Kids Recipes - Kid Friendly Recipe - Lunch and Breakfast Ideas

Do You Feel Guilty Serving Cereal Bars For Breakfast and Hot Dogs For Lunch to your kids EVERY Day?

Mom, Who Else Wants To Discover How To Have your Next THREE Months of Breakfast and Lunch Recipes Planned for You?

You know how the morning rush goes. You wake up, grab a granola bar on your way out the door, hand it over to your hungry kid before you rush out the door.

And, for lunch? "I want hot dogs or I want macaroni!" And on it goes - day in and day out. Maybe you try to serve different recipes so you alternate between frozen waffles and cereal, or lunchables and macaroni and cheese?

Is it an issue of not having enough time to think about what you are going to feed your kids for breakfast and lunch day-after-day. Or maybe you're tired. It IS easier to hand over the hot dogs or macaroni each day to avoid the meltdown your kids might have if you serve something new.

Busy Moms Need an Variety of Easy Meals That Kids Will Enjoy -- Not Whine About

There are many quick and easy breakfast and lunch recipes for kids -- and many of them are fun. How about a Breakfast Pizza or Meat and Cheese Pinwheels for a change? Kids NEED to have a balanced variety of foods in their diet in order to be healthy. In addition, kids need to be exposed to different taste and textures in order to appreciate them as they grow into adulthood.

Would you like some help introducing a variety of foods to your children? What if you could have the next three months worth of breakfasts and lunches planned for you?

Our Kid-Friendly Menu Packs include 13 Weeks (5 days per week) of Tried and True Breakfast and Lunch Ideas that your kids are sure to love; along with Categorized Grocery Shopping Lists For Each Menu. We are currently offering our Fall Menu Pack.

This isn't all about cooking a new gourmet recipe for breakfast and lunch every day. We know you're too busy for that -- and what kid would eat a fancy lunch anyway?

We keep it simple. We'll still incorporate your favorite convenience foods. However, we will also introduce a few easy recipes for kids as well. Our goal is to provide you with the tools you need to gain variety and organization for mealtime. Our recipe menus will help make kid friendly foods, as well as give you creative new recipes to experiment with.

Sample Kid-Friendly Menu

Monday
Breakfast (A)
Prepared biscuits (tube or frozen) with jelly
Milk

Lunch (B)
Cheesy Hamburger-Roni
Strawberries
BOC (Beverage of Choice)

Cheesy Hamburger-Roni
1 pkg Beefy Noodle or Hamburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper
1 lb hamburger (optional)
1/2 cup milk
1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Prepare Hamburger Helper according to package directions (with or without hamburger) substituting ½ cup of the water for ½ cup of milk. During final minutes of cooking time, stir in grated cheese.

Tuesday
Breakfast (C)
Mini Breakfast Quiches
Juice

Mini Breakfast Quiches (makes 6)
Crust:- Baking mix

Preheat oven to 325◦ F. Prepare enough dough according to pkg. directions for 6 biscuits. Press into well greased muffin cups making sure to cover the bottom and sides of cups. Set aside.

Filling
2 eggs
1 cup milk
2 pieces of cooked bacon, crumbled, or ½ cup cooked, crumbled sausage
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
pinch of salt
pinch of ground pepper

Mix all ingredients together thoroughly in a large bowl. Pour evenly into dough lined muffin cups and bake for 20-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Lunch (D)
Favorite prepared soup
Cheese Toast
Oranges
BOC

Cheese Toast
3-4 slices loaf bread
3-4 slices of American cheese

Place bread on broiler pan or baking sheet. Top each slice of bread with one slice of cheese. Bake at 350◦F or until edges of bread start to brown.

Wednesday
Breakfast (E)
Homemade granola bars (or store bought)
Yogurt
BOC

Granola Bars Recipe
4 cups quick cook oatmeal, unprepared
3/4 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup grated coconut
3/4 cup chopped nuts/dried fruit
3/4 cup honey
3/4 cup peanut butter
milk as needed

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl, adding small amounts of milk until the dough begins to stick together. Press mix into well greased large baking pan that has a ½ inch lip on the edge. Bake at 325◦ F for 40-45 minutes or until the edges just start to brown. Cut into desired size bars while still hot but do not remove from pan until completely cool.

Chocolate chips, coconut and chopped nuts/dried fruit may be taken out and replaced with other ingredients of your choice. Also, if there is a peanut allergy, the peanut butter may be omitted and the honey doubled

Lunch (F)
Octopi (hot dogs – cut lengthwise 1” from top all the way to other end enough times to make eight “legs” – boil or cook as usual)
Seaweed (oodles of noodles - Top Ramen with a little green food coloring added)
Strawberries
BOC

Thursday
Breakfast (G)
Instant cheesy grits
Bananas
BOC

Lunch (H)
Beef stew (canned)
Prepared biscuits (tube or frozen)
Cube cheese
BOC

Friday
Breakfast (I)
Cold breakfast cereal with milk
Strawberries
BOC

Lunch (J)
Meat and cheese sandwiches
Apple Slices
BOC

Shopping List
(Ingredients should be purchased in proper amounts for your family if an amount is not noted.)

Fresh Produce
(B, F, I) Strawberries
(D,) Oranges
(G) Bananas
(J) Apples

Beverages
(C) Fruit Juice

General Grocery/Cooking & Baking
(C) Baking Mix - enough to make 6 biscuits
(C) Salt - pinch
(C) Ground Pepper - pinch
(E) Chocolate Chips - 3/4 cup
(E) Coconut - 3/4 cup
(E) Chopped Nuts or Dried Fruit - 3/4 cup
(F) Green Food Coloring

General Grocery/Condiments and Sauces
(A) Jelly
(E) Honey
(E) Peanut Butter

General Grocery/Snacks
(E) Granola Bars (If you choose not to make your own. If you purchase these you may cross off the rest of the "E" ingredients on your list. )

General Grocery/Dry Foods and Mixes
(B) Hamburger Helper Beefy Noodle – 1 pkg
(E) Quick Cooking Oatmeal - 4 cups
(F) Oodles of Noodles (Top Ramen)
(G) Instant Cheesy Grits
(I) Breakfast Cereal

General Grocery/Canned and Bottled
(D) Favorite Canned Soup
(H) Large Can of Beef Stew

General Grocery/Bakery and Breads
(D, J) Sliced Sandwich Bread

Dairy/Refrigerated
(A, B, C, E, I) Milk
(A, H) Refrigerated Biscuits (2 tubes or use frozen)
(B, C) Grated Cheddar Cheese - 1 1/2 cups
(C) Eggs - 2
(D, J) Sliced American Cheese
(H) Cheese Cubes

Meat/Fish
(B) Ground Beef – 1lb
(C) Bacon - 2 pieces crumbled or 1/2 cup cooked sausage
(F) Hot dogs – 1 pkg.
(J) Favorite Sliced Sandwich Meat

We've Done The Work For You

Our team has invested countless hours creating these recipes, menus and grocery lists for you. With our menu packs you just print, shop and enjoy a variety of meals throughout the week. It's as simple as that!

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