To ask what your kids have for breakfast?

My teenager daughter completely refuses breakfast and always has. She just has a snack at school at around 10:30am and says that's her breakfast but she's running me out of canteen money!! That is generally waffles, sausage in a bun, egg and cheese in a bun so basic breakfast food to be fair.

My 7 year old daughter has whatever she fancies on school days as I don't have any time to cook that early in the morning. Generally, it's a fruit yoghurt pot and we'll add extra toppings if she wants like granola or berries. She'll have avocado and cheese on toast quite a bit too but you said your ds doesn't like toast.

Other things she sometimes has:
Oatmeal
Bagels
Muffins
Crumpets
Scrambled eggs with cheese
Raisins
Cheese and crackers
Cereal bars
Pop tarts

Shamelessly pm. Some great ideas on here!

I make a load of hard boiled eggs on a Sunday night and my two have them in various ways - usually on olive oil toast with mayonnaise and everything but the bagel seasoning, but egg mayo sandwiches are popular too, or just sliced with avocado and cucumber.

I also make a batch of madeleines with Greek yoghurt and mashed banana, sometimes with a spoon of Nutella inside

Is putting money on his lunch card to grab himself something at break an option for you? My eldest is super fussy with breakfast.. We are still in the “no milk in cereal” phase & he’s 14 🤣 He will eat things like toast, crumpets, crepes ect. But some mornings he won’t want anything before leaving as he says he just doesn’t fancy it. But he will usually harm himself something at break time, his school do bacon rolls, waffles ect for morning break. So I just add extra money on his card weekly for that not ideal but it’s there if he’s hungry…

Also if he will eat things that require cooking now is the best time to start teaching him if you think he is able to, I started teaching my eldest in year 5 simple things in the microwave like scrambled eggs, beans ect & he can now use the air fryer as well as the oven. I am still home before he leaves for school so I am here to over see if he does need help whilst I get his younger brothers ready for school.

House rule here, nobody leaves the house without breakfast. Youngest (now 16) makes himself porridge using the sachets of porridge mix you can get.

Usually toast or cereal, or a sandwich with either peanut butter, cheese spread or jam. Sometimes it's waffles, croissants or pancakes. Weekends they will have boiled eggs.

TOAST! Only joking, just joining in 😂. If he eats ok the rest of the time maybe just let him have the breakfast pastries he likes, he will be ok. But also someone upthread did mention maybe thinking outside the box and let him have foods that are not associated with breakfast, even if that’s left overs like pizza. Food is food after all, and it’s just needed to give him the energy to get going, he may eventually suggest other things he likes.

Normally fruit salad with Toast / Crumpet or Porridge.
They have a Squeezy Yoghurt just before leaving the House too!

Breakfast that they sort themselves:

Muller corner and piece of fruit
Cereal - bran flakes, malt wheats or weetabix
Bagel with Philadelphia

If I am feeling benevolent and have enough time I might make scrambled eggs or porridge.

Porridge cake is the favourite here, otherwise chia pudding, scrambled eggs in an english muffin, pancakes from the freezer.

Wow OP you are getting a LOT of toast based suggestions.

TBF DS is also a toast refuser and has always just subbed with bread or maybe a wrap. Hence beans with bread etc. Texturally it wouldn't work for me at all, but to him it makes total sense.

My kids don't like traditional breakfast foods so if there are leftovers from last night they'll usually have some of that. A square of lasagne or a bit of cold roast with leftover veggies or a little curry on toast. They do all like bubble and squeak so if we have enough veg and mash to make it worthwhile I'll do that and they're good for a couple of days.

If there are no leftovers ti raid, they'll usually just make sandwiches.

Usually one of the following..

Boiled eggs & toast
scrambled eggs & toast
Cornflakes followed by a slice of toast with peanut butter
pancakes with fruit and greek yogurt

Avocado on toast is our go to…healthy and quick.

this morning it was scrambled eggs and smoked salmon (Aldi).

I try and do different each day. Friday is often nutellla and banana on toast!

always a fruit portion.

Poached eggs on toast
Protein yogurt with fruit
Cheerios

Mine all help themselves, from the following
Beans on toast,
Fruit,
Cereal (usually cornflakes and branflakes),
Croissant,
Crumpets,
Porridge,
Yoghurts,
Toast.
We usually have most in all 3 seem to ho through phases.

Mine liked poached or scrambled eggs on muffins, crumpets or toast, sometimes with cheese and ham too. It's not really cooking, takes a few minutes to poach or scramble, while the toast is in! Youngest son would sometimes have a tuna melt, can be done quickly in a sandwich toaster or airfryer.

What mine actually eats at the moment is a Quaker oat cereal. It's not perfect but he likes it more than other cereals and it's got half the sugar of special K.

Check out the other prebaked good in the supermarket. Brioche, pancakes, waffles. The choc chips one if they are lucky. Crumpets with a slice of cheese or something Philly (seems a weird combo to me but he likes it). Peanut butter sandwich.

Mine also likes cold hard boiled eggs. I peel the batch when still warm and they keep for a few days. Also beans in a ramekin with some bread, but that requires heating.

Make a stack of pancakes or waffles that can be reheated in the microwave.

You can make some lovely high protein ones with greek yoghurt etc.

That's a fair point, but you could give them both a break for the first couple of weeks of a new school.

Oh, and also- breakfast doesn't have to be breakfast food- it might feel bonkers but he could really have any meal e.g. pasta, leftovers from the night before, a piece of pizza etc.

Bowl of cereal, scotch pancake with a scrape of nutella and some berries and chopped apple on the side, pot of yogurt.

They are 10 and 7, tall and lean and play loads of sport.

Something egg related - cheese omelette or boiled or scrambled. 2 eggs.
Plus fruit and maybe a brioche. And orange juice. She doesn't eat much at lunch so I like her to have a good breakfast. I prepare it all and will continue for as long as she wants me to.

I think most things are solved with an egg! I boil an egg by putting boiling water for 1 min, then turn off the hob for a further 4 mins. Remove and serve with soldiers. I know it’s technically cooking, but it is extremely similar to making a hot drink so not really ? This is my go to breakfast. I also don’t like porridge but do like overnight oats as the oats have a totally different taste and texture; and I don’t like yoghurt but it’s yummy in overnight oats!!! If he likes it he can make up the night before and experiment with toppings.

Otherwise if you don’t want to cook and he doesn’t like toast, you are limited. If he is slim and not a big sweet eater I would be tempted to keep with pain au chocolat.

I have to watch weight for my boys so find that by cooking I can get enough fuel in them to sustain and have an enjoyable brekkie, without the sugary overload of cereal, of which they would otherwise snaffle through. So do think about whether you can add it in! I do quick and easy things like porridge, poached egg on toast/muffin/bagel, mackerel and poached egg, banana pancake (blitz one banana, one egg and some baking powder and vanilla extract then pour into a hot pan, American pancake size. Serve with a drizzle of honey) or muffins if I’m up early; 10 mins to put together and then I’ll grab shower etc whilst they bake. Sometimes they’ll have toast but they don’t find it very filling.

You (or he!) can make loads of egg/sausage English muffin breakfast sandwiches or breakfast burritos and he would just need to put them in the microwave. Or if chocolate is requirement chocolate chip flapjack or oat bake will last all week. I'm assuming that the worry with what he is eating at the moment is that it isn't very substantial and a bit sugary. You could just try adding to his current breakfast, so he could have a pain au chocolate but also some scrambled eggs and a piece of fruit. Or if you think about his diet across the week and there is plenty of variety, fruit and veg and he's happy with this breakfast you could just leave it as it is!