One of my goals for myself has been to provide increasingly nicer breakfasts everyday for my husband. “Increasingly nicer” can at times still include strategically storebought items that fit a need for him, but the spirit is him not having to be part of when we all can get into a rut and eat like, a mere sad banana or a weird handful of crackers or something for breakfast. Things hot off the griddle, homemade freeze-able breakfast sandwiches, and a curation of purchase-able favorites are part of the mix.
So much of doing a good job making your husband a nice breakfast is just being consistent about having it ready!
My skeleton key to doing breakfast stuff is a BREAKFAST ROTATION SCHEDULE CORRESPONDING FOR EACH DAY OF THE WEEK. And, there’s no way around it’s also just going to be some good, hard work to serve and help your husband.
My husband likes the following rotation for weekday breakfasts, with things being changed from time to time for variety, or the seasons.
monday: chia seed pudding with banana slices
tuesday: frozen homemade breakfast sandwich
wednesday: green smoothie
thursday: sweet potato hashbrowns with sausage
friday: spicy eggs on toast with vegetables
I would say step one is interview your husband. Ask him questions about what breakfasts he likes and make him feel best. Ask follow up questions. Share ideas of more things he may not have thought of and inquire if they sound good to him. (We have all experienced with meal planning how it is hard to think of meals you like abruptly!)
Take into account his schedule and what weekly landmarks effect what he wants on different days. For example, for his early morning meeting on Thursdays he wants something fast. Mondays he prefers something more healthy, perhaps Fridays more indulgent, and so on.
The above is the foundation, but I like to dress it up from time to time with little extras too. This could be a baked good, nice fruit, or maybe a fresh squeezed juice. Wives can be a wonderful help to their husband by making a pleasant breakfast ready for him to bless his day from the start and let him know you want to support the work he’s doing.
Here are some recipes that could be helpful: quiche muffins, apple pie oatmeal (in the slow cooker), pesto scones, soft blueberry muffins, cinnamon apple bread, blueberry peach mango smoothie, arugula & bacon breakfast sandwiches, cheddar & sriracha homemade pancakes, savory breakfast bread pudding, cream cheese tart, old fashioned pancakes, fried honey banana toppings, toffee & coconut granola bars, doughnuts from refrigerated biscuit dough, and loaded crispy hashbrowns.
“It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our everyday duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt to take us at our own valuation.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder
“He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much…”
Luke 16
