Monday, October 27, 2008

Healthy(ish) Quick Breakfast Ideas

Ok, so I'm looking for some, got any? We have children that do not eat eggs. My husband and I eat eggs every day. I'm hoping that one day our egg habit will rub off on the kids. Until then I will continue to occassionally put egg on their breakfast plate in the hopes it enters their bodies. If it's never on their plate then it has NO chance, right? So here are some of our regular breakfast entrees that I think are somewhat healthy, minus the syrup we put on the pancakes:

1) Pumpkin Pancakes http://www.marthastewart.com/article/pumpkin-pancakes?autonomy_kw=pumpkin%20pancake&rsc=image_1
2) Oatmeal Pancakes http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Oatmeal-Pancakes-II/Detail.aspx
3) "Muscle Pancakes" - loaded with protein http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Oatmeal-Pancake/Detail.aspx
4) Breakfast smoothies - blended frozen bananas, frozen berries, yogurt, OJ & protein powder
5) Banana slices with peanut butter on top
6) Turkey Sausages
7) Granola cereal (homemade, any recipe will do it - nuts & craisins/raisins)
8) Popsicles made out of leftover smoothies frozen in popsicle molds
9) French toast (at least I get eggs in them this way)
10) Oatmeal with a sprinkle of brown sugar & raisins or mashed banana & splash of milk
11) Bran muffins w/ raisins or blueberries http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Low-Fat-Blueberry-Bran-Muffins/Detail.aspx

Lately I've really been at a loss for breakfast so I'm looking to branch out. I'll let you know what I come up with. My preference is to stay away from cold cereals. You can choose a healthy cereal but they are just so expensive.

5 comments:

Danielle said...

I saw what sounded like a yummy recipe for turkey hash to use your leftover turkey from T-day in one of my recent searches. It sounded a lot better for you than the traditional corned beef hash. I can find it if you'd like me to!

Barb said...

Dean loves oatmeal, so we can't complain. For some reason, all three kids are intrigued by sunny side up eggs that they can "dip" their toast in. They love cinnamon raisin toast, and some mornings we just do yogurt and fruit. allrecipes.com has a great pumpkin pancake that I made and froze for individual servings. Boys also love raisin bran with milk. Natalie is a little harder, but at least she likes eggs.

Jenn said...

Turkey hash for day after T-day, absolutely would love that recipe.

I made a terrible wheat bran bread from epicurious yesterday. But I tried. I'll keep looking for yummy breakfast breads. Do you have good bread recipes Barb? You always have the best. I'm also looking for good crock pot meals that can be frozen and then thrown in the crock.

Danielle said...

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Turkey-Hash-350650

I'm sure you can sub any kind of pepper in there...I was planning on using red bells instead of the spec'd. And the eggs are just a side so they aren't needed.

Jenn said...

Thanks, that looks simple and yummy. Definitely will try.