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Almost Breakfast Rituals

October 25th, 2010

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We have rhythms in our house much more than we have rituals.  Maybe because there are so many people and so many chances for well-laid plans to go awry, maybe because I have great intentions, but not so great follow-through, maybe because my husband is more of a fun-loving fly by the seat of your pants kinda guy and less of a set in stone kinda person.  I don’t know, whatever it is, we have a hard time sticking to any one thing.

Last year’s holiday cooking extravaganza before Christmas.

But as we were thinking back to Christmases past we realized a lot of times we’ve mixed up a breakfast casserole the night before (just mix all the ingredients and leave uncooked, cover and set in fridge), popped it in the oven the morning of Christmas just after all the excitement has waned, and voila’ instant meal!  As I’ve said many times before we have to have protein to start the day off or our emotions are all over the place with too much sugar.  And Christmas morning, being a particularly sweet affair, needs much more balancing.  With the make-ahead egg casserole we don’t spend our special morning in the kitchen, we can spend it with our kiddos.  And that’s really what matters, right?

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  • http://www.tanton-grimm.blogspot.com Mandy

    We usually do a breakfast casserole on Christmas too!
    .-= Mandy´s last [post] ..Pumpkin Patch =-.

  • http://from-my-life.blogspot.com Kristin

    Every Christmas morning, we have orange cinnamon rolls. I look forward to it and my husband looks forward to it…and the kids just pick at their rolls and then go play. :-)
    .-= Kristin´s last [post] ..Order In Our Home- a short series part 1 =-.

  • http://www.seethefam.blogspot.com Kelly B

    Usually Christmas morning (or whatever morning around Christmas we are with my parents), my dad gets into the kitchen to cook his “infamous” breakfast!! We call it “Cripe” and it’s a recipe for a thick, heavy pancake made with simple ingredients and cooked in oil, that tradition says his parents only had during “tight times”. Then we cover it in syrup AND brown sugar!!! So not healthy….

    but it’s only ONCE a year!!

    And we all have such fun “cripe” memories and didn’t even realize it was a tradition until my brothers , introducing their future wives to the family, asked for the “cripe” recipe one Christmas!
    .-= Kelly B´s last [post] ..Two of My Favorite Guys =-.

  • http://imghanaadopt.blogspot.com Laurel

    For the past 27 years, I have made braided “candy cane” (shape) cherry sweetbreads for Christmas.

    On Christmas Eve morning, I make 10-15 of these (they are 15-20″ long) and then deliver them to our 10-15 closest friends for their Christmas morning breakfasts, as well.

    When we moved away 10 years ago, we had multiple friends that didn’t know what they were going to do for Christmas morning breakfast … they had each been eating my candy cane sweet breads for 10-15 years. :)

    This year … I will be getting home on Christmas Eve … after driving 9,000 miles in the previous 5 weeks. I don’t think the sweet breads will be done by Christmas. Maybe I’ll have to make some for New Years.
    .-= Laurel´s last [post] ..Sacrificing Our Children =-.

  • http://liasophia.com/christiedesilva Christie DeSilva

    Hmmm…yearly breakfast tradition? Everytime we go to my folks house for Christmas, the ALWAYS make Swedish pancakes for breakfast. Swedish pancakes and sausage. Of course, that’s what they make EVERY time we go to their house for breakfast, but hey…I need an contest entry. ;) Let’s call it tradition! :)

  • Brooke White

    We are usually so busy on Christmas morning that we just eat whatever we can grab. I make bacon/ brown sugar green beans so Donny and I are eating on them when they come out of the oven. We can’t help it, they are so good! The kids are usually to excited to eat much. So by the time we get to my Grandma’s we are all starving and eat a good lunch.

  • http://grandgiveaways.wordpress.com Mami2jcn

    We make cinnamon buns on Christmas morning.

    mami2jcn at gmail dot com

  • Nicole

    I always make breakfast pizza on Christmas morning. I make the crust (or I have just bought a pre-made crust) ahead of time. then I scramble up some eggs quick, brown up some sausage or bacon and top it all with some shredded cheese. just a brief time in the oven and everyone is happy :)

  • Amanda

    We always have cinnamon rolls and a fruit dish consisting of grapefruit and orange sections on Christmas morning. The fruit tradition was started by my Grandma back when my Mom was a little girl. Oranges and grapefruit were definitely a special occasion item during the 40′s and early 50′s in rural West Virginia.

  • meeyeehere aka Rachel Crisman

    Christmas Crepes!
    Fruit,honey and ice cream crepes!!YUM!!!
    jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com

  • meeyeehere aka Rachel Crisman
  • Haven

    Sunday mornings are special for us. Banana pancakes. <3

  • http://itsmomtime.blogspot.com/ Tabathia B

    We have pecan waffles on Christmas or crockpot french toast
    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
    .-= Tabathia B´s last [post] ..What I thought about Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas =-.

  • http://itsmomtime.blogspot.com/ Tabathia B

    tweet
    http://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/28843976516
    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
    .-= Tabathia B´s last [post] ..What I thought about Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas =-.

  • http://totallysuckrock.blogspot.com tammigirl

    Christmas morning calls for a hearty meal. We don’t have a tradition, exactly. The last couple of years my mother has brought over biscuits, sausages and eggs – nice! She’s a wonderful grandma.
    .-= tammigirl´s last [post] ..Wet Puppies =-.

  • susitravl

    If I didn’t fix baked blueberry french toast on Christmas, I think my kids would revolt!
    susitravl(at)gmail(dot)com

  • Cris Richman

    The kids get up super early on holidays because they think about presents and have to get up.We just eat what ever we want because thats our holiday tradition,not nagging the kids to eat right a few days out of the year

    truthhole@gmail.com

  • Xandra

    I’d like to think my family had the best Christmas breakfast tradition when I was growing up. My grandmother would buy champagne and smoked salmon as a special treat. It was my job to toast bread triangles, spread on some cream cheese, a slice of salmon, diced onions, lemon juice and capers… and we would devour platefuls of it with champagne (which I was only privy to after turning about 14). It was always very exciting and my sister and I would open our stockings as we had breakfast. This is my first Christmas with my own little family and I plan on continuing the tradition!

  • Maria

    No yearly morning tradition just family breakfasts on Saturdays when we are in no rush to get out of the house.

  • http://www.etsy.com/shop/scoomer Heather S

    Our ritual consists of me cooking breakfast every morning. Scrambled eggs, sometimes waffles, crepes, french toast, or oatmeal. Then I help the kiddos get ready! On holidays we always make a little something holiday related for breakfast, like Boo-Berry Muffins!
    .-= Heather S´s last [post] ..Embroidery Thread Card Felt Pin Brooch =-.

  • eunice b

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  • eunice b

    We don’t have a yearly tradition for breakfast either only on Saturdays when our schedule is relaxed and less rigid…no family get togethers to get to at a certain time. :-)

    ~eunice b
    tigergal01 @gmail .com

  • Katy P

    Christmas morning we make Berries & Cream French Toast!

  • http://www.gothicchainmail.com/ Sunshyn V

    We don’t have any yerarly morning traditions really. Just things like opening the presents on Christmas before everyone sitting down to a big breakfast.
    chainmail(at) iwon(dot) com

  • Amber Gi

    ( I have the same chairs, and the map in your kit is the same one I have in the kids school room)
    We have a special Christmas morning strata.
    tattgiff at centurytel dot net

  • eileen

    We do have birthday tradition where each picks ALL day’s meals, and breakfast is silly, shaped tinted pancakes.(yes, even my now 18 year old senior still loves her pancakes in Mickey shapes with choco chips faces!)

    Easter is a mad dash to church so always sweet rolls, Halloween is not anything special although the day after is my bday so sometimes I get kid-made breakfast in bed…complete with egg shells in scrambled eggs. Usually we are all too sick on candy to even eat breakfast that day!

    our big tradition is on Christmas morning!
    After gift opening on Christmas morning, we make heart shaped waffles with strawberries and whipped cream, baked omelets, sweet rolls, and breakfast meats. then we dive into the homemade holiday treat trays! the kids love to help with the waffles! they love to make them because of a timer that beeps like a birdie and makes them laugh still! They mound up redi whip on their waffles and we let them go CRAZy with it…going round and round like a christmas tree and add sprinkles to look like just that!

    thanks so much!

    ejrichter60 at gmail dot com

  • eileen
  • Heather Henderson

    Every morning on the day of the first Chiefs game we all load into the car, grab a newspaper with all the special insets, and then head out to the game to tailgate. We then head home, if we don’t have tickets, and watch it on TV
    hmhenderson AT yahoo DOT com

  • Heather Henderson

    tweeted
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  • Kristi Miller

    Christmas morning is french toast and breakfast casserole! After presents and stockings! Wish we had several of them each year!

  • http://www.allgoodinmommyhood.com Jodie

    Christmas Morning. Open presents, open stockings, get dressed, go to my parents’, have a HUGE family brunch. Best morning ever.

  • nan lara

    once a year we all meet at my parents place with all of our kids and we have special breakfasts for 2 weeks..nothing fancy but we take turns planning and cooking
    nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net

  • shala_darkstone

    Hi, our Christmas holiday breakfast ritual is chocolate chip waffles. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  • http://www.sscharolais.blogspot.com Darcy

    Christmas morning always means quiche and homemade cinnamon rolls!

  • Shannon F.

    Saturday mornings usually include sausage and eggs and fix’ns in our family, it’s our favorite meal but there’s no time during the week!

  • Judith

    Christmas day is the only time. I host the family brunch.

  • Judith
  • http://kmassman-scrapbooks-cards.blogspot.com Kelly Massman

    We usually have special breakfast days on the weekend with pancakes, bacon and eggs! :-) That is also the only time I allow myself the treat of having coffee! Thanks! kmassman gmail
    .-= Kelly Massman´s last [post] ..Julie – Senior Pics – 2010 =-.

  • Mary M

    My favorite breakfast is on Mothers Day. I always get breakfast in bed.
    marybug2@yahoo.com

  • Mary M
  • http://aspritzofsis.wordpress.com/ Colleen

    No, we don’t have a yearly breakfast tradition. We do make a similar “farmers’ strata” occasionally for holidays though.
    .-= Colleen´s last [post] ..Halloween Cupcakes =-.

  • http://aspritzofsis.wordpress.com/ Colleen

    Also tweeted: http://twitter.com/sunnymum/status/29134021466
    .-= Colleen´s last [post] ..Halloween Cupcakes =-.

  • Debbie Bellows

    we don’t have a yearly breakfast tradition.

  • Tracy Robertson

    No yearly morning tradition here. We usually have a bowl of cereal on Christmas morning because we know that we will be eating like pigs for the rest of the day :0)

  • Lewis F

    Weekends and holidays are for bacon and eggs after healthy weekday breakfasts.

  • Janice

    our ritual is eating breakfast together as a family on the weekends. No time on the weekdays because of work

  • http://wesharewithyou.com Susan S

    New Years Day we all go to my parents house and eat pancakes and hamburger with gravy. It is good and the only day we eat it.
    .-= Susan S´s last [post] ..My son got punched in the nose =-.

  • Sara @Doodle741

    Our Christmas morning tradition is Sour Dough pancakes!! I *L-O-V-E* them! I have the starter, but I am horrible about making them for myself and my family – so Christmas Eve Mom preps the batter and then Christmas morning she makes them! YUMMO!!

    Thanks for the chance!

  • Kathleen

    We do not have any breakfast traditions in our family. It is about time to start one though.

    Sparklezstars@cfl.rr.com

  • http://www.agentnerdy.com abitnerdy

    I adore the little glimpse into your family.

    No traditions per se, or that I can think of buuuuttt every year we pack ourselves like sardines into a car and drive over to Grandma’s house and help with the cooking, if you can’t help with the cooking you’re helping clean up and set up the for dinner. We dont have a dinner table big enough, so we set up on the floor. lol*

    We’ve done this for years and years and years I look forward to it, even if my bum is sore from sitting on tiles X)
    .-= abitnerdy´s last [post] ..Little Debbie’s “Trick or Tweet” Twitter Party! =-.

  • http://www.gearygang.blogspot.com Leah

    We have a ritual of moving in rhythms too..we have 4 children and nothing is ever set in stone..we do get together with fam and eat a huge Christmas breakfast…

    leahforlove(at)aol(dot)com

  • http://www.gearygang.blogspot.com Leah

    http://twitter.com/#!/leahforlove/status/29190497789

    leahforlove(at)aol(dot)com
    .-= Leah´s last [post] ..A Fire During The Rain =-.

  • Susan Smith

    Christmas mornings I make cinnamon rolls and a breakfast cassarole

  • Susan Smith
  • http://www.mylifewithfourkids.blogspot.com Jennifer

    We have a BIG breakfast Christmas eve morning before going to my parents that evening for supper!

  • Marcia Goss

    We get up, make coffee, and open presents. Then I fix a big breakfast, usually scrambled eggs and bacon.

  • Marcia Goss
  • Debbie Bellows

    left my main entry yesterday! Back for a second entry today by tweeting!

    http://twitter.com/bellows22/statuses/29202753619

  • http://www.theholleyherald.com Aisha

    We usually eat breakfast together with my husband’s family on Christmas Day.
    .-= Aisha´s last [post] ..Costume =-.

  • Debra F

    Christmas morning is the certainly my favorite morning. My kids are early morning risers, and Christmas morning is no different. They are up usually at about 6am. We watch them open all their presents while my husband and I drink our coffee. The stash of new toys keeps them busy while I start cooking breakfast. Our tradition is french toast (made with my mother’s homemade Challah bread), bacon, eggs, and homemade home fries. We feast and it usually keeps us full and satisfied until Christmas dinner is ready!

  • Betty C

    We don’t really have any breakfast rituals. The closest was occasional Winchell’s doughnuts on Sunday or when DH would cook breakfast on the weekend. For Christmas everyone was too anxious to open packages to have breakfast before the gifts. It got so that I would pop some Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls in the oven for a special treat after the gifts were open.

  • Betty N

    Whenever we have guests for breakfast, I fix a blueberry French Toast casserole. Since it is set up the night before, It is easy to fix a “fancy” breakfast

  • Betty N
  • april yedinak

    Holiday breakfasts I make homemade waffles and we have orange juice (we don’t usually have it around for regular breakfast, because the kids drink it all as soon as it is bought).

  • Georgia

    Are only ritual is to get together on Saturday or Sunday when possible to go out to eat. Kids are older now so it is a little harder to do it.
    gmissycat at yahoo dot com

  • Georgia

    Tweeted here
    http://twitter.com/gmissycat/status/29280184513
    gmissycat at yahoo dot com

  • Steph

    Not yearly, but we celebrate every Sunday morning with a big breakfast!

  • Steph
  • Jessica

    Every year my entire family gathers at my dad’s house for Christmas breakfast. It’s usually more fun and filling than our Christmas dinner!

  • Jessica

    I tweeted
    http://twitter.com/jjak2003/status/29300030364
    jjak2003 at gmail dot com

  • PauleyD

    On Christmas morning, we open presents first, then we eat breakafast, much, much, later. Usually everyone is so excited that food is the last thing on our minds. So, breakfast usally doesn’t happen until 11 or so. I make pancakes later on.

    pauleyd68 (at) yahoo (dot) com

  • PauleyD

    (http://twitter.com/lpauld68/status/29301666444)

    pauleyd68 (at) yahoo (dot) com

  • http://www.queenieslittlekingdom.com wanda

    Christmas morning. We make monkey bread and while it’s cooking, we open gifts. Then lounge around the table eating afterwards.
    Giggling, playing with new stuff and chatting!

  • Norma

    Every New Years Day we go out for breakfast! I love I don’t have to cook :)

  • LAMusing

    For Easter breakfast we always have ham, eggs, OJ and warm cinnamon rolls!

  • http://sweetqt.wordpress.com Eve

    I love it when we go to ihop for breakfast every christmas
    shopgurl101 at gmail dot com

  • http://sweetqt.wordpress.com Eve

    tweeteed http://twitter.com/shopgurl/status/29322825117

    shopgurl101 at gmail dot com
    .-= Eve´s last [post] ..Wendys Pick 2 Menu Giveaways =-.

  • Kerry

    I usually make the Christmas overnight casserole with the eggs and bread – we love a big Christmas morning breakfast!

  • Jamie

    We always have breakfast at my house Christmas morning! We invite my aunt and uncle, mom and dad, grandparents – and everyone sits down for a nice family breakfast and my 5 year old son gets to show off his gifts from Santa! This year we’ll have a new addition – I have a baby due in a week, so it will be a little more challenging, but definitely special! I’ll be out on unpaid maternity leave through Christmas, so I would LOVE to win this to help actually purchase our breakfast items. Thanks for the chance! Here’s crossing my fingers!! :)

  • Jamie
  • Betty C

    Please delete this if it is a duplicate. I couldn’t find my original tweet comment.
    Tweet – http://twitter.com/willitara/status/29214629032

  • jamie

    Our Special breakfast day is Easter, Christmas, and a couple unplanned days every couple of months

  • jamie
  • http://none scott

    We don’t really have a special breakfast day but during the fall and winter months, its very common to find pumpkin bread or cake or donuts on the table!

  • http://none scott
  • http://www.fotomacro.etsy.com angie

    For us its all about pumpkin and apples this time of year. Pumpkin pancakes and fried apples, apple and pumpkin bread or butter…mmmmm

  • http://www.fotomacro.etsy.com angie

    I tweeted here: http://twitter.com/#!/FotoMacro/status/29399983984
    .-= angie´s last [post] ..Purple Morning Glory =-.

  • Jill H

    We always have sliced beef gravy over biscuits every Christmas before we open any presents.

  • Jill H
  • http://kaholly.blogspot.com kaholly

    Sunday mornings are always a special morning. We have a big breakfast that varies from week to week as we each take turns picking our favorites! Now that we are older, we all take turns preparing the meal. We turn off the telephone, gather as a family, and share our stories, joke around, and spend quality time together.
    .-= kaholly´s last [post] ..Serendipity in a Nutshell =-.

  • Becky Horn

    No special breakfast days for us, we are always on the run so poptarts, cereal, toast is what we use.
    sweokgrl@gmail.com

  • Nicole Greene

    No yearly morning traditions here but during the week it’s quick breakfast and every sunday we have a huge waffle breakfast!!!

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