20 Quick Breakfast Ideas for Kids

Are you looking for breakfast ideas for kids?

Run out of healthy easy breakfast ideas?

Is your kid rejecting breakfast because on the same old repeated menu?

"Eat breakfast like a king" - it is said.

Breakfast is the fuel you fill in to kick start your day. What we eat for breakfast matters a lot. Breakfast should be healthy and wholesome. It should be loaded with calories and essential nutrients.

In between our busy morning schedules cooking a nutritious breakfast is far from reality for most of us. Many of us end up eating bread or an easy to consume packet cereal or flakes. Our kids too start their day with this not so healthy food. Sometimes the same old bread toast and corn flakes can make your kids skip their breakfast.

Skipping breakfast can be very harmful for your physical and mental health in the long run. As breakfast is the first food we consume after a night long fasting, skipping it can be taxing for your body.

Researches show that if you skip a breakfast it can lead to high blood pressure, overweight, mood swing, poor brain development etc. When it comes to kids, skipping a meal can even affect their academic performance and overall health.

How to make sure your kid finishes his breakfast? Make tasty breakfast and bring variety in his daily menu. He will surely gulp down his breakfast and start his day in full swing.

Sounds difficult?

Not that difficult with these 20 breakfast ideas for kids that can be made easily.

Let us see each of these yummy easy breakfast ideas one by one.

20 Quick and healthy Breakfast ideas for kids:

So here are a few recipes to help you prepare a good breakfast.

#1. MINI IDLY WITH SAMBAR

Idly is the food for all age from 8 months to 80+ ages. Idly and sambar is most famous south Indian breakfast. As it is steam cooked it is considered on of the healthiest foods.

What you require Method SAMBAR RECIPE

Sambar can be prepared in many varieties like with coconut, fresh grind masala, just with sambar powder etc. Here I will share with you a quick sambar variety.

What you require

• Toor dal /moong dal - 1 cup
• Garlic pods - 10 nos.
• Green chilies - 1
• Red chilies - 1 (optional)
• Tomato - 2 nos.
• Onion - 1 big
• Jeera and pepper - ½ spoon
• Curry leaves - a few
• Oil - 3 spoons
• Hing - ½ spoon
• Any vegetable of your choice - ¼ cup
• Tamarind - small lemon size
• Turmeric - ¼ spoon

Method

• Soak the tamarind in ¼ cup of water and extract the juice and keep aside
• Cook the dal in pressure cooker for 3-4 whistles, by adding minimum water, turmeric and few drops of oil. Keep it ready.
• In a pan add oil or ghee add jeera and pepper. When it splits add crushed garlic.
• Add onion, chilies and curry leaves and sauté for few minutes.
• When onion turns light brown add chopped tomato.
• Once tomatoes are added, add sambar powder salt and the vegetable of your choice with tamarind extract water. Let the vegetables cook.
• Add the cooked and mashed dal to the cooking vegetable
• Let it boil for 5 minutes
• Garnish coriander leaves
• If desire add two spoons of ghee on the top
• Serve with idly, dosa, pongal or vada.

#2. JOWAR PANIYARAM WITH COCONUT CHUTNEY

Jowar/ sorghum is healthy, rich in fiber and iron. Jowar paniyaram is an easy recipe to prepare as breakfast.

Ingredients Method

You can also refer to the 5 chutney recipes for toddlers and kids.

#3. HEALTH MIX KOZHUKATTAI

Health mix powders are really healthy and can be bought from supermarkets.

Buy Manna Health Mix from here.

What you require Method

You can also read the home made dry fruit powder mix for toddlers and kids.

#4. SPROUTED GREEN GRAM AND MILLETS RICE DOSA

A very health and tasty breakfast combined with a cereal and millet. It is very good for growing kids and elders too. This dosa do not require any side dish or dip. But if you desire you can try have groundnut chutney with this.

What you require METHOD

Try this version of Whole Moong Dosa Recipe and this tomato dosa and cabbage dosa too.

#5. PINAPPLE SANDWICH

Have you tried fruits sandwich?

This is one of those quick bread recipes. It is so tasty that your kiddo will ask for one more.

You have to prepare a simple chutney as spread to give it a tastier twist. This chutney can be used for other dishes like idli, dosa etc. too.

I personally don't recommend store bought sauces and dips.

What you require

• Brown bread - 4 slices
• Butter - 50 gms
• Sweet corn - ½ cup
• Capsicum chopped- ½ cup
• Chutney - 50 gms
• Big onion - 2 nos
• Italian herbs - a few
• Cheese - 100 gms
• Pineapple - 100 gms
• Pepper powder - to taste (optional)

METHOD FOR CHUTNEY METHOD FOR MAKING SANDWICH

These sandwiches do not require any dip. It is tasty as such.

#6. CORN DOSA WITH TOMATO CHUTNEY

Initially we used this dried corn only for preparing health mix. At my mother-in-law's place corn will be available in large quantity. I tried this corn dosa recipe and it really came out well. It's a must try recipe.

What you require METHOD

Must Read: Sweet Corn Soup Recipe

#7. PANCAKE WITH FRUITS

This is one of all-time favorite breakfast for my kid. I am sure your kids will too love this. It is very easy and quick recipe. Kids will complete them before you expect.

What you require METHOD Read: #8. CARROT AND BROKEN WHEAT UPMA

This is a very simple and easy recipe and can be given to 10 plus months babies. It takes just ten minutes to prepare this recipe. It is a good breakfast idea to pack when you travel.

I travel frequently to my native with my two kids. Its almost 8 hour's journey. I pack every meal for them. This upma is good handy one will not spoil soon.

Kids will also like it since it has light sweet taste.

What you require METHOD

Must Read: Broken Wheat Upma with Mixed Vegetables

#9. PIZZA DOSA WITH ANY DIP

It's not just for kids it for our whole family. I strongly recommend this dosa for all instead of going for pizza. All you need is fresh vegetables, dosa batter and pizza cheese.

What you require METHOD #10. MASALA EGG BREAD TOAST WITH KETCHUP

This egg toast is very different from bread omelet. It is very attractive yummy snack and ideal for breakfast and lunch box. You can surprise your little guest with this simple toast. It's my personal favorite dish too.

What you require METHOD #11. FRIED IDLY

It is a perfect breakfast and lunch box idea for your kid. Very simple and yummy idlis, just with a few ingredients and in few minutes you can surprise your kid. I prepare this dish when my daughter refuses regular idlis.

What you require METHOD #12. AAPAM WITH COCONUT MILK

This is one of my childhood favorite dishes. With coconut milk this will taste superb. Just half to one aapam will fill your little one's tummy. Good for breakfast and this is highly recommended as a weight gain food.

What your require METHOD RECIPE FOR COCONUT MILK

• With one cardamom and 1 big cup of coconut grind them and extract the coconut milk.
• Then add little water to same coconut paste and extract the milk, follow this for three times.
• Coconut milk is ready. If desire you can add a pinch of dry ginger powder.

#13. WHEAT FLOUR-RAVA DOSA WITH COCONUT CHUTNEY

This is one of the easy recipes when you run out of dosa batter. Usually rava dosa is prepared with maida, which I strongly avoid in my kitchen.

One day I tried it with wheat flour, it's just the same the way as we do with maida. The taste was too good. So thought of sharing this healthy rava dosa recipe with you.

What you require

• Wheat flour - 6 spoons
• Rice flour - 5 spoons
• White rava - 4 spoons
• Green chili - 1
• Ginger - ½ spoons
• Pepper crushed or whole - 1 spoon
• Cumin - 2 spoons
• Cashew - chopped 2 spoons
• Oil as needed for cooking
• Water- 5 cups
• Salt as needed

Method #14. PEARL MILLET SWEET AADAI WITH OR WITHOUT COCONUT MILK

This is a sweet dosa so no doubt your kids will love it. The ingredients are healthy in many ways like good for digestion, weight gain, good bone health etc.

My younger daughter is found of sweet dishes so I make this recipe for her.

What you require METHOD #15. FOXTAIL MILLET PONGAL AND RIDGE GOURD KOOTU

Usually pongal with regular rice will be big hit with babies. With foxtail millet rice the taste of the pongal is even better and your kid will definitely empty his plate. This millet recipe is also packed with lots of health benefits.

I personally recommend including this recipe to your diet.

What you require

• Foxtail millet rice - 1 cup
• Moong dal - ½ cup
• Ginger chopped or crushed - ½ spoon
• Green chili - ½
• Ghee - ½ cup
• Cumin - 2 spoons
• Pepper balls - 1 spoon
• Cashew - 4 spoons
• Curry leaves - a few
• Salt as needed

METHOD

You can alo read the Thinai halwa or foxtail millet halwa

Very simple and quick side dish for pongal. This goes well with plain rice too.

What you require METHOD

• Pressure cook all together for two whistles.
• Mash well with wooden spoon and serve with pongal.
• If needed can add little ghee

#16. SCRAMBLED EGG WITH BUTTER FRUIT

This will be an excellent food for your one year plus baby. Egg is really healthy for kids. 1 Egg = 250 Gms of meat. Butter fruit is also a good weight gain food. For fussy eaters this recipe is a right choice for weight gain.

What you require METHOD

# 17. POORI AND CHANNA MASALA

"Where there is pooris there will be channa"- recently I read this in a hotel. I usually make poori in star and flower shapes along with a very simple channa curry.

What you require Method

• With required water prepare the dough for poori.
• Make small balls and roll out pooris. Now place the shape mould on the top of the rolled dough and cut out shapes.
• Take out carefully and fry as you do with regular pooris.

CHANNA MASALA #18. RICE UPPMA (ARISI UPMA) WITH PULIKULAMBU

This is one of the very simple and quick breakfast ideas for kids. I learnt this from my mother-in -law. Whenever she comes to Chennai she will prepare the instant upma mix for me.

Just 20 minutes your breakfast will be ready.

What you require for rice upma mix METHOD METHOD TO PREPARE RICE UPPMA Ingredients METHOD PULIKLAMBU RECIPE #19. RAGI DOSA WITH GROUNDNUT CHUTNEY

This is one of the best healthy breakfast recipes. This instant ragi dosa is packed with so many health benefits. This is also a sneaky way to include healthy food in our kid's food.

INGREDIENTS METHOD

Read: 12 Ragi Recipes for Babies, Toddlers and Kids

#20. INSTANT WHEAT DOSA FOR 8 PLUS MONTH BABIES

This dosa is recommended forbabies from eight months. Just mix the sprouted wheat flour and sprouted green gram flour in water and prepare this dosa with ghee or coconut oil. This will help in good weight gain. I have prepared this dosa with flower shape mould. You can try any way.

What you require METHOD

So ladies, these are some of the easy to make breakfast ideas for kids. Bring in variety in their daily menu and you will see that they will lick their fingers and leave for schools with their tummies full.

All these recipes can be given as dinner or lunch too.

Try these recipes and let us know how your family liked these recipes.

What other healthy breakfast ideas for kids do you have? Share with us in the comments.