What are the characteristics of a good breakfast menu?

It depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a low fat high protein meal you should stay away from protein in breakfast meats, and stick with eggs. With your eggs, make sure that you have one of the vitamin powerhouses such as parsley or spring onions with it. There are many other things that go great with eggs so feel free to experiment. However, because of high cholesterol content in the eggs avoid eating them more than twice or three times per week. Other great breakfast foods you cab find in health food companies such as kashi. If you find their food to be bland then go with mini-wheats as a great and good tasting alternative. So, for a great breakfast menu look for low fats, low sodium, medium carbs, high vitamin content such a Vitamins C,D and B. Stay away from high amounts of sugar found in a lot of cereals ecayse it doesn't provide energy to last to your next meal.