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October 24, 2018

Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Kids!

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Breakfast for Kids is so important to start their day out right!  These healthy ideas are our favorite weekly rotation to keep active kids full of energy.  We love the breakfast staples – smoothies, eggs, yogurt and granola, oatmeal, pancakes and french toast, plus tips and tricks to make them quick and easy.  It’s real food that kid’s will love, and mom and dad will too, so you aren’t cooking separate meals.  Here are our favorite breakfast for kids recipes and tricks!

Healthy Breakfast for Kids Smoothies

Top it with Granola

Lots of our breakfast for kids are topped with homemade granola.  These are our two favorite recipes:

  • Almond Spiced Granola
  • Apple Pecan Granola

My kids love making and eating granola, but it’s not just for yogurt!  Sure that is a great option, but they also love it on plain cereal like Chex or Cheerios, adding some protein and a touch of sweetness.  When I was a kid I topped my Cheerios with a spoonful of sugar, kept conveniently in a sugar bowl right on the table!  So, we’ve come a long way!  Granola is also a great topping for a bowl of applesauce or oatmeal.

Granola and Yogurt with BerriesOatmeal Options

We love oatmeal, sprinkled with brown sugar or drizzled with honey, topped with berries, a scoop of plain yogurt, apple sauce, granola, raisins, or nuts.  These are our 3 favorite oatmeal variations to give variety through the week…

  • Overnight Crockpot Oatmeal – Our Favorite and SO EASY!  Before you go to bed, put 1 cup of Steel Cut Oats and 6 cups of water in a crockpot on LOW.  Ready in the morning!  Store leftovers in the fridge and microwave with a little milk. 
  • Homemade Instant Oatmeal – This make ahead favorite is better for you than store-bought.  A large batch of oats, baked and stored in a jar, with added nuts for protein, and ready for busy mornings, just warm with milk!
  • Baked Oatmeal Cups – These nutrient dense oatmeal cups are a holiday favorite with cranberries, but substitute blueberries and they are a perfect grab-and-go healthy breakfast year round!  Freeze extras!   

Crockpot Overnight Steel Cut Oatmeal

Homemade Instant Oatmeal

Use Your Freezer

Cooked sausage or bacon freezes well!  So, if you are making it on the weekend, cook the whole package and freeze your leftovers.  Chopped frozen bacon is great to throw in eggs during the week or even use it for dinner in a Pasta or risotto or on Loaded Baked Potatoes.  Some days if we are just having yogurt and toast, a growing kid could use an extra sausage link (just microwave it)!

  • For perfect bacon:  Preheat oven to 400° convection bake, cook bacon on a large sheet pan until crisp, about 20 minutes, but check it often and flip bacon if needed, drain on paper towel.
  • For perfect sausage:  Preheat oven to 425° convection bake, cook sausage links on a sheet pan until browned, about 20 minutes, flip and move them around half way through.

When you need a fun baking activity for the kids, stock your freezer with healthy muffins, try Carrot Pecan Muffins or Apple Nut Muffins!  They make a quick breakfast or snack!

Sheet Pan Bacon

Carrot Pecan Muffins

 

Smoothies Go With Everything

Check out how to never waste extra fruit with a Smoothie Bucket in your freezer.  Make sure everyone gets a good helping of fruit and a few veggies to start their day, mom and dad too!.  Smoothies go with everything – oatmeal, yogurt, cereal, eggs, pancakes, and just bagels or peanut butter toast.  A fun cup (thrift stores are great for this!) with a straw goes a long way!  And, if your kids aren’t into smoothies, try Homemade Popsicles!  Kid Friendly Smoothies

Pancakes with Staying Power

We love pancakes, waffles and french toast, but adding some extra protein makes them last you until lunch.  These protein pancakes pack extra punch with oats, almond flour, yogurt and extra eggs (recipe below).  Notice that the 1/4 measuring cup for everything makes the batter super fast to throw together, even on a weekday!Protein PancakesProtein Pancake Ingredients

Christmas Morning Protein Pancakes

Protein Pancakes

Meryl Downing
Christmas Morning Protein Pancakes are the perfect holiday breakfast AND my go-to pancake year round! Packed with oats, almond flour, yogurt and extra eggs!
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Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • ¾ c flour
  • ¾ c almond flour
  • ¾ c rolled oats
  • 2 t baking powder
  • ½ t baking soda
  • ¼ t kosher salt
  • ¾ c plain yogurt
  • ¾ c orange juice
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 T melted butter or coconut oil
  • blueberries and maple syrup

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl add all the dry ingredients and mix, then add all the wet ingredients and mix again (no need to dirty two bowls) (a 1/4 c measuring cup can be used for the entire recipe to make it fast).
  • Cook on a hot griddle. Blueberries can be added while the pancakes are cooking and they can be topped with any fruit. Store extras in the fridge and microwave the next day.
Keyword breakfast, pancakes, protein pancakes

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