Our Healthy Budget Breakfast
Our favorite healthy, filling, budget breakfast is crockpot oatmeal.
I finally sat down to figure the cost per serving. This following recipe feeds about 5. You can increase or decrease as needed for your family.
Crockpot Oatmeal
- 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 5 1/2 cups water
- 3 dried apricots, diced
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/3 cup craisins
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 an apple, diced
Before you go to bed at night, add all of the ingredients to your crockpot, turn crockpot to low. Wake up to breakfast already made.
Feel free to add or subtract ingredients that suit your family. Some options would be honey instead of sugar, raisins instead of craisins, etc. I have heard some families add chopped pecans before serving too.
The cost is around 19 cents per serving. You could certainly decrease this by taking away some of the dried fruit or using fruit that is locally in season.
