Breakfast at home: cheaper than the corner café

Log a week of café stops (coffee, pastry, sandwich). Divide by 5. That’s your home-breakfast ceiling.

Eggs, bread, yogurt, fruit, drip coffee: even national brands usually stay under that ceiling.

Savoury: eggs + bread + fruit. Sweet: yogurt + oats + fruit. Express: bread + peanut butter/cheese + fruit.

Repetition isn’t culinary poverty. It’s what makes mornings sustainable.

Eggs, bread, seasonal fruit, yogurt, coffee: those are the levers. Premium single-serve granola rarely is.

On SimpleICI, search those 2 items if they’re on deal, then ignore the rest of the marketed breakfast aisle.

Corner coffee is often the #1 line. A bag on special + a home filter changes the month more than a “less sugar” muffin.

Keep 1 pleasure outing a week if you want—budgeted, not automatic.

Plan a 3-minute option (bread + fruit) so you don’t default to the drive-through. That’s the net, not plan A.

Set up coffee/oats the night before to remove the friction that pushes you to the counter.