Index of breakfast-related articles

Index of breakfast-related articles

Breakfast is the first meal of the day, typically consumed in the morning. The word derives from the idea of breaking the overnight fasting period. The type of breakfast consumed varies widely around the world, from simple, light fare to hearty, complex meals. This is an index of breakfast-related articles.

A

• American breakfast – A style of breakfast that originated in the United States, typically consisting of foods like eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, and coffee.

• Acai bowl – A breakfast dish made with acai berries, often topped with granola, fruit, and honey.

B

• Bacon – A type of salt-cured pork, commonly served as part of a traditional breakfast in many countries.

• Bagel – A round bread product, often topped with cream cheese and served for breakfast.

• Biscuits and gravy – A popular breakfast dish in the southern United States.

• Breakfast cereal – A processed cereal grain, often eaten with milk.

• Breakfast sandwich – A type of sandwich made with breakfast ingredients.

• Brunch – A combination of breakfast and lunch, often served with alcoholic beverages.

C

• Cereal – A common breakfast food, often eaten with milk.

• Coffee – A popular caffeinated beverage often consumed at breakfast.

• Continental breakfast – A light breakfast typically consisting of pastries and baked goods, fruits, and coffee.

• Croissant – A buttery, flaky, viennoiserie pastry of Austrian origin, often eaten for breakfast in France and other countries.

D

• Doughnut – A type of fried dough confectionery or dessert food, often eaten for breakfast.

E

• Eggs Benedict – A traditional American breakfast or brunch dish that consists of two halves of an English muffin each topped with Canadian bacon, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce.

• English breakfast – A hearty breakfast style that originated in England, typically consisting of bacon, eggs, sausage, toast, and tea or coffee.

F

• French toast – A dish made of sliced bread soaked in eggs and milk, then fried.

G

• Granola – A breakfast food and snack food consisting of rolled oats, nuts, honey or other sweeteners.

H

• Hash browns – A popular American breakfast dish that consists of pan-fried shredded, diced, julienned or riced potatoes.

I

• Irish breakfast – A type of breakfast traditionally eaten in Ireland, typically consisting of bacon, sausage, black and white pudding, fried eggs, and tea or coffee.

J

• Japanese breakfast – A style of breakfast that originated in Japan, typically consisting of steamed rice, miso soup, and various side dishes.

K

• Kedgeree – A dish consisting of cooked, flaked fish, boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, butter or cream, and occasionally sultanas.

L

• Lox – A fillet of brined salmon, often served on a bagel with cream cheese.

M

• Muesli – A breakfast and brunch dish based on raw rolled oats and other ingredients like grains, fresh or dried fruits, seeds and nuts.

N

• Nutella – A brand of sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread, often spread on toast for breakfast.

O

• Oatmeal – A type of coarse flour made of hulled oat grains that have either been milled or steel-cut.

• Omelette – A dish made from beaten eggs fried with butter or oil in a frying pan.

P

• Pancake – A flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter and cooked on a hot surface.

• Porridge – A dish made by boiling ground, crushed, or chopped starchy plants in milk or water.

Q

• Quiche – A French tart consisting of pastry crust filled with savoury custard and pieces of cheese, meat, seafood or vegetables.

R

• Rice pudding – A dish made from rice mixed with water or milk and other ingredients such as cinnamon and raisins.

S

• Smoothie – A thick, creamy beverage made from pureed raw fruit, and sometimes vegetables, typically using a blender.

• Sausage – A meat product usually made from ground meat, often pork, beef, or poultry, along with salt, spices and other flavorings.

T

• Toast – Sliced bread that has been browned by exposure to radiant heat.

• Tea – A hot beverage made by infusing the leaves of the tea plant in boiling water.

U

• Uitsmijter – A traditional Dutch dish that is often eaten as a hearty breakfast or lunch.

V

• Vegan breakfast – A breakfast that excludes all animal products including eggs and dairy.

W

• Waffle – A dish made from leavened batter or dough that is cooked between two plates that are patterned to give a characteristic size, shape, and surface impression.

X

• Xôi – A sweet or savoury Vietnamese dish made from glutinous rice and other ingredients.

Y

• Yogurt – A food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk.

Z

• Zucchini bread – A type of quick bread made with grated zucchini.

See also

• List of breakfast foods
• List of breakfast beverages
• List of breakfast cereals
• List of breakfast topics