In this post I discussed my dinner menus that save me money on groceries.  What do we eat the rest of the time?

Breakfast foods.  We don’t eat a wide variety of foods for breakfast.  My daughter and I eat toast with peanut butter or microwave oatmeal most mornings.   Sometimes I’ll make homemade waffles or wholegrain pancakes. My husband eats granola (or other organic convenience foods) at work.

Lunch foods.  Andy eats a black bean burrito (which we make in big batches and freeze) every day for lunch–and after about six years, he has still not grown tired of them!  Audrey eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, macaroni and cheese, a quesadilla, or something like that along with apple slices, carrot sticks, or other snack-like items.  I tend to eat leftovers from dinner for lunch.

Snack foods.  After feeding my daughter kamut puffs as a finger food, I somehow got addicted to them myself.  I buy them by the case!  My husband likes to munch on pretzels.  We eat a lot of homemade popcorn, too.  I also bake cookies, cinnamon rolls, or coffee cakes every once in a while.

As you can see, we don’t get too creative with our breakfast, lunch, and snack foods.  However, we try to make up for it at dinnertime.

What are your cost-saving tips for breakfasts, lunches and snacks?  Post a comment and tell us all about your favorites.