No breakfast?! That’s a breakfast disaster. Your kids will be cranky and have no energy to concentrate in school. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so it must not only be eaten but enjoyed too! Here are some breakfast ideas that you can make ahead and freeze for your hungry back-to-schoolers.
Breakfast muffins
The first breakfast option is breakfast muffins. There are lots of different varieties and recipes out there that you can make and have on hand. If you’re worried about your kids snacking on your breakfast muffins they can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer and thawed or warmed up when you’re ready to serve them.
Breakfast burritos
To make breakfast even more of a breeze for you all year round, try freezing breakfast burritos. This is always a great breakfast option because of how filling they are and kids love the taste too. There are lots of breakfast burrito recipes out there but here’s an easy one you can put together.
Take your regular, large tortilla and fill it with black beans, sausage, and salsa (this makes them Mexican-style breakfast burritos), or use lean bacon strips, hash browns, and scrambled eggs to make your English breakfast burrito!
To store them wrap individually with plastic wrap and then aluminium foil. To reheat these breakfast burritos, simply pop them in the oven for about 10 minutes until heated through or wrap in a damp paper towel and microwave for about 30 seconds until warm.
You can also store breakfast burrito filling separate from tortillas and assemble breakfast burritos fresh each morning. It’s a bit labour-intensive but a good option if you’re worried about texture.
Fruit parfaits
Or, start off the day with some fruit parfaits. All you have to do is cut up a mixture of seasonal fruit and layer it with some Greek yoghurt or topping of your choice. If you’ll add anything crunchy like granola, leave it off and only add it when you’re ready to eat or it will turn soggy.
Breakfast sandwiches
Next up, breakfast sandwiches! These really take less than 5 minutes to prepare the night before and will be ready for breakfast in the morning. Enjoying breakfast sandwiches is a breeze when you decide to make them ahead of time!
For this breakfast sandwich recipe: You’ll need to toast muffins (you can even spread some butter on them); fry up an egg; add slices of bacon on top of one half; place the egg on top and close that breakfast sandwich up!
Then simply wrap individually in plastic wrap and aluminium foil and they’ll be ready to eat in under 10 minutes from start to finish. To reheat, simply unwrap your breakfast sandwich and put it into the microwave for 30 seconds.
You can also add on some other breakfast favourites like sliced apples, breakfast sausage, or bacon bits. Create a variety of breakfast sandwiches with different breakfast bread and condiments.
Porridge
A final idea for a quick and healthy breakfast is porridge. Quick cook oats can be ready in just a few minutes and you can premix in advance. Some ideas for good porridge mix-ins include; brown sugar, cinnamon, pecans and maple syrup, raisins or cranberries and walnuts. Just add the milk and cook through when you’re ready.
When it comes to breakfast there is no one perfect solution per person; what works for some people may not be a favourite of others but this quick guide offers many breakfast ideas you can mix and match together to create your own quick breakfast ideas.
