Breakfast ideas

[Liz]

My mum is arriving home from the UK on Thursday (yay!) and her flight gets in really early. My Bro & his family are picking her up and bringing her home. We'll be there to welcome her, and I know a few friends want to pop in and welcome her home too. I was thinking of putting on a breakfast, but I thought I'd ask you girls for some ideas of what to serve which isn't bacon & eggs! hehe. I thought something a little different would be nice.

For starters I was thinking a big plate of croissants as opposed to toast. I know that's not very creative LOL.. but I just want something easy, but still nice, and perhaps a little different. I soooo don't want to scramble two dozen eggs LOL. And I don't really wanna stand at the frypan for an hour churning out pancakes.

I know you girls will have some creative ideas for me

[feeb]

croissants are a great idea and you can have ham and cheese and jam etc for people to choose what they want.

maybe muffins and crumpets also.

u can buy packet waffles and picklets and people can heat up if they want

fresh fruit salad

hth

[Liz]

Aah yeah - fruit! That'd add a nice fresh element to it. I so don't want a greasy fry-up (as much as I love em hehe...)

Might make a trip down to the bakery to get the croissants fresh. I quite like the frozen ones, but i think they'll be nicer fresh, and I can probably grab some varieties too. Can always warm them up quickly in the oven.

[Beach Mama]

Here are some ideas from my Christmas brunch thread!

English muffins with cream cheese, salmon and dill.
French toast.
Chocolate and banana bread
Eggs Benedict the easy way.....
Line muffin tins with thin slices of ham (bottom & sides), crack an egg into each tin on top of the ham. Place in the oven until eggs are cooked. Serve on toasted muffins with Hollandaise sauce.

Ham & Cheese crossionts in the oven are a fav & easy too.
Fresh fruit platter is always a winner.
French toast made with Raisin Bread

[Liz]

Oh wow - I love the idea of the ham & egg thing in the muffin tray! Do you just serve them all on a 'help yourself' kind of plate?

ETA: argh.. hollandaise sauce looks too hard LOL. Alternatives for sauce?

[Beach Mama]

Yep! If I was you I would do a buffet style hun, that way people can take what they like, rather than you having to dish up each plate! Much easier! A platter of them, some fruit, some premade/bought pikelets maybe, some croissoints, banana bread and you're done! I also did a non-alcholic fruit breakfast punch that was easy too rather than buying tonnes of fruit juice! Will try to find the recipe for you!

[Olive]

what about some yogurt?