Everyone else eats beans for breakfast, right?
OK. I am fully aware that I may get the "weird award" for my breakfast preferences, but if you haven't tried eating them in the morning, you are missing out.
When hubby and I went vegan, I did my fair share of baking vegan donuts, pop-tarts and coffee cakes. I have never been a huge breakfast eater, so most of the time I would skip it. Or I would eat half a Larabar or an apple and a handful of raw almonds to give me the energy I needed for my morning workouts (I still do that sometimes). I was never a huge egg person (blech), but I definitely missed the savory options in the morning.
And then my southern friend introduced me to garlic-y, salty, creamy grits. And I was sold. I started making them every so often with tofu and then one day I had leftover black beans. They were delicious, although the grits were a bit heavy and the protein in the beans left me satisfied through my usual "snacky" times.
When hubby and I went to Costa Rica, we had this incredible buffet at the hotel. Obviously we didn't partake in the majority of the offerings, but they had these awesome potatoes and gallo pinto (black beans and rice). We would eat it with fresh salsa and guacamole...seriously it was probably one of the best things we have ever eaten. The great thing about this was that we would eat around 6:00am, go surfing, ziplining or work (apparently we had to work in paradise), and I had very little desire to snack until lunch time. I wasn't stuffed, just comfortably satisfied.
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| Our unbelievable Costa Rican breakfasts... |
So as Yo Gabba Gabba says,
"Try it. You'll like it."
"Try it. You'll like it."
What do you eat for breakfast?
