Getting everyone out the door and feeding them a healthy breakfast can be a challenge during the work/ school week! We have the solution! Try these 5 Breakfasts That Will Make You Love School Mornings!
Easy Breakfast Ideas for School Mornings
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I don’t know how it is in your house, but most school mornings we are all running around like chickens with their heads cut off, trying to get everyone out the door on time.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so I try to serve the healthiest breakfasts I can. Here are some quick and healthy breakfast recipes for when you are short on time!
Waffles with Nutella
Shopping List:
- Frozen or Homemade Waffles
- Nutella
- Strawberries, cut into thin slices
Instructions:
- Prepare frozen or homemade waffles.
- Spread a layer of Nutella on the waffles.
- Add slices of strawberries on top of the Nutella.
- Serve.
Breakfast Toast
Shopping List:
- Wheat bread, sliced
- Ricotta cheese
- Pears, sliced
- Honey for drizzling
Instructions:
- Toast bread in toaster or oven.
- Add a layer of ricotta cheese to the bread.
- Add slices of pears.
- Drizzle honey on top.
- Serve.
Avocado Toast with Strawberries
Shopping List:
- Wheat bread, sliced
- Avocado, smashed
- Strawberries, sliced
- Balsamic Vinegar for drizzling
Instructions:
- Toast the bread in a toaster or oven.
- Smash the avocado and spread on the toast.
- Next, add the sliced strawberries.
- Drizzle balsamic vinegar on top.
- Serve.
Yogurt Banana Popsicles
Shopping List:
- Bananas
- Strawberry Yogurt
- Granola
- Popsicle Sticks
Instructions:
- Cut the bananas in half.
- Next, place the popsicle stick inside the flat side of the banana.
- Dip the tip of the banana in strawberry yogurt.
- Dip the yogurt side into the granola.
- Serve.
**If you make these for an afternoon snack, place the Yogurt Banana Popsicles on a piece of parchment paper and put in freezer for up to 2 hours to freeze the yogurt.
Breakfast Burritos
Shopping List:
- Eggs
- Black Forest Ham (sandwich sliced), chopped
- Mexican Cheese, shredded
- Flour Tortillas
- Salsa
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
Instructions:
- In a pan, heat up chopped ham, and then set aside.
- Scramble the eggs in the same pan. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, to taste.
- Next, add ham to the eggs.
- In a separate pan, warm up the flour tortillas.
- Add egg and ham mixture to the flour tortillas.
- Next, sprinkle shredded cheese.
- Spread salsa on top of burrito, or use for dipping.
- Serve.
Tips for Quick and Healthy School Morning Breakfasts
My number one tip is to plan ahead! If I don’t meal prep and meal plan, it all goes down the drain! Before the school year begins, we have a brief family meeting, discussing our favorite meals (this way I am not wasting time and resources making meals no on will eat!).
I try to make different things that I can freeze (like egg and veggie “omelet muffins”, smoothies, muffins, overnight oats, and homemade granola that I store in the fridge to serve over yogurt with berries).
Set everything out the night before so that you have more time to sit down and enjoy your first meal of the day with your family before everyone heads out into the world.
Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t have time to sit down for breakfast every day! Sometimes, it’s just not realistic to try and cram it in to an already hectic morning. Focus on what you can control and the times that you can do it–like weekends!
Some Of Our Favorite Kitchen Products
We have so much fun trying out new kitchen gadgets! Here are our must-haves:
- Fresh Baby Ice Cube Trays with lids
- Cuisinart Food Processor
- The I Heart Naptime Cookbook by Jamielyn Nye
- Giant Popcorn bowl
- VillaWare Uno Classic Waffle Maker
- Individual Popcorn bowls
- VillaWare Farmyard Waffle Maker
- Taco Holder
- Pyrex Baking Dishes
- Pizza Peel
- Hand Blender
- Pizza Wheel (cutter)
- Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Double Burner Reversible Grill/Griddle
- Pizza Stone
- Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Stainless 5-1/2-Quart Saute Pan with Helper Handle and Cover
- BPA free lunch containers
- Egg Rite Egg Timer
- Fit and Fresh container
- One Touch Electric Bottle Opener
- Half Pint Wide Mouth Mason Jars
- Ninja Professional Blender
- Zoku Quick Pop Maker
- Williams-Sonoma Open Kitchen Half Apron in Red or Blue
- Plano Half-Size Stowaway with Adjustable Dividers (for road trip snacks!)
- Curious Chef 3-Piece Nylon Knife Set
- Cuisinart 2 Quart Ice Cream Maker
- Victorinox Fibrox Straight Edge Chef’s Knife, 8-Inch
- Lemon Squeezer
- Mason Jars
- Crockpot
- Apple Corer
- Popcorn Bowl
- MaxiMatic double burner hot plate
- Glass Egg carton
- Black & Decker 4 slice toaster
- Hamilton Beach Hand Mixer
- Cuisinart 8-cup Food Processor
- Meat Mallet
- Ice Cream or Cookie Scooper
- Norpro Butter Keeper
- Norpro Butter Keeper
- 3-Piece Veggie Peeler
- Garlic Press
What is your favorite quick and healthy breakfast for the busy school/ work week? Comment below!
