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There are some foods I make for dinner that I know my kids will always eat. Macaroni & cheese, hamburgers, spaghetti, tacos, and chicken & dumplings are staples in this house. Then there are those hit-or-miss meals... "But you guys ate the lasagna when I made it last month and you loved it!" "What? Since when do you hate green beans?" "What are you talking about? You like BBQ pork!" Of course, none of this applies to my 4-year-old Brooklyn who doesn't consume anything but peanut butter, mac & cheese, cereal, and chocolate milk. Oh yeah, and candy! Can't forgot that important food group. :::shaking head:::The same thing happens at breakfast. Some days, my kids like eggs. Other days, notsomuch. Some days, yogurt is good. Others, no way. But I know that cereal is one choice they'll never turn down. Cereal and granola bars are my go-to food choices for breakfast because I know my kids will eat it. Every time. The younger kids like their cereal in these little plastic bowls with straws attached to them. They can drink the milk when they've finished the cereal that way.
My personal go-to food for breakfast is coffee. Actually, it's more like cream and sugar with a little coffee flavoring, but it still works. What's your one go-to breakfast item that you and/or your kids can't live without. For a chance at a $100 Visa gift card, leave me a comment here and let me know what breakfast item you can't live without. Is it a special coffee mug? Fruit? A certain cereal?
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Peanut butter. Whether it's in my oatmeal, on my toast, or just on a spoon (OK, covered in chocolate chips) I can't seem to start my day without it!
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ReplyDeleteCnt live without Cofee and my two toast with the Strawberry Jelly... Just perfect!!!
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ReplyDeleteFor me, it's coffee. But for my kids it's cereal bars. They are the best quick breakfast food I've found.
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For my oldest (11 yr old boy): cereal, cereal and more cereal. He will eat 4-5 bowls every morning.
ReplyDeleteMy youngest (8 yr old boy): Eggo Waffles.
Me: granola bars, yogurt with grape nuts, coffee
My go-to can't live without breakfast item is a Banana-Nut Vitatop Muffin! YUM!
ReplyDeleteMy girls have to have nutella on toast or oatmeal with brown sugar. I can make either one and they will eat them no complaints!!
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oatmeal! we love it. it's quick, easy, cheap, & healthy!
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ReplyDeleteMy kids could eat yogurt all day, every day.
ReplyDeleteMy healthy go to item is yogurt....my not so healthy always must have item is Diet Pepsi!
ReplyDeleteOK, if we can count coffee as breakfast food, I admit that it's the one thing I can't live without in the morning. I've got a wonderful set of overlarge mugs with dragons and cute sayings on them which I adore with my morning coffee, not because I drink so much but because I can fumble and klutz around in the early morning and still not manage to slosh it over the edges.
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Toast is one of the things that I know that my kids will always eat no matter what. Sometimes with cinnamon and sugar and sometimes peanut butter...but it's always easy and something that they can make themselves. Easy breakfast is a must in my busy house.
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Coffee and chocolate
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I always eat Special K cereal with strawberries and soymilk. I never get tired of it. It's just so delicious!
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Bagels are a favorite around here.
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My favorite breakfast foods when we are rushed or in a hurry are bananas, granola bars, and cereal!
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Peanut butter - never fails in this house (unless it's my teenage son - then it is hot dogs)!
ReplyDeleteI have to have a cup of coffee in the morning, with some type of cereal bar/granola bar.
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Cereal! We HAVE to have cereal here-the kiddos always ask for it...and I'm currently out of it :-/
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Coffee--the entire pot
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I think that would be fruit. I put blueberries in yogurt, bananas in cereal, and strawberries in waffles. Or just fruit by itself sometimes!
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On weekdays, we "go to" cereal.
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Granola bars are GREAT for breakfast on the go and everyone loves them. Give them a single serve of OJ and a package of bars and you are good to go, even when running late!
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organic eggs and milk here! nothing like a fried egg!
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I don't have just one thing. Our
ReplyDeleteBreakfast staples include a variety of cereals and fresh fruit. I make blueberry pancakes ahead of time and freeze them so they can be chosen for breakfast any morning
I'm a regular cereal gal. But I must have my coffee in my special FL starbucks cup.
ReplyDeleteMy mug of coffee (well mainly creamer & water w/ a tad bit of coffee). Gotta have that cup every morning.
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We can't live without cinnamon toast...
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I can't start my day without 2 cups of coffee. Then I'll have a cup of my favorite yogurt and I'm all set to go for my day.
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I've got to have coffee to git up 'n go.
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breakfast bars and chocolate chip muffins
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Cold cereal with fresh fruit!
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I can't live without my OJ in the morning :)
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For me it's coffee or tea, for the kids it's cereal!
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I know this isn't exaclty a breakfast item but I can't live without my mt.dew in the morning.. It's my weakness
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Granola is our family staple. Sometimes we just pour some soymilk over it and have granola cereal. Or we mix it up in our yogurt with some fruit and make a yogurt parfait. It is also delicious on ice cream (but not for breakfast though!).
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ReplyDeleteWe have to have bananas whether we are in a hurry or having a big sit down breakfast. Just can't live without them.
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I need my coffee maker for/and before breakfast. I’d feel like a zombie without it!
ReplyDeleteMy breakfast must have blueberries- preferably fresh but frozen will do-which I add to the cereal.
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Coffee would be my go to breakfast. But, uh the kids are a different story - it's cereal for them.
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i need my coffee and my son needs his apple juice
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definitely tea and fruit! :)
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waffles!
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For me, I usually need a big bowl of oatmeal! Toast with almond butter is good too!
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Coffee is my start and sometimes my complete breakfast. Love a full breakfast for dinner though, since the kids are grown I get to do what I want and in doing so am a bad example to no one.
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CEREAL!!! We love it!
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ReplyDeleteAgreed. Can't live without my coffee!
ReplyDeleteWe can't live without frozen waffles; quick & easy breakfast for mommy to make & the kiddos love it!
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Coffee here for me, too - I could never survive without my morning coffee-the thought makes me shudder! sammiejanL40 at aol dot com
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My family can't live without waffles or pancakes. JD
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I have a large red margarine bowl from when I was growing up that's the perfect cereal bowl!
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Bananas and coffee. If I'm rushed I can grab a banana, split it and fill it with peanut butter and I'm good. I can even wait for my coffee until I finish the banana.
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Thanks
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For some weird reason it is always toast for my girls lol
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we can't do without cereal
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Special K with red berries is our go to food!! My daughter will eat that no matter what!
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Sorry to say no secret no magic. Just hot or hot cereal with yogurt or fruit to go.
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