What is your childs "breakfast of champions"??? - Page 3

[lookatreestar]

this thread is awesome!

[mum4vr]

OOOoooh, great ideas! <3 the egg pockets, muffin ideas-- apparently we're in a rut, too!

Our hands down, absolute fav is "greeny granola" consisting of raw, dry oatmeal, nuts, seeds, fruits of choice, topped w milk/ yogurt/ kefir. Fast, yummy, nutritionally dense.

Mochi with cream cheese/ nut butters/ jam/ whatever may be more preferred than gg, but it is spendy and served very occasionally here!

We also like dinner leftovers for breakfast-- today it was chx broc alfredo from ds2's bday dinner last night.

Grits (we all love grits, no necessary C: heehee ) with anything and everything. Ours are whole grain, organic, yellow corn grits (not treated w lye) from the co op. Very satisfying.

If I determine the breakfast of choice is low in protein (my dc get their own and sometimes mine! bc they are 9, 12, 17), then they eat a heaping T of PB right from the spoon. (or a handful of pepitas, or sunflower nuts, etc)

When they were small, if mama took "too long" getting ready before fixing their breakfast, I'd come in to see them snacking on a bag of organic baby salad greens.

Muffins and biscuits go over big, but unless we make them ahead, they wait for weekends.

[Zoesmama]

I wish I could get my dd to eat breakfast. She is not one to eat first thing when she wakes up. She prefers not to eat until closer to 9am it seems.

She eats dry cereal sometimes or apple, banana or pears. But on weekends likes 2 scrambled eggs and a slice of toast, or a pancake. Occasionally waffles or oatmeal.

Thanks everyone for the ideas. I'll have fun reading through these. Even for myself. I'm not a breakfast person. I do best at staying on track and not over eating when I eat in morning though. I like to have a mango and another fruit. Occasionally I'll have toast with nutbutter. I'd love to do green smoothies but don't think my blender would cut it. I bought some pre made and could get used to it.

She loves hard boiled eggs perhaps I could boil some up but the thing is she only eats the whites unless they are "deviled". I wonder if there is some more healthful way I could soften the yolk and put back in kinda like deviled eggs. I will have to do some research.

[Bettercare]

Healthy Breakfast Ideas

The right breakfast for kids???....most common question of all parents and rightly so..

Here a list of certain ideas which i feel can be tried out....

1. Peanut Butter : versatile morning food,Spread on top of whole wheat toast or an English muffin, serve it up with bananas in a sandwich, or eat it on apple slices.Of course nothing goes with peanut butter like a glass of cold milk!

2. Whether scrambled, hard boiled or "fried" in a non-stick skillet, eggs are a great breakfast protein and are yummy paired with toast or a piece of fresh fruit.

3. Check cookbooks or the Internet for a heart-healthy muffin recipe low in fat and higher in fiber. Many muffins freeze well and can be popped in the microwave for a quick meal.

4. Oatmeal is especially filling on cold mornings. Serve it up with sliced fruit inside, sprinkled with cinnamon, or with a bit of maple syrup or applesauce stirred in.

Try out these suggestions....hope ur kid has a healthy morning appetite...

[Aubergine68]

Just made your Super Oatmeal Recipe with chopped apple and plum, theatermom. It was amazing. Thanks!

Originally Posted by theatermom

We make what we call Super Oatmeal:

~Steel cut oats
~Chopped seasonal fruit (right now, we're doing apples, peaches and raisins, usually one Granny Smith and one local variety, depending on fridge contents)
~Chopped nuts (usually almonds, walnuts, pecans)
~2 eggs, whisked lightly
~Raw honey
~Whole milk
~1-2 tablespoons homemade butter
~1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
~1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Make the oats as normal. While they're cooking, in a small saucepan, melt the butter. Add spices. Add honey to taste. Stir in fruit and nuts and stir to cover. Let simmer. When the oatmeal is nearly done, gently but thoroughly whisk the eggs into the still cooking oatmeal. Add a bit of milk until desired thickness, then stir in fruit/nut mixture. If desired, you can sprinkle a bit of brown sugar on top.

I always have all of those ingredients on hand, and there's never been a morning when I've actually made enough. :-) My oldest doesn't even like oatmeal, but he'll eat 3 bowls of this.

[BellaClaudia]

Our DD is in the phase that she just loves a bowl of fruits for desert, few chopped nuts and few risins in it is always welcommed though. Sometimes she will wake up and calls for soft or hard boiled eggs but she won't eat yolks .. just whites.

Some days she will have a french toast with fresh made blueberry or raspberry sauce ( I just dump a handfull of fruits into a pot and bit of sugar and boil it while I made a tost ready and tadaaaa.. super delicoso)

Generally what I noticed is that there is major behavior difference depending if she has starchy food for breakfast or not and what kind of it it is..
if it is a bit then it is fine but major amounts like a bowl of cerial will drive her up the wall for half a day.

When I dig a glycymic index of foods and found that cerial is really naughty
and elevates the sugar in no time then no wonder. I am researching glycymic index some more to see how it relates to her moods but so far it is clear that what is obvious shows in her behaviour and what reads more less:

"the more processed food the higher glycymic index .. what it means is that the more process the food is the easier digestable it is and the faster it elevates sugar level.. as in.. your body will much faster absorb sugars from
white breads that are highly processed then for instance pumprenickel and whole seed based brown heavy breads...."

In other words the more you "torment" the food the easier it is for sugar to go poof through the roof..

it has been said that fruits do not harm sugar level as other sugar containing foods so they do not effect mood as let's say cookie or what not.

This seem to be really working. Therefore for breakfast we try to avoid processed foods and she also seem to preffer it as I used to offer heavier choices or cerial but she was not too happy to eat it and when convinced
she would behave afterwards really irritable for long time.

For lunch we are having more hearty meal, preffered on this side are patatoes in any form.. hash.. omlette.. patatoe panckakes.. scrumble fritters.. with some scrumbled egg or some brakfast sausage
sandwich etc.

[mommy212]

breakfast burritos! I like mine a little spicy. My DS is only 10 mo so for him I make a scrambled egg with torn up multigrain tortilla, bell pepper, cheese, onion and potato, sometimes mushroom if I have it. I add hot chilis, salsa and bacon or turkey bacon to mine.

[carmel23]

I love this thread!

We eat a lot of oatmeal, muffins,


Galettes! Omg, like a big pancake with eggs and herbs, or jam in them.
Or if we have frozen berries in the freezer.