Easy Breakfast
Meals
Easy breakfast meals is something you need, if your morning is
a crazy time and you want to feed your family the most
important meal of the day.
Morning at our house
always involves me trying to wake up and get everyone ready for the
day. I'm not a morning person so a lot of times we would end up having
cereal or instant oatmeal.
This school year I've tried to have a more
healthy breakfast and I've implemented the following tips. It really
has helped our breakfast time
go smoother.
- Think and plan
what's for breakfast before you go to bed at night.
- Even
something simple like putting out the pan you are going to use and
laying out a recipe, will help ease your morning.
- Even
if you are doing something quick, like cereal, set out bowls and cereal
boxes on the table before you go to bed.
- Think of 5
quick or simple breakfast meals that you can rotate through the week.
Keep the longer, or recipes with more prep work, for the weekend. Write
these 5 meals out on an index card and rotate as you go through them
each day. (our 5 are included below.)
- Over
the weekend or during a non busy day make a large batch of muffins and
freeze. Pull out and warm up at breakfast time. Serve with a fruit
smoothie.
- Try
some freezer breakfast meals. Eggs freeze well so you can make mini egg
sandwiches with mini bagels, cooked eggs and a slice of ham. Wrap up
and take out of the freezer in the morning and heat.
- Scrambled eggs always work well in the morning
and you can add vegetables easily.
- Serve smoothies with your breakfast. It is a
good way to start your day with fruit.
Easy
Breakfast Recipes
Homemade
Oatmeal
1 cup oats
1 cup water
1 cup
milk
1-2 banana cut in chunks
Add ingredients to
saucepan. Stir and cook on medium several minutes until boiling. Stir
and cook until thickens. Serve with fresh fruit or frozen berries.
Whole
Wheat Waffles
2 eggs
2 cups whole wheat flour
1
3/4 cups milk
1/2 cup oil or applesauce
4 teaspoons
baking powder
pinch of salt
Heat waffle iron. Add all
ingredients in mixing bowl. When waffle iron is heated add a scoop of
batter into waffle iron and cook until brown. Serve with peanut butter,
maple syrup or fresh fruit.
Crepe Pancakes
3
eggs
1 1/4 Cup milk
3/4 Cup flour
1/2
teaspoon salt
Add all ingredients in blender and blend
together. Warm skillet pan. Add small pat of butter. Pour 1/4 cup of
batter into pan. When bubbly and edges can be lifted up, flip pancake.
Cook 1 minute and take out of pan. Continue with remaining batter.
Serve with fresh fruit or jam and a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
French
Toast
loaf sliced bread
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
sprinkle
cinnamon
Blend eggs, milk and cinnamon in flat dish. Heat
griddle. Soak both sides bread in egg mixture and fry on griddle.
Microwave
Eggs
In a small glass add 1 or 2 eggs and cook in the
microwave 1 minute. Sprinkle with cheese and chopped ham or
vegetables. Continue to cook until egg is set. Serve with toast and
fruit.
For
another freezer friendly breakfast meal try
Baggie Omelets
or visit the
Omelet Recipes Page to learn how to make omelets.
Quiche
Cups
This are great to make ahead and freeze. Pull out of
the freezer in the
morning and heat in the microwave 30 seconds -1 minute.
In a mixing bowl, blend eggs (depending on how many you are making
ahead of time) Add in any of the following ingredients you like.
- Shredded cheese
- Chopped onion
- Chopped, cooked spinach
- Mushrooms
- Diced ham
- Crumbled sausage
- Bacon, chopped
- Chopped green peppers
Blend together and pour into a muffin pan lined with muffin cups. Bake
at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool and place in baggies. Freeze for
breakfast or snacks.
More Breakfast Meal Ideas
- Breakfast
Casserole. On a weekend create a egg
casserole and use the leftovers for breakfast on the weekdays.
- Yogurt topped
with granola, fresh fruit or
dried fruit.
- Simple Smoothie with
toast.
- Cooked
sausage, ham or bacon wrapped in a
pancake. Make these the night before and just reheat in
the microwave.
- Egg
sandwich with tomato, bacon, ham or cheese.
- Try some Toast
Variations.
Instead of butter and jelly, how about trying pizza toast, fruit pizza toast or
spread apple butter, honey or cream cheese on your toast.
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