Iâm cheap, and I also have barely any time for breakfast in the morning, and my wife likes it when I make her breakfast but she leaves for work an hour after me.
So this is what I do, and have done for almost three years straight now.
You get yourself some Some And a big bag of shredded cheese, your choice
First thing I do when I walk into the kitchen is start the toaster oven, getting it hot. Then I take a chicken patty out of the freezer and break it in half on the edge of the counter while itâs still in the bag. Then I take a half sheet paper towel, and fold it in half, because I hate doing dishes. I put both halves of the chicken patty on it, pop it in the microwave for one minute, 30 seconds per half if Iâm only doing one. Then while thatâs going, I slap two tortillas on the counter, sprinkle a healthy dose of cheese on them and spread it out evenly. By the time Iâm done, so is the chicken, so I put each half on one side of each tortilla. Next comes the flavor. You can sprinkle a little garlic salt and pepper, or a dash of worcestershire, or my favorite was a dab of Chick-fil-A sauce under the patty. Then, slide it onto the rack in the piping hot toaster oven. Then I walk away to go start getting ready for work, just a simple task like finding socks or something, then I come back a minute or two later and the cheese is nice and bubbly, the tortilla is browning on the edges, itâs just about ready to pull out. Then I pull them out, fold them in half, put mine on my water bottle to cool, and hers goes back into the toaster oven, but itâs a fancy oven so I set the temp to 160f so itâs nice and hot when she gets up, but doesnât keep cooking too much.
The whole process takes less than 10 minutes, maybe even 5 minutes if Iâm really on my game in the morning.
The whole thing costs like 50 cents, and is plenty filling for me. Itâs probably not the healthiest option, but⊠đ€·ââïž
Why donât I use something more breakfasty, like sausage? Because I canât find it as cheap as the chicken. Funny enough, I actually started this whole process during COVID, with frozen precooked sausage patties. We got a bag of them with one of our low income commodity boxes, and couldnât figure out what to do with them. So I started doing this. Then when the bag ran dry, I transitioned to chicken. Not as good, but still good, and like I said, Iâm cheap lol.
Sounds so technical. Why not just cereals and milk?
Too much sugar, not enough protein. My wife is borderline diabetic. Sheâs not technically, but sugar can make her feel funny, especially too much, and especially in the morning.
It sounds technical, and to a degree it is, but only because Iâve described it in detail. Honestly it only takes me minutes to do, then she has hot cheap breakfast to go đ
