Healthy Breakfast When You Absolutely Don’t Have Time to Cook

Even when you’re in a hurry to get out the door in the morning, feeding your family a healthy breakfast is still important to you.  Instead of going through the drive through though, here are some suggestions you can use that are quick and healthy, on the go breakfast ideas.

The first thing to do is plan ahead. Planning makes any meal time so much easier, especially when you’re in a hurry. Healthy items to have on hand and that are easy to grab and go are:

· Healthy cereal bars

· Granola bars

· Baggies of whole grain cereal

· Graham crackers

· Bagels

· Sliced Cheese

· Sliced ham

· Nuts

· Sliced Fruit

· Flour tortillas

· Sliced whole grain bread

· Seedless Grapes

· Peanut butter

· Crackers

· Raw veggies such as celery stalks and baby carrots

· Raisins

When you have the above items on hand, you can either eat them alone or you can combine them quickly for a fast, healthy breakfast.

· Spread some cream cheese on graham crackers or bagels.

· Make a cheese sandwich

· Toast some bread and top with cream cheese and sliced fruit

· Spread some peanut butter over saltines

· Cream cheese on saltines is also good

· Celery stalks with peanut butter or cream cheese and raisins

· A slice of cheese and ham rolled together

The point is you don’t have to skip breakfast when you don’t have time to cook. And you don’t have to skimp on health by running through a drive through. Save time and money simply by using your imagination and with a little planning. Your kids will like the new ideas and may even begin to eat breakfast better.

Remember; don’t ask your kids what they want. Simply make it and hand it to them. They may think it’s weird at first, especially if it’s not a typical breakfast food. However, they will most likely think its fun to eat something a bit out of the ordinary. Make a game out of it and they’re sure to “bite.” Pretend you are on a deserted island or on a ship lost at sea. It’s the only food left on earth and you have to eat it or you won’t survive.