Kids breakfasts that don't involve cereal, bread or eggs

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8 yo dd eats a LOT of stodgy processed white bread which we are trying to cut down on as it is causing her some health issues. She's a good fruit and veg eater but is fussy about cereals (only likes sugary unhealthy ones) and can't eat boiled eggs/ scrambled eggs/ omelette (though can have them in pancakes etc). She doesn't like brown bread unfortunately.

I'm a bit stumped for filling breakfast ideas. So far I've come up with homemade banana pancakes and smoothies with porridge oats added. Also baked beans, or maybe some sort of beans hash that I can make in advance and reheat in the mornings.

Anyone got any good recipes that are quick and easy, or can be made in advance?

I batch cook a heap of waffles and freeze, reheat in toaster in the morning. I add an extra egg in the mix and also a scoop or two of pea protein or whey powder. My teen sons have it with banana and maple syrup or peanut butter and a banana. The list of toppings are endless but they are fussy af. Also look at chia puddings.

Mine will almost eat anything..
He likes brekfast homemade muffins, pancakes, porridge, fruit salad with yoghurt and also sausages and beans with has browns

Houmous & crispbread/crackers
Apple/pear slices with peanut butter
Apple/pear and cheese

My nephew when young used to have a packet of instant noodles every day for breakfast!

Baked porridge with fruit. V different texture to regular podge

We have fried rice with soy sauce, some veg and eggs if they’ll eat them. Porridge. Soup sometimes, I make a chickpea and lamb soup and that’s good for breakfast as it warms you up or lentil and bacon soup. Basically go savoury. Quiche, warm up in a few mins too. Grapefruit sometimes.

Loads of good suggestions here, thanks 😊

She can have yoghurt and I think breakfast muffins could also be a winner.

Unfortunately she doesn't like porridge (though i don't think she'd notice it in a smoothie) or weetabix :hmm: But has had ready brek before so that's worth a try.

I have a bread machine and could make my own loaves but I'd like to break her heavy reliance on bread first.

Baked porridge is like soft flapjacks just fyi.

A heavy reliance on bread is completely normal in most European countries. If your daughter is eating tons of the white processed stuff than she's likely addicted to the additives and sugar in that. I can't eat more than 2 slices of homemade bread but could probably eat half a bag of Warburton's white bread, more if you give it to me with melted butter and jam. Its like empty cloud.

Is breakfast the only time she has bread?

Smoothie - whatever you have. A few of Apple, orange, blueberries, strawberries (frozen is good value). Blitz with porridge oats, some milled chia seeds, few dollops of yoghurt and some milk . Can't tell the porridge is in there

www.allthingsmamma.com/homemade-waffles/

I make these waffles but use wholemeal flour and you'll need to up the milk, I use about 2 cups. Freeze and reheat really well and the kids don't notice the difference.

Ham and or cheese croissant or fry up? Probably not loads healthy but as long as it's not everyday. My kids love a pain au raisin as a treat too. Breakfast hash is nice but not a quick one (new potatoes, spinach, bacon, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and a bit of mustard)

What is the issue with bread? Because if its a problem with flour or gluten, then you're surely going to get that with stuff like muffins, pastries and waffles etc.

My kids don't like cereal much. But they do love their pastries. I prefer a cooked breakfast and never liked cereal much either.

Cottage cheese is good : low fat and high in protein. Good with banana or any other fruit.

Why do you need to break her reliance on bread? Most cultures have a reliance on some sort of carbon. Yeah too much cheap processed bread isn't ideal but homemade bread is fine.

Realistically we can say homemade waffles, muffins, pancakes etc. But they're all gonna end up either flour based or egg based.

Chia pudding with fruit?

If breakfasts minus bread are proving tricky/she's not keen on the other options, could you cut the bread from elsewhere in the day instead? Eg. A jacket potato instead of a sandwich. I find I have a little more time/mental energy for lunch or dinner than I do breakfast.

Baked oats are brilliant - you can add abit of Nutella/ peanut butter/yogurt. It’s a good way to get things like flaxseed in it too. I make it for our 3 year old with a few blueberries and strawberries on top.
It makes it more interesting if they can have a few toppings to choose from themselves.

If she likes a hot meal baked beans with baby sausages in.

Loads of good ideas - Jamie Oliver does a soda bread recipe with porridge oats in which is very filling and has an almost denser texture - good with no-sugar nut butters. I like cold smoked fish which I eat with hard boiled eggs and cherry tomatoes but you could have a couple of oatcakes and some cheese rather than the eggs. That being said my first thought was a healthy apple crumble recipe Hugh Fearnly Whittingstall does which he says he has cold for breakfast with yoghurt. Yum.

Could bung a couple of potato waffles in the toaster?

I’d stick with the pancakes. If you make the batter the night before, they’re so quick to make. Gdcs often have them with a) banana and lemon, or b) banana and honey. Reasonably healthy and filling.
(They used to want Nutella but that’s now been banned except for high days and holidays.)

Overnight fridge porridge. I'm crazy about it.

Ryvita and cheese, like in sweden

lentil soup with some rice

potato soup, with leeks or onions and carrots/ spinach

Rice fried with vegetables or with yoghurt and fruit

Leftovers from previous night's dinner 😋