Best breakfasts from BBC Good Food
- 5-10 minutes
1) Peanut butter and banana toasties
Raise your toast game with these sandwiches that taste like a treat (in preschool world, there is a BIG difference between breakfast, snacks and TREATS).
What you’ll need:
- 2 pieces of granary bread
- 1 banana
- ½ tsp cinnamon (optional)
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
What to do: Find the recipe here.
Credit: BBC Good Food
2) Breakfast bars to grab and go!
For those, “how can it be 8 already?” mornings – isn’t that every morning?! Make a batch for the week ahead- they’re great for after school, too. Show me more healthy afternoon snacks!
What you’ll need:
- 50g mixed dried fruit
- 50g mixed seeds
- 140g oats
- 25g multi-grain hoop cereal
- 100g butter
- 100g light muscovado sugar
- 100g golden syrup
What to do:
Ask your kids to help you:
1. Weigh the ingredients.
2. Use little clean fingers to grease a baking tray.
3. And, later, press everything into the tray.
Method:
Find the rest of the recipe here
Credit: BBC Good Food
3) Banana and blueberry muffins
You can sell these to your littlies as having cake for breakfast. Leave the oat sprinkles off the top if you’ve got one who’s suspicious of “bits”.
What you’ll need:
- 300g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 100g light muscovado sugar
- 50g porridge oats
- 2 medium ripe bananas (mashed)
- 284ml carton buttermilk
- 5tbsp light olive oil
- 2 egg whites
- 150g blueberries
What to do:
Get your kids involved by asking them to…
- Pop paper cases into the muffin tin.
- Help you weigh the ingredients.
- Tip the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl.
- Mash the bananas.
Method:
Find the rest of the recipe here
Credit: BBC Good Food
4) Get ahead with overnight oats
Even if you can’t get your fussy Freda to touch this berry bircher, it’s worth making just for you.
What you’ll need
- 70g porridge oats
- 2tbsp golden linseeds
- 2 ripe bananas (mashed)
- 140g frozen berries
- 175g natural yogurt
What to do:
Your kids can help you do the prep for this:
- Weigh the ingredients together.
- Have fun mashing the bananas!
Method:
Find the rest of the recipe here
5. Berry smoothie
- 1 small ripe banana
- 140g of frozen berries
- mineral water
- runny honey
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