"packed" breakfast ?

[DuddleDipper]

I have just started a new job which means I now have a 30 min train journey at 6.45am. Any ideas for breakfast on the go, I live in a semi rural area so no cafe at the station ? Already have my tea in an insulated cup.

A sandwich -bacon/egg/ham
Cereal bar? Or elevenses
Fruit - an apple/grapes or something chopped up in a little box

Porridge in an insulated cup.
Cheese, olives and ham.
Croissants.
Banana.
Orange juice.

Are you going to eat on the train? Is it a busy train?

I used to take a packed breakfast many moons ago when I had a similar journey.

The train was always cattle-truck packed, with basic elbow movements severely restricted, so I quickly learned that the best solution was not the hard boiled egg, ripe cherry tomato and cream cracker that I packed on Day 1, but rather the peanut butter sandwich cut into four small pieces that I took on Day 2. And a juice carton with a little straw.

Soemtimes I took a marmite sandwich just to be radical.

I make tortilla wraps for my dcs sometimes and then twist/wrap them in foil so they can just unpeel as they go and it doesn't leak everywhere! Foil also kept them warm.

A firm favourite is sausage/egg/beans or egg/potato/beans. I basically just use leftovers mainly!

Not sure they're hugely diet-friendly though!

some great ideas, thanks guys, especially the porridge in an insulated cup and 'leftover" wraps. The train is a tiny 2 carriage with only about 5 people on it so quite comfy for eating, I even had a four seater table to myself this morning !!. Have done the horrendous commute into London before so this journey is positively relaxing !!

I take cereal, normally dehydrated strawberries and cruch type stuff but granola could work and an individual yoghurt pot. Cereal packed in tuperware and then pour yoghurt in. Voila!

If i only have a big yoghurt pot left i pack that in the tupperware and put the cereal in a ziplock bag.

Or if I am really pushed for time, I have coffee in an insulated cup and a cereal bar, the jordans fruity ones are nice but these are delish

Coffee and a cigarette?

bucks fizz?!! Mmm, probably not... what about tea-cake/hot cross bun? I'll eat anything in the morning so often have a tuna mayo sandwich when on an early train - much to the disgust of my fellow travellers!

The Paddington special - marmalade sandwiches! And coffee.

how about this?

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Why not?

I do what littleducks does - I take granola in a little ziplock bag, a spoon and a small Tupperware of yoghurt, which I use as a bowl. I eat at my desk at work though so it might be easier than on a train!

When ive run out of yoghurt, i tend to have cereal bars, banana bread, fruit bread or my fave - malt loaf!

For more substance (I'm definitely a morning person and cereal bars don't do a thing for me...) you could make a frittata/ Spanish omelette. Slice and freeze til you need it. You can vary it a lot with veg and ham or bacon.

toasted sandwiches are easy with these toastie bags
www.lakeland.co.uk/10724/Lakeland-Toastabag-500
Favourites are ham and cheese, cheese and tomato, peanut butter and jam make your sandwich the night before to save on early morning stress

You get sistema tubs for this very job. they have a section for the cereal, a section for the spoon and a fold out spoon. Granola and yogurt would work in it too.

I will look for a link.

You could also take things like bran and apricot muffins for variety.

This one here

Dh has a green one.

Howard's storage also do food flasks which should keep porrige warm long enough.

Porridge stays hot for about 20mins in a Tupperware do might not even need flask. What about pancakes. Make a homemade batch and freeze them.