Frugal Breakfast Planby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 19 Feb 2008 07:23 AM In spite of my sometimes best intentions not getting all the way to fruition, I really do try to make a home made breakfast for my family. Not only is it a nutritious practice, but it is also very frugal. Pound for pound, those easy already prepared breakfasts are some of the most expensive meals around. Cereal can cost $4 for a box that lasts one or two days at the most. And frozen breakfast meals are even worse. Lately, with our hectic schedule, we have been relying too much on those convenience breakfast foods, such as instant oatmeal, cereal, and on one desperate day, discounted pop-tarts. Ack! So many times in our meal-planning, we forget to include breakfast. This is a big mistake, since our budgets can benefit from planning in this area as well. Taking advantage of sales and stocking up on basics can make it easy to create good, hearty, frugal breakfast. For example, we took a trip to Lancaster this past Saturday, and we were able to find bananas at 29 cents a pound. We also stocked up on raw sugar, flour, organic apples and eggs. I already have a good stock of cornmeal, oats and shredded cheese, as well as other fruits such as oranges and raisins. This gives me plenty of choices for a breakfast plan. We generally will drink milk or water in the morning. This is my breakfast plan for the week. Monday: Baked oatmeal with raisins Tuesday: Corn muffins and orange slices Wednesday: Scrambled eggs with cheese and apples slices Thursday: Banana wheat pancakes with butter and syrup Friday: Raisin bran muffins Saturday: Egg "McMuffins" and apple slices with cinnamon Sunday: Chocolate waffles, turkey bacon and banana slices As you can see, we don't incorporate a lot of meat into breakfast as a general rule, although we always include plenty of fruit. Protein comes in the form of eggs, cheese and milk, the most expensive parts of the plan. Turkey bacon is a special treat for Sunday. Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles: Frugal Lessons from The Amish: Rising Early to Cook Frugal Food: Make Some Muffins Three Ways Frugal Food Can Be Dangerous Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments jonesx6 (1606) 19 Feb 2008 08:51 AMLooks very good. I have also fallen back to instant oatmeal and cereal. Ugh!! Maybe this is what is breaking my food budget. I just need more hours in the morning to make breakfast. Thanks for the incentive!! Laura  Mary Ann Romans (26886) 20 Feb 2008 05:46 AMI have been looking into stratas which can be made the night before. Community Tags breakfast, Food, frugal, Muffins, thrifty Discuss this article
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