Almanac for Homemakers

Serve Breakfast for Less "Breakfast can be inexpensive and still provide its share of the day's food requirements." Here is the scoop on breakfast. According this article from Today , Breakfast is really the most important meal of the day. Our Almanac has this to say about saving your breakfast food budget. 1. Evaporated Milk, Skim Milk, and Buttermilk may be less expensive than fluid whole milk. Evaporated Milk is creamier and thicker with more than half of the water removed. Use it in your smoothies or sweeten your coffee. 2. Buy Less Expensive Eggs Choose lower grade eggs. Grade A eggs are best for boiling, frying, and poaching. Use lower grade eggs for scrambling, omelets, and baking. 3. Fresh Fruits Buy in season fruits that cost less to stock. Otherwise getting frozen is just as good! ... NOW Let's get real. How can you apply these to the real world? For some ideas, you can read here in my previous po...

Try These Breakfast Surprises "Most people like a change now and then from conventional breakfasts. Here are a few ways to get variety - and maybe surprises - into breakfast on these wintery mornings." There is not much in today's Almanac reading that you wouldn't find on Pinterest. Breakfast Sandwiches French Toast Yogurt and Fruit Something else you could try is to take on some international cuisine. A Traditional Japanese breakfast would include some steamed rice, egg, and miso soup.  Breakfast in Mexico would be a plate of eggs, beans, chorizo, and tortillas. Maybe some pierogis from Canada. Maybe you are in the mood for something sweet like waffles, pancakes, croissants, or coffee cake. Whatever you choose to do just eat some breakfast, enjoy your coffee, and listen to your family complain. If I have had any experience in trying new things with my family is that one of them will complain about it.