thinking I should do a cooked breakfast most days for my sons

[JackandDiane]

I have three - one doing a levels in the next couple of weeks, all huge sporty and growing,
i did bacon rolls today as pre exam thing and they all said they would happily eat a proper breakfast every day
I get up early - its no skin off my nose, maybe a bit more prep etc
Do any of you do cooked breakfasts every day? I think I should put more effort in

[WindPowerRanger]

Ah, kedgeree! Breakfast of champions!

There is so much scope for variety, you don't need to eat bacon more than once a week. The two below are from Amelia Freer, whose book 'Eat. Nourish. Glow.' is on healthy eating. Prissy title, good book.

HEALTHY BREAKFAST POTS
Ingredients
½ cup (gluten free) oats per person
2 heaped tbsp milled chia seeds
Almond or coconut milk
Zest and juice of 1 orange
Organic blueberries (or other fruit of choice)
Coyo coconut yoghurt (or natural yoghurt if you aren’t avoiding dairy)
Pumpkin and sunflower seeds to sprinkle on top
Fresh mint
Method
Soak the oats and chia seed in the milk, orange juice and zest for 3-4 hours or overnight
Spoon the mixture into a glass/glasses per person
Add 2 tbsp coconut/natural yoghurt on top
Then sprinkle the blueberries on top
Add a few seeds to garnish and some fresh chopped mint
The breakfast pots last in the fridge for three days if covered.
Note: You can make this breakfast without using oats and just soaking the chia seeds to make a “porridge”.

Kale And Mushroom Muffins
You’ll Need (Serves 2)
120g kale
150 chestnut mushrooms, sliced
5 tbsp coconut oil
3 clove garlic, crushed
a few sprigs of thyme, leaves picked
a squeeze of lemon juice
1 red onion, diced
1-2 tsp red chilli flakes
8 eggs
2 tbsp coconut milk
salt and pepper
extra coconut oil for greasing muffin tray, if not using paper case
Step-by-Step
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F fan, and grease a 12 hole muffin tin.
Heat 1tbsp of the coconut oil in a frying pan and cook the mushrooms on a medium high heat for about 8 minutes until they go golden brown. Lower the heat, add the garlic and thyme and cook for 2 minutes. Add a generous squeeze of lemon juice, toss and remove from the heat as it sizzles, leave to cool in mixing bowl.
In the same pan, heat the remaining coconut oil and cook the onion and chilli flakes for 4-6 minutes, until softened, leave to cool. In a large pot of boiling water, blanch the kale for 2 minutes and refresh in cold running water. Squeeze out any excess liquid with your hands and roughly chop half the kale, set aside.
Add the remaining half to a blender, along with the eggs, coconut milk and parsley and blend until it is a smooth green. Mix the liquid with the rest of the ingredients, season generously and divide into 12 muffin tins, use paper cases if you have them as they are easier to take on the move with you.
Cook for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool for a few minutes in the tin then, run a knife around the edges and turn out to cool on a rack. Delicious warm or cold, keep well in the fridge, and can also be frozen.

[WindPowerRanger]

Sorry, Cook Nourish Glow

[GlomOfNit]

It is in Classics because it is full of old timers it is Mumsnet At Its Best.

Dammit, I aspire to having a teenage boy who will sit and fill his boots! DS1 (8) eats 'unmixed up food' and is picky as hell, and DS2 (who has ASD) is currently on hunger strike, including virtually all liquids. Can completely understand the OP's desire to do this for her enormous mancubs.

[hewl]

I bought £25 worth of chia seeds and coconut oil to make flapjacks. Everyone hated them and I ended up giving them to my horse

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeG0es]

Chia seeds soaked make the most awful gelatinous gloop I have ever tasted, tried once, never again, couldn't even finish the bowl I made.

[derxa]

I remember when they were babies PHONING my mum to tell them how many cubes of fucking mashed potato or whatever they ate
I remember phoning my mum from a phone box to say that DH insisted on having haddock and poached egg and how was I going to persuade DS1 to eat that. Changed days. They mainly cook for themselves. Vast quantities. They're skinny and I don't think the cooked breakfasts were a dietary disaster. They were a medical and social necessity

[Twinklestar2]

Aw this thread is sweet and made me feel teary even though my son us not even 2 yet and reliant on me for years to come!

And it's made me want loads more children to feed and nurture

[BabyGanoush]

hewl, that poor horse...

just stick with oats, butter and golden syrup...

food is meant to be ENJOYED not endured

[JackandDiane]

Update. Sporty son are half his omelette and said "mum I can't finish this "
CALL THE COPZ

[JackandDiane]

....then went back to bed and slept all day. He's 15, 6'1"'and has two cuddly cats and a seal.

[Schwabischeweihnachtskanne]

Is he all right Jack ? Mine haven't hit their teens but although I remember as a teen not wanting to get up when my father helpfully stood in my door sneering at me to "heave your carcass out of your pit" if I wasn't up by 8am on a Sunday morning I don't remember any specific inclination to go back to bed and sleep all day once up... Is he awake til the early hours? Did he eat nothing else all day as he was asleep?

[Ginslinger]

I remember that sleeping thing - never sure if they'd got glandular fever or were just growing. It's hard work being a teenager - sleep is good

[Schwabischeweihnachtskanne]

Ah good to know in advance Gin ... hard to imagine atm as my eldest is 11 and proud of herself if she's managed to "lie in" until 7:30am at the weekend. ..

We were just never allowed to sleep during the day as teens even at weekends - no idea why, some old fashioned idea of it being lazy I suspect... I certainly won't stop my kids if they ever learn to love sleep :o