Painless Meals: 11 Breakfast Ideas For A Tight Budget

When you find yourself at the end of your budget with half of the month to go, we hope this grocery list and the following Breakfast ideas will simplify planning reasonably balanced breakfasts for you and your family.

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The GROCERY LIST

Apples

Apple Juice

Bananas

Beans

Bread

Butter

Cheese [optional]

Cinnamon

Eggs

Flour
Lettuce [Green Leaf, Iceberg, or Red Leaf]]

Milk

Oats

Oil [Canola]

Peanut Butter

Sugar

[Uncooked] Tortillas

In some recipes, Butter can be substituted for Oil.

If you don't like eating breakfast, try

◊ an Apple [w/Peanut Butter]
◊ a Banana
◊ a glass of [low-fat] Milk
◊ a hard-boiled Egg

Fitbie says if you don't like eating breakfast, "drink a glass of low-fat milk. If you've skipped breakfast for years, you've duped your body into thinking it doesn't need food in the morning...You need about a week of consistently eating breakfast to turn the hunger cues back on. Start with something small, like a glass of milk...then slowly work your way up to a healthy-size breakfast [Healthy Breakfasts That Taste Good, Fitbie.msn.com]."

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Meal IDEAS

Bread + Peanut Butter + Apple/Banana [sliced]

Top Bread with Peanut Butter and sliced apple/banana. [Toast your bread, make a sandwich, or use a little butter for a grilled sandwich.]

The Perfect Oatmeal

Apple Juice + Butter + Cinnamon + [quick-cook] Oatmeal/Rolled Oats + Toppings [optional]

Get Chef Tyler Florence's Recipe For The Perfect Oatmeal HERE
[The only oatmeal my 4-year-old will eat, so far]

If you don't love Oats, "Brown Rice is full of energy-providing B vitamins" and is "a great source of filling fiber. Cook the rice the night before. Then, in the morning, put it in a bowl with a spoonful of Honey, a handful of Raisins, a cut-up Apple, and a sprinkle of Cinnamon for a unique yet delicious treat [27 Ideas for a Healthier Breakfast, Reader's Digest, rd.com]

Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie

Banana + Milk + Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie
FitnessMagazine.com

Get The Recipe HERE

Eggs On Bread

Bread + Butter + Eggs

Easy French Toast

Bread + Butter/Oil + Cinnamon [optional] + Eggs + Milk

Easy French Toast

PainlessMeals.com

Get Our Recipe HERE

We used cinnamon swirl bread, but you can also use white, wheat, sourdough, etc. bread. I add a bit of Cinnamon [either to the Egg/Milk mixture or sprinkled on top of bread once dipped].

[Toasted] Bread topped with a leaf of Lettuce and [scrambled] Eggs

Quesadillas

Cheese + uncooked Tortillas

Breakfast Burritos

[Scrambled] Eggs + Beans [canned] + uncooked Tortillas + Cheese [optional] + Salsa [optional]