At base camp, I eat a pop tart and drink a Core Power Elite Vanilla shake.
This year, I cooked a couple pounds of bacon and would grab a few strips and eat them cold to mix things up.
I have done cereal with powdered milk before when backpacking and have also done regular milk in a cooler out of base camp. Those are fine, but do take longer. In the mornings, I’m usually cold and just want to get moving as soon as possible.
I don’t like oatmeal or bars and I’m too cheap to buy freeze dried breakfast. I’ve been alternating between granola with nido powdered milk with dried fruits and chocolate chips and instant grits with Parmesan cheese and either dried ham, venison breakfast sausage, or bacon bits. I like these options because I can shake up the mix and they’re easy to make, you can get different granola flavors and dried fruits to change the flavors and the grits are similar with different meats and seasonings I add. I’m going to try sweet mixes for my grits this year just for extra variety.
Another vote for cereal and powdered milk in a baggie! I usually just eat granola cereal. It seems to be more filling and last longer through the morning. I have also just done the Carnation Instant Breakfast powder with powdered milk. Super easy and seems to be filling.
It's crazy how well the food industry has marketed breakfast food as a whole. If it doesn't fit in certain definitions people think they can't eat it. I'm no different. But I love biscuits n gravy from peak.
Granola with dried blue berries and hemp hearts. Heavy cream powder for the extra calories and it goes good in instant coffee.
This year I took some shelf stable bacon and pancake mix into a bear spot. Shot a bear at first light from camp and then had a great breakfast of blueberry pancakes and bacon before going to retrieve the animal.
I usually get a cliff bar and coffee to start the morning and then do a meal around 10am while glassing. Peak Sausage and biscuits is my favorite but it can sit pretty heavy. Had their sweet pork for breakfast one morning on our elk hunt this fall. Don't be afraid to mix it up and not just eat "breakfast" meals.
When its warmer I do Ganola with powdered milk, when its colder I bring bagels ( they hold up very well below freezing) and sliced cheese singles or single serving cream cheese packets.
I love mixing up granola/cereal in a ziploc with powdered milk. I have two recipes I alternate between. I usually don't eat breakfast at camp, so I bring the bag and sit down for a break sometime mid-morning and add water before eating.