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Reading through this has been so helpful and validating! My 2-year-old whines a lot and I’ve been working on a lot of the suggestions above already, so YAY! His vocabulary is increasing every day but he definitely has fewer words than most kids his days. So he gets easily frustrated when saying a “word” we don’t understand. We try to get him to point or show us what he’s looking for. I’m so excited to be here! Thanks for all of the wonderful tips on how to cope with the whining! :)
We made these on the weekend as a treat and they were a huge hit with my 2-year-old.
https://www.thekitchn.com/these-mini-dutch-babies-are-perfect-for-family-valentines-day-breakfast-22994357
Not the “healthiest” but yummy!Otherwise, he LOVES eggs. We do toast, eggs, avocado and berry/fruit. I know you mentioned they don’t love eggs, sorry I don’t have more suggestions.
My daughter isn’t the biggest fan of eggs either. She loves these muffins!!
Fruity Egg Muffins
INGREDIENTS
2 ripe bananas
4 eggs
Coconut oil / butter to grease the muffin pan
Fruit of choice (e.g. raspberries or blueberries)INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 190c / 375f / Gas 5
Mash the bananas until smooth.
Add the eggs and mix until combined.
Grease the muffin tray with coconut oil or butter
Add some berries to cover the bottom of the muffin trays. (I added about 7 raspberries to each tray or around 10 blueberries)
Fill with the egg and banana mixture (makes around 10)
Bake for 12 minutes or until cooked through.
RECIPE NOTES
Why not try adding some chia seeds, cocoa powder or some chopped nuts?Hi Sabrina!
My kids are 4 & 2…yikes, simple breakfasts are a MUST at this age, aren’t they?! Here are some of our favorite things to make and eat for breakfast:
~ Oats (we add chopped dates, frozen berries, chia seeds, sometimes a scoop of nut butter, maple syrup, cinnamon. I make a big pot of this every week and it keeps nicely in the fridge for a few days…just scoop into bowls and heat in the mornings!)
~ Yoghurt “parfaits” (mash a banana, mix in plain greek yoghurt & cinnamon, sprinkle fresh or frozen fruit/berries on top…can add chopped nuts and/or chia seeds on top…sometimes we add honey, too!)
~ Sweet potato medallions (slice a sweet potato into 1/4 inch medallions and bake on cookie sheet at 400 degrees F. for about 10 mins, flip them over and bake for another 5-10 mins until soft and golden…my kids LOVE to eat these with their fingers :)
~ Chia Pudding (mix chia seeds with any kind of milk the night before, let sit in fridge over night. In the morning, dump into bowls and add honey/maple syrup/fruit/berries/spices/nuts to taste!)
~ Breakfast muffins (find a recipe you and your kids like that includes a ton of veggies, fruits, proteins and make a few dozen…divide into family breakfast portion in freezer bags, take out and heat in toaster oven or microwave in the morning…can spread with nut butters or just enjoy plain!)
~ Avocado toast (my kids don’t usually enjoy avocado plain, but they LOVE it spread onto toasted bread and sprinkled with salt! Sometimes we add sliced tomatoes.)
~ Warm boiled eggs (my kids don’t like COLD hard boiled eggs…but they love to peel WARM ones, right out of the pot. I sprinkle salt and cumin on their plates and they dip the warm boiled eggs into the spices for every bite)
~ Muesli (I bring out ALL the jars and boxes of cereals and oats and nuts and dried fruits…then they compile their own muesli mix – with supervision for amounts! – into their bowls. Sometimes they eat this dry, sometimes with milk or yoghurt)
~ Cream of Wheat (we like to add hydrated chia, berries, chopped nuts, cinnamon, and a drizzle of maple syrup)
~ Savory oats (mix of rolled and steel cut oats with nutritional yeast and tamari soy sauce mixed in)
~ Cut up fruit & cinnamon yoghurt “dip” (my kids love to use toothpicks to stab bite sized pieces of fruit – usually bananas, melon, berries, peaches, etc – and dip into plain greek yoghurt mixed with cinnamon)Enjoy trying lots of new things! I hope that some of this turns out to be helpful to you and your family!
Blessings,
Kit Brostek
Blender muffins
(Refrigerator bran muffin batter keeps for a week or two!!)Overnight muesli – Oh She Glows has my favorite recipe for that
French toast sticks with cheese, nuts, dates…
Quinoa porridge with almond butter
Cream of wheat
I love prepping freezer breakfasts once in awhile. Thriving home has recipes for breakfast cookies, scones, hash brown bake (not sure if your kids don’t like all eggs or just plain eggs so this may not work)
Banana Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal
Yogurt and granola
Pancakes: I make a huge batch to freeze!
1 c flour (almond, oat, wheat, really any!)
2 bananas- mashed (or 1/2 c applesauce or yogurt)
6-8 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
1 tsp vanilla (optional)
6-8 Tbsp water (optional for crepe style)Serve with CHOCOLATE SAUCE from Whole Food Diary, she’s the best!
The chocolate sauce is: 3T coconut oil, 1T honey, 4-5T cocoa and pinch salt, and a tiiiiiny splash of oat milk (or just water).Hello!!
My kids dont really care for just eggs… but they LOVE “banana pancakes” which is just
1 banana
2 eggsMash it up and cook it like pancakes! We put a little jelly or butter on ours. Healthy and naturally sweet!! We usually double or triple the recipe.
These pancakes are also an easy favorite.
1 cup milk (we use almond)
1 cup flour (we use spelt)
5 eggs
1/2 cube of butterMix eggs, milk and flour. Preheat oven to 425, use a metal cake pan and melt the butter in the pan. Pour batter into the pan with melted butter and bake for 12-15 minutes. (Make sure you use a metal pan since you’ll be pouring cold batter into a hot pan with melted butter… we’ve broken a glass pan over here. Ha ha.)
But those both have lots of egg. Ha ha. We also love baked oatmeal, healthy waffles (gluten free and sweetened with banana as well), yogurt and homemade granola. Breakfast is my favorite!
We love gummies for snack!
1 1/4 cups juice (tart cherry, or cranberry, or pomegranate… we like 100% juice, no sugar added)
4 TBS gelatin
2-3 TBS honey (or maple syrup)
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup elderberry (sometimes I omit this amd just add extra juice)Heat up 1/2 of the juice in a saucepan until hot but not boiling, meanwhile sprinkle the gelatin over the remaining juice in a bowl and let sit and “bloom” for a minute. Wisk the warm juice in with the gelatin and the other juice, add the other ingredients and whisk, then pour into an 8×8 pan and put in fridge until set. ❤❤
So many great ideas here!
I want to share another thought: there is no rule that says you must eat certain things for breakfast! A friend of mine who is from another country told me that when she was young, they had no concept of “breakfast food” and simply ate whatever was available or leftover from the previous meal. I was surprised and intrigued by this. Then one day, my daughter asked for peas for breakfast! (She is obsessed with peas.) I laughed at her silliness but decided I was ok with giving them because they’re so nutritious– and not loaded with sugar!
-We do enfrijoladas”: blend cooked warmed beans and put them in a pan, warm up a corn tortilla, pass the tortilla trough the beans and fold it in four. You can put cheese on top.
-Plain yogurt blended with mango and chia seeds.-peanut butter toast and fruit
-yogurt with honey and fruit
-smoothie with frozen fruit, spinach, apple juice (can’t taste the spinach at all!)
