10 Make-Ahead Breakfast Ideas for Kids (School Mornings, Sorted)
Prep on Sunday, grab on Monday: ten breakfasts that make school mornings calmer, most of them freezer-friendly.
School mornings are the hardest meal of the day: everyone is tired, the clock is loud, and the child who is hungry at 10 a.m. was "not hungry" at 7. The fix is to do the work before the morning. Each idea below takes 10 to 30 minutes on a weekend and gives you several breakfasts that are ready in a minute.
Freezer-friendly
1. Egg muffins
Bake a tray, freeze, warm in the microwave. Get the recipe.
2. Breakfast burritos
Scrambled egg, cheese and beans rolled in a tortilla, wrapped one by one and frozen. Reheat until hot through.
3. Savory muffins
Cheese, corn and spinach or sweet potato muffins: a breakfast you can eat in the car.
4. Banana oat muffins
Sweetened mostly with ripe banana. Freeze, then thaw overnight in the fridge.
5. Sheet pan pancakes
One tray, cut into squares, frozen between sheets of baking paper. Toast from frozen.
Fridge, ready to grab
6. Overnight oats
One jar per child, made the night before. Let them choose the fruit for the top.
7. Yogurt parfait jars
Yogurt and fruit in jars for up to 3 days; add the granola in the morning so it stays crunchy.
8. Hard-boiled eggs and fruit
Boil a batch on Sunday; peeled eggs keep for 5 days in the fridge. Cut into pieces for little ones.
Blend in a minute
9. Smoothie freezer packs
Bag the fruit and spinach for one smoothie; in the morning add milk and blend. Try our Hulk green smoothie.
10. Smoothie bowls
A thicker smoothie in a bowl with fruit on top. Kids decorate their own.
A balanced kids' breakfast
Aim for three parts: something with protein (eggs, yogurt, milk, cheese, beans), a slow carb (oats, whole-grain bread, a muffin) and a fruit or vegetable. It does not need to be perfect every day. A breakfast they actually eat beats a perfect one left on the plate.
