8 Super-Fast Breakfasts from Grocery Store Staples

I'm a firm believer that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Not to belittle lunch or dinner. Or brunch. Or linner. Or snack time. (I like them all.) But to get your day off to a good start, you've got to put some brain food in your gut.

Don't think you have time to get more than a cup of burnt coffee in the morning? I'm here to help.

Plan in advance, choose the right things at the grocery store, and you can have a delicious breakfast in no time that leaves you with more than a case of the jitters and a charred taste in your mouth. (It will cost less than a stale corn muffin at the deli, too.) The idea is to awaken your body with foods that contain fiber, protein, and enough carbs to kick your thinker into gear. Here are some of my favorite quick and easy breakfasts that provide the fuel I need to keep me feeling good and thinking on my toes.

At least until mid-morning snacktime.

The last of a dying breed (or the first of a new breed), Lily Fink Harrington is the only 28-year-old housewife we know. She cooks, she cleans, she bakes, she sews, she makes things from scratch. Care to join her? Check out her blog, A Charmed Wife.

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