Tell me about your appetising but bread-free breakfast ideas, please

[Smithagain]

Am trying to cut way down on bread, because as soon as one slice passes my lips I am on a slippery downward slope into comfort eating. But cereal is sooooooooo dull on its own.

So I need some bright ideas for breakfasts which do not feature bread, but are healthy and easy to prepare on a school day. This morning I had chopped up fruit with a blob of yoghurt and a spoonful of muesli. Which was nice, but took quite a while to prepare and may not work on a hectic school morning.

Savoury ideas particularly welcome. What I'd really like is toasted cheese

Depends what you mean by healthy! Do you mean low carb, low calorie, low fat - or what?!

How about an omelette? Or poached eggs? Or a favourite of mine (on occasion) is two hard boiled eggs, cut in half, in a shallow baking dish, covered with a couple of tablespoons of plain yoghurt, grated cheese on top and grilled for 5 or so minutes until the cheese is browned.

Sometimes I just have a hard boiled egg, sometimes I might chop it up and have it with mayonnaise.

Yes, I realise "healthy" is a bit non-specific. Because I want to get myself onto an overall healthy diet without "going on a diet" IYSWIM. So I'm trying to think in terms of enjoying sensible (i.e. smaller) portions of proper food, without going overboard on fat or scoffing whole loaves of bread I guess I'm looking at plenty fruit and veg, some carbs, not too much fat.

In the process I'm hoping my weight will begin to fall (about 3 stone too high), but I'm not setting any targets because I don't want to set myself up for putting it all on again when I get there. Does that make the remotest sense?

And the baked egg thing sounds absolutely fab - thanks!

I don't eat bread but I have poached eggs and grilled bacon and brown rice for breakfast or something along those lines. Not sure if that's compatible with the kind of diet you want however.

I like yog with honey, seeds and raspberries. I buy the frozen bags of berries when fresh are not available, whack them in with the yog, seeds and honey, take to work then eat when still slightly frozen. Banana also good with yog and seeds. Porridge is good too and you can do it in the microwave so it's pretty low effort.

I like cereal with real fresh fruit on it - raspberries or strawberries when in season or chopped banana.

When I have time I make porridge. All those oats are good at reducing your cholesterol levels and it's excellent for cold mornings.

Poached or scrambled egg with grilled mushrooms and/or tomatoes.

And in the summer I quite like half a melon with slices of orange.

I have Oatso Simple with some tinned fruit, a handful of raisins and a sprinkling of All Bran. Sounds faffy but I manage to do it and eat it while doing the DSs' breakfasts - normally standing in the kitchen to be honest but it does fill me up and is very comforting

Quick and Easy erm

Yoghurt with blueberries and Raspberries

Have you tried different cereal such as Special K Bliss (creamy berry one is delish)

Omelettes are great - except if you find yoghurt fruit and muesli time consuming that might not work either.

If you blitz porridge flakes in some sort of blender (a stick one is fine) then you can keep it in a jar and bung it in the microwave for 2 minutes with half-half milk-water. Stir and eat. Very easy, especially given the price of, say, ready brek. Add berries or whatever if you are posh.

I like poridge made with milk, a spoon of honey and when ready, put some grapes or raspberries on top. I also often have fruit or berries or some berries with half or a quater carton of plain yougurt. Scramble egg is nice, on occasions you can add some strips of smocked salmon a little grated chese. You could make some frehely squized juice.

Thanks all. Am feeling more inspired now. Hadn't thought of frozen berries, despite the fact there is a sack of them in our freezer. Much quicker than peeling and chopping fruit in the morning.

Eggs are good, too. Scrambled egg with smoked salmon probably worth getting up a bit earlier for!!

porridge
shredded wheat bitesize
yoghurt
boiled egg
scrambled egg
poached egg
omelette
bacon
home made sausage (so i can have it on a red sw day)
ham
cheese

these are 2 i used to love but i'm not sure if they would work without frying them?

hash browns
potato waffles

don't know if any of these are any good?

also we love kedgeree in this house at weekends.

eggs, in all their incarnations
wedge of cheese. though high fat is yummy.
sausages under a grill.

bananas with buckwheat pancakes
make the pancake mixture the night before
best of all
apple cake and banana cake
make with unrefined sugar, wholewheat flour, linseeds, pinenuts, loads of nuts -- will do you for two or three days
or flapjacks -- get your oats here! (they are sooooooooo good for you)
eggs and wholewheat toast without butter
go for wholewheat and nuts and filling stuff and don't worry about the calories because it will keep you going till lunch!
breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper

nappyaddict, those recipes look particularly yummy. And I loooooooove kedgeree, but have no clue how to make it. Anyone got any top tips. And is there any way of making it in advance and reheating - or is that just too dodgy with the rice? Obviously I could get a recipe book out, but am lazy.

"go for wholewheat and nuts and filling stuff and don't worry about the calories because it will keep you going till lunch!
breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper"

candypandy, you are right on my wavelength. I think that's what I'm aiming at. Have a nut-allergic DH, who cramps my style somewhat, but apple cake, buckwheat pancakes etc all sound like just the job.

Am going to print this thread out and keep it in an inspiring place.

this is the recipe i use. i don't see why you couldn't make it in advance.