We try to mix it up every morning... but the kids seem to like pancakes, French toast and bacon the most. If we serve them those things every day though, then they stop eating it! If we mix things up though, then they eat breakfast decently well.
What's your go-to breakfast for the kids? Do you make the same thing regularly, or do you mix things up?
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
I make a lot of spinach /kale quiche, blueberry and/or banana multi grain (oats, buckwheat) waffles/pancakes. She also really likes oatmeal.
I recently made a batch of blueberry power muffins and she really like those!
I make batches on the weekends and freeze!
watermelon / 14206 posts
We don't have a lot of time in the morning so he usually eats 1/2 blueberry or pumpkin bagel with cream cheese.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
We make scrambled eggs every morning. Usually add a few things to the plate like sausage, fruit, pancakes, waffles, bagel, or cereal, and always yogurt.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I give her the same things until she is sick of them. Right now she likes scrambled eggs, oatmeal, and yogurt on school days. On the weekends, we'll have pancakes, bacon or sausage, and fruit. The baby just eats fruit and toast right now.
pear / 1699 posts
DS isn't a big eater first thing in the mornings. He will have milk, a piece of fruit and sometimes yogurt/granola. He eats a lot when he wakes from his morning nap. His favorite is waffles and sausage.
@locavore_mama: I'm looking for a healthier/more nutritious muffin, can you share the recipe?
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Mrsjets: http://seeaimeecook.blogspot.com/2013/07/power-muffins-blueberries-oatmeal-greek.html?m=1
I found the batter to be too thick so I added milk to loosen it up. I also had no honey and only used 1/3 cup of sugar. They freeze really well. 
We just finished them up this week for breakfast. LO will always eat carbs so I always make healthy nutritious carb breakfast. LOL
papaya / 10560 posts
I put some oatmeal in a thermos with dried fruit and he eats that at daycare. Occasionally he'll have french toast or waffles.
honeydew / 7488 posts
@locavore_mama: we ate spinach+kale quiche this morning for breakfast!
On school days lately the kids eat a lot of yogurt, frozen waffles, fruit, and the fridge oatmeal that was posted on the blog recently! We also freeze French toast or oatmeal bars and eat those during the week. Definitely mixing it up helps. I do have trouble getting in protein for breakfast though...
pear / 1699 posts
@locavore_mama: thanks! I'm excited to make them, I have all the ingredients on hand
nectarine / 2886 posts
LO goes through phases but these days it's hard boiled eggs, whole wheat toast, and grapes. On repeat until she rejects it 
coconut / 8681 posts
He really loves ALL breakfast type foods but our go to is toast with mashed fruit, scrambled eggs and grapes.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Flat spinach, mushroom and cheese omelet and a piece of toast. Sometimes banana pancakes, but usually on the weekends.
honeydew / 7444 posts
Cereal + milk and bananas if i have nothing ready. We also do scrambled eggs with toast, or toast with pb + j. Sometimes i'll give her a homemade muffin, oatmeal, or greek yogurt. She also likes smoothies, waffles and pancakes.
@Mrsjets: I really like Martha Rose Shulman's recipes because they never call for more than 1/4 to 1/3 cup of sugar in her recipes. I made blueberry quinoa muffins and LO really loved them (i just subbed blueberries for the cranberries) http://tomatotango.com/2010/11/16/cranberry-quinoa-muffins-100-whole-grain/
bananas / 9227 posts
Fruit, gluten-free bread and a date, sometimes with leftover protein. She's now refusing the bread. Sigh. It's tough since she's allergic to eggs, milk and gluten.
bananas / 9227 posts
@locavore_mama: I just bought a muffin tin and I'm gonna to try to do this!
cherry / 215 posts
We mix it up but greek yogurt is a constant. I just read a simple recipe for greek yogurt pancakes that I'm going to try tomorrow--looks so good.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Eggs, sausage, banana, apple, applesauce, yogurt, pancakes, waffles, quiche, oatmeal with blueberries, toast with peanut butter, bagel with cream cheese. Breakfast is the easy one for me!!
coconut / 8234 posts
She's not that into breakfast. She has yogurt and fruit pretty much every dat, with the occasional waffle or pancake thrown in.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
She loves pancakes, bagels, cereal, toast, waffles. Pancakes never fail though.
nectarine / 2964 posts
scrambled eggs, pancakes and some fruit. Cheese optional (if he doesn't eat any of the previous things). And the scrambled eggs must be scrambled a certain way or he won't eat it.
I know I need to mix it up more but the results have been frustrating. I made a toasted sandwich with cheese and egg before, he peeled it apart and didn't quite eat anything except the toast. We used to make hard boiled eggs, he doesn't eat them anymore either. DH is against processed food so I didn't give him sausages or meat in the morning yet (unless if we go out to eat, that's an exception). I didn't want to give him cheerios either because I know he's eating a ton of those as snacks at school. Then, he doesn't eat yogurt in the morning (or he wouldn't take spoon feeding in the morning, and we are in a time crunch I can't let him feed himself (20 months) and make a mess).
ETA: I would love to find a recipe for a low/no sugar muffin because he eats those!
pomelo / 5093 posts
I do fruit, protein, and a grain, in that order of importance. Fruits are usually blueberries, peaches, apples, plums, pears, strawberries, or whatever else is seasonal and around. Protein is usually yogurt, but might be turkey sausage or bacon (she won't eat eggs, tragically). Grain is cheerios, toast, bagels, potatoes, or pancakes. We eat really protein-y bread, too, so if she skips her protein for the morning she's still getting a good bit of it. And if she skips the bread (which she often does) I don't care.
pear / 1699 posts
@Freckles: ooh thanks! I was looking at the site and am intrigued by the pumpkin spice pancakes too!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Freckles: Mmmm will have to try those!!
@irene: the one I posted above calls for 2/3 cup sugar and 2tbsp honey. But I made it with no honey and only 1/3 cup sugar. Next time I plan to eliminate sugar and use honey.
persimmon / 1205 posts
Daycare breakfast is typically yogurt and fruit, and sometimes we'll send half an organic cereal bar along. At home we'll have pancakes and sometimes eggs. She's not that big on eggs right now. We've done peanut butter toast, which was a hit too. We haven't tried oatmeal in a while so maybe we'll give that a shot again.
bananas / 9118 posts
I'm not into cooking in the morning, so usually it's a large scoop of cottage cheese and whatever fruit we have laying around with a cup of milk (usually I start him with a hand full of Cheerios first). Sometimes yogurt or oatmeal instead. Other times I'll give him some of my bagel and cream cheese if we are on the go. Blueberry muffins are his favorite, but he doesn't get them more than a couple times a week.
pear / 1614 posts
oatmeal. Quick and easy, he will gobble it up and we mix in some veggies as well as fruit, whatever is on hand.
honeydew / 7444 posts
@irene: @locavore_mama: When i reduce the sugar amount, i make sure to up the liquids (since sugar adds to the moisture). For instance, in this recipe (http://wednesdaychef.typepad.com/the_wednesday_chef/2006/04/martha_rose_shu.html) i only use 1/4 cup of maple syrup and add in 1 ripe banana to replace the other 1/4...still super moist and not very sweet.
Here is another hearty, nutritious but not overly sweet muffin recipe: http://orangette.blogspot.ca/2012/10/i-stand-by-my-assessment.html
(Kim Boyce and Martha Rose Shulman haven't let me down yet!)
apricot / 398 posts
@locavore_mama: Thanks for posting this recipe! I made them today and the whole family enjoyed them
pomelo / 5866 posts
Yes, we have to mix it up too! Scrambled eggs, sausage links and rice are a favorite. Another is Cheerios and milk with a banana. Some days it is a frozen waffle with sausage. My super easy fallback is McDonald's pancakes and sausage on the go.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
Most days it is Cheerios, but they can only do that so much, so we also do scrambled eggs, peanut butter toast, fruit and steel cut oats.
pomegranate / 3388 posts
Scrambled eggs and a piece of toast. We get our eggs from a local farmer, so they're free range and organic. DD loves her eggs... which is good b/c she won't eat most other animal protein. Because she doesn't eat much meat, I try to give her eggs on as many mornings of the week as possible.
kiwi / 549 posts
our go-tos: scrambled eggs, oatmeal (stir in nuts, frozen or dried fruit, peanut or almond butter, and almonds), yogurt and granola with fruit, smoothies, and quinoa made with a bit of orange juice + almonds + dried apricots.
Most days, he asks for yogurt though.
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