15 Breakfast Ideas For Kids-Easy Recipes They Can Cook
Teaching your kids to cook gives them valuable life skills, builds their confidence and saves you time!
The best place to start is with a list of breakfast ideas for kids!
As a working mom who is homeschooling, breakfast can be a hassle!
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When I worked full time out of the home and my children were younger, finding breakfast ideas that my kids not only liked to eat but also kept them full longer than an hour was half the battle.
The other half was finding time to make it for them when I am rushing around.
I no longer have this problem. The solution is simple and perfect for busy moms: create a list of breakfast ideas for kids!
Why Use A “Breakfast Ideas For Kids” List?
As a working mom who is also homeschooling, I need all the tools I can get to make my life run smoother.
When I worked full-time out of the home, mornings were utter chaos. Getting dressed, grabbing homeschool work, making lunches, and getting out the door was tough.
Remembering to feed them breakfast was something that needed to be handled differently than my “gab whatever let’s go!” method.
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To combat that chaos and ensure the kids ate, we devised a list of breakfast ideas the kids can make on their own.
I’ll confess finding the time to teach my kids to cook wasn’t easy but it was worth it!
Tips For Using The Breakfast List Ideas:
I’ll share our list of ideas you can use for your family in a minute but first, let’s tackle how to use this list to make your life easier!
As you go through the list, take note
- any recipes or ideas you think your kids would like.
- the skills you might need to teach them before they can make it on their own.
- and any ingredients you need to make it.
Bonus tip: start simple. Start with one new breakfast and work on it until both of you are comfortable. Cooking with your kids is a great way to connect and spend one-on-one time with them.
How To Encourage Kids To Cook:
One of my standby ways to get my kids excited about being in the kitchen is encouraging my kids to play with their food!
By “play” I mean letting change up any recipe to suit their likes or new foods they want to try.
I use these recipe cards to keep track of any changes they make. You can sign up for them here, AND you get a bonus step-by-step e-mail course to help you out!
Hot Breakfast Ideas For Kids:
We go through a ton of eggs in our house each week. We make them in a variety of ways.
1. Fried Eggs:
Our number one cooked breakfast meal is fried egg and toast. The kids have learned through trial and error that non-stick frying pans work best along with some grapeseed oil or coconut oil.
For the record, we use a frying pan pretty much every morning between the four of us. We were burning through frying pans left, right and center, no pun intended. I was excited to find this T-Fal Non-stick was the best and fell in love!
Before, we would through several different brands of frying in a few months. This one has lasted almost a year so far. I never realized the wear and tear on a frying pan before!
They’ve also learned that you shouldn’t use a plastic spatula to scrape off any egg that ends up on the burner on a flat-top stove.
Also, our smoke detectors work. Always good to know.
2. Omelets/Scrambled Eggs:
Omelets are currently a work in progress in my house and thus often get “saved” by turning into fancy scrambled eggs.
Filling ideas are cheese, spinach,
I love this video teaching kids how to make scrambled eggs:
3. Baked Potato Hash browns:
Taking a baked potato from the night before, cubing it up, and frying it makes excellent homemade hashbrowns.
Scramble an egg, add toast and you are all set. They will use bagged hash browns if we don’t have a leftover baked potato.
Hint: Make sure your kids have knife skills down with this one.
4. Breakfast sandwiches:
Take English Muffins and toast them in a toaster or toaster oven.
Then fill with: a fried egg or poached egg, cheese and tomato slices. Easy as pie!
Bonus: Quick video showing how to cut an English Muffin with a fork.
(Yes, it’s an ad for the type of food, but the 13-second video is perfect for kids to understand how the fork thing works! )
5. Breakfast burritos:
Another simple breakfast idea. Start with a scrambled egg, add cheese, add salsa, and wrap.
The hardest part is folding them! I found this short video on YouTube for my kids.
Add applesauce and you are good to go.
Check out this recipe for DIY Frozen Breakfast Burritos.
6. Pancakes:
This is one of our favorites. I either pick up a boxed mix that you just add egg or water.
Or I make my own and add the instructions to the top of the bin.
Pancake Recipes For Kids:
- My go to pancake recipe is my favorite!
- For me, these Grain free Pumpkin Pancakes look amazing!
- Kids Can Cook Pancakes
7. Oatmeal:
Hot oatmeal is a great breakfast for the cooler months. You can make it in your instant pot or stove top with rolled oats or use boxed.
Topping ideas: raisins, cinnamon, nuts, and seeds.
Breakfast Ideas For Kids:
8. Frozen waffles:
Frozen waffles and frozen boxed pancakes are a major treat in our house.
I’m not a huge fan due to the additives and sugar, but we grab these on days we need to be out the door quickly.
9. Bagels and cream cheese:
This is one of my daughter’s favorites because it is nice to have an easy, filling breakfast.
Everything bagels and cinnamon raisins are the top requested, topped with plain cream cheese.
Side ideas: Fruit, yogurt, rolled sandwich meat, and cheese.
Cold Breakfast Ideas For Kids:
On warmer days, it is really nice to have cold breakfast ideas. These cold breakfast ideas are perfect for summer days or for kids who are sensitive to heat.
10. Muffins:
My daughter loves to bake, and even though cupcakes and cookies are her “go-to”, she will also make the odd batch of muffins for breakfast.
But to be honest, my husband eats more muffins than the kids. My oldest loves to grab a muffin on the way out the door to work in the morning, while my youngest prefers to eat muffins as a snack.
Muffin Recipes For Kids
- Healthy Toddler Friendly Mini Muffins
- Healthy Chunky Monkey Muffins
- Blueberry Banana Muffins With Oats
11. Boxed cereal and milk:
This is a super simple one for introducing kids to making their own breakfast. Fairly straightforward with cereal, milk, and a bowl.
My kids like pretty much everything except Raisin Bran. This is also a treat for “running out the door because mom” is late-type breakfast.
This is another breakfast I try to limit due to sugar and additives. I recommend reading the ingredients well.
12: Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits:
This is a fun breakfast to make with kids of all ages. Once they get the hang of it, let them get creative with the combinations of yogurt flavors and fruit!
You’ll need:
- Yogurt
- cut fruit (Fresh or canned works)
- granola
- sweetener such as jam, honey or maple syrup (optional)
Get the kids to layer into a glass the yogurt and fruit, then top with granola.
Bonus: If you put this in to a “grab and go” container it makes an awesome breakfast for those rushing days.
Make Ahead Breakfast:
These are breakfast ideas that older kids can make on their own and reheat in the morning or eat and go!
13: Breakfast Casserole:
There are many different versions out there such as Quick & Easy Breakfast Casserole.
Honestly, we just took the idea and changed it up.
Here is how we made ours:
- boil white potatoes, and cube
- eggs
- scramble fried hamburger and drain out any fat
- peppers, chopped
- Layer in your casserole in order and bake it until the eggs set at 350 degrees for about 30-45 minutes.
- Then add shredded cheese.
We make ours the night before, cool, and place them covered in the fridge. In the morning, you have two options, reheat in the oven as a whole or take out a square and reheat in the microwave. Yum!
14: Overnight Slow Cooker Oatmeal:
We’ve only tried this a few times as we are all so picky about the texture of our oatmeal. One child likes it runny, the other does not.
To make overnight oatmeal, you’ll need a slow cooker or an Instant Pot with a slow cooker feature.
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My advice is to play around with recipes until you find one everyone likes.
Here are a few breakfast ideas for kids to get you started:
15. Baked Oatmeal:
This one we have not made in forever! I completely forgot about it until now.
We made this Baked Honey Berry Oatmeal and it was absolutely easy and good! You can eat it hot or cold the next day.
Here are a few other recipes on our list to try:
15 Easy Breakfast Ideas For Your Kids
I appreciate having to not worry about making sure the kids are fed before we dig into our read-aloud and school for the day or when we are running out the door.
Pair these up with some great gluten-free snacks and you are ready to go!
Did you see these great recipe books for kids from Amazon? I love having a few actual books to let the kids dig into and get new ideas!
- American Girl: Breakfast and Brunch
- The Ultimate Kids’ Cookbook: Fun One-Pot Recipes Your Whole Family Will Love!
- Kid Chef Junior: My First Kids Cookbook
Do your kids cook breakfast? What is their favorite breakfast food?
Teaching kids to cook take time and effort but it so worth it. On of my favorite tools is Kids Cook Real Food.
If you want more information read my review here: Homeschool Cooking Curriculum We Love – Our Experience With the Kids Cook Real Food Program
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