
In this post, you’ll find a bunch of healthy breakfast ideas for your little kids. These meals are quick, easy, and perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and even older kids (if you adjust portion sizes). I also share about our weekly breakfast rotation and how it simplifies our mornings.
Little did I know that when I became a mom hours of my life would be spent in the kitchen. When you’re required to make three meals a day plus a snack, it can be exhausting, especially when the little people you are feeding are super picky about tastes and textures.
Our Weekly Breakfast Rotation
In order to reduce decision fatigue when it came to our morning meal time, I implemented a breakfast rotation about a year ago. Each day has a designated meal from cereal to oatmeal to toast. I adjust the ingredients seasonally and based on my kids’ weird and cyclical food aversions, but this general structure stays the same week to week. It has made the morning hustle so much easier.
Our breakfast rotation goes like this:
Monday: Bread + Eggs + Fruit
Tuesday: Oatmeal with Mix-Ins
Wednesday: Cereal + Fruit
Thursday: Peanut Butter Toast + Yogurt + Fruit
Friday: Baked Item (baked the night before, look below for ideas) + Yogurt + Fruit
Saturday: Baked Item (same as Friday) + Eggs + Fruit
Sunday: Pancakes, Waffles or French Toast
When coming up with your own breakfast rotation, you can add in things that your kids like. I would love to include smoothies here, but my youngest refuses them (why?). Other options included already prepared hard boiled eggs, chicken sausage, toaster waffles, or overnight oats.
Below I have more details about how I prepare and serve each meal. My kids are in a super picky phase right now so I’m really trying to offer them variety so they don’t completely refuse all other foods besides cereal for breakfast. I’m sure once our oldest starts elementary school and our mornings become more rushed, this meal rotation will have to be adjusted, but it works for us now.
Monday: Bread + Eggs + Fruit

The bread portion of this breakfast changes frequently. Sometimes we do toast with butter or english muffins with jelly. We also love Morning Rounds (the cranberry orange is our favorite). We toast them and put a little butter on top. My kids will usually only eat scrambled eggs so that is what I serve, and our fruit changes seasonally.
Tuesday: Oatmeal + Mix Ins

I cook old fashioned rolled oats on the stovetop. You could use quick oats or instant oats, too. My method is to boil 1 cup of water for every 1/2 cup of oats. Once boiling, add the oats in and let simmer for 8-10 minutes until they reach your desired consistency. After, I add cinnamon and a pinch of salt. For toppings and mix-ins, this bowl has dried cranberries stirred in, plus hemp seeds for some protein (sprinkled on top), sliced almonds, sliced bananas, a little drizzle of honey, and a splash of milk (helps cool the oatmeal down). Our toppings and mix-ins change week to week. Sometimes, we do blueberries and shredded coconut or chopped apples and walnuts.
Wednesday: Cereal + Fruit

My kids LOVE cereal day. Like I said, they would eat cereal every morning if they could. We try to buy lower sugar options. This bowl is just Honey Nut Cheerios we purchased from Costco, but we also like the Cascadian Farms brand, too. We always give the kids the option to pick their fruit, and they usually choose frozen blueberries. They love frozen fruit and usually choose it over fresh. This works well especially in the winter when fresh berries are not available or they are super expensive. I usually get big bags of frozen fruit from Costco.
Thursday: Peanut Butter Toast + Fruit + Yogurt

For this meal, sometimes we use toast and sometimes we use english muffins as shown above. It’s so simple. Toast the bread and spread with peanut butter (or any other nut butter). I also like to drizzle the toast with just a tiny bit of local honey and a sprinkle of cinnamon. My kids think this is dessert.
Friday: Baked Item + Yogurt + Fruit

On Thursday nights after dinner, I always take 20 minutes to bake up something for the kids’ breakfasts the following 2 days. It makes mornings so much easier knowing this is already prepared. You could do this on Sunday nights if weeknights are too busy for you (I see you working parents!). This is usually muffins, banana bread, baked oatmeal, or oatmeal cups. The muffins shown above are the Simple Mills Almond Flour Banana Muffins that come in a three pack from Costco. These are SO easy to throw together. Below is a list of recipes we use frequently and love. These recipes are all made with whole grains and no refined sugars. You can also check out my Breakfast Recipes Pinterest board for more ideas.
Banana Muffins by Cookie and Kate
Healthy Banana Bread by Two Peas and Their Pod
Oatmeal Cups by Lexi’s Clean Kitchen
Baked Oatmeal by Ambitious Kitchen.
Saturday: Baked Item + Eggs + Fruit

Saturday is my day to sleep in a little bit, and Danny gets up with the kids. I like knowing they have a healthy breakfast ready to go. Although Danny obviously can cook for himself, he tends to get a little lazy in this area and would just make the easiest option available (read: cereal). This is the same as Friday’s meal, but we usually switch out the yogurt for eggs; although sometimes the kids ask for yogurt again, and I oblige. We like the Fage brand.
Sunday: Pancakes/Waffles/French Toast

This is our big breakfast day. We usually chill out a little longer in the mornings and then prepare a big spread of either pancakes, waffles or french toast. On this day, we used this recipe for blender pancakes made with oats and bananas (really good!). Sometimes we indulge, and use this amazingly fluffy pancake recipe. It honestly is the best one I’ve tried (and I’ve made A LOT of pancake recipes). We also like this waffle recipe which we use in our Belgian waffle maker. If I want something a little healthier, I like this pancake recipe and all the pancake recipes in Love Real Food. We serve our pancakes up with fruit always, but sometimes I also have bacon or chicken sausage (we like the Applegate brand!). We also sometimes buy the Annie’s Homegrown Cinnamon Rolls from Costco which makes for a super easy and delicious breakfast. Sunday mornings are my favorite!
I hope this post gave you some new breakfast ideas for your kids. Sometimes I eat what they are having, but almost always, I make myself a post-workout green smoothie (except for Sundays!). Here are the cups, plates, and utensils we use.
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