Reply #54: sigh. I'm thrilled to be able to educate you

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You can buy 25 lbs of oatmeal for around 10 buck through your local co-op. Here's an inexpensive granola recipe- and it's clear that you've never made it if you think eggs are needed.

5 cups of oatmeal
1/2 cup of vegetable or canola oil
1/3 cup honey (I buy honey at Ocean State Job Lot for 2 bucks a pound)
pinch of salt
1 tsp cinnamon (optional) A big container of cinnamon is a buck at the place mentioned above)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
1/2 cup nuts (optional)

mix wet ingredients, add sugar, cinnamon and salt, add oats and spread on greased baking sheet. Put in 350 oven for about 10 minutes, mix in nuts and raisins if using, put back in oven for another 5 to seven minutes.

Pennies per serving. No eggs, no baking powder.

A 99 cent box of crackers? Not even at the dollar store. Crackers are very expensive.

And yeah, a big bag of carrots for 2 bucks and a jar of peanut butter for 3 along with say 3 bags of 6 count english muffins for 99 cents a bag, will do for 3 hungry kids for snacks (add the granola and a gallon of 2 percent milk and the bananas and you can do healthy breakfasts and lunches for 3 kids for 5 or 6 days for a grand total about 17 bucks.

I damn well do know what I'm talking about here.