Recipe Roundup: Healthy Breakfast Ideas for School Mornings
Whether you’re sending your little one off for the first day of kindergarten or watching your teenager catch the high school bus, it’s that time of year again. Time to think about fueling young bodies and minds to start each school day off on the right foot.
Eating a healthy, nutritious breakfast can set a student up for success throughout the day, whether it’s solving a complicated math problem, creating a masterpiece in art class, or being able to give it her all in Phys Ed.
At Cabot, we believe healthy, well-nourished children are happy children. We have created so many recipes that will help you keep your family full, fueled, and fit. Here are some of our favorite healthy breakfast ideas for kids.
Smoothies
When there’s not a lot of time to make breakfast, smoothies are an excellent – and delicious – time saving choice. Fresh, wholesome ingredients like fruit and protein-packed Greek-Style yogurt make smoothies a perfect pick first thing in the morning. Check out these breakfast smoothies for kids.
Blueberry Cheesecake Smoothie
Marvelous Muffins & Scrumptious Scones
Whether you serve them fresh and hot from the oven or make them in batches to freeze for later, muffins and scones can be a delicious way to banish hunger. Healthy breakfast muffins are always a great start to the school day.
Lemon Berry Muffins
Bursting with berry deliciousness, these Lemon Berry Muffins will please the pickiest of eaters.
Apple Cheddar Muffins
Ham and Cheese Muffins
Tomato, Spinach and Cheddar Scones
Cheesy Eggs
The combination of cheese and eggs is pretty hard to resist and we have so many fun, easy ways to add the goodness of cheddar to the first meal of the day. These cook up pretty quickly, and are so easy to make the kids will (and can) make them on their own.
Cheesy Eggs in a Basket
Before school breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so make sure to start the day off right with a real hearty dish. This eggs in a basket recipe (also known as one-eyed jacks, eggs in a nest, eggs in a blanket, eggs in a hole) is a filling and wholesome dish that’s truly packed with flavor and is an easy breakfast idea for kids.
Cheesy Breakfast Sliders
Do your kids love eggs? Love sandwiches? Looking for a delicious and easy before school breakfast to start the busy day off right? Then you’ll love this tasty and satisfying breakfast egg sandwich.
Easy Cabot Cheese Frittata
Whether you serve it plain or load it with veggies or breakfast meats like bacon, ham, or sausage, this Easy Cabot Cheese Frittata will put a smile on their faces.
Fun & Fruity
There are so many ways to enjoy fruit for breakfast, but we have a few fun tricks up our sleeve to make fruit fun as well as tasty.
Vanilla Orange Fruit Dip
Go ahead, let them play with their food – because what kid doesn’t enjoy a good dip first thing in the morning? Our Vanilla Orange Fruit Dip make dipping delicious.
Strawberry Shortcake Yogurt Parfaits
Toasty Goodness
Toast, in its many forms, is a breakfast staple. We have lots of ways to enjoy it. Toasted whole grain bread with a nutrition topping makes an easy before school breakfast.
Monkey Toast
Yogurt Toast
Have you ever heard of yogurt toast? Whether you have or haven’t, we think you’re going to love this Cabot Greek yogurt breakfast recipe!
We have tons of breakfast ideas for kids for you to explore. Whether your kids prefer sweet or savory or a little of each, we are here to make your back to school breakfasts healthy and delicious.