I nag my children about how important breakfast is and make sure they eat something as I throw them out the door of a morning, tossing lost socks and forgotten homework after them.
Yet it is a case of do as I say, not as I do. I don’t normally eat breakfast. Unless it’s the full on “big” breakfast prepared by a lovely chef at a trendy cafe. Then I’ll go the sausages, bacon, tomato, hash brown, three times baked souffle, the works. Nothing like a Saturday or Sunday morning spent enjoy a leisurely breakfast someone else has prepared and will wash up!
Don’t write in, I know it’s bad. I would never have shared my guilty secret of skipping breakfast except for my giving myself this silly challenge of using Fat Mum Slim’s photo-a-day as a writing prompt. Chantelle elected “breakfast” as today’s picture. So I had to go and make myself some breakfast to photograph.
I elected for the easy option of my usual coffee, and Vegemite on toast. Now the difficult part, explaining Vegemite to international readers. It’s a yeast extract (which sounds like something that requires antibiotics and a topical cream) but no, it’s made of yeast and apparently has a lot of vitamin B. It’s black and sort-of salty. Australian Children throughout the generations have been Vegemite kids, on toast for breakfast, on sandwiches for lunch on a Sao for a snack. Oh god there’s another one, Sao a “cracker” I guess. I’m thinking you may need to have been fed Vegemite from a very young age to have developed a liking for it.
Right, now I’ve photographed, filtered, shared and posted this darn breakfast I better go an eat it!
What did you have for breakfast this morning?
I love Vegemite, but I’m afraid I may never eat it again after that description! I must have breakfast as soon as I get up, starting with tea, then toast with jam or Vegemite, then sometimes some muesli too later because I started so early. Yep, I’m a breakfast person.
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You are a very good and healthy person.
I love that you’re using the prompts as writing prompts. I. Do. Not. Like. Vegemite.
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And you call yourself an Aussie? Although it is a kinda weird thing to have as a national food!
Coffee. Nothing else matters.
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Marmite FTW!!! Wish they would hurry up and bring it back!
I’ll add my two cents worth to that sentiment too! I miss my Marmite SOMETHING FIERCE. Vegemite, while being similar, is NOT THE SAME. 🙂
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Ohhh no, can’t go the Marmite.
that looks like a fine breakfast – as long as, say, you don’t make me eat it. oatmeal, please. joy and good health to you!
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I promise never to make you eat it!
I don’t eat a lot at breakfast, usually a couple of pieces of toast and a coffee. If I’m in a hurry, it’s just coffee. But then I find myself pigging out on something at morning tea time, lol.
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Yes I definately like an early lunch!!
In our house we have Vegemite, promote and MightyMite (the gluten free version). I have recently taken to eating MightyMite on toast for breakfast. At the moment everyone in my house eats breakfast but I have eating breakfast out envy.
Someone i know has Brunch as her version of date night with her husband. I’m thinking that is a tradition we should start.
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I like the sound of the brunch tradition!
I love how the social media universe has enough power over us to talk you into going to make breakfast. (Totally would have worked on me too.) I have cereal for breakfast – almost everyday. Unless I go out for brunch – brunch is my favorite meal of the day – whether it be stuffed french toast or eggs benedict. Eek, I’m making myself hungry now.
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Brunch is a wonderful thing.