Mom Date to Panera for our Favorites

February 27, 2014

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Sometimes a mom breakfast date is needed.
My friend Natalie and I were given the chance to escape and run over
to our local Panera Bread for some mom time and to enjoy yummy breakfast favorites.
If you like bagels that taste like heaven, then you probably already
know what type of bagel this is…
Cinnamon Crunch. 
amazingness.
I grabbed up half a dozen of them to take home to the kiddos.
(thinking ahead.)
Natalie and I surveyed the  breakfast options for an awkwardly long time…
I am horrible at making decisions. 
Especially when pastries are involved.
I ended up getting my go to… a Cheese Pastry.
Natalie suggested that I try one of her favorites… the Steel Cut Oatmeal. It did not disappoint!
She got her customized favorite, the sausage egg and cheese on a whole grain bagel.
I think I need to try that next time! It looked so yummy and fresh!
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I drool over their photos and want soup every time I look at their feed.
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If it was lunch, I would get some Mac & Cheese and half of a sandwich. yum.
But if it’s breakfast… our go to is the Cinnamon Crunch bagels.
You need to go try them ASAP!
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  • Kara Abbey
    February 27, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    ummm helloooo.. shortbread cookies – BAM – favorite things to eat at Panera EVER! oh & to drink? their iced green tea is heaven :)

  • Kari
    February 27, 2014 at 4:52 pm

    Cinnamon Crunch!!

  • Amboo
    February 27, 2014 at 4:56 pm

    Broccoli cheese soup and the Greek salad. I also love their bagels!! SO good!! Everything you two ate looks yummy too! ��

  • Megan Bramos
    February 27, 2014 at 5:03 pm

    Love Panera! So many good choices to choose from too…but one of my favorites has always been the BBQ Chicken Chop Salad, or a Cinnamon Crunch bagel!

  • Tracie
    February 27, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    I love the cinnamon crunch bagels!!!

  • April
    February 27, 2014 at 5:18 pm

    love the broccoli cheese soup and tuna salad sandwich!!

  • Liz
    February 27, 2014 at 5:36 pm

    Definitely the turkey bacon bravo & broccoli cheese soup! Also, hope Natalie is feeling some relief soon! I had my gallbladder out when I was in 8th grade..not fun, but better then the constant pain!! Praying!

  • Francesca Leverich
    February 27, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    I love, love, love Pan era’s Asia go bagels with plain cream cheese. We get them for breakfast Fridays at my office a lot. They are my absolute favorite!!!

  • Susannah Kennedy
    February 27, 2014 at 6:27 pm

    I think I have liked every single thing I’ve tried at Panera! If I had to choose a favorite for each meal…breakfast would be a platter (eggs, sausage, toast or fruit…) and lunch/dinner would be the half sandwich and salad! I haven’t tried the mac and cheese, but it looks really yummy!

  • Kristen
    February 27, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    Vegetarian Black Bean Soup

  • Budget Splurge Beauty
    February 27, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    Asiago cheese bagels >>>> everything else. UGH panera is so good!

  • Kimberly
    February 27, 2014 at 9:47 pm

    I love their cheese soufflés!

  • Jeremy and Anna
    February 27, 2014 at 10:29 pm

    I love cinnamon crunch bagels!

  • The Wife
    February 27, 2014 at 11:43 pm

    My favorite is the berry salad they have in the summer. The rest of the year I stick to black bean soup and their asian salad with tuna on the side. It is delicious!

  • The Wife
    February 27, 2014 at 11:44 pm

    I love the seasonal berry salad but my year round favorites are the black bean soup with the asian salad. Deelish!

  • Kimberly
    February 28, 2014 at 12:23 am

    If you ask our three year old where she wants to eat, the majority of the time she will suggest Panera!! We have yet to try breakfast there though …. hmmmm! Some of our favorites: Fontina Grilled Cheese sandwich, Vanilla Cherry bagel and Garden Vegetable Soup with pesto. Yum!!!!

  • tara pittman
    February 28, 2014 at 1:45 am

    The decorated cookies are so good along with the coffee

  • Sandra
    February 28, 2014 at 8:52 am

    I’m a sucker for the Asiago bagels or the Everything bagels

  • mr4dude
    February 28, 2014 at 9:22 am

    The chicken and wild rice soup is a perfect lunch meal on a cold day. My daughter loves to go there after preschool and sit by the fire and have soup.

  • Lisanne624
    February 28, 2014 at 2:22 pm

    My favorite Panera item is the Cherry Pastry. Yummy!

  • Lisanne624
    February 28, 2014 at 2:25 pm

    Tweeted: https://twitter.com/lisanne624/status/439466325107175424

  • Karlene
    February 28, 2014 at 3:23 pm

    My favorite is the French onion soup bread bowl.

  • momof2girls
    February 28, 2014 at 5:05 pm

    I’ve never eaten there but that cinnamon bagle looks amazing.
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  • Tanya
    February 28, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    I love their broccoli cheese soup!

  • Amy
    February 28, 2014 at 10:55 pm

    My favorite item is the frontega chicken panini!

  • Amy
    February 28, 2014 at 10:56 pm

    I tweeted! https://twitter.com/theamymichaels/status/439594675733680128

  • Theresa
    March 1, 2014 at 1:23 am

    Frozen Carmel is my absolute favorite!!!

  • Sanni
    March 1, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    I’ll take my oatmeal to go please. Thanks

  • One Frugal Girl
    March 1, 2014 at 7:38 pm

    https://twitter.com/OneFrugalGirl/status/439906681779404800

  • One Frugal Girl
    March 1, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    I love all their salads. I can’t pick a favorite.
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  • Patti
    March 1, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    When I go to Panera I always get the same thing…a bowl of broccoli cheddar soup and a big kid grilled cheese! Awesome!

  • EKB
    March 1, 2014 at 11:33 pm

    Panara!!!! YUM!!!! One of my fav’s is the salad with the chicken, apples,walnut…so amazing!

  • Mami2jcn
    March 2, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    I like the Fuji Apple Chicken Salad.

  • Mami2jcn
    March 2, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    tweet:

    https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/440236312021327872

  • ellie
    March 2, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    I have never eaten there, but would love to try it. I LOVE broccoli cheese soup and would definitely try it first.

  • ellie
    March 2, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    tweet
    https://twitter.com/eswright18/status/440242556324950016

  • Janice
    March 2, 2014 at 6:10 pm

    I love their Broccoli Cheddar Soup
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  • Janice
    March 2, 2014 at 6:12 pm

    https://twitter.com/disneyfan40/status/440248089002008576
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  • Melinda
    March 2, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    I love their Fuji Apple Chicken Salad and their desserts….mmm cookies! :)

  • Sean
    March 2, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    love the broccoli cheddar soup

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  • Cottonwood Tales
    March 2, 2014 at 10:36 pm

    I love their chicken salad !!

  • amber
    March 3, 2014 at 9:24 am

    I love their protein power bowls on their secret menu, and when I’m splurging love their danishes!!!

  • Todd and Naomi (Bell) Schneider
    March 3, 2014 at 1:24 pm

    A cinnamon crunch bagel.

  • Chrissy
    March 3, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    I think my current favorite is the wild chicken and rice soup though I love the mac and cheese and their cinnamon crunch bagels. Yum!!

  • Chrissy
    March 3, 2014 at 3:48 pm

    I tweeted! https://twitter.com/krisgan07/status/440574381874360321

  • Ashley
    March 3, 2014 at 5:18 pm

    I like the potato soup.

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  • Jennifer Stanley
    March 4, 2014 at 11:52 am

    Their chicken and wild rice soup is my favorite!

  • Jessica
    March 4, 2014 at 4:49 pm

    their cream of chicken and wild rice soup

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  • Jessica
    March 4, 2014 at 4:50 pm

    I also tweeted
    https://twitter.com/jessrwarfield/status/440951776682840065

    jessicarwarfield at gmail dot com

  • Julianne
    March 4, 2014 at 5:37 pm

    I always order a half Chipotle Chicken Sandwich with a Broccoli Cheddar Soup! Amazing combo.

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