breakfast obsession

i'm realizing i have an obsession with breakfast. eggs, prepared every which way. toast and spreads. pancakes. quiches, muffins, oatmeal. basically, anything and all things. but if you know me in the slightest, you know that my daily breakfast is far from the aforementioned list. so what's with the obsession?

i am 100% that person who sticks to the same breakfast, or some variant of it, every single day. some type of cereal or granola, yogurt, and fruit. it's a no-fuss mix, keeping me satisfied through the morning without lulling me into a food coma. it's been a tried and true breakfast through the years, never letting me down.

but i'm also 100% that person who enjoys reading through the breakfast items on a menu at a cafe; who gets tickled every time a breakfast section appears in bon appetit or food and wine magazine; who will do a close-up of breakfast photos taken on instagram by others. with this attention focused on breakfast items, i know deep down that i won't be that person who actually eats those things for breakfast. 

it's not to say that i don't like the quiches and baked eggs and jammed-up toasts. it's just that i don't like them for breakfast. they throw my body for a loop, either filling me up too much for a morning run or leaving me empty-handed somehow, someway. 

so i figure in order to get my "breakfast fix" and try new things like the rest of america, i can enjoy these breakfast items for dinner, where anything goes. and to be honest, i would rather eat a hearty frittata and roasted potatoes with a glass of wine over a cup of tea any day. 

in the meantime, the breakfast obsession continues.