Breakfast for Dinnerby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 03 Oct 2008 07:56 AM
Last night for dinner, I cooked up some chicken sausage and scrambled eggs with cheese. It was a filling meal containing lots of protein, and cost so much less to prepare than a traditional meal. And while it is true that the price of breakfast staples, such as eggs and flour have gone up, the reality is that is is still usually cheaper to eat breakfast than it is to eat dinner. Just go into any restaurant, if you don't believe me. Breakfast is always less expensive to purchase out. But to save, of course, prepare it at home. Breakfast for dinner can be a lot of fun for the kids, although sometimes it takes some getting used to for the adults. If this is the case, you can sneak breakfast as dinner by preparing the typical breakfast ingredients a bit differently. Instead of omelets, for example, try making fritatta using leftover vegetables and pasta. There are so many choices for breakfast. Anything flour-based is especially inexpensive. Pancakes, muffins or waffles will work, but so will biscuits with gravy. Or, make some homemade bagels. A quick on the go dinner could consist of fried egg sandwiches with cheese (add ham or sausage if desired). Cook them up, layer them between two halves of an english muffin or bagel or even bread, wrap them in aluminum foil to keep warm and off you go. This is much cheaper than stopping for fast food, and it doesn't take much time to prepare. The Duggar family, the famous family that has 18 kids have a popular recipe called Tater Tot Casserole. What is this other than breakfast food? It is a popular dish with large families because it can feed a lot of people for not much money. So, the next time that you are stumped with what to make for dinner that is easy an inexpensive, consider having breakfast. Click here for more articles by Mary Ann Romans. Save Money on Toaster Pastries When You Are Tempted to Eat Out... When You Are Tempted to Eat Out 2 A Quick Guide to Using Powdered Milk Getting Creative with Almost-Expired Food
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Samual (11722) 03 Oct 2008 09:18 AMHere fry ups are more for tea than breakfast.  ruthann8 (6378) 03 Oct 2008 10:39 AMI LOVE breakfast for dinner. We did that as a kid a lot, we also did tater tot hot dish, as we called it. My mom would also take leftover hamburger buns and make pizza burgers out of them. My mom had a lot of money saving meals, she always used leftovers.  Mary Ann Romans (26876) 03 Oct 2008 11:14 AMLaura, that is a great idea! What are some of the favorite dishes?  Kara (21275) 03 Oct 2008 11:28 AMMy mom did pizza burgers too!!!!! I never met anyone who had a clue what those were lol Mary Ann Romans (26876) 03 Oct 2008 11:31 AMDoes the pizza burger use a burger or just sauce and cheese? Samual (11722) 03 Oct 2008 11:32 AMHere a typical breakfast is toast, cereal or porridge. laurabeadle (356) 03 Oct 2008 11:46 AMwe've only done 2 the first was pancakes and sausage links. The second was an egg casserole and sausage links. ruthann8 (6378) 03 Oct 2008 11:53 AMMy mom would cook up some ground beef and add tomato sauce or pizza sauce or ketchup! She would spoon it onto the buns and add any toppings we had on hand. She then baked them in the oven. Kara (21275) 03 Oct 2008 11:58 AMWe usually used left over hamburgers (already cooked that hadn't been eaten the night before) cut up, pizza sauce, parm cheese (the podwer kind), and any other veggies we had around....usually left overs also. I love it with the parm cheese on top it gets nice and slightly golden and that's when its ready. Samual (11722) 03 Oct 2008 12:01 PMWoah, I just saw biscuits and gravy, what are biscuits over there? Here they are like cookies, only they don't have chocolate pieces in them or anything, like if you took an oreo and took away the filling, thats what a biscuit is here. Kara (21275) 03 Oct 2008 12:05 PMThey're soft and flaky...a type of bread. It's very yummy when warm. Some put cheese in theirs...I have plain with Jam on them...my family likes them with gravy and chicken  deedee1231 (4030) 03 Oct 2008 12:11 PMMy mom used to make pizza burgers too! That is so cool, I swear I thought she made that up all by herself and that it was only our family that made those. SHe used to use browned ground beef, spaghetti sauce, and shredded mozzerella cheese. I might have to make this for my kids for lunch. LOL. Mary Ann Romans (26876) 03 Oct 2008 12:14 PMBiscuits here are fluffy and flaky when made correctly. They sort of melt in your mouth. They are about the diameter of a drinking glass and rise up in the oven. There are also drop biscuits which is the same dough, but instead of being rolled out and cut out, they are simply dropped on to the baking dish with a spoon, so they wind up looking like little mountains with peaks. Samual, your sounds more like a digestive biscuit like a social tea cookie but round and more plain tasting? deedee1231 (4030) 03 Oct 2008 12:14 PMSamual, here biscuits are more like a muffin than a cookie, but they are never sweetened. They are very easy and inexpensive to make and they go well with breakfast foods. A lot of people like them with sausage gravy on top and that is quite an easy/frugal breakfast to make. deedee1231 (4030) 03 Oct 2008 12:16 PMSorry for the cross-post, Mary Ann, your explanation is better than mine anyway! Samual (11722) 03 Oct 2008 12:36 PMyep, they can be rich tea and such StBridgit (322) 06 Oct 2008 10:35 AMBreakfast for dinner is one of my favorite meals! However my husband usually wants his Irish sausages, which here in the States are an expensive treat. Since it's a taste of home for him though, I am willing to splurge twice a year on a big order for him! Samual (11722) 06 Oct 2008 01:04 PMIrish sausage is just pork roughage, belly, shoulder and back with some mild spices and herbs. Mary Ann Romans (26876) 06 Oct 2008 04:51 PMOn the TV show, the 1900 house, the producer was cooking something that consisted of some sausages inside a pan of some sort of goo. Do you know what that might have been? I can't remember the name he used. Kara (21275) 06 Oct 2008 05:36 PMMy mom used to make sausage in sweet and sour sauce...I am not sure but I believe it was from the place you get sausage around christmas time in the middle of the mall...They sell gift baskets with jams and other things too... Mary Ann Romans (26876) 06 Oct 2008 05:50 PMThis was a yellow thing that I think was supposed to be pudding or cake? Samual (11722) 07 Oct 2008 06:06 AMIt's batter, the same as you would use for pancakes and yorkshire puddings, they shouldn't do it in a pan though, thats just sausage in batter, not toad in the hole. Mary Ann Romans (26876) 07 Oct 2008 11:09 AMHow do you make Toad in the Hole then? It looks interesting. By the way, I made the best baked oatmeal in a crockpot. The family cleaned out every crumb. deedee1231 (4030) 07 Oct 2008 11:17 AMSame principle as pig in a blanket? Ha Ha LOL! I make pigs in a blanket all the time but that toad in a hole really threw me. Way too funny! You know, they eat frogs legs in some places. I avoid those places, LOL! I make pretty darn good crock pot oatmeal too. Do you put raisins in yours? I usually add either raisins or some chopped apple and cinnamon. Kids love it! Mary Ann Romans (26876) 07 Oct 2008 12:29 PMI just made it plain with raw sugar and then sprinkled some cinnamon on top. Samual (11722) 07 Oct 2008 03:35 PMToad in the hole has to be baked, so that the yorkshire pudding rises. Samual (11722) 09 Oct 2008 03:06 PMNo, it is half covered, so it looks like it is peeking out. 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