Wednesday, August 15, 2012

My Promise... $1 Dollar Breakfasts!


So everyday our money slips away from our fingers quicker and quicker. So here is my promise! One dollar breakfasts! Healthy breakfasts and filling breakfasts! You have a few minutes, then you can make a meal without driving thru anywhere, without hassles and with less money!

So here we go!

1. Egg Muffin aka...McMuffin from McDonalds...although it seems high in calories, it actually isnt!

1 english muffin split and toasted...no need to butter! 2.99 for Milbrook 10pk at WalMArt (2.29 at Costco)- 29 cents
1 egg fried hard or made scrambled... 18 pack eggs at Sams 2.29~ 12 cents
1 slice of canadian bacon,or 1 slice bacon or a sauage pattie fully cooked 3.00 a pack of each/10 .30 cents each
1 slice of borden cheese... 2.00 for a 12 pk ~ 16 cents each
TOTAL COST- 87 Cents add a banana for 13 cents (Sams Club has bunch banana for 1.29 roughly)= 1.00 for a complete breakfast!

2.Cheese Omelet with Toast and an Orange

2 eggs scrambled with a little milk salt and pepper~ 24 cents
1 ounce grated cheddar cheese~10 cents
Slice a Toast Sweetheart White/Standish Farms Wheat or Even Wonder Bread 2.08 a loaf and it has around 20 slices~ 10 cents
Orange 35 cents if bought in bags 50 if bought individually ~ 35 cents
TOTAL COST~ 89 cents

3. Oatmeal with brown butter apples
Packet of oatmeal_ 1.78/10 pack~ 18 cents
Apple 35 cents if bought in bag..around 50 cents if individual

Make oatmeal pack according to direction. Then in a pan with some butter brown sugar and a dash of cinnamon add in sliced apple and cook down until soft and brown on medium low heat... then once done pour over oatmeal. So good and different!
TOTAL COST ~ 68 cents

4. Fried eggs, hashbrowns and Toast

Fried Egg- 12 cents
grated potato- 10 cents (grate potatoes, rinse and place in a lightly oiled pan and cook until brown)
Toast- 10 cents
TOTAL COST ~ 32 cents!

5. French Toast and Bacon
1 Sweetheart Bread Texas Toast- 2.08/15 slices~ 15 cents
1 egg scrambled mixed with milk, cinnamon and brown sugar ~ 15 cents
2 slices of Bacon ~ Hormel 3.99/ 12 slices~ 66 cents
TOTAL COST~ 96 cents

6. Pancakes with Scrambled Eggs

Pancake~ 10 cents per pancake
2 Scrambled eggs~ 24 cents
TOTAL COST ~ 34 cents

7. Waffles and Sausage

Waffles made with Waffle mix~ 10 cents each
Sausage- Jimmy Dean 3.50 per roll makes 10 patties~ 35 cents
TOTAL COST~45 cents

8. Breakfast Burrito

1 Tortilla~15 cents
1 scrambled egg~12 cents
1 ounce cheddar cheese~10 cents
1 bacon slice~ 33 or sausage pattie broken up~35 cents
little salsa~5 cents
TOTAL COST~ 77 cents each!

9. Bowl of Granola/or Hearty Dry Cereal with milk and Banana

Boxed dry cereal~ 50 cents a servings depending on cereal maybe less..
Banana~13 cents
Milk~15 cents
TOTAL COST~78 cents

10. Cranberry Orange Muffins with boiled eggs and Grapefruit half

1/2 Grapefruit~ 25 cents since they are 50 cents whole
Krusteaz muffin mix 2.28 makes 12-16~ 18 cents each
Boiled Egg~ 12 cents each
TOTAL COST~ 55 cents

4 comments:

  1. Hi Erin,
    You have got some great culinary ideas there and saving along the way. Useful article.

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  2. Yummy Yummy!! I feel very hungry now. Now I can get a whole cool balanced diet, save more and still feel happy eating... This is a wonderful idea..

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  3. Pancakes with scrambled eggs for 34cents....I am eating more of these!!! What a great idea for a post...can we have ten meals under $5 now please :-)

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