Breakfast Recipes For Kids

If your children are like most, getting out of bed in the morning is one of their least favorite things to do. The process of getting them out of bed is not top on the list for most parents, either! Get up! Get dressed! Make your bed! Eat breakfast! Brush your teeth! Don't miss the bus!

Breakfast – the most important meal of the day. Without the needed morning fuel, how can the rest of the day possibly go well, right? If it was entirely up to your child, he'd probably request chocolate cake and root beer for breakfast! No worries, breakfast doesn't have to be a bowl of thick, lumpy, tasteless oatmeal. There's a happy medium both parents and kids can live with.

For those kids who would rather just skip breakfast because they aren't hungry don't have time, smoothies make a quick nutritious drink. The kids are happy because it doesn't take long to chug it down and mom is happy because her students aren't leaving without a proper breakfast.

Try this one:

INGREDIENTS:
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup raspberry yogurt
• 1 cup vanilla frozen yogurt
• 1/2 frozen banana (chunks)
• 1 1/2 cup frozen raspberries

PREPARATION:
Place all ingredients into a blender in the order listed. Blend at a low setting for the first minute, then the high setting until smooth. Serves 4.

Oatmeal certainly doesn't have to resemble wallpaper paste. Jazz it up with applesauce, brown sugar, cinnamon and fresh fruit. Just a spoonful of natural sweetness helps the lumpiness go down! Actually applesauce, brown sugar, cinnamon and fruit are wonderful staples to add to many breakfast items. Toss some in yogurt, on whole wheat toast, on top of cereal or add to grits!

"Here honey, eat a bran muffin before you go" doesn't sound nearly as inviting as "Are you ready for another peanut butter muffin?" Peanut butter is a good source of protein, Vitamin E, Niacin, Folate, Phosphorus and Magnesium.

Your kids will love this recipe:

INGREDIENTS:
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. milk
• 1/4 c. banana (about 1 banana), mashed with a fork
• 1/4 c. peanut butter
• 1/3 c. vegetable oil
• 1/4 c. frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed (left out of the freezer until it's soft)
• 1/4 c. nonfat dry milk
• 2 1/4 c. flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• nonstick spray

PREPARATION:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius).

2. In a small bowl, break the eggs and use a fork to beat them a little bit.

3. In a large bowl, combine the milk, mashed banana, peanut butter, vegetable oil, apple juice, dry milk, and the eggs from the small bowl. Mix with a mixing spoon until the mixture is creamy.

4. Add the flour, baking powder, and baking soda into the large bowl. Mix again.

5. Line a muffin tine with paper liners or lightly spray with nonstick spray. Spoon in the muffin mix. Fill each muffin cup about 2/3 of the way up.

6. Bake for about 15 minutes.

7. When your muffins are finished baking, remove from muffin tin and cool them on the wire rack. Serves: 12
If you are able to take the ingredients that you know your kids love and incorporate them into breakfast foods, you will have children eager to jump out of bed in the morning! By the way, we're still working on a healthy chocolate cake and root beer pancake recipe!