Christmas breakfast(s)

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Any suggestions for more savoury/less rich breakfasts over the Xmas period? We usually don't bother and just have toast or weetabix as normal but sometimes it's nice to have something different. Can't face anything too sweet or rich as breakfast will be around 9-10 and lunch around 3 so it's not like we need a full fry up...

Oooh. Following with interest.

Continental meats & cheese with naice bread.

Melton Mowbray pork pie.

Kippers.

Selection of smoked & pickled fish.

Poached or scrambled eggs on toast.

Croque monsieur.

Smoked salmon & eggs. M&S crumpets or pikelets. Orange juice.

M&S Strawberry Almond Crunch

Frozen croissants to bake fresh
Fruit and yogurt
Eggs Benedict
Granola
Bucks Fizz
A festive sharing brioche with a really good coffee

Bubble and squeak cakes
Scrambled egg croissant
Homemade baked beans and feta on sourdough

We have bagels with smoked salmon.

Or you could do what I do for news years eve/day, which is to have kedgeree for dinner the night before, and reheated for breakfast the following morning.

Cheese, fruit and assorted rolls, croissant, muffins, bagel ect?

Sausage roll, or sliced sausage on a roll?

Simple scrambled eggs & toast? My Dil makes pancakes with fruit and whipped cream.

We just have pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. Best breakfast of the year.

Frozen croissants
Pancakes
Scrambled / poached eggs on toast

Toasted pannetone or a selection of frozen pastriies.
Waffles with Greek yoghurt and fruit

We usually have croissants or pancakes.

If you don't want sweet then just nice crusty loaf with butter or other toppings. You can buy from the shop on Xmas eve and refresh in the oven.

Someone suggested a slice of panettone worth butter on another thread and I love the idea.

Bacon sandwiches are nice and low effort. Also my mum usually puts some croissants on and we have them with butter.

It you like cereal but want something festive you could make your own granola with cinnamon toasted pecans and dried cranberries.

DD and I make a Kringle loaf Christmas Eve and leave it to prove overnight , baking it and decorating Christmas morning. We don't use much icing and it's not as sweet as panettone or cinnamon buns but still v festive and yum.

Croissant with scrambled egg

We do blinis (shop bought) with shreds of smoked salmon and a little blob of creme freich with lemon and dill. It's very fresh and light tasting, but feels special. We serve 4 per person, but you could also just do a big sharing platter of them.

We have freshly baked cinnamon buns and croissants, I usually have toast or porridge the rest of the year so it makes a nice change.

Home made granola with greek yogurt and lots of nice fruit

My everyday breakfast is smoked salmon and egg with tomatoes. You could make that a bit fancier in its presentation and add nice bread.
Our Christmas morning breakfast, as we have Christmas meal about 4-4.30, is french toast with bacon and maple syrup. Though my son will probably stick to his unsweetened porridge with soya milk and egg whites 🤢.

croissants

bit later smoked salmon scrambled eggs bagels

We have croissants. A real treat.

We have smoked salmon and scrambled eggs with avocado and sourdough toast.

I'm thinking panettone french toast this year with maple syrup. I've bought two large panettone (in part for the nice tins) I'm thinking one will be Christmas Day breakfast and the other a bread and butter pudding maybe Christmas Eve night.

We have smoked salmon bagels on Christmas Day, kedgeree on Boxing Day and a full English one other day. Other options: Nigella's crowd croque monseuir Bake is great and can be made with the festive ham, croissants and coffee, crispy bacon with avocado smash and sourdough.

Asda Christmas tree crumpets.

I do croissants and pain au chocolats with nice coffee for the grown ups and orange juice for the children. I buy the ones you roll out and bake on the morning, they're lovely. Easy to eat whilst the children open their presents too.