Are you and your kids in a breakfast slump? I know we are! My son, whom is a horribly picky eater only likes to eat frozen waffles and Cheerios! Are you needing healthy, easy, yummy and quick ideas for back to school? Well, look no more! Here are 3 recipes that I have been making for my family that make breakfast time a quick fix!
We love breakfast casseroles at my house! They are so easy and versatile. This one is one of my favorites and you can easily change it up to your taste. These are great served with a little salsa for the top and a piece of toast! My almost 2-year old daughter ate 2 of these last night after I took them out of the oven!
Ingredients:
- 14 eggs, whisked
- 1 cup of milk or water
- 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1 bag of baby spinach or 4 cups, packed
- 1 lb lean turkey breakfast sausage (or any breakfast sausage of your choice)
- Salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 cupcake pans or a 9×13 inch pan.
2. In a large skillet, cook your breakfast sausage until browned. Then spread it out on the bottom of your cupcake pans or large baking dish.
3. In the same pan that you just browned your sausage in, add your spinach and season with some salt and pepper and wilt. Once it is wilted, spread it on top of the sausage.
4. Sprinkle the top of the spinach with your shredded mozzarella cheese.
5. Whisk your 14 eggs and then whisk in 1 cup of water or milk (of your choice).
6. Pour the whisked eggs over the cheese, spinach and sausage until each cupcake whole is 3/4 full. They will puff up in the oven!
7. Bake in the oven for 22 minutes if using a cupcake pan or 45 minutes for a 9×13 pan. Makes 24 muffins.
* You can easily substitute a different sausage or vegetable that your family prefers. You can use chopped asparagus, broccoli, or shredded sweet potato in place of the spinach and chorizo or pork sausage in place of the turkey sausage.
*You can freeze these and pop them in the microwave in the mornings or keep them in the refrigerator like I do, because they go fast at my house!
I LOVE these! I keep them in my refrigerator and pop them in the microwave for 20 seconds and spread a little bit of almond butter or peanut butter on top. I found them on Pinterest a few years ago on Green Lite Bites and I keep making them over and over again. I changed them up a bit with adding cinnamon (cinnamon is my new favorite thing! I add it to anything I can!) and dried cranberries. I have also added toffee bits one time because I wanted to finish up the bag and they were AMAZING!
Ingredients:
- 3 very ripe bananas, smashed
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 1 cup of vanilla almond milk (or milk of your choice)
- 1 Tablespoon of baking powder
- 3 cups of Rolled Oats, not the Quick kind
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips, dried cranberries, blueberries or diced strawberries
1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
2. Combine all your ingredients together except for the mini chocolate chips or cranberries. Let this sit for about 10 minutes.
3. Spray your muffin pans. I usually get about 18 muffins out of this mix.
4. Mix in your mini chocolate chips or whatever add in you would like.
5. Using an ice cream scoop, divide the batter among your muffin cups. (See the scoop in the picture above. These are perfect for getting equal amounts in each muffin cup)
6. Bake for 22-25 minutes.
*These will store great in the refrigerator in a large ziplock bag or tupperware for 2 weeks. You could easily freeze these too!
These are great for your picky eaters if they don’t want to sit down and eat breakfast. You can change up the fruit and type of milk to your liking or your kids liking.
Ingredients:
- 1 banana
- handful of spinach
- 1 cup of vanilla almond milk
- 1 cup of frozen fruit of your choice (the picture shows mango)
- dash or 2 of cinnamon (great for digestion), or omit
- a squeeze or 2 of honey, or omit
Combine all the ingredients in the order listed in a blender. And then blend away until it’s all smooth. Serve in a large cup with a straw.
*You can add vanilla or chocolate protein powder for added protein. I love to add my Juice Plus Complete mix to my smoothies for a complete meal replacement. You could also add Greek Yogurt, any flavor, for more creaminess.
