1. Mash Your Fruit into Jam

No jam? No problem. Just mash whatever soft fruit you have on hand—berries and bananas work perfectly—with a sprinkling of sugar, taste it, and start spreading.

2. Freeze Bread for Toast

Take your favorite bakery loaf, slice half of it, and wrap the other half in plastic. Put both in a gallon freezer bag in your freezer. Grab slices and toast straight from frozen as needed, then thaw the second half of the loaf and repeat. Toast. All. The. Time.

3. Buy a butter pot

Such as this one from Emile Henry. Your butter will remain soft. Fresh. And almost dangerously easy to spread.

Photo by Chelsea Kyle

4. Make bacon in the oven if you're feeding a crowd

Your bacon will turn out extra crispy, and it's one less thing to orchestrate before the morning caffeine takes hold.

5. Prep pre-portioned smoothie kits

On the weekend, chop fruit and divide among resealable sandwich bags, along with whatever other smoothie add-ins you love: nuts, chia seeds, protein powder, etc. Seal and freeze, and then blend straight from frozen with a splash of liquid and a couple ice cubes.

6. Bake eggs in your avocados

The hollow in those avocados is egg-shaped for a reason. Crack in your eggs, slide the avocados in the oven and 10 minutes later: your all-in-one breakfast is ready. (Pro tip: Reach for the hot sauce.)

Eggs in a Spicy Minted Tomato Sauce James Ransom

7. Simmer eggs in last night's dinner

Bring a cup or two of tomato sauce, stew, or soup to a simmer. Crack in eggs. Cook until set. Eat the saucy eggs with lots of crusty bread.

8. Make DIY Sausage from Ground Pork

Sausage patties are just ground pork plus seasonings. To make your own in minutes, mix a pound of ground pork with a teaspoon each of poultry seasoning and kosher salt, then form into patties and fry. Oh, and you can freeze them, too.