Aside from cereal or toast, this is probably the first breakfast food I ever learned to prepare for myself. During the week, cereal was pretty much standard fare for breakfast for me and my brothers. Perhaps once a week my mom would make oatmeal (usually during the winter months), which was always a nice change, but on weekend mornings, my dad would tend to take over the kitchen. We had a gas stove that always required turning the gas on a bit, then taking a lighted match to it. That exciting, sometimes scary pwoaf! of ignition is something I haven't heard in close to ten years, I think. I used to prefer my eggs sunnyside-up and on the side so that I could dip the potatoes into the egg yolks, but I came to appreciate them cooked with the potatoes as you see here. My preference is to cook the potatoes to just this side of done, so that there's just a little bit of crunch still left in them. Oh... and with lots of salt and lots of pepper.

the chill of the morning today made me try the teff I bought to bake with as a warm morning cereal as described on the label totally tastes like cream of wheat to me, same texture, same earthy grain mouth feel not bad at all......the recipe was 2 cups salted boiling water and 1/2 cup teff....lower heat to simmer, cover and stir every so often for 20-30 minutes.....when the water is all absorbed it is ready, they suggest topping it with cinnamon, honey and dried fruit I had it plain and it was fine, I wanted to taste it...I would like to add some pecans or walnuts.....and maybe sliced bananas.....a nice change to the oatmeal of normal! hubby said it tasted like sand, but he hates oatmeal as well!