Breakfast Ideas

Smoothies - I've used these for breakfast or after school snacks. I add protein since my son seems to need more throughout the day and he's allergic to peanut butter. It takes only 2 minutes. The main ingredient is plain kefir, a cultured milk product similar to yogurt, but higher in protein, and lower in sugar. There are flavored versions, sweetened with cane juice, but then the sugar count goes up again. Kefir also has inulin, natural fiber with a bonus of helping the body absorb calcium.

Recipe:
Add the following in a blender.
4-6 oz. plain kefir (buy in quarts at Kroger, Sprouts, Central Market, Herb Mart, or Whole Foods)
1 scoop whey protein (optional, I use natural vanilla flavor)
handful of frozen fruit(any kind or favorite combo - strawberries, peaches, mango, raspberries, blackberries, cherries, pineapple)
1 packet stevia sweetener if needed (depends on the fruit)

Blend and serve. Sometimes I add banana which makes it thicker and I definitely don't need sweetener then. Buying the bags of frozen fruit means I always have the ingredients on hand. Stevia is a natural plant sweetener I found at Herb Mart, but I've been seeing it more often in other stores as well.

If you have several kids, make a larger batch. It won't go to waste!

2 moms found this helpful

My friend makes her kids some wonderful frozen breakfasts that they love! She layers yogurt, fruit or berries, and granola in a waffle cone, wraps it in foil and freezes it. The kids are getting a healthy breakfast and gobble it up as fast as a treat, they think its breakfast ice cream lol!

1 mom found this helpful

My son created PB-AB-Ws. Peanut butter and apple butter on waffles sandwhiches when he was 7. We eat on the go (in the car) a lot so this works well. We also cook turkey sausages (less fat) and have those with waffles and juice or milk. My kids love fruit. If I can get 3 food groups in them per meal, I am happy.

1 mom found this helpful

Hi M.,

We love breakfast at our house. We are blessed with a 16 month old girl who loves to eat healthy foods, yeah! I make her french toast several mornings a week. I just scramble an egg, add cinnamon and use whole grain, whole wheat bread. Start to finish it takes about 5 minutes. She loves it. She also eats all fruits including grapefruit, which she loves. You could try grapefruit, blueberries, cut up strawberries any fruit is a great way to start the day. We also make blueberry whole grain pancakes (sometimes I even sneak in pureed sweet potatoes), which you could do the night before and store in the fridge, by the time she was ready to eat them they would be a good temp. Omlets are also great, with cheese and broccoli, tomatoes, zucchini, any veggie. Also, smoothies are big at our house. Hope this helps!

1 mom found this helpful

My kids are 16 and 21. All through school we had a rule that they didn't leave the house with out breakfast. Try bacon and cheese toast finger. Fry the the bacon(can be done the night before or on the weekend) the crumble it on bread add shredded cheese and toast under the broiler. Cut into fingers and serve. She will love it and it will stay with her until lunch. Try english muffin add sausage and cheese and spaghetti sauce put under broiler for a morning pizza, my kids loved it. Oatmeal is still fabulous for kids, serve it with sausage balls for a hardier breakfast. I have made sausage balls(go to bisquick's website if you don't have a recipe)on Saturday morning and stored then in the fridge to be used all week for breakfast. Apple slices with peanut butter and the sausage balls are great as well as a slice of melon or pineapple. I hope this helps and doesn't gross you out. My kids still eat breakfast and they will zap a cheese hot dog, wrap in a tortilla and add mango chutney for a quick out the door breakfast. They have been taught that any thing in the fridge is fair game.
A.

1 mom found this helpful

How about breakfast burritos. Can be made ahead of time and frozen. I make mine with scrambled eggs,hash browns,cheese, and either cooked bacon or crumbled cooked sausage. Roll up in flour tortillia and you have a quick and easy meal. Good for adults also, but made spicier with salsa, onions, jalapanos, etc. If frozen, place in microwave to defrost (or refrig overnight) and cook on medium power until level of warmness desired. Also, may try "pigs in a blanket" or cinnamon toast, home made egg McMuffin with sausage.

1 mom found this helpful

Hi M.:
I have a 20 month old son. His favorite breakfasts usually include a banana, organic yogurt (a bit messy, I know - but I usually help with this one) and an organic fuit & cereal bar. I feel like he's getting a healthy start to his day. He also likes cinnamin/raisin bread with applesauce. I make a batch of whole grain pancakes and freeze them. You can pop a couple in the microwave and they are so non-messy, they can even be eaten in the car. The low sugar instant oatmeal is a favorite, too (and a bit messy). Hope this give you a few ideas!

1 mom found this helpful

What about plain whole fat yogurt? You could even mix in some fresh or frozen fruit or some sort of grain (oatmeal or a healthful cereal). Also, what about a really good smoothie? I make a variation of Dr. Sears' smoothies, and am very pleased with them. http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/t040400.asp#T040402
is a link to the page where you can find recipes for smoothies. If it's for breakfast, make sure you include the tofu, and I always add a handful of fresh spinach to every smoothie I make. It's easy to hide the spinach flavor among the fruits and my daughter just slurps them up (an immersion blender has been so helpful with these as there's very little cleanup required)! That same Dr. Sears page has some other ideas for breakfast foods.
Also, I've found a copycat recipe for IHOP's Harvest Grain and Nut pancakes that I like http://www.joycesfinecooking.com/Copycats/ihops_harvest_g...
(Leave out the nuts if you don't want to give them to your daughter just yet). You could throw in some blueberries and include some yogurt to round out the meal. Also, I like LifeStream's frozen Flax Waffles (100% whole grain). Finally, I make pizza packed with veggies on 100% whole wheat pitas, and some leftover pizza would be most delicious and healthful for your daughter (just cut it into bites before you pack it for school)! Thanks for a good question. I look forward to reading all the responses!

1 mom found this helpful

This is from the book "THE SNEAKY CHEF" By Missy Chase Lapine. A must have book.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Muffins
1 cup Flour Blend
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt (I don't use the salt)
2 eggs
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cup orange puree
3/4 cup peanut butter
8 heaping tsp. jam
Preheat oven 350 line muffin pan with paper liners. Mix dry ingredients then wet and add dry to wet. Scoop about 2 Tbs. of batter into cups then add the tsp. Jam and cover with 2 Tbs. batter. Bake 25-30 min.
Note: Jelly doesn't work must use jam.
Flour Blend: 1 cup flour, 1 cup whole wheat flour, and 1 cup wheat germ (unsweetened)
Orange Puree: 1 med. sweet potato peeled and rough chopped, 3 med. carrots sliced into thick chunks, and 3-4 Tbs. water. In pot cover potato and carrots with cold water and boil for 20 min. are until tender. Drain put in food processor with water puree.
You have good protein with the peanut butter and wheat germ and she gets some veggies. I get Raw Wheat Germ from Whole Foods and I use Organic Peanut Butter it was a little dry so you may want to add a little honey.

1 mom found this helpful

I have a 16 month old and you're right eggs is just not enough at times and gets boring. What my husband has tried is slicing up a whole banana (so she won't choke) for her to pick up and feed herself. I've also made her frozen waffles cut up into bit size pieces along with her banana. Mix it from time to time with different fruits if your baby likes them like strawberries, grapes, oranges, apples,etc. My little one loves milk so I also give her milk 2% or juice and sometimes chocolate milk. The little smoked sausages are also good and not so time consuming when heating them up. I also have two older children, 9 & 5 years old that love all of these as snacks too. Hope this helps.