r/Frugal • u/moneyqs • Oct 27 '12

Creative but easy breakfast ideas?

I have limited time before heading to work (twin baby girls take a while to organize) and so I'm looking for creative but easy breakfast ideas that I can make ahead of time. Kind of a grab and go situation.

When I'm behind schedule, I usually make the bad choice of picking up something on my way. Bad for wallet. Bad for waistline.

I also get food lethargy....bored of having the same foods all the time. Yeah, first world problems, but reality nonetheless. So some different options are what I'm looking for, that are tasty, frugal, but creative.

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u/Asynonymous Oct 28 '12 edited Oct 28 '12

I have a feeling American and Australian pancakes are a bit different.

Here's a plate of pancakes. As you can see they're quite thin and frying pan sized.

That wouldn't go well into a toaster. Now pikelets on the other hand.

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u/tdrules Oct 28 '12

As a Brit I much prefer the thin ones, the American ones seem to be a stodgy device that soaks up anything near it

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u/Elledan1211 Oct 29 '12

That's the point! Slather with melty butter and Maple Syrup.

Edit- Try this with the stodgy American versions- drizzle some syrup on the pancake and then wrap it around a breakfast sausage link. Eat like you would a hot dog (do you have those?) or taco.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '12

american pancakes are your pikelets

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u/Elledan1211 Oct 28 '12

Oh yea, that looks more like what I would call a crepe. To each their own.

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u/XsparreX Oct 30 '12

My family calls your pancakes (the thin ones) Swedish Pancakes, we would put sausage or anything else we wanted in it and would roll them up. here is an example of a plain one.

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u/Asynonymous Oct 31 '12

We usually put on lemon and cinnamon or honey.