I need some breakfast ideas...

[Ridgeline]

Looking for some suggestions for a quick and easy breakfast other than oatmeal and granola.

[mister krabs]

grits with bacon bits, bagels, ziplock eggs with bacon bits.
those are my favorites.

[sheepdog]

I ate poptarts my last hike. THey were great.

[ShelterLeopard]

Or couscous- just boil water, put your dry couscous in a mug, pour the hot water over it, cover it for a minute or two, and voila! Couscous. Which, by the way, is really good with brown sugar and dried cherries/ fruit.

[sheepdog]

dried fruit, minute rice, brown sugar, nido milk, and cinimon. mix in a baggie before trip. just add water.

[ShelterLeopard]

Although, if you really want something easy, I think Downhill had the right idea. Snickers bar for breakfast is not bad.

My own theory is that you should have breakfast for dinner and dinner for breakfast, because you need more strength during the day. I never actually do that though- just oatmeal and snickers for me, nice and simple.

And for me, I get sick of poptarts and granola REALLY FAST.

[Red Hat]

No cook: tortilla with peanut butter or peanut butter/jelly mix

[ShelterLeopard]

OH and I forgot, BACON. Either precooked bacon, or frozen bacon in January/February. I haven't actually tried the frozen bacon idea yet, but hopefully it'll work, and it won't attract every single bear in Georgia.

[DAKS]

fig newtons
protein powders
snickers
pnut butter and raisins in a tortilla
honeybuns
gummy bears

[ShelterLeopard]

fig newtons
protein powders
snickers
pnut butter and raisins in a tortilla
honeybuns
gummy bears

What are honeybuns? Are they like cinnamon buns, or gummy bears? Or maybe completely different? They sound good though...

[Mags]

I was going to say fig newtons. I did a sleeve of them almost every morning on my PCT and CDT thru-hikes.

For weekend backpacks..a trick I've used that is actually pretty decent is an "omelet" in a bag. Add your eggs, salsa, cheese and onions (and maybe a little cream) into a heavy duty ziplock all mixed up. Add bag to hot water in your cookpot when ready to eat.

Works great for a first night out in cool weather. Mmmm....

[DAKS]

What are honeybuns? Are they like cinnamon buns, or gummy bears? Or maybe completely different? They sound good though...

check out the lil' debbie section of snack bars. yeah, kinda' like the luxury of a cinnabon(sp?) on the trail.

[bigmac_in]

I agree with the fig newtons. It's either that or oatmeal for me.

[DaveJohns]

Bacon. Bagels with honey. more Bacon.

[toegem]

Fig Newtons sounds great my mouth was watering on my last hike everytime I saw that package on the table, other wise cereal with pdr. milk or quick cook oatmeal with lots of different types of dried furit thrown in and a couple of cups of instant black coffee.

[sixhusbands]

You can now get apple and blueberrie varieties of bar cookie and mix them up with the Fig Newtons for a change of pace. Spam comes in singles and that on a bagel is very good too!

[nox]

pancakes!! the just add water kind. cook them in the lid/ frying pan of your cookset. Get single serving syrup at Mc'donalds. Yum!

[Deadeye]

meusli (raw oats, walnuts, almonds, raisins, dates) and powdered milk. Oatmeal without cooking, and it does taste different. I don't add sugar, but sometimes add dried cherries. Maybe an acquired taste, but I eat it almost daily, on trail or off. Good carbs, fiber, monounsaturated fats.

[Dogwood]

ProBar, Raw Revolution Energy Bar, dried fruit, handful of dried nuts and/or seeds, supplements, start drinking protein powder and Emergency w/MSM drinks, green drink, or some combination of above.

I know you don't want to hear it, but with a little creativity you can go so many different directions with fast cooking inexpensive grains, LIKE OATMEAL, cous cous, millet, etc. Don't just think, "OK I have to eat that prepackaged artificially flavored gloop again this morning. Wander around the grocery store and look for ways to have a different twist on oatmeal each time you enjoy it.

[kanga]

bagels with cream cheese, grits with cheese and bacon bits (the real bacon bits come cooked and in a resealable bag near the salad dressing now), granola with dehydrated fruit and powdered milk, poptarts, nutragrain bars when i'm in a rush.