to grease the pan) and then add some eggs, put it in a tortilla for breakfast burritos.

[–] marighost@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

Coffee, with some kind of yogurt/granola combo. I've been into overnight oats lately. Sometimes I'll make breakfast sandwiches consisting of Canadian bacon, egg and cheese. I try not to have to much sweet stuff to not crash so early in the morning...

[–] Sludge@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Always coffee. It's about a 50/50 split between yogurt bowls prepped the night before with cacao nibs, bananas, some other fruit, walnuts, some natural peanut butter and a little real maple syrup. If not that then we will have eggs (from backyard chickens) and toast.

On the weekends we will make pancakes or breakfast tacos (normal go to is bacon and egg, but really like potato, tomato, onion, egg, and cheese).

[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I haven’t been eating breakfast since I started intermittent fasting. Before I kept it very simple and repetitive. I mostly had cold cereal with milk or overnight oats with chia and cinnamon.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 5 points 6 days ago

Unflavored shredded wheat cereal with frozen berries, toast or vegetarian sausage, and quality tea.

In summer, I'll sometimes swap the tea for a smoothie if it's been hot.

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Heinz Beans, Eggs some scrambled (veggies added( and one or two over easy, 2-4 bacon and/or 2-4sausage, toast, if I'm not lazy

If I'm lazy, bacon and or sausage if I remember throw it in the airfyer, omelet (veggies addedg and toast, probably in sandwich form with cheese

And my "breakfast" at 2am is usually what I thinj is called eggy bread? I just dip bread in whisked seasoned eggs and panfry that, pretty peak honestly I could eat that forever.

low calorie keto bread so I feel less bad about toast consumption, and cup of chai. I use ketchup always. Im so hungry but I know I should sleep and have breakfast for breakfast instead of making it rnow

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

Growing up id have fish sticks with the first one, forgot that, I used to be iffy about them, but now I kinda want some

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[–] psoul@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

These days: Chia seed pudding (chia seeds, water, coconut cream) with roasted almonds, walnuts and pumpkin seeds and unfrozen berries.

If I’m still hungry, two eggs w cheese on toast.

All that with pour over light roast coffee and a big glass of water.

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Nothing, I cant be bothered

[–] mmmac@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

I've been intermittent fasting recently so breakfast isn't till around noon, but it'll either be 3 eggs, turkey bacon and an avocado, overnight oats that I'll prep, or Greek yoghurt with berries chia seeds and nuts, or a blended fruit smoothie with some whey protein depending on what I'm feeling for the day

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