Sometimes we like to keep it simple at our house for dinner by fixing something that we all enjoy eating; breakfast. My favorite part about eating breakfast for dinner is the economical sense it makes. We fixed biscuits, gravy, and eggs with cheese for dinner which all came to less than $5.00. There were even leftovers. We could have even had bacon or potatoes with our breakfast and still kept it under the $5.00 mark. The combination of eggs, biscuits, and gravy are so filling that you wouldn’t need the bacon, but man, you just can’t go wrong with bacon. I forgot about the bacon until the last minute, otherwise we would have had that as well.
I know that bacon is on the expensive side most of the time, but I wait for it to go on sale, and then stock up hopefully with enough to keep until the next sale. Eggs are usually around $1.50 or less for a dozen, and about a half dozen eggs will feed the five of us. I keep my gravy costs down by using bacon grease (instead of butter), which I store in the refrigerator so that it doesn’t go rancid. The possibilities are really kind of endless with breakfast, and it certainly makes things easier on the budget knowing that a good nutritious meal can be prepared for less than $5.00. If you forget to make breakfast for dinner like I do sometimes, plan out a thirty day menu, or even a weekly menu and include breakfast on your menu a couple of times for the month, or more if it’s something your family enjoys. Of course if you want to bake something for breakfast instead, my favorite is cinnamon rolls. I found Amy’s (The Finer Things In Life) cinnamon roll recipe and haven’t looked back!
My kids love breakfast for dinner. It’s their idea of gourmet food. We usually use sausage at dinner time and save the bacon for Sunday mornings. My husband isn’t as big of a fan, but he doesn’t mind this one too much. I brown and drain the sausage, then add about half the roll back to the pan. Then I pour my beaten eggs right over the top of the sausage and add anything else like green peppers, tomatoes or mushrooms. I cook just as I would scrambled eggs, then add a little cheese at the end and cook until melted. Its like one of those skillet meals you get at the breakfast restaurants. I usually pair it with biscuits and gravy. There is always enough for a few of us to reheat for breakfast later in the week (We have 5 also). I put the leftover cooked sausage back in the freezer for next time.
We made breakfast for dinner just last night. Puffed pancake with apple cinnamon topping.
Thanks for the cinnamon roll mention!
Your Welcome Amy! Puffed pancakes sound really good.
Rebecca this sounds awesome. I’ll have to write this down to remember for a future breakfast at our house too!