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To ask what your kids have for breakfast?

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orangesandlemonssaythebellsofstclements · 04/09/2024 14:48

Sorry, bit of a boring one.

Can I please ask what your children have for breakfast on school mornings? I'm trying to get ideas for my son who has just started secondary school so I'm anxious for him to get a good breakfast.

He doesn't like toast, he'll eat cereal but isn't keen. I can get fruit down him if I make him, mostly bananas but they can't have any black on them at all. I've tried him on various homemade smoothies and he didn't like them. Absolutely will not entertain porridge.

Ideally he wants a pain au chocolate or a chocolate brioche every morning but I'd like ideas for something healthier!

AIBU to want him to eat a better breakfast and to ask for your ideas?

OP posts:
PeloMom · 04/09/2024 18:44

We do eggs, pancakes (made of eggs, oats and banana blended together), waffles. Very rarely cereal. We add yogurt, milk fruit as desired to the breakfast.

RainintheDesert · 04/09/2024 18:43

MrsTerryPratchett · 04/09/2024 15:00

Mine has a pain au chocolat. She doesn't eat pudding or sweets during the week and they are low UPF. Always with fruit or veg and she walks to school.

Mine is the same, or a croissant. She's not a morning person, nor a breakfast person, and even persuading her to eat a pastry is a struggle.

In the winter, she'll have some 2 minutes microwave porridge occasionally.

Girasoli · 04/09/2024 18:41

Buttered bagels or crumpets
Cereal
Fruit and yoghurt

Occasionally on Fridays (my day off)
Beans or eggs on toast
Noodles in broth
Pancakes

We always used to have Croissants on Thursdays (our busiest morning)

Fontainebleau007 · 04/09/2024 18:36

Cereal or toast

Putthekettleon73 · 04/09/2024 18:34

Marchingonagain · 04/09/2024 18:27

oat pancakes that are something like this:
https://www.thekitchn.com/oatmeal-pancakes-22943620
make a batch and freeze them then put in the toaster in the mornings
Greek yogurt and fruit
oat cakes and cheese
peanut butter on whole grain rice cakes

These look great. And great you can freeze and toast 👌

TheChosenTwo · 04/09/2024 18:34

Ds(12) has either:

bacon sandwich
smoked salmon bagel
boiled egg and soldiers
Croissant with ham and cheese
porridge if dh is around because he makes it

and a bowl of fruit. If I didn’t cut up the fruit he probably wouldn’t eat it but I do so he does 😂

Putthekettleon73 · 04/09/2024 18:32

My 13 yr old often isn't very hungry in mornings. I remember not eating breakfast at secondary but he he's doing that growing thing thing and walks in quite a way so I encourage him. A pain au choc is better than cereal in my opinion. As long as it's a decent buttery one.
Mine likes yoghurt so full fat and some compote is filling.
Or yeh cold leftovers! Cold pizza when we have it or cold fruit pie or crumble! As long as it's got some fat & carb and no crappy additives in it's energy...

Positivenancy · 04/09/2024 18:31

Potato waffles (done in toaster)
hash browns (in oven)
fried eggs with toast
croissants (in oven)
Sausages (I cook them the evening before and reheat in the microwave)

Marchingonagain · 04/09/2024 18:29

AmazingBouncingFerret · 04/09/2024 17:52

Can of monster and a Kit Kat chunky.

😂😂

SmileLady · 04/09/2024 18:29

My two at secondary school will eat whatever we have in the house.
White bread toast, brown bagels, choc croissant, cereal, flapjacks, fruit.

PipersSeaSalt · 04/09/2024 18:28

DinosaurMunch · 04/09/2024 14:57

Give up and send him with a sandwich for break time?

Not sure why everyone is suggesting toast when op literally said he doesn't eat toast!

How about some of last night's dinner leftovers if you have any? Cold pasta? Whatever food he likes the rest of the time?

"Not sure why everyone is suggesting toast when op literally said he doesn't eat toast!"

OP literally asked what our kids have for breakfast.

Marchingonagain · 04/09/2024 18:27

oat pancakes that are something like this:
https://www.thekitchn.com/oatmeal-pancakes-22943620
make a batch and freeze them then put in the toaster in the mornings
Greek yogurt and fruit
oat cakes and cheese
peanut butter on whole grain rice cakes

The Easy Oatmeal Pancake Recipe Our Staff Is Obsessed With

They could barely wait to get their hands on this recipe.

https://www.thekitchn.com/oatmeal-pancakes-22943620

melonhead · 04/09/2024 18:26

I make a big batch of the 11 Madison Park granola too and they either have it with Greek yoghurt or milk or even take a pot of it to school for break time

flyinghen · 04/09/2024 18:26

brunettemic · 04/09/2024 15:04

He’s in high school…why would he need you to do it?

Missed this bit, yeh just leave him to it if he's high school age!

flyinghen · 04/09/2024 18:25

Cereal, (weetabix, shreddies, Cheerios etc.), porridge or toast.

With fruit and maybe yoghurt if they want extra

BeachHutsAndDeckchairs · 04/09/2024 18:23

Cereal
Toast
Bagels
Brioche and chocolate brioche
Boiled eggs

MillshakePickle · 04/09/2024 17:56

We do a variety of

-Wholewheat toast with their choice of spreads
-Wholewheat Crumpets
-Chopped fruit with yogurt and nuts or muesli
-Pancakes (make the night before and pop into the toaster for a min)

  • mixed berries and cereal
  • wheatabix and milk with blueberries
  • Greek yogurt and honey
  • toasted sliced brioche
  • breakfast muffins made the night before
  • porridge with cinnamon, apples, sultanas and a tiny bit of brown sugar or maple syrup tipped with mixed nuts and seeds
  • Apples with cinnamon sprinkled on and Peanut butter
  • toasted bagels with whatever is to hand

If I'm feeling extra generous I'll make eggs on toast or French toast/pancakes that morning.

Meditationgame · 04/09/2024 17:55

LuckySantangelo35 · 04/09/2024 17:45

@Meditationgame

but then you need to clean airfyer etc?

who can be arsed with that in the morning?!

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Use a paper air fryer liner and bin it

AmazingBouncingFerret · 04/09/2024 17:52

Can of monster and a Kit Kat chunky.

Terridactyl · 04/09/2024 17:50

Usually a boiled egg or plain porridge or sometimes toast and fruit. DC are 4 and 6.

Mrsgreen100 · 04/09/2024 17:50

I used to make a batch of buckwheat pancake batter and serve with blueberries bananas yogurt and maple syrup
mine didn’t like toast or cereals much
cherse and ham toasty made the night before and cooked in fry pan was my other go to
often eaten in the car on way to school.
mine would not eat sloppy things that early in the morning!
good luck
prep before helps

shellyleppard · 04/09/2024 17:47

Usually cereal/toast/croissants. Two sons aged 19 and 16. Eldest sometimes has yogurts or steak bakes 🤔🤣

HowAmITheCatsGranny · 04/09/2024 17:45

Ds2 prefers savoury to sweet.. he likes things like scotch eggs. Or you can cook potato waffles in the toaster (just turn it up to max). I’ve made egg bites before which keep in the fridge for a couple of days. Or prepped sausage and egg muffins that can be heated in the morning (admittedly I tend to go for sweet granola bars in the morning and tend to eat the eggs for lunch!)

LuckySantangelo35 · 04/09/2024 17:45

Meditationgame · 04/09/2024 14:54

Do you have a toaster/air fryer and microwave? Takes moments.

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@Meditationgame

but then you need to clean airfyer etc?

who can be arsed with that in the morning?!

Blondiie · 04/09/2024 17:42

Scrambled eggs in a wrap. Sometime with ham or cheese, or less often due to time, hash browns, and eaten on the go. Used to do beans (on toast!) but nobody really has time to sit at the table in the mornings.

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