Comments on: What’s for Breakfast?

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:58:37 +0000

@ Katherine – Here is the response I got from my friend:

soooo, sounds great, people like our cooked fruit idea :). there are many options, you could make it with oil, but we always only add water. very important is to add kuzu in the end (to make it thicker, and let it cook for one minute afterward) and to put apples in the beginning and for example bananas and strawberry in the end. it takes longer to cook apples… you can warm up every kind of fruit, so tell her to experiment with it. and don’t let it cook too long, but long enough for the fruits to be soft. what else, oh yes: add cinnamon in the end as well, to give it the good flavour.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:03:44 +0000

@Katherine – I’ve emailed my friend and asked about the cook fruit recipe. I’ll share it with you when I hear back :)

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:19:06 +0000

Love the cooked fruit idea from Belgium. I have OAS (Oral Allergy Syndrome) so I can’t eat anything raw. Produce which is botanically related to the tree pollen I am allergic to is MISidentified by the body as pollen, not produce, and so my throat closes up, tongue swells up, etc. I really miss fruit (and salads). When you cook food it changes the size of the protein so your body does not identify it as something you are allergic to. Once pollen season is over (since it’s not wise to experiment with anything new during pollen season) I’m going to try the cooked fruit. Did they cook it in olive oil or what liquid did they use to cook it?

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:03:43 +0000

Wow! This is a great post. I loved all your breakfast ideas except for the little mice. The food coloring would set me off to start, but the anise flavor would send me over the edge. :( I love the idea of flavored sunflower spread, and also cooked fruit. And of course, I sometimes fall into a smoothie habit during the summer.

By: Carissa

Carissa — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:10:59 +0000

All of those spreads look so good! Especially the chocolate one and the sunflower seed ones. I think I would like a garlic one :) I’ve actually been meaning to make some muesli for breakfast. Thanks for the reminder.

By: Abbe

Abbe — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:59:31 +0000

I don’t have a regular blender either, only an immersion blender and that’s what I’ve always used for making smoothies.

I love being able to see what people from other countries eat for breakfast. It gives me ideas for something different here at home. I wish we had some of those products here.

By: Jessica @ Lima's Vegan Kitchen

Jessica @ Lima's Vegan Kitchen — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:45:45 +0000

Your rice milk is named after my cat! Or maybe my cats named after your rice milk?? ;)

Everything looks so yummy. I love your site so much because it reminds me of when I was travelling around Europe trying to make sense of all these labels! but i’m with you about breakfast. Its the first thing I want when I wake up!

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:01:24 +0000

@Nutmeg – If you can’t find things like the sprinkles and Speculoos spread in your supermarket, you can always order them online.

@Elaine – I actually considered bringing a magic bullet but decided against it. I didn’t want to stick with my old habits. If I did that, I probably wouldn’t have tried half these things!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:58:05 +0000

If you got an immersion blender that comes apart in the middle, you might even be able to fit that in your backpack so you could have smoothies more often!

By: Nutmeg

Nutmeg — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:58:03 +0000

Wow; all of it looks so yummy! I am in the USA, could i find those items here if i went to an international supermarket? I have never heard of cooking fruit in a pan like that, very interesting. I wish i could reach into the computer and try everything you posted. Thanks for this entry cause i am getting bored with my breakfasts and i saw it on facebook so i scooted over here to have a look. Yummy Yummy in the Tummy!!