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My favourite meal, by Jonathan Jones

My favourite meal is breakfast. From Monday to Friday I go to school early so I have a quick breakfast. I usually have cereals with milk or sometimes I have toast and jam, but the weekend is different!

On Saturdays and Sundays, my dad cooks an English breakfast for everyone in our family. A typical English breakfast is egg, bacon, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms and baked beans (beans in tomato sauce). Then we have toast and jam. I drink orange juice and my mum and dad drink tea or coffee. I love breakfast at the weekend because I have breakfast with my whole family.

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What's your favourite meal?

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Submitted by Destie on Wed, 11/06/2024 - 07:41

Hi, i am destie
My favourite meal is pizza. I like Italian food

Submitted by maya 123 on Sun, 06/16/2024 - 09:44

My favorite meal is lunch because we eat different foods every day

Submitted by v4lenn_ds3 on Fri, 08/02/2024 - 17:55

My favorite food is the breakfast whith my family
We eat toast and dulce de leche and coffe, My mum prepare the toast in wendesnay but in sundays my dad prepare cookies.
I like eat whith they.

Submitted by Crystal Jeon...@''' on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 10:46

My favorite meal is lunch . Do you know why? The answer is really simple . My mum always cooks many different kinds of curries for lunch . My family rarely has breakfast together , but we always have lunch together . So , I'm happy with having lunch .
My mum usually cooks at least four dishes for lunch . She cooks meat curry ( especially beef and pork ) , vegetable salad or fried vegetables , chili pound and soup . Beef is my family's most favorite and we cook it in many ways like fried beef , beef salad , beef soup and sometimes beef steak . Plus our lunch can't be perfect without chili pound or fried chili because everyone in my family likes spicy taste . I enjoy my lunch happily with my family everyday . So , I can't lose somehow such a enjoyable lunch time .

Thanks for reading guys. I'm from Myanmar and You ?

Submitted by cici on Mon, 06/10/2024 - 05:24

My favorite meal is lunch. Do you know why because i don't have time to cook breakfast and dinner. I always have rice and pork meat for lunch and i enjoy it. Thanks for reading. I'm from Vietnam

Submitted by mmmmm on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 10:22

I enjoy every meal I have, because it is important and useful for my body and brain. From my experience when I eat food that I don't like, I feel that that meal doesn't make my day.

Submitted by ilovemyself on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 10:16

I enjoy every meal I have. I am thankful to have food to eat.
I love healthy food and I occasionally have junk food.
Healthy food keeps my body and brain fit whilst junk food gives me fat and a lot of carbs and sugar.

Submitted by ahgima099 on Mon, 08/15/2022 - 09:24

My favorite meal is lunch. Because I can eat various kinds of foods in that time.

Submitted by Edaa on Wed, 06/08/2022 - 06:11

my favorite dinner is very nice and satisfying, the family gets together.
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Submitted by natsu on Mon, 12/13/2021 - 16:59

My mum goes to the shop to buy food because she cooks the meal but she doesn't cook well. My favourite meal in school days is lentils and my favourite food at weekend is Burger King.

Submitted by Fenic on Sun, 10/10/2021 - 07:11

My favorite meal is dinner.
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Submitted by FlowerQueen on Wed, 09/01/2021 - 19:30

My favourite meal is lunch. We often eat rice and other asian things. But my favourite dish for lunch is Spaghetti Bolognese from my mother.

Submitted by Elaine on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 12:57

My favorite breakfast meal is a banana smoothie, with nutmeg and almonds, cinnamon and vanilla, sometimes a little ice, accompanied by a hot toast and Mexican egg.

Submitted by Ammar on Thu, 07/29/2021 - 22:10

my favourite meal is lunch, I usually eat chicken and rice with a type of cocked vegetables.
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Submitted by fanny on Wed, 07/28/2021 - 17:09

Also breakfast, because I´m an excellent cooker and I love to make new recipes

Submitted by Jahc on Thu, 02/04/2021 - 00:37

i think than i dont have one favourite meal , i
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Submitted by RosenSindSchwarz29 on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 14:34

Hi everyone! My favourite meal is breakfast, too. I alway have it with my parents and twinsis Gwen. I was mostly having breakfast at half past five in the morning when we had to going to school. My school always starts at 7.30 am and ends at 12.55. Than I was having electives and other activities, such as foreign languages ​​and music school. But of course is different now, because we have school at distance in Germany. I usually wake up at 6. am and have breakfast at 6.30. Then I go for a walk with Gwen for a half an hour. Than we preparing for each school day in school at distance. For breakfast I eat a bread spreaded with butter and marmelade or muffins, sometimes also pancakes. I usually drink cacao or white coffee. Hardlyever I drink tea or homemade juice, too. Our family always has a fruit in basket on the table for breakfast and hole day. We also talk during breakfast. I like it. I almost usually prepare breakfast for myself on my own. Often else for my hole family. But sometimes one of other members of my family prepare breakfast for all. So that's why is breakfast my favourite meal. What's your favourite meal? Bye friends, Rose=)
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Submitted by Kostantinus on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 02:20

Actually I like an English breakfast very much, but I don't have it often. Every morning I eat some cereal with boiled eggs and a few pieces of cheese. Sometimes I eat sweet cereal with some honey and dried fruits. For my lunch I eat some soup. For my dinner I eat some fish or meat with salad. As you see my food is very simple and healthy.

Submitted by Shamal on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:42

My favorite meal is dinner. I like eat for dinner chicken, salad and pasta

Submitted by sunflowerr on Fri, 10/09/2020 - 20:52

I think that I don't have a favorite meal, because I don't eat frequently

Submitted by Msharymnn on Wed, 09/30/2020 - 14:55

i like every meal but the most Amazing is dinner, ecause it's always delicious, the dinner never has been not delicious or just a little thing, mostly lunch is not good because i always eat quiqk things like rice that was made yesterday or anything the ,ost delicious and goood meal is lunch
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Submitted by IANPAUL on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 17:44

My favorite meal is a breakfast

Submitted by Boundlessdrop on Sat, 03/07/2020 - 18:57

Hi My favorite meal is dinner. Because during the day my dad is at work and I can not eat breakfast and lunch with him. But at dinner while the family are at the desk and it is so enjoyable.

Submitted by Elife on Sun, 01/26/2020 - 22:59

My favourite meal is breakfast because I love eating at morning.

Submitted by Makam on Fri, 01/24/2020 - 21:03

My favourite meal is the lunch because I eat with my family.

Submitted by lancer on Sun, 11/03/2019 - 15:50

Today I am teached about English breakfast. It includes egg, bakon, tomatto, sausage, mushrooms and baked beans which is in tomatto sauce. My favorite meal is rice and soup. it is not enough for healthy, but it's traditional. Everyday i am busy in the morning, i can't cook breakfast. So my mum cooks everyday. After breakfast, I drink a cup of tea.
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Submitted by Raysan on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 14:57

I like breakfast because I can have it alone.

Submitted by Beeatris on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 10:14

I like dinner because I have it with my family
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Submitted by empty on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 10:24

I like having breakfast with my family either .

Submitted by Thu on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 10:55

My favorite meal is dinner because I have dinner with my whole family. My mom often cooks delicious foods. I don't like lunch because the temperature in the afternoon is very hot. In my dinner, I often eat chicken and meat. So that why I like dinner!

Submitted by Balaji_2005 on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 06:46

HI My favourite meal is lunch . Mother make lunch to school . My mother cooks tasty food . I like many food like chapati with panner, curd rice with pickle fried rice leamon rice with paped and i like all the food which my mother makes vadi and pasta which i like so much which my mother make tasty .On SATURDAY AND SUNDAY my mother make special food but all ' these three i like the most is lunch' .
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Submitted by Shashi on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 12:48

My favorite meal is dinner. I like soup , rice and vegetable for dinner. I can cook .

Submitted by carolbermudez on Thu, 02/14/2019 - 02:56

My favorite food between breakfast ,lunch and dinner is lunch for chicken rice and dinner hot dog

Submitted by candreabermudez on Sun, 02/10/2019 - 22:30

I like more breakfast and lunch at breakfast I like sandwiches and at lunch any meal that is soup. cecilia.

Submitted by rosagumar on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 16:45

My favorite meal is the chilaquiles

Submitted by Fatcuppar on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 16:21

My favorite meal is, spagguetti or all kind of italian food.
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Submitted by Youjiro on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 08:59

My favorite meal is breakfast . I go to high school early morning to get bus , so I have a quick breakfast Monday to Friday. I usually eat hotcake or bread with lemonade tea. On Sunday and Saturday , I mom cook breakfast for me . She head sausage, beans , bacon and egg on pan . I eat them with lemonade but my mom drink coffee too much .

Submitted by KeremAkif on Thu, 12/06/2018 - 15:08

My favourite meals are breakfast and dinner. I like to eat pizza at dinner. Thanks. Good bye...

Submitted by mimi98 on Fri, 04/06/2018 - 14:19

good ninght

Submitted by cat28 on Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:52

My favorite meal is dinner on weekends because I eat out every weekends with my family.
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Submitted by Rayhana on Sun, 03/11/2018 - 15:53

Honestly anything! But it depends.

Submitted by Grozinho on Sat, 03/03/2018 - 14:41

My favourite meal is lunch. I can eat rice, beans and 'farofa'. In the lunch time, all people in my house eat together. It's very nice. We talk about what we did and what we'll do after. Sometimes I cook for my family. I'm not a great cook, but the meal I cook is enough to get by.

Submitted by mimi98 on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 14:28

ok
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Submitted by IamYegane on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 08:23

My favorite meal is lunch sometimes and dinner

Submitted by haithamjs on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 08:03

breakfest
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Submitted by Ahjeen on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 15:43

MY FAVORITE MEAL IS DINNER!!! PLIZ PRESS GOOD (or vote in some way)
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