Adding onto my list of toddler meal ideas, here are more breakfast ideas from fellow moms:
- Oatmeal with honey and plain yogurt (makes it creamy and gives more calcium).
- Also can use peanut butter (for older toddlers), yogurt, and agave sweetener.
- Lil’ Duck loves the store brand cinnamon raisin instant oatmeal made with soy milk.
- All fruit (three fruits/berries)
- Cottage cheese with pineapple, peaches or tomatoes
- Cheerios in milk
- We use the Cheerios/Clifford Crunch mixed with soy yogurt still – you can also add fruit (pureed or just cut up, depending on the little one’s preferences).
- Eggs with cheese
- Fried egg sandwiches
- Turkey bacon (Lil’ Duck loves regular bacon, but he obviously doesn’t get it very often)
- Cheese ravioli with peas
- A heap of frozen blueberries defrosted
- Fresh strawberries with honey
- French toast – this can be made ahead and kept in the fridge or freezer (I just buy the pre-made stuff, probably not quite as healthy though).
- Brave mommies can give a little bowl of syrup/applesauce/other fruit puree/honey to dip the sticks into (can you tell I’m NOT that brave?
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- Brave mommies can give a little bowl of syrup/applesauce/other fruit puree/honey to dip the sticks into (can you tell I’m NOT that brave?
- Waffles (a Lil’ Duck favorite!)
- Bagels with cream cheese (Lil’ Duck prefers regular bread, toasted with cream cheese)
- Some moms have had success with those Gerber Graduates Flakes (kinda like oatmeal but with dried fruit as well) – I guess it is too textured for the Lil’ Duck because he flat-out refuses to do anything but smear it all over my kitchen…..
- He also refuses any Nutri-grain or Gerber breakfast bars, but it might be worth a try for your little one…
- Grits – Lil’ Duck loves them, I make them with soy milk and sometimes stir in a little cheese or fruit as well.
- Cream of Wheat – same as above.
- Homemade oatmeal raisin cookies (cutting the sugar and using applesauce) can be fairly healthy as well.