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Any suggestions for relatively inexpensive breakfasts, or do people also eat beans/rice? I’ve been eating overnight oats, but they aren’t filling at all and taste terrible (and a lot of recipes have ingredients that oxidize weirdly overnight that I’ve tried eliminating). Tofu scramble takes a long time to prep, there’s not enough freezer space between my roommates and I for meal prep, and my apartment has tons of restrictions they’ve gone after me for, so can’t use a second freezer or instant pot. I’ve been eating beans/vegetables + rice + salsa for dinner though and that works well and is always filling (maybe I should switch to brown rice from what I’m reading in this thread).

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cymbal_king@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Here’s some ideas:

peanut butter or eggs with cheese on whole grain toast

Soft boiled or fried eggs over rice with soy sauce and kimchi/hot sauce. The goey yolk makes the rice creamy. Can make the rice and boiled eggs the night before to save time in the morning. You can also marinade peeled boiled eggs in soy sauce and spices overnight

Add some fresh fruit, whatever is on sale/in season
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PeacefulForest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Bananas and English muffins with peanut butter are my breakfast go-to. Depending on where you are bananas may not be cheap, but I try to buy in-season fruit at my farmers market that can be made into smoothies if I don’t eat it before it gets a littler older, same with leafy greens. All goes into the smoothie. I also occasionally get 5% milk fat “Fage” yogurt to mix it up. Leftover yogurt can replace milk a lot of the time, and can be added to smoothies.

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Credibly_Human@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
For your oats, do you not add a bit of salt, some sugar and or some condensed sweetened milk?

But also, toast and some spread of any kind is pretty efficient. Like peanut butter with the amounts you can get can be pretty cheap.

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- sudoer777@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’m trying 1/8 tsp salt, 1 tsp maple syrup, and 1 tsp vanilla, and it doesn’t really help. Although oat milk instead of soy milk improves the taste a little (especially after Costco got rid of the sweetened soy milk version). Using frozen bananas/blueberries turns it into brown gunk when it’s ready to eat. Toast + toppings is probably a good idea.
  
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  - Tot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I do basically the same as you but probably more maple syrup 😂 Or I make it with chocolate milk…
    
    Sometimes I add freeze dried berries. They don’t turn into brown gunk overnight.
    
    What really helps it feel filling is 1 tablespoon of chia seeds.
    
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