The FastDay Forum

Oh my, i was reading it and thinking what a great idea for my company this weekend. It really does speak to where you grew up and what foods you eat. I love hashbrowns in my cheese omelet...and a lot of people like sausage...so why not cook it all together? Kind of like a slow cooked fritatta:)

Oh by the way, oatmeal (or porridge) is divine cooked overnight in the crockpot. Oatmeal, water, apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, raisins...ready when you wake up. Keeps well all week in fridge to heat up as well.

My American family who live in Indiana have a similar favourite breakfast dish of an eggy custard made with cornmeal and with stirfried sausage meet thru it and then baked and served on hash browns. They always make it when they come and have Christmas with us. Its not inedible, but you cant beat eggs benedict with bacon. Everythings better with hollandaise on it!

Oh just give me a poached egg with my special tarragon mustard on a couple of wilted spinach leaves straight from my garden served on a large portobello mushroom if you can't have toast. Yes @PennyForthem I said toast. I would add a couple of slices of fresh ham off the bone if it's Christmas morning and a grind of salt & pepper and some fresh sliced tomatoes of the vine

Very interesting replies!
Now, 'cos I'm stuck in the house with the chutneys and am in need of some light entertainment, I totted up the calories (using British equivalent ingredients) and it comes to a whopping 5000 calories, give or take the odd calorie!

And that's before you add anything else!

So, whichever way you cut the crockpot breakfast, think of your waistlines, my dears!

I agree with @GoLinda. The slow cooker/ crockpot is a fantastic way to cook porridge, it comes out so creaming its divine. If you add anykind of dried fruit it plumps up the fruit as well. Just yummy. All that plus the pot is easy to clean, well easier than making it in a pan on the stove top.