Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Toddlers

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." This is something we have all heard during our childhood and made faces about, only to realize now, that mom was right! Of course, telling your toddlers that is not going to make them want to eat a healthy breakfast. Now that we know the importance of breakfast for children, especially a toddler, who is at a developing stage and needs all the necessary nutrients for proper growth, we want to provide our little one with a nutritious breakfast. So, how can we make the kids eat a full and healthy breakfast especially in the morning when we are rushing out to work and have a ton of other chores? Though it can seem a little challenging, there are a lot of healthy breakfast ideas for toddlers that are tasty, fun and nutritious.

So, what exactly should healthy breakfast ideas for a toddler include? Perfect healthy meals for toddlers should contain proteins, fiber, calcium and should not have too much sugar. Since toddlers are very picky about what they eat, it is important to make it visually appealing by including colors and shapes. This will make breakfast seem more interesting and fun.

Ideas for Healthy Breakfast for Toddlers

The following are healthy breakfast recipes for toddlers that are not only nutritious but will hopefully make your toddler, stop building blocks for a while, and complete his/her breakfast.

Strawberry Cream Pinwheels
This is a great choice for a healthy breakfast and is basically a whole grain tortilla with strawberries and cream cheese. Spread cream cheese on a small whole grain tortilla. Add sliced strawberries to give color to it. Roll it and cut it into pinwheels. If your kid does not like strawberries, then you can try this with blueberries or pineapples.

Rainbow Yogurt
Yogurt is a great choice for creating different toddler breakfast recipes. However, to make it more interesting and colorful, add your little one's favorite fruits. Alternate layers of yogurt with all kinds of fruits like berries, bananas, peaches, mangoes etc. You can also add granola bars or cereals for a crunchy taste. Creating this colorful and crunchy breakfast is sure to lure any kid. Who said healthy eating could not be fun and tasty?

Egg in the Window
If you want a more traditional breakfast for your kid, then all you have to do, is be a little creative with breakfast egg recipes for toddlers. For example, cut a hole in a slice of the bread with a cookie cutter (in any interesting shape). Next spread butter or margarine on both sides of the bread . Then put the egg into the hole in the bread and cook till the bread is browned and the egg is cooked. This will definitely delight and interest any toddler! You can use different shapes every time to keep the novelty of the idea alive.

Cup Breakfast
On the days your toddler refuses to eat breakfast, you can convince him to "drink a colorful new drink". A fruit and yogurt smoothie recipe is easy to make, practical and nutritious. You can use bananas, strawberries, blueberries or any other fruits with some low fat yogurt and milk. Just toss it all in the blender and it's all ready. You can also prepare it the night before and store in the refrigerator. You can put in colorful umbrellas (make sure the umbrella does not have a pointed edge) to lure your toddler.

Pancakes with Chocolate Chips
Saying chocolate is enough to get your toddler to pay attention to his breakfast. Since pancakes contain milk and eggs, they are already rich in calcium and to make pancakes more healthy, add fruits and even nuts along with the chocolate chips. Also you can use cookie cutters to make pancakes in different shapes.

These were just a few healthy breakfast ideas for toddlers. You can be creative and come up with tons of toddler breakfast ideas that will be nutritious and tasty. The best part is that all these ideas are not time-consuming. With these ideas, your toddlers will definitely look forward to breakfast.