The other day my family and I wanted to go out to our favorite diner for breakfast. It was a family tradition we used to do a lot. When I looked online over their new menu I was shocked to see some of their prices. We're a party of five and most of us would have ordered The Eveready Breakfast: 3 pancakes, 2 eggs (any style) 2 strips of bacon and 2 sausages. The price for that would be $13.99. Throw in a $2.99 cup of coffee and $5.99 for a glass of orange juice. The total cost per person for this basic (IMHO) breakfast would be $22.97 per person. There's five of us. That would total to $114.85, add in an 8.25% tax of $9.48 and a 20% tip of $22.97. Our family breakfast out would have cost us a total of $147.30.
What did we decide to do? Well, first off, none of us truly wanted to go out for breakfast and spend upwards of over one hundred dollars. Instead, I suggested we make our favorite meal at home and hubby and I would buy all the ingredients. My daughter and granddaughter have food allergies so I only purchased organic where possible. Here's what I bought for our breakfast together:
I bought many of the ingredients at Aldi, except for the pancake/waffle mix. I paid $4.99 for the waffle mix, $4.99 for the organic, nitrate-free bacon, $3.19 for the organic chicken breakfast sausage (not pictured) $3.75 for the no-pulp fresh orange juice, $6.59 for one dozen organic eggs and $5.67 for the real maple syrup! Obviously there is more food here for more than one meal but for the Grand Total of $29.18 ($5.83 per person) I was able to make a fairly hefty, nutritious, healthy breakfast meal for all five of us. Three of us had coffee. One had a cup of tea and I did use some butter to coat the waffle pan and top some of the pancakes but those amounts are minuscule.
If you have a kitchen or a place to prepare your own meals, you are blessed! Sure you can go to a McDonalds or Denny's and get the meal for less than the diner but it wouldn't be healthier and it wouldn't be good for you. Stay home. Learn to cook. Shop right and enjoy your blessings with your family and friends.
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You are 100% correct on this post. We ate out for breakfast last week and it came to almost 32.00 plus a 6.00 tip. Today I made bacon, scrambled farm eggs, toast with juice and coffee and it probably only cost us less than 5.00. The best thing is I know exactly what went into it. Home cooking is always better.
ReplyDeleteOh Lori gone are the good ole days (like a scant few years ago) when we used to go out for a great (and inexpensive) breakfast! Thankfully, we can make it at home and enjoy it even more in our own kitchens! Thank you for your comment.
DeleteI love it, Cindy. Cooking at home is such a great money saver. That orange juice alone is cheaper than one cup of it at the restaurant.
ReplyDeleteBelinda, can you believe it? Six dollars ($6.00) for a smallish glass of orange juice? Fresh squeezed my ........ We all know what's being squeezed here? Our wallets!! Thanks for your comment. Glad you're cooking at home.
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