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Okay. I know this is kind of bizarre, to some, but I'm tired of bacon. I typically eat several eggs w/ olive oil in the morning, but I like to have a side of meat. I tried some organic chicken sausage, and it was good, albeit expensive-$7 for four sausages! Any suggestions for a quality breakfast meat (that's not too pricey)?

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ah, the fated bacon-burnout. – MikeD Sep 21 2010 at 15:13
@MikeD- fated? Never! I shall never burn out! – Diane at Balanced Bites Sep 21 2010 at 15:53
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A man who is tired of bacon is tired of life! (Unless he's sticking to pastured stuff and his local farm's product isn't that good... bt, dt.) – John R Sep 21 2010 at 23:05
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I can get sick of bacon. I just give it a breather for a bit, and then phase it back in when I want something fatty and/or salty. Variety is the spice of life :) – Girl Gone Primal Sep 22 2010 at 6:19
I ofetn have a burger with cheese for breakfast. no bun of course. how can you stomach eggs and olive oil??!! ugghhh. please...butter!!! only butter with eggs!! if you are dairy intolerant clarify the butter. – jo60 May 10 2012 at 1:14

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Steak and eggs Is on most breakfast menus for a reason!

Get a larger roast, and cut it down into breakfast sized chunks and sear it up!

This is what I had yesterday, and it was wonderful with the eggs right on top of it.

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Sounds great! Thanks, Adam. – Ben Sep 21 2010 at 13:21
Yeah, this. A small steak pan-fried in butter goes really well with eggs. Sometimes I'll grill a big sirloin for dinner, keep half in the fridge overnight, and fry it in butter the next morning just enough to warm it up. – John R Sep 21 2010 at 23:03
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If you don't like bacon, you're cooking it wrong! :-)

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Try not to limit yourself to the Typical Breakfast foods and that should make it easier. I eat pork chops, steak, lamburgers, chili, etc... for Breakfast. If time is an issue then you can always cook an extra portion the night before and reheat for breakfast.

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I'm sorry but the title of this question... I don't understand it. How can one ever be tired of bacon? I think that's actually an impossibility and you must have falled into some kind of black hole or hit your head somewhere.

Hee Hee.

I actually like lamb meatballs for breakfast quite a lot.

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Ha! I know, I know....I was afraid of the repercussions of posting this! But I need help from my paleo-people :-) – Ben Sep 21 2010 at 15:44
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Hee hee... :) If I ever burn out from lamb I'll feel the same way. I'm totally obsessed with it lately. – Diane at Balanced Bites Sep 21 2010 at 15:54
Lamb forequarter/shoulder chops are my go-to breakfast, when my electric grill isn't broken. Yum! – Girl Gone Primal Sep 22 2010 at 7:05
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I don't like bacon - there I've said it on this site!!! I sometimes have smoked salmon but it can be difficult to get hold of without sugar so ordinary poached salmon is good too. I like my morning meal to be quite bland.

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I don't like bacon either. – Matt Sep 21 2010 at 15:50
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You are both fired. ;o) – Diane at Balanced Bites Sep 21 2010 at 15:54
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mmmm, Smoked salmon is delicious, too. – Adam Crafter Sep 21 2010 at 15:57
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Such blaspemy! What's not to like? I refer you to the bacon flowcart... flickr.com/photos/fncll/2129889439/sizes/o – Dave S. Sep 27 2010 at 16:51
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We love breakfast food at my house, but you need some variety! The following is a recipe my wife and I use regularly and really reminds me of cereal although that was not the intention.

-Fill a bowl with Berries (blueberries and blackberries work best)
-Slice half a banana into the bowl
-Cover in 1/2 to 3/4 a can of coconut milk
-Liberally apply cinnamon
-Very lightly glaze over in honey (like a teaspoon poured all over)
-Liberally add almond slices on top

This makes a great bowl of crunchy, sweet, cinnamony goodness for breakfast. Very filling as well with the high amounts of coconut fat.

Also, a suggestion would be to do your eggs in butter in the morning. It just tastes better :)

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That sounds pretty good! As far as eggs, I don't do butter :-/ I did fry them in coconut oil this morning, and they turned out pretty good! The wife didn't think so, but I enjoyed them :-) – Ben Sep 21 2010 at 15:47
Butter from unpasteurized grass-fed cow's cream is simply amazing and very nutritious. Bacon grease is great too, but if you not cooking bacon you could try lard. I think the taste is far superior to olive oil, but then again that is just my opinion :) – NWHamilton Sep 21 2010 at 17:45
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Tired of bacon? Maybe we need a way of banning some from this site. Sacrilege!

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High treason! Blasphemy! – Stabby Jul 28 2011 at 19:15
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My taste for bacon comes and goes, so I can understand bacon burnout. Eating a variety is probably healthier anyway. One thing I like for breafast is bagels and lox minus the bagels. So I do cream cheese and smoked salmon. Yum! They taste good together and since neither are cooked, they are quick to fix.

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So glad to find this comment! I was just wondering if lox was paleo since lox and cucumbers are my go to busy day breakfast. – Olga Dec 24 2010 at 16:32
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Fresh side pork. You might have to find a local small individually owned meat plant. These can be found in most rural communities. Google meat processing with your city name. That will not only find the large processing plants but small ones too.

It is the same cut from the hog but it is fresh fatty meat. Cook as you would bacon with a sprinkle of sea salt to taste. Makes wonderful rendered lard for cooking other foods in.

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Fry some ground beef in olive or coconut oil with some mushrooms and onion and chuck in a couple of eggs and mix it all up.

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Try making some breakfast sausage yourself with ground pork (or even try beef).

Check out this link to a recipe from Alton Brown.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/breakfast-sausage-recipe/index.html

For proper paleo-friendliness, omit the brown sugar - but one tablespoon for 2.5 lbs of pork and pork fat isn't too bad.

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This works well, even with grass-fed ground beef. The added fat IS necessary, though, or it will be too dry. – GHarkness Sep 27 2010 at 0:52
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Costco sells a great pulled-pork product -- it's smoked but not seasoned with any bbq sauce. I pull a serving off the big "brick" every morning, sear it for a few minutes, then pour my scrambled eggs on top to finish cooking. Very tasty, not too expensive, and not nearly as salty as bacon. The port is probably not pure paleo, though.

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I don't eat bacon at all (for religious reasons, no pork), and have delicious breakfasts :)

I eat eggs by themselves, with frying cheese, as a side to leftover beef (mostly stew meat), beef sausage (from US wellness, good franks, I warm them up in the oven), ground beef patties (I do more one day and have for two-three meals). I also like to cut some liverwurst or summer sausage (us wellness again) and roast them slightly in the oven. yummm

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I sauté ground beef with spinach, onion, green pepper and sometimes garlic. Sometimes I mix scrambled eggs right into that and others I cook eggs sunny side up on top of the mixture. 

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Canned small fish is a great alternative for breakfast. When I was on a breakfast kick a while back (before going Paleo), I mostly ate nuts and canned sardines, herring, and trout fillets from Trader Joe's (both smoked and unsmoked). They're very tasty, require no preparation, and can integrate with your eggs in interesting ways (stuff an omelette, fry them in the oil from the can, etc.)

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I don't like bacon that much either. It is too salty to have that much by itself. As an accent in other dishes, OK. But I love slow roasted pulled pork. Usually I make it with a bbq style spice rub but last time mixed it up a bit and did Caribbean style. Tender and delicious. It is also about half the price (or less) than bacon.

Otherwise I also eat all kinds of regular foods for 'breakfast' but that is mostly due to my eating schedule.

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Oh, there are some that aren't as salty. I agree that overly salty bacon is NOT good. Oh man... but the good stuff is just amazing. I wish everyone could have access to the bacon I get. It's just the bomb. – Diane at Balanced Bites Sep 21 2010 at 15:55
Diane- How do you feel about mailing bacon ;-) ?? – Ben Sep 21 2010 at 16:07
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I actually eat bacon more often for lunch, often a whole pound.

Breakfast meats usually include last night's chicken, steak or fish. Best to get off to a good start with a quality real meal.

Dinner for Breakfast!

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Black pudding (aka blood sausage). Slice it up, and fry it - easy and delicious.

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I love black and white puddings that are part of English/Irish breakfast at my favorite pubs! But aren't those sausages traditionally made with grain-based fillers (aka gluten)? – ricechek Jul 28 2011 at 20:59
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My breakfast is often impromtu hash (or leftovers, or soup). I usually fry some bacon first as an appetizer then cook breakfast in the bacon grease, but you could use butter, coconut oil, what have you. So a basic breakfast hash for me is sauteed onions and garlic with ground pork, beef or lamb, plus whatever greens I have lying around. I even use cooked chicken (add more fat for that). Season however you like. Sometimes I put apples in it. Apples and cabbage with pork are especially good. I'm somewhat sensitive to eggs so I don't eat them often, but put eggs on top of this or on the side and you're good to go. I've also done this with the leftover meat and veggies from a "New England Boiled Dinner"--beef, sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, and onions. An occasional treat because of the higher carb veggies, but very very good with eggs on top.

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I thought bacon WASN'T Paleo-approved. what gives? i'm new to this lifestyle and site. I'm actually reading the Paleo Solution now...so def enlighten me if I'm allowed to eat some turkey bacon with my paleo breakfasts!

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why did you think this? Most people who eat Paleo eat bacon. Turkey bacon is darn near pointless. ditch it for the real stuff! – Jack Kronk Jul 28 2011 at 15:31
I thought it was considered "processed" because it was cured with salt. I will def start eating it! Shows you how much I still need to learn about Paleo eating. thanks Jack. – bsims74 Jul 28 2011 at 16:13
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Hey Ben are you still tired of Bacon? I bet you've had plenty of bacon since you posted this. Like others here have said, my taste for bacon comes and goes, but my bacon desirability usually stays pretty strong for 80+% of the time.

Lately we've been baking bacon on a flat cookie sheet with foil in the oven at 375 degrees for 22 minutes. You don't have to touch it and the clean up is super easy. It's wonderful. It turns out perfect. Not too overcooked, but not too squishy/floppy.

If anyone is tired of bacon, just take a little break from it. (like... maybe 10 or 11 minutes) then try it out again. You'll be fine.

Edit: To answer the actual question, some other quality breakfast meats are:

GF ground beef

GF steak

Beef chunks of some sort (like roast or medallions)

Lox with lemon and capers and sliced tomato (ok so "Lox" is the meat but I wanted to expand :)

... and when you get tired of all that, go back to bacon!

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Hey Jack Kronk! I'm totally back into bacon. I've been mixing into 1/2 gf ground beef in the morning...mmmm......*drool* – Ben Jul 28 2011 at 17:01
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I like bacon ok, and it's a great addition to a lot of dishes, and I'll have a few strips at breakfast, but really I don't want to have a lot of it. From a health perspective, typical supermarket bacon is loaded with nitrates, preservatives and chemicals, and should probably be eaten in moderation.

My two favorite breakfast meats are scrapple and good pork sausage. Scrapple usually has a bit of corn meal in it... so not strictly paleo, but for a serving of offal at breakfast, I'll bend the rules. 8g of carbs per serving is ok with me.

I order milk-fed pork from a local farm, and they grind the sausage (tastes like it's almost all shoulder meat, very yummy). They don't season it, so I season it myself. This is the most succulent sausage I've ever had, it's fantastic, and supermarket (i.e. Jimmy Dean) sausage tastes hard and dry to me by comparison.

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