We eat alot of bagels and toast. I try to make up a big quiche on weekends with leftover veggies and sausage and dh and I eat that all week.
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At some point during the week I usually cook up a whole pot of some whole grain. We have it on hand when we need for dinners & my daughter LOVES it for breakfast. She'll eat anything... bulgar, millet, quinoa.
Brown rice is cheapest around here, so lately I've been buying that. She calls it "cereal & milk"
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I don't know if he's oatmeal specific, but if not it's worth a shot!
I also second the yogurt making idea. I love my yogurt maker. I buy a gallon of milk for 1.99 & make yogurt with a quart of it. Still plenty of milk for "cereal and milk"
You don't have to have a yogurt maker... I think there's a good thread in TF... but it's one of my favourite convenience items
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My daughter loooves bacon & eggs. I know this is like, crunchy heresy... but from one mom to another, I stick cracked eggs in the microwave (covered!) for 1m, check, usually 22 seconds more.
l also make a 1/2 lb of bacon kept cooked in the fridge & nuke too.
Not the crunchiest method, but I'm not much of a morning person. I can be pretty cranky before a good 2 cups coffee.
Brown rice is cheapest around here, so lately I've been buying that. She calls it "cereal & milk"
I also second the yogurt making idea. I love my yogurt maker. I buy a gallon of milk for 1.99 & make yogurt with a quart of it. Still plenty of milk for "cereal and milk"
You don't have to have a yogurt maker... I think there's a good thread in TF... but it's one of my favourite convenience items
My daughter loooves bacon & eggs. I know this is like, crunchy heresy... but from one mom to another, I stick cracked eggs in the microwave (covered!) for 1m, check, usually 22 seconds more.
l also make a 1/2 lb of bacon kept cooked in the fridge & nuke too.
Not the crunchiest method, but I'm not much of a morning person. I can be pretty cranky before a good 2 cups coffee.
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Wow, thanks for all your replies!!
I have actually made lots of my own yogurt in the past, not with a yogurt maker but just using some local yogurt as a starter, heating up milk, etc. That worked well, and he liked it. I should probably do it again, but I get lazy... all the cooking from scratch, plus baking my own bread, making my own yogurt... I got a little burned out. Felt like I was in the kitchen allllll day kwim? So maybe I can combine that with something else.
The freezing pancakes is a good idea, although I'm not sure he'd like to eat them more than once a week anyway. He's not a huge fan. He's very picky! uurrgh this is going to be hard... no he doesnt eat quick breads or muffins or any of that, nor would he be open to eating quinoa or leftovers for breakfast. All that's left I can think of are fruit drinks, which I'm not really sure would end up saving all that much money. Maybe for a month or so, until all our frozen fruit from last summer is gone.
I might try rice pudding. I make it for myself for breakfast and love it and he's always thought it was weird... but then the other night he was saying his mom used to "make this desert I really liked with rice, milk and sugar" LOL... "um, that's rice pudding!"
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I have actually made lots of my own yogurt in the past, not with a yogurt maker but just using some local yogurt as a starter, heating up milk, etc. That worked well, and he liked it. I should probably do it again, but I get lazy... all the cooking from scratch, plus baking my own bread, making my own yogurt... I got a little burned out. Felt like I was in the kitchen allllll day kwim? So maybe I can combine that with something else.
The freezing pancakes is a good idea, although I'm not sure he'd like to eat them more than once a week anyway. He's not a huge fan. He's very picky! uurrgh this is going to be hard... no he doesnt eat quick breads or muffins or any of that, nor would he be open to eating quinoa or leftovers for breakfast. All that's left I can think of are fruit drinks, which I'm not really sure would end up saving all that much money. Maybe for a month or so, until all our frozen fruit from last summer is gone.
I might try rice pudding. I make it for myself for breakfast and love it and he's always thought it was weird... but then the other night he was saying his mom used to "make this desert I really liked with rice, milk and sugar" LOL... "um, that's rice pudding!"
I pay $1.99 for a gallon of milk.
4 quarts in a gallon = $0.49 per quart of yogurt
That's $0.49 for 32 ounces of yogurt!
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4 quarts in a gallon = $0.49 per quart of yogurt
That's $0.49 for 32 ounces of yogurt!
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