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Easy and Quick Breakfast Idea for Parents and Kids

August 31, 2016 By Deirdre

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. All opinions are entirely my own.

Every morning my family has a busy “Leaving the House” routine. My husband and I get up a little past six to start ours. JDaniel wakes up when I get to the part of my routine that involves heading into his room to get him up . Before that I have to get myself ready and decide what we will be having for breakfast ! Once I have showered, dressed, and decided on a quick breakfast idea , I need to get him moving. Getting him moving can take a while! Having a quick breakfast idea in mind already helps our kitchen morning routines go much faster.

Back to School-Chore Charts for Before and After School

This is my son’s morning routine chart! He can quickly check to see if he has done everything on the list.

Some mornings I set out a bowl of cereal, some fruit and a glass of milk at his place at the table. It is a quick and easy breakfast idea. There are some days like the day he takes a standardized test or a chilly fall morning that I want to give him something hot for breakfast. Something that is high in protein.

We recently tried Jimmy Dean® Stuffed Hash Browns. I found them on a grocery trip to Walmart. They looked like something my family would enjoy. I knew we would like the meats, cheeses packed into the crispy hash brown covering.

They would be a quick breakfast idea that JDaniel could even make himself. All either of us has to do was place one in the crisping sleeve and set cooking time for 2 minutes.

While he is eating breakfast, I usually make our lunches. I could make them the night before, but we tend to be busy in the evening at my house. Then I put in JDaniel’s lunch in his backpack and check to make sure he has put everything in it that needs to go to school. By now it is 7:15 a.m.. That is when we need to head out the door.

What about my breakfast? I just grab something that I can take in the car for breakfast like the Jimmy Dean Stuff Hash browns. I can easily eat my hash brown while I am in the drop off car line at JDaniel’s school or sitting at a red light on the way to the school I teach in.

Would you like to try Jimmy Dean® Stuffed Hash Browns? I have been given a coupon that you can use toward the purchase of a box of them.

Would you like a copy of our Before School Routine? Please take a moment to check out our Back to School Chore Charts.

Easy and Quick Breakfast Idea Recipes with Printable

August 16, 2016 By Deirdre

Every morning my family has a busy “Leaving the House” routine. My husband and I get up a little past six to start ours. JDaniel wakes up when I get to the part of my routine that involves heading into his room to get him up . Before that I have to get myself ready and decide what we will be having for breakfast ! Once I have showered, dressed, and decided on a quick breakfast idea , I need to get him moving. Getting him moving can take awhile! Having a quick breakfast idea mind already helps our kitchen morning routines go much faster.

Some mornings I set out a bowl of cereal, some fruit and a glass of milk at his place at the table. It is a quick and easy breakfast idea. There are some days like the day he takes a standardized test or a chilly fall morning that I want to give him something more to give to him for breakfast. Something that maybe has a little protein in it. Last winter I shared with you a collection of delicious breakfast casseroles.

Casseroles can take awhile to bake. If you don’t want to be up early to create and bake one, you might like to try a quick breakfast idea from the list below.

Quick Breakfast Idea Collection

Breakfast Tortillas – We have made and loved each of one of these.

Breakfast Rice Recipes– You might not think of rice as a breakfast food. We found it a great oatmeal replacement.

Puffins or Pancake Muffins – These can be made in advance and heated up. You could also bake them while everyone is getting ready.

Watermelon Smoothie Bowl from Amazing Eats -JDaniel loves watermelon. I bet he will like this recipe.

8 Easy Breakfast Ideas from Crystal and Company – These look simple and kid-friendly.

Chocolate Covered Banana Crunch from Meaningful Mom – This would be fun to make an early morning treat!

Yogurt and Fruit Breakfast Popsicles from Caramel Potatoes- This looks like a fun and healthy breakfast idea.

Sausage Egg and Cheese Crescents from Crazy Adventures in Parenting- These look they would be delicious and easy to put together.

Frozen Breakfast Quesadilla from Slender Kitchen- It would be great to take a quesadilla out defrost it and eat it in a short period of time.

Would you like a copy of the rooster clock I have shared above?

I have Rooster Clock for Kids that you can download and use with your children.

Puffin Muffin Recipe Served in a Bento

June 18, 2012 By Deirdre

I came across a wonderful recipe for The Magic Puffin muffins. They sounded like the perfect thing to serve my husband for breakfast on Father’s Day. Last Tuesday JDaniel saw the movie Happy Feet 2 and it had a puffin in it. Along with the puffin muffin I created a tortilla puffin, I wanted to share with you and the meal I wanted to make. Recently I served both them to JDaniel in a Bento container.

What is in the tin?

The box contains two puffins. I made one puffin out of a dyed tortilla cut out with a pattern of puffin that I made out of clip art picture from the internet. He was given a carrot eye with a raisin added, carrot feet, and part of his beak is made of carrot pieces. The rest of his beak is made of yellow pepper.

The second puffin is the pancake muffin I will tell you more about later.

The sun shining over the puffins is filled with delicious strawberries and blueberries. We have gotten the best tasting fruit this summer.

Making Puffins

JDaniel and I had the best time making these wonderful puffins. He loves to help in the kitchen and jumps at the opportunity to help all the time.

His first job was to place the liners in the pan. He has become an expert at pulling the liners off the stack and placing them into the pan.

JDaniel’s favorite job is mixing the ingredients. He loves to sneak his fingers into the mixing bowl. I try to keep them out of the mixing bowl, but he is very sneaky.

The final step after placing the mix in the liners was to sprinkle on crushed bacon. JDaniel loves bacon. He wanted some of the bacon to not make it on the puffins. Some of it conveniently stayed in the bag for him.