At the time when food prices are going up and up, this is one of the last undiscovered bargains.
And this is the price in a pricey NYC supermarket, in the loose grain/nuts/granola sections. Without packaging, even organic grains are very cheap.
And steel cut oatmeal is very healthy -- high in soluble and insoluble fiber, iron, contains protein, lowers your cholesterol, unprocessed food. And $1.60 can provide more than 10 2 people portions, making the price about 8 cents per breakfast. (you can't cook less than 2 people portion in the rice cooker, does not come out well). I don't know the price of an apple in your location, but those are generally cheap too, and 1 baked apple mashed in to the oatmeal provides plenty of sweetness for 2 people.
Downside -- if you don't know how to make it in your rice cooker, making steel-cut oats is time consuming. I have a Zojirushi so I just set it (with a sliced apple, that bakes up nicely for natural sweetener) and it makes it for me perfectly, to be ready at a time of my choosing.
$0.08 super-healthy breakfast
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