What is your idea of a well balanced breakfast?

I have some issues in this department.... I love bacon, any kind of bacon, but someone informed me that turkey bacon isn't good for you (lots of nitrates). I love eggs and egg whites, I love oatmeal, plain with 2oz. of unsweetened almond milk, 1 oz of sugar free syrup, 1 tsp of splenda brown sugar, and 1 mini box of raisins, I love toast, I love about anything for breakfast but I need help balancing it out. Any suggestions?

My go to breakfast has become no cook refrigerator oats. You can use the recipes there or use them as a guide to find your own. So simple to mix up the night before, and then you eat them cold the next morning.

http://www.theyummylife.com/Refrigerator_Oatmeal

My personal favorite is a shakeology with fruit and almond milk, it includes my multivitamin and gives me an energy boost for the start of the day.

Some other favorites:
fage yogurt with blueberries and oatmeal
eggs, with whole wheat toast and lots of veggies mixed in
and
fruit and nut granola with a side of fruit

1 Italian sausage link, two eggs scrambled with shredded cheese.

I'm lazy in the kitchen in the mornings:

4 cups coffee (one small pot) with 2 spoonfuls of non-dairy creamer. . . yes, I'm an addict, I know.
banana cream protein powder, sometimes with a banana and/or tablespoon of peanut butter
1 cup almond milk
multivitamin

Some people over-complicate things =.= Just make sure you get the vitamins, minerals, proteins and carbs you need throughout the day; stay within your calorie limits; get your exercise. Win. BUT, make sure the foods you eat feel "right" - everyone is different. Being an ADHD type, too much carbs/sugar in the morning knocks me right out after 15 minutes of eating it. I have enough trouble with morning lethargy to add a 15 minute *zing* and *crash* on top of it. Too much protein, and I feel heavy. False sweeteners? Outside of stevia, forget it. Migraine hell. Eat the wrong thing because my system seems to have the finickiness of a colicky Siamese cat, and I will be sitting for the rest of the day in my cubicle hoping that my nearest neighbors are somehow deaf and nose-dead. Sooo, I reach for the in-between, un-elaborate, and usually simplest is best. I grab 2 packets of trader joe's blueberry oatmeal, and I am fine.

Eat whatever you want - sometimes I have a huge green salad in the morning for breakfast - romaine, red leaf, radicchio, radishes, mung bean sprouts, cucumber with a homeade vinaigrette sprinkled with nutritional yeast. Great way to start a day!!! Some days I have a mix of oatmeal, flax seed, chia seed, cinnamon and coconut sugar with almond milk. Depends on the mood and what my body's wanting that morning! Enjoy!

Monday through Saturday I make myself a protein shake (water, protein powder, 1 banana and a tbsp of PB2). Sunday I either make egg whites, flat thins and turkey bacon or have 250 calorie breakfast sandwich.

You know the only thing that's better than bacon? More bacon! (Gaffigan)

My breakfast consists of a vanilla protein iceed coffe on the way to work at 5:45 AM followed by 1 cup of scrambled egg whites w/ ff mozzerella cheese, 1/2 cup of oatmeal w/ cinnamon and natty pb around 8:00 AM.

My usual breakfast is a protein (Greek yogurt, peanut butter, nuts, or eggs), carbs (wheat crackers, oats, granola, or toast), fruit and/or juice, and skim milk. I usually spread it out by eating the carbs and fruit before going out for a run and the protein and milk afterwards, so I guess they could be called two separate meals... However, I try to get this combination to have the most calories out of my meals for the day (usually between 450-700).