Looking for some healthy breakfasts to feed your brood every morning?
How about some breakfasts that your kids can put together themselves?
That’s even better.
When your kids can assemble their morning meal by themselves, you have more time to prepare for your homeschooling day. An added bonus to this is that your children learn an important life skill…cooking.
It’s quite easy to pull together some tasty victuals for your little kangaroos. With a little advanced preparation (that’s what weekends are for), you can have a nice assortment of breakfasts for them to pick out of your pantry or fridge.
Here are six healthy breakfasts for kids that you can try out.
Healthy Breakfasts for Kids
Egg Banana Smile
Hard boiled eggs that have been peeled ahead of time make for a fast, healthy breakfast. You can throw in a banana or some other fruit for some added nutritional value. This kind of meal is great for anyone in your house that is dairy-free and/or gluten-free.
Cereal and Fruit
Ahhh…cereal. The old breakfast favorite. You’re probably wondering how your 4 or 5 year old can pour the milk herself, right? Well, here’s an old preschool trick. Pour the milk into a 2-cup, plastic, liquid measuring cup. It makes a great mini pitcher for little hands.
And the banana? It’s the perfect fruit for younger hands to practice cutting on. Just give your child a butter knife and plate or cutting board and she’ll be good to go.
Waffle With Fruit on Top
Waffles can be bought from the frozen food section of your grocery store. Or you can make healthy, homemade waffles ahead of time and store them in your refrigerator or freezer. Either kind can be reheated in the microwave or toaster.
Here’s our secret way for preparing homemade frozen waffles to perfection. Put them in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds, just long enough to defrost them without letting them get too soft. Then stick them in the toaster on the lowest setting. This makes a really nice crispy waffle.
Your kids can top their waffles with fresh fruit like berries, bananas or peaches to make them even more wholesome.
Toasted Peanut Butter and Whatever
I used to love to have peanut butter on toast for breakfast in the mornings when I was a kid. It warmed my tummy up and gave me plenty of protein for those cold winter days.
You can use natural whole-grain bread and peanut butter that has no sugar to make a healthy sandwich. The “whatever” part of this recipe can be raisins, apples, bananas or any combination of the three. Apples can be sliced ahead of time and brushed with lemon juice to prevent browning.
This sandwich gives your little ones a chance to enhance their culinary skills and practice the art of spreading peanut butter. (It is an art you know. 😉 ) It may seem like a bit of a struggle at first for young kids, but with practice, they’ll be a pro at it in no time.
By the way, the toast part of this sandwich is what distinguishes it from the lunch version of PB&J. Just in case your kids ask.
Bagel and Cream Cheese With Fruit
A whole-grain bagel with cream cheese and fruit makes another healthy breakfast for kids. For special diets, you can make substitutions with gluten-free bagels and dairy-free cream cheese. That’s what we used in the photo above.
Strawberries can be sliced ahead of time and stored in the fridge for younger children. Older children who can use a sharp knife can cut the fruit themselves. Of course, strawberries aren’t the only possibility. Other fruit like kiwi, blueberries, bananas, and raspberries make tasty toppings too.
It can be a bit difficult for kids to spread the regular cream cheese on a bagel. If you want to make it easier for them, you might want to buy the soft or whipped kind.
Yogurt Parfait
Photo by Wendy Melgar
This is an amazing breakfast. My kids love to make it and love to eat it even more. I’ve used it with preschoolers too.
All you need is yogurt, granola, and some fresh fruit such as berries, peaches or bananas. All three of those delectable treats can be layered in a parfait dish or mixed together in a cereal bowl. The choice is yours. If you use the parfait dish, it is usually best to start with a yogurt layer on the bottom and build up from there.
That’s it. Those are just a few of the possibilities for healthy breakfasts for kids.
What kinds of foods do you feed YOUR kids for breakfast?
Many blessings,
