Quick breakfast for teenager

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DS is nearly 15. He hates getting up in the morning, and therefore leaves it to the last possible moment. He has "no time" for breakfast unless it can literally be prepared and eaten in 2-3 minutes. This rules out cereal or toast or anything cooked.

I'm not a parent that panders so up till now I've adopted the policy that if he won't get up in time to have breakfast he goes hungry. Unfortunately DS chooses to go hungry. I would still say that was up to him, but last term he starting complaining of dizziness, dozing off in lessons and struggling to concentrate. I'm fairly sure these must be related to not eating breakfast. As I can't force him to eat or get up earlier, I'm therefore prepared to provide foodstuffs that can be eaten in his required quick time frame.

I picked up a packet of so called "breakfast muffins" from the supermarket earlier in the week and he has been eating them - hooray! However they are quite high in fat and expensive, so I'm looking for better/healthier ideas. Happy to cook in advance if necessary (so I'm wondering about homemade muffins - both fruit and savoury, but not sure I have any recipes).

Does anyone have any suggestions for quick breakfasts? It probably literally needs to be grab and go - I've bought things like crumpets and bagels in the past and even they were too much hassle to put spread on. He also cycles to school so can't eat en-route.

I make a massive tray of homemade flapjack with things in it - fruit, seeds, coconut, it varies - and cut it into squares. DS2 still won't eat breakfast, but DS1 will grab one of these and much it on the way to school. I can keep the sugar content down and at least he's eating oats . I have also done "breakfast muffins" with similar content, but the bars are easier and last longer in a tin.

Honestly, having tried everything, I have given up on trying to make DS2 eat something before school. He just won't. I make sure fruit is available, offer every so often, but he's 14 and I simply can't make him. DS1 is 16 and he'll eat it if I make all the effort and remind him, but won't bother otherwise.

Soft cheese (Philadelphia) and jam or a bit of lemon curd on soft bread.
Bingo bango breakfast.
It's not the breakfast of champions, but it's what I manage to thow together in the 30 seconds between my 16 year old dragging himself out of bed and out the front door.

you could try this apple bran muffin recipe x

Egg and bacon crustless quiches of fritatta. Make ahead in Yorkshire pudding moulds freeze and whizz in the microwave to reheat like this

Smoothies in a blender. Stick in an insulated water bottle for him to take with him. Banana or apple or frozen berries, frozen spinach (or kale), 20g porridge 10g peanut butter. Active blender has beeb great from getting veg and protein into teen DDs diet

Mine is very similar but has a banana, and a piece of toast which I stick in the toaster, as he walks into the kitchen, which he then takes with him.

An alternative is baguette, we get those cook your own to do in the oven - warm with a couple of slices of ham in. Again, it's eat on the go. Or I cook rock cakes with low sugar and lots of dried fruit in, so wholemealflour, butter, egg, dried fruit - healthier than breakfast bars and more filling too.

HTH

Loads of recipes for eggy omelette things out there make a batch and then ping in the microwave?
You can also make homemade sausage McMuffin type things that you freeze individually and ping in the am?
Bagel?
Banana?

Maybe a smoothie in a to go cup?

As takes dry cereal and eats it on the bus

allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/18026/oaty-banana-muffins.aspx

Also these muffins can be frozen and reheated

I do a batch of hard boiled eggs for DD (11) and fresh juice. Eggs are kept in the fridge.

Peal the egg and go! Pure protein and vitamins.

Overnight oat. Oats in milk with fresh/frozen/dried fruit put in fridge at night, ready to eat in the morning.
Best ones IMO are apple sultanas and Cinnamon, raspberries and grated chocolate, banana and honey. The lit if options is really endless. My 3yo will eat this but his choice of fruit is satsumas!
Also could prepare a fruit salad before bed ready to eat for breakfast.
My dp often has a jam sandwich for breakfast.

I have a cupboard with cereal bars, bellvitas, packets of nuts and raisins, mini cheddars, crackers.
Also smoothies in the fridge, and mini cheeses and she has and insulated cup to take coffee on the train.

I read this title as 'quick breastfeed for teenager' 

How disappointing when I realised my mistake!

I make Nigellas breakfast bars:

www.nigella.com/recipes/breakfast-bars

Really easy to make and tasty (you cook in the oven for an hour but the prep takes 5 mins - once you've made them a few times I find I don't even need to weigh the ingredients, i can just eyeball it). They keep really well (two weeks in a tin/Tupperware) also so ideal wrt making a large batch (I usually double the recipe).

If you buy the ingredients in bulk (heath food shop for example) they are also really cheap.

I also vary the recipe, using different nut and fruit combinations.

Nigellas recipe includes cranberries and peanut. My DS's favourite is cherry and almond and I like apricot and macadamia nuts.

plain dry crumpets are fine.

Sorry you also said about cycling so able to eat on the way to school - meant to add my DS isn't hungry first thing so takes a bar to school and has it during morning break.

Mine is a total breakfast eater and practically has a banquet each day but if he didn't I would go with ..

Flapjack squares
Pot of nuts and dried fruit
Brioche
Waffles (from a packet, cold)
Bag of mini ritz crackers and cubes of cheese
Banana loaf

DD is the same. I give her cold boiled eggs, bananas, cereal bars, yogurt drinks and the occasional croissant. Usually eaten in the car on the way to school because she will NOT get up.

Malt loaf - you can buy the ready sliced ones for extra speed but it's also easy to just cut a couple of slices. The apple or banana varieties are really nice.

That breakfast bar recipe looks great! I'll have to try it.

Cheese and ham croissant made up the night before.

I made my DS a bigger packed lunch than usual, so he could eat (eg) a banana in the two minutes he had when got to school, before the military inspection of blazers and shoes.

My ds has pre made (Sainsbury's) chocolate pancakes. 20 secs in microwave and they're done. You could make them yourself and freeze but I'm to lazy.

Homemade flapjacks or banana bread or a ham and cheese sandwich for mine

A banana

I would use the ideas of pp's and also stick a peanut butter and jam sandwich in his bag as calorie needs are high at this age www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/childrens-health/how-many-calories-do-teenagers-need/