Mother’s Day Breakfasts Your Kids Can Make

Baked French Toast With Banana

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Inspired by her childhood obsession with peanut butter toast, Kate of Cookie + Kate, has come up with one of our favorite spins on an all-time classic. She bakes her healthy-ish version of French toast with sliced bananas tucked between layers of whole grain bread, and then she tops the whole thing with a peanut butter sauce spiked with maple syrup.

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From Cookie + Kate

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Soft-Boiled Eggs and Toast Soldiers

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Because you always end up eating the kid's version of this yummy breakfast, Stephanie over at i am a food blog have come up with a very adult take on toast soldiers—adding miso to the butter. Delicious.

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From i am a food blog

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Tomato & Parmesan Toast

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Grab those early tomatoes that are cropping up at the farmers market for this super easy savory breakfast. Painting the bread with olive oil makes it feel like an art project. The 3-year-old is going to love this one.

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From Not Without Salt

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Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal

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Using ingredients you probably have in your pantry, this delicious oatmeal is easy to mix and only takes 20 minutes to bake. Blogger Maria Lichty suggests setting up a little buffet of toppings with dried fruits and nuts to add when the oatmeal comes out of the oven. Kids will love organizing the ingredients and customizing their own morning bowl—as well as making something yummy for your breakfast.

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From Two Peas & Their Pod

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Blueberry Muffins

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The description for these treats sells them pretty quickly: a one-bowl recipe for the perfect blueberry muffin. Yes, please. Kids get to add the ingredients and mix away. Batter can even be made the night before, scooped out and put in the oven first thing in the morning. Then, in 25 minutes flat, your children will have a warm breakfast to present to you in bed.

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From The Sophisticated Gourmet

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Melon Mint Salad

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While parents will be chopping the mint, young ones will have a blast scooping out two kinds of melon with their melon baller. It's a fresh, healthy breakfast for you. Think about pairing it with yogurt and perhaps a freshly baked muffin.

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From Shutterbean

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Breakfast Burritos

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Parents can prepare the eggs and roast the tomatoes for these picnic burritos, while smaller sets of hands layer the fresh ingredients onto big tortillas, forming their own breakfast creation. A healthy choice and a great solution for those bustling school mornings when breakfast must be on the move. Wrap them in parchment, and off you go.

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From Sprouted Kitchen

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Salmon Cream Cheese

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Bagel sandwiches or slices of savory toast are ready in a flash with this simple and delicious salmon cream cheese. If you want to try this one for the kids, go ahead and skip the onion and horseradish. The dish is also easy for little hands to spread.

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From Shutterbean

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Blueberry Orange Banana Smoothie

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Smoothies are very easy for kids to make. Blueberries give this version a healthy dose of antioxidants, oranges lend a big dose of vitamin C, and bananas bring the potassium. Feel free to use frozen fruits if fresh ones are unavailable. Pair it with freshly baked muffins or perhaps banana bread … or pancakes. Let the kids choose.

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From Food Loves Writing

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Banana Bread With Greek Yogurt

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Whole-wheat flour, oats and Greek yogurt make for a healthy—and delicious—start to the day. All parties will be happy here. Small ones will love mashing the bananas and stirring the crunchy granola into the smooth batter. You get to indulge in fresh-from-the-oven banana bread with a swipe of butter. Yum.

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From Eat. Live. Travel. Write.

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Egg, Lemon and Ricotta Toast

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We've all heard of the traditional egg in a hole, in which you crack an egg in a piece of toast and cook it on the stovetop. Turntable Kitchen has taken this breakfast to a whole new level with an oven-baked version featuring citrusy ricotta. Kids can easily cut holes in the center of the bread, and, depending on their ages, can practice cracking the eggs into each hole. You will love the citrus twist on this comfort-food classic.

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From Turntable Kitchen

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Cinnamon Sugar Popovers

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You don't need a fancy popover pan. Just a simple muffin tin will do to bake up these delightfully light and airy breakfast treats. Mixed quickly in a blender, these are the perfect recipe for kids, as there’s very little chopping or mixing. Kids will love seeing the popovers rise like magic in the oven.

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From A Sweet Spoonful

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Vanilla Yogurt Pancakes

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Kids will love the vanilla-scented batter, and parents will love that this recipe is a one-bowl affair. It produces a relatively sturdy little pancake, allowing small hands the opportunity to practice their flipping skills!

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From Denise Woodward of Chez Us

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