August 17, 2013

Great Days Need Great Starts

Okay, you've chosen your curriculum, set your schedule, and planned your lessons.  You are ready for school to start...or are you?  All your hard work getting the materials ready might not mean anything unless you get you and your student ready to succeed.  Your best chance for success starts with a nutritious and delicious breakfast each day that will wake you both up and fuel your bodies & brains.  There are a few cold cereals out there that actually pack in a lot of vitamins and minerals, but why settle for over-priced, soggy cereal that had to have nutrients added to it, when you can get your nutrition straight from the source?  With three kids of my own, I know that healthy homemade breakfasts that fill you up can be time consuming and expensive.  I've scoured the web and found some mouth-watering ideas to start each day right, without busting the budget, or cutting into your beauty sleep.

Breakfast wraps like this peanut butter and granola wrap are a
very portable way to do breakfast.  Get creative and wrap just
about anything up in a whole wheat tortilla (or in an egg white

Oatmeal doesn't have to be hot, or boring for that matter.  Use this
overnight oatmeal recipe from Betty Crocker to find ways to jazz
up your baby bear's porridge.

Kids love waffles, but most moms don't like the gallon of syrup &
inevitable sugar rush that comes with them.  Making a tasty Carrot 
Cake Waffle Breakfast Sandwich will surely satisfy everyone.

"You know what ELSE everybody likes? Parfaits! Have you ever
met a person, you say, 'Let's get some parfait,' they say"...you
know the rest.  Parfaits are delicious.  Breakfast parfaits made
with either yogurt or cottage cheese, like this Mango Avocado
 Breakfast Parfait, are sure to be a crowd pleaser.

Like oatmeal, rice can frequently be thought of as a boring
breakfast.  If you get creative and think outside the box, you can
come up with some new and flavorful ways to have rice for
breakfast.  My Chocolaty Rice Cereal is a special treat that will
wake up your taste buds.

Not all muffins are created equal.  Some are more like dessert, and
others try to be so healthy that you might as well eat raw grains.
Blah!  Either way, they are loaded with carbohydrates.  These
Morning Muffins, on the other hand, are made with more egg than
flour, and contain only 7 grams of carbs.  Make a whole pan and 
have breakfast all week.

What quick and healthy breakfast list would be complete without
smoothies?  Smoothies are so versatile, they can be made to suit
even the pickiest eater.  Peanut butter banana smoothies were my
go to food when my sons went through their picky phase.  Boston 
Magazine recently published a colorful list of 12 healthy breakfast
 smoothies that will start your day off right.

Okay, so quick breads might not be the healthiest item on my
list,but they sure are good.  They don't have to be all that bad,
though.  There are simple recipes to make healthier quick breads,
like this pecan topped pumpkin bread.  My Recipes compiled a list
of 5 irresistible healthy quick breads to give you some ideas.

I hope this list of ideas for delicious and nutritious breakfasts help you and your family start each day right.  If you have any great breakfast ideas that I didn't mention, please post them in the comments below.

Karissa

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