What do you give your DC for breakfast?

[Paxdora]

I'm looking for filling ideas:

So far this week my DC has had:

Monday - porridge with honey, fruit juice
Tuesday - scrambled eggs on toast (which he made himself - under strict supervision!)
Wednesday - melon and a buttered Heston hot x bun (waitrose) - we were running very late this morning so had to be quick

I'm trying hard to steer clear of cereals during the school week as I find them too high in sugar and my DC really doesn't need that sugar rush and pending dip in the school morning.

Any ideas gratefully received.

You're doing very well by the sounds of it. Mine insist on the same thing everyday - bowl of (non-frosted) shreddies, brown toast and jam. I don't find the sugar rush thing a problem and some cereals aren't so bad anyway, the branny ones for instance. Anyhow, hopefully someone will be along with all kinds of healthy pancake, blueberry, yoghurty suggestions soon. But while you're good not to be doing the same everyday, I don't think it has to be exciting/different each day either.

Not all cereals are sugary. And the sugar rush thing is a bit of a myth anyway.

We always have cereals to choose from (weetabix/shreddies/porridge/branflakes/muesli) and they can have these with milk or yoghurt and fruit. Sometimes they just have yoghurt and fruit. We have eggs so they can have those in various forms. Bread for toast (beans/mushrooms/eggs on toast sometimes) and often another bread based option like crumpets or muffins, occasionally waffles. I also make pancakes quite often, or drop scones usually and they have them with fruit and yoghurt too.

Thanks everyone for some fantastic suggestions. I'm going to try drop scones next week.

Just as an aside, I certainly notice a difference in my sons behaviour and concentration when he hasn't had cereal for breakfast - as does his teacher.

I'm not saying all cereal is bad - some are atrociously sweet and sugar laden and, I know, others less so. He does have cereal but usually as a weekend treat and occasionally midweek.

He's a very active, constantly hungry 8 year old - so I also find that a more substantial breakfast satisfies him for longer

Bircher Muesli?

We have switched from cereal to a more protein led breakfast, initially as a trial but have all really noticed a benefit so things like;

scrambled egg on wholemeal toast
cheese toastie
bacon sandwich
boiled egg
cottage cheese/muffin
also done yoghurt with seeds on top/fruit
fish fingers
roast chicken/ham/pork wrap
baked beans (not for ds he hates them but for me!)
peanut butter (no added sugar variety)
occasionally sausages

we never had sugary cereal generally porridge/homemade granola/shredded wheat but it ds (7.5) has loved it says he feels full until lunchtime!

We have:

• Home-made granola (there's tons of sugar in it though!) on yoghurt
• Porridge/ with banana
• Wholemeal toast and marmalade
• A Sri Lankan breakfast made with whole rice flour and shredded fresh coconut

(you can get it frozen)

• Greek yoghurt with frozen fruits and honey (defrosted in micro)

DD is a phase eater. So at the moment we have Bran flakes with raisins and a cup of milk. Other alternatives are Raisin Wheats (like shredded wheats but with raisin filling).

On weekends we have French toasts once in a while.

Before the cereal phase we had the Coronation Chicken sandwich phase (if it would be up to DD, she would eat it 3x a day) and the Honey bread phase.

If she goes to her childminder in the morning (a couple of days each months) she eats there and just has a yoghurt at home.

Merry , may I ask where you get the Sri Lankan coconut thingy? It sounds yum.

Sorry v ride to jump in and ask a q and not answer the op. my apologies, we have mainly porridge. Sometime hot cross buns or malt loaf. Sometimes toast. They like my hm marmalade, and Marmite. But not together that would be grim.

Eggs at the weekend, sometimes croissants.pancakes as special treat.

My toddler has either shredded wheat or wheatabix (both low in sugar) with smoothies (not so much, but hey, it's the whole fruit blah blah blah), and a tiny piece of bagel. My 4yo has a half bagel (minus tiny piece) with cream cheese, sometimes a fruit / bit of smoothie, usually milk. Or she'll have the cereal option. I like an egg on toast but usually end up with cottage cheese/fruit or the other half bagel.

Mine have had weetabix with milk and fruit every day since they were weaned! They are now 6 and 3. They have different fruit in it each day.

Same thing every day. Toast for dc 1 & 4. Cereal for the two in the middle. As long as they eat something then I'm not fussed.

No time for scrambled eggs in this house unless I get up at 6 which I'm not doing!

Bran Flakes, Cheerios, Special K, Oat Pillows, Weetabix.

Malt Loaf is a good one to fill up.

We have what we call 'weekend cereal' all hte sugary crap!

My dd won't eat breakfast !! I have managed to get her to eat a nutri grain bar but its under duress ! I'm impressed you dc eat all that!

Bish my DS doesn't eat breakfast at all. Not even the sugary crap. Dd however ploughs through proper porridge, toast and banana. Both skinny rakes.

I'm amazed by the variety! Puts me to shame. We have cereal every morning. Never the extra sugary ones. Rarely have time for anything much else on a school day. We sometimes have pancakes and blueberries at the weekend.

Oh and fish fingers??!

This morning they both wanted ready brek with raisins and chopped banana.

We are incredibly boring and have the same thing every day!

DS1 - jam on toast (doesn't like cereal)
DS2 - marmite or peanut butter on toast (only like crunchy nut cornflakes, which are a rare treat)
DS3, 4 & 5 - bran flakes with raisins and milk.

I like my bed too much to get up earlier and make anything more extravagant!

Routine is porridge. At the moment it's with banana, sometimes it's with honey, cream, maple syrup.

Sometimes it's peanut butter toast, croissants, eggs, bagels, weetabix. Might try them with French toast.

DD1 has a big breakfast. DD2 picks.

I don't really get why you need to vary it as long as its a 'good' breakfast?

Oh, popcorn. If we are up in time to make it (in the pan) dd will have a bowl of popcorn & milk after her porridge.

Pancakes sometimes, hot cross buns at this time of year.

Weetabix, yoghurt, banana or clementine.

treats include cheese scones and dates in porridge with orange zest and cream

Most days porridge and banana, raisins, cooked apple and cinnamon, or honey.
Weetabix with banana and honey, followed by toast.

I'm trying to wean her off the honey. The coconut breakfast sounds good.

Taffeta, I make the Sri Lankan thing (also South Indian), but it's dead easy. You buy ground red rice flour from South Indian/ Sri Lankan shops and mix with water so it looks like crumble and then steam it with the frozen coconut (from same type of shop). Eat with mashed banana.

merrymarigold, is that frozen fresh coconut then? So you mix red rice flour with water & the coconut (grated), then steam it?