With our recipes, you can also have a vegetarian English breakfast. We’ll show you how to start your morning the good English way and what meat-free alternatives to bacon, sausage and black pudding there are.
The English traditionally prefer a hearty breakfast. According to The English Breakfast Society, this form of English breakfast dates back to the 13th century. Back then, they were fine gentlemen enjoying a traditional “English Breakfast”. Only since the beginning of the 20th century has this type of breakfast been eaten by the English middle class and since around 1950 by the English working class. It is now very popular to start the day with friends or family. English breakfast has long been available not only in England itself, but also in some Commonwealth countries, such as Australia.
English breakfast – what ingredients are included?

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The following items make up a traditional English breakfast. Make sure you get them organic and local:
- baked beans,
- breakfast sausages,
- bacon back
- toast,
- Black pudding (blood sausage),
- fried tomatoes and mushrooms,
- Fried egg,
- tea or coffee (pay attention to fair trade),
- orange juice.
Because the English breakfast is very meaty, you have to open it organic meat from the region or maybe choose a meat alternative:
- vegetarian or vegan breakfast sausages,
- Dulse (red seaweed) is said to taste like fried bacon.
- vegetarian or vegan black pudding.
Individual ingredients are not set in stone – you can change them to your taste.
Full English Recipe Recipe: Baked Beans

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For innovation baked beans In tomato sauce you need the following organic quality ingredients:
- 200 g of white beans,
- 400 g of tomato paste
- about 150 ml of water,
- ¼ red Onion,
- 1 garlic,
- salt and pepper to taste,
- 1 tablespoon yes,
- some sleeping oil.
How to cook baked beans:
- Soak the beans in water for a few hours.
- After washing the beans, boil them in water for about 45 minutes.
- Cut or break them Cut the onion into small pieces.
- Put some canola oil in a pan and add the onion slices. Then add the garlic cloves directly to the pan and fry the onion and garlic until translucent.
- Next, add tomato paste, water, sugar, salt and pepper, and fully cooked beans.
- Mix everything well and taste. You can add more salt and pepper or a little more sugar if you like.
- Now let everything simmer on low for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Donation: Since home baked beans are relatively time consuming, you can cook them in the evening and refrigerate them overnight. So all you have to do is heat them up for breakfast.
Other ingredients for your English breakfast

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An English breakfast is basically a breakfast:
- Depending on your taste, you can toast the bread or bake it in a greased pan.
- Prepare mushroom and tomato wedges, fried eggs, breakfast sausage, bacon or dulse and black pudding as follows:
- Add some oil to the pan.
- When the oil is hot, add the ingredients to the pan.
- Cook the ingredients on medium flame while turning them until they turn light brown.
An “English breakfast” is usually coffee or tea and orange juice.

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