Second Breakfast

Eggs with mushrooms, asparagus, onion and cheese

And you thought Second Breakfast was just a Hobbit thing.  Not so!!

Breakfast is certainly the most important meal of the day, so why not have it twice?  And if you plan ahead and are flexible in your tastes, it can also be the most inexpensive meal of the day, too.

Yesterday I posted about my $1 Protein Shake. That gets me going most mornings, but what about lunch?  If I'm averaging $2-$3 dinners, how do I keep it under $5 a day?

EGGS!  Yup.  Eggs.

But you have to be creative, because eating an egg itself is just boring.

I don't like eggs.  Actually, I hate eggs.  Bring a hard boiled egg within my range of smell and my stomach flips.  Runny scrambled eggs make me shudder.

But when eggs are 99 cents a dozen or 18 eggs for $1.49, you learn to eat them.

How?  As long as I can hide the egg in a big pile of vegetables and throw some hot sauce on it, I can devour them quickly.  And with the added vegetables, it's a great way to get your nutrients.

Every day for my second breakfast (lunch), I eat one or two eggs, depending on how hungry I am.

I go through the fridge and figure out what I can throw in the frying pan that will change the smell, taste, and texture of the egg.  This includes:

• Onion (yellow, purple, green, whatever)
• Mushrooms
• Asparagus trimmings
• Spinach
• Peppers (bell or spicy)
• Turkey pepperoni
• Herbs such as oregano, basil, or dill
• Cheese
• Hot sauce
• Salsa
• Avocado (if you can find them cheap)

I pick 3 or 4 of the above ingredients and scramble away!

Eggs, mushrooms, red bell peppers, salsa and cheese

And there's your Second Breakfast for less than 50 cents.  This keeps me filled up until it's time for dinner.

Of course, you can pair toast or oatmeal with your eggs for very low cost, but I'm good with just eggs for now.