Was your New Year's resolution to save money? or maybe it was to lose weight? I have a simple breakfast idea that is healthy, quick, easy, very inexpensive, and low in calories, and it will keep your tummy full until lunch.
It is instant oatmeal. Surprised?
One packet of plain original instant oatmeal has 100 calories and costs around $0.15 - $0.20. (depending on what brand you purchase, sales, coupons, etc). You can jazz it up with your favorite fresh fruit, spices, or just have it plain. (I add cinnamon, 1 packet of Splenda, and 1 tsp of butter.) Personalize it. Make it your own. On these cold, winter days, it really warms you from the inside out.
Instant oatmeal takes less than two minutes to heat in the microwave. That is less time than going to a fast food drive-thru and just think of all the money you will be saving! I keep a box in my office at work and while everyone else is eating a drive thru breakfast that costs around $5.00 and has around 500 calories (or more!), I enjoy my oatmeal that costs less than a quarter and has around 150 calories (after I add the butter & other good stuff).
If you ate instant oatmeal only two days a week for breakfast (instead of going to a fast food restaurant), you would save almost $40.00 a month and eliminate over 3,000 calories from your diet!
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