5 Family Friendly, Healthy Breakfast Ideas

healthy breakfast ideas

Here are five family friendly breakfasts my kids love.

Healthy breakfast recipes for kids: Fruit salad smoothie

Breakfast #1: Fruit Salad Smoothie

Smoothies are a common menu item come breakfast time in our house. I love that they are so adaptable. While this fruit salad smoothie doesn’t look very pretty, probably because of the avocado and blueberries,  it was delicious! I didn’t measure but it contained (per serve);

  • ½ ripe banana
  • ½ pear (tinned)
  • A generous shake of frozen blueberries
  • About 1/6th of an avocado
  • A good splash of rice milk

Blend all ingredients and serve nice and cold.

Check out these great smoothie recipes too (that taste great and look good!)

Healthy breakfast recipes: Homemade granola

Breakfast #2: Homemade Granola

I had never tried making my own granola before but I am now a convert. It was so easy to prepare and even leaving out the nuts (we’re currently nut free) and the sunflower seeds (we had run out), it was delicious. I have even been snacking on it during the day.

Check out the full Homemade Granola recipe over at Coles.

Healthy breakfast recipes for kids:French toast shapes

Breakfast #3: French Toast

Somewhere along the way we forgot about French toast! We used to eat it all the time for breakfast and it’s been a welcome item since it went back on the breakfast menu. I have even used French toast as an on-the-go breakfast in the car in the past – I can make it ahead and Immy is happy to eat it cold, it’s not messy and it’s healthy to boot. Use biscuit cutters to make shapes and it looks cute too!

Healthy breakfast recipes: Homemade baked beans recipe

Breakfast #4: Homemade Baked beans

I must admit to becoming a little obsessed with the homemade baked beans recipe I shared last week. They are delicious and filling, and keep really well in the fridge for a few days – in fact, I think they actually improve with age!

Healthy breakfast recipes: One pan recipe

Breakfast #5: One-pan Brekkie

Now this one was definitely more of a weekend brunch more than a breakfast! Inspired by the recipe over on the Coles website, we skipped cooking the potatoes on hot coals for a quicker par-boil (about 7 minutes) before sticking them in the pan. This was delicious and I am pretty sure it will become a weekend family favourite.

11 Comments

  1. We’ve been in such a breakfast rut lately. These have inspired me – especially the homemade granola.

  2. What a great job you did. Loving your french toast shapes.

  3. I think french toast is a really under-rated breakfast food. It’s one of Mr Smaggle’s favourites! Thanks for the reminder. x

    1. My eldest daughter loves French toast and will eat it any time of the day 🙂

  4. I recently did this challenge and going from a typical cereal breakfast, we really enjoyed thinking outside the box. It definitely gave us more energy for the day.

    1. I have been sticking to it for a couple of weeks now, Katrina, loving the alternatives to packaged cereal.

  5. I can’t seem to get our girls to eat anything other than porridge for breakfast! Even all through summer. Not that I’m complaining.
    Some great ideas here though. Thanks Christie!

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