Breakfast is probably the easiest meal to make cheaply. At least for me. I don't usually have a great appetite, and I often skip breakfast, though I'm trying not to at the moment.
One particular reason that it's easy for me is because I like porridge made with water and a bit of salt. It's what I had yesterday, and my breakfast cost 4p in raw materials (which is all we're counting – cooking costs are not included in any of this). I'm pretty sure I could cut that 4p down by buying oats in greater bulk. I had bought a ½kg bag of Waitrose Essential porridge oats. If I had bought a 1kg bag the cost of the weight of oats I used (40g) would have rounded to 3p, but I dare say there are cheaper ways of getting oats. Today I splashed out and had Bran Flakes (also Waitrose Essential), 49g of which set me back 10p, with 109ml of milk adding an extra 5p.
Yesterday I had a cup of instant coffee. I was somewhat surprised to calculate that the cost of the coffee (Douwe Egberts, so not the really budget stuff) was only 3p. I'd also worked out that if I make myself I cup of espresso with the stove-top espresso maker, then I use 30p of coffee – a serious chunk of my £1/day.
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