Tis' the Season for Holiday Breakfast

Good Eats

Tis' the Season for Holiday Breakfast

By Jessica MischnerDecember 18, 2012

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and that nutritional maxim is especially true during the holiday season when jam-packed days and overnight guests are the norm. To help you prepare for the festive mornings (and mornings-after) ahead, we canvassed the four food groups—you know, meat, grains, coffee, and sweets—to compile the tastiest Southern spread imaginable. Behold, the ultimate holiday breakfast.

Freeman's Mill Grits
This Georgia mill churns out high-quality grits from white and yellow corn. Serve them plain with salt and a pat of butter. Or mix in oomph-adding extras like cheese, scallions, or bacon. Speaking of which... freemansmill.com

Loveless Cafe Bacon
With four country smoked flavors to choose from—hello, jalapeno!—you can create a bacon buffet. As a bonus, this Nashville institution also ships a full selection of fresh fruit and fig preserves.  store.lovelesscafe.com

Belle's Country Links
Chef Chris Stewart of the Glass Onion in Charleston, South Carolina, works with a local plant to produce these all-natural, whole-hog sausages the old-fashioned way. They're sold by the pound, so order a couple and freeze the extras for later. ilovetheglassonion.com

Savannah Bee Company Wildflower Honey
Collected from remote Georgia wildflower blossoms, this honey is as pure as it gets. Stir a little into hot tea, drizzle it over biscuits, or serve it with pancakes in place of syrup. savannahbee.com

King Bean Callie's Biscuits Blend Coffee
This North Charleston, South Carolina, roaster teamed up with local baker, Callie's Biscuits, to produce a dark, bold blend perfect for breakfast. The only catch: You have to order biscuits to get access to the beans (as if that's a deal breaker). kingbean.com

La Farm Bakery Blueberry Raspberry Scones
This Cary, North Carolina, bakery is famous for its breakfast breads and pastries, so you can't go wrong with any of their mail-order offerings. For a sweet satisfier, however, it's hard to beat these fruity scones with a glass of ice cold milk. lafarmbakery.com

Emily G's Peach Marmalade
With eighteen different sweet and savory jams to choose from, it's hard to pick a favorite flavor from this boutique Atlanta cannery. But the peach marmalade with orange peel and a hint of ginger goes awfully well with a hot-out-of-the-oven biscuit. emilygs.com