These 13 gadgets will make you breakfast in under 10 minutes, every time
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Regardless of being told over and over again that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, many of us make a habit of skipping it.
Why? because we (right or wrong) believe it takes too long. In a 2015 study, Mintel surveyed Millennials to figure out why they weren't eating cereal anymore, since it's one of the all-time simplest breakfast choices. The answer — for a whopping 40% — was that it meant clean up time.
We’d all like the kind of massive breakfasts families in movies set in the 1950s eat off checkered tablecloths, but no one wants to get up 45 minutes early to make them.
Instead, we all rush out the door in the morning and sit at our desks hungry and potentially more irritable than normal by 11 a.m.
When you’re thinking about lunch for an hour before you leave to eat it (and the hour in which you actually are eating it), you’re not as productive at work as you could be, and that can mean staying at the office later that night than you might have needed to.
You’re likely not going to get any less busy (or wake up tomorrow wanting to spend those 45 minutes cooking), so we rounded up some easy — and pretty inexpensive — options for a breakfast that’ll fill you up but won’t take more than a few minutes to make. Check them out below:
A smoothie maker with a take-away bottle
Smoothies can be one of the healthiest and most satisfying early morning meals, and an easy way to get an early serving of veggies and fruits in, too. Plus, they're relatively inexpensive and can keep you full until it's time for lunch, depending on what ingredients you use.
If you want the most convenient and quick process possible, grab one of these best-selling take-away bottle blender. It'll help you portion out the right amount for a single smoothie (since leftover smoothie sounds way better than it tastes) and make cleanup time as easy as possible. Throw in the ingredients the night before, store it in the fridge, add milk/water in the morning and throw it on the blender before heading out the door.
Epica Personal Blender with Take-Along Bottle, $24.95
Frozen fruit packs for an inexpensive and easy fresh smoothie
A cheap (and fast) way to make smoothies is to grab a bunch of frozen fruit, which is affordable and keeps the nutrients in your fruit intact until you're ready to thaw and eat, so you don't have to work off the timetable of how long your new strawberries will last on their own.
Birds Eye, Ultimate Berry Medley, 12 Oz, $2.77
A microwavable omelet pan
Mix up your favorite mix of ingredients and eggs in the morning (or the night before) and pop it in here for an omelet within minutes. Then, before you head out the door, just throw it in the dishwasher so you can use it again when the craving hits.
Nordic Ware Microwave Omelet Pan, $6.17
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