We like to eat well around here.  In our house we try to meet several criteria with each meal.  It should be healthy.  It shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg – we are budgeting and reasonable people.  It should keep us full until the next meal – we don’t like to be running to the pantry an hour later, desperate for a bowl of cereal or something.  And it should TASTE GOOD!  Fulfilling these criteria is a tall order.  It’s a job I mostly leave up to my wife and I know she spends many hours of her week trying to accomplish this for our family.  Planning, purchasing ingredients for, and preparing lunches and dinners for 7 days a week is enough work, that we like to keep our breakfasts simple.  We eat the same thing for breakfast 90% of the time.  (We rarely repeat things we have for dinner.  Except for bean burritos.  Our kids demand those weekly.  Weird schedule, but it works for us.)

This is what’s for breakfast.  It literally takes 90 seconds to make.  And it tastes good, is filling, and economical.

Microwave Oatmeal

Scoop one cup of old fashioned oats into a cereal bowl.  Add 2/3 cup water.  Microwave for 1 minute.   Add a pinch of salt.  Pile on some toppings.  Sweeten to taste with brown sugar, honey, or agave.  Add milk to cover – any kind.  Make sure you add enough, or it will turn into wallpaper paste.  Done and Done!

Topping Ideas:

Frozen, fresh, or dried fruit.  We LOVE frozen blueberries.  Cinnamon.  Coconut oil.  Nut butter.  Dark chocolate chips.  Vanilla.  Shredded coconut.  Slivered almonds.  Jam.  Any combination.