Whether you work at home, on the farm, at the office, at school, or on the road, it is not a good idea to skip breakfast. I have learned to appreciate breakfast more in the last year. After I left school I evolved into a non-morning eater. I usually only needed morning food to curb a hangover. With my new job, and my new outlook on debt-reduction, Carmie and I both do our best to eat every morning. It is not like we eat breakfast before we leave the house; we are nowhere close to being that organized. We make our breakfast sandwiches, lunches, take our showers and then off to work. I eat my sandwich while unlocking the building; flipping on the computers, checking the nightly faxes, starting coffee for the office, etc. etc.
After my post on Groceries and frugality Carmie mentioned I should post how we save money on breakfast. That was too easy of a post to do. I decided to compare NOT just the cost savings, but the nutritional values of making breakfast at home versus going through the drive through window.
| Restaurant | Calories | Fat/g | Sodium/mg | Carbs/g | Protein/g | Cholesterol/g | $$ Damage |
| Golden Arches | 500 | 32 | 1130 | 35 | 17 | 250 | 1.99 |
| The King | 530 | 37 | 1490 | 31 | 20 | 175 | 1.99 |
| Hardy Har Har | 750 | 56 | 1960 | 38 | 23 | 255 | 2.49 |
| Him Torton’s | 540 | 35 | 1000 | 35 | 19 | 210 | 2.43 |
| Your Kitchen * | 490 | 21 | 975 | 45 | 27 | 59 | .87 * |
This is not a 100% comparison. My breakfast sandwiches are made with Lender’s bagels, “on sale” cheese and eggs, and the assumption of “pork sausage”. We switch back and forth from bagels and English muffins depending on sale prices; ie manufacturer’s coupons or buy “x” get “y” free. Sometimes we use turkey sausage and that makes our breakfasts even healthier than the drive through. The preferred method for us is the bagel sandwich. It has enough umph to carry us through until lunchtime without bogging us down.
Make that sandwich a “COMBO” meal, and at that point you have lost your goal of debt reduction, and weight reduction. Brew your coffee for the morning drive at home, bring it with you. Do you really need an extra 400+ calories for your taters? A regular combo meal will give you over 1/2 of our daily needs of calories in one dang meal. I have not broken out the cholesterol, fat or sodium because it is too scary to show. You can do the math if you really care. I am just here to say that penny for penny you are better making your breakfast at home. Everything made at home has a little love put in it, so naturally it tastes better – not to mention better customer service.
Tomorrow morning, remember that eating a healthy breakfast is the best way to start off your day, and be good to yourself by eating a healthy breakfast. Notice how much better you feel through the morning and the rest of the day when you don’t skip breakfast.
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