The Perfect Breakfast

usually every saturday morning, the adorable one have breakfast at our favorite spot, which is such a treat. for one thing, we've been going there a few years now, so the entire staff knows us, for the most part and we've been able to sample almost the entire breakfast menu, knowing that we have a few favorites that we typically order. my idea of a perfect breakfast stems from my folks taking us kids to denny's for the grand slam breakfast.

i mean, if it was up to me, every day i would have two or three scambled eggs, two or three pancakes, maybe a sausage link, hashbrowns, a pancake or two, maybe some toast or a biscuit. yay, i really like a big breakfast. and certainly i could not eat all that every day and i would weigh like a thousand pounds if i did, but lordy, it would be good.

so most mornings, my breakfast usually consists of the following:

1 12 ounce can of diet coke
1 6 ounce serving of yoplait yogurt (strawberry or strawberry cheesecake flavor)
1 banana
and then some kind of leftover--today it was a half turkey sandwich on wheat bread with dijon mustard and mayonnaise

but my absolute favorite, when i've got it, is leftover pasta from fazoli's. i know, it sounds nutty, but think about it--you got your carbs from the noodles, the meatballs are a wonderful source of protein, and the tomato sauce, well tomatoes are technically fruit, and if you add some shredded cheese, well you've got all the food groups covered. and it's filling. and delish.

when that doesn't work, the overpriced bagels from the overpriced cafeteria are a good substitute. especially with lotsa melted butter and honey.

now if they would just serve doughnuts at lunch or dinner, wherever you went, man, oh man. why hasn't anyone else thought of this? is it just me? is it?