12 minutes for breakfast! This morning I had 7 after my morning ride on the exercise bike. Who has time to go to McD's? I ate an apple and an avocado in my 7 minutes, WHILE reading a book! Apple approx $0.30 (88 cents/pound), avocado $0.39 (fabulous sale!). That's $0.69 compared to a $2.79 Egg McMuffin, and I didn't have to drive anywhere or wait in line! I probably got more calories out of it, too, and I count that as a good thing. I know that they're healthy calories, and the fat & fiber should keep me filled till lunch time.
I don't eat a lot of breakfast cereal mostly because it's so expensive, and not very filling. I do love me some cornflakes though. I could eat at least 1/3 of the box at one sitting. (Which is why I very rarely buy them.) Plus cereal wastes my precious, expensive (these days!) milk. I don't like to drink the milk left in the bottom of the bowl (eww) so about a cup worth always gets dumped out.