Here’s to a great start: Healthy breakfast recipes for kids

Give your kids a great start! Enjoy these delicious, healthy, not to mention, kid-friendly, breakfast ideas.

English-Muffin Egg Pizzas

Ingredients

1. 4 English muffins
2. olive oil
3. tomato slices
4. 2 hard-cooked eggs, sliced
5. grated mozzarella
6. oregano
7. kosher salt

Directions

1. Make Hard-Cooked Eggs.
2. Toast 8 English-muffin halves and place on a cookie sheet.
3. Drizzle each with olive oil, then layer on tomato slices, hard-cooked egg slices (1/2 an egg each), and a little grated mozzarella. Sprinkle with oregano and kosher salt.
4. Broil 5 minutes or until the cheese melts.

Yogurt and Granola cups

Ingredients

1. ¼ cup of granola
2. ½ cup of plain yogurt
3. 1 tablespoon of maple syrup or honey
4. ¼ cup of favorite fruit

Directions

1. Place granola on bottom of cup.
2. Spoon yogurt on top.
3. Top with fruit and drizzle with syrup.

Eggs in a hole

Ingredients

1. 2 slices of wheat bread
2. 2 tablespoons of butter
3. 2 eggs
4. ¼ cup of chopped ham
5. salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. In a bowl, scramble eggs and chopped ham together.
2. Spread the top of each slice of bread with ¼ tablespoon each of the butter. Using a round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut a 2½- to 3-inch hole in the center of each slice of bread, reserving the cutout pieces.
3. Heat the remaining 1½ tablespoons of butter in a large nonstick or cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Place the bread and the cutouts, buttered-side up, in the skillet. Pour half of egg-ham mixture into each hole. Season with teaspoon salt and pepper. Cook until the underside of the bread is golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook the egg to desired doneness, 1 to 2 minutes for a runny egg.

Breakfast Burritos

Ingredients

1. 1 cup chopped tomatoes
2. 4 corn tortillas
3. 4 eggs
4. 1/2 cup of cheese
5. salt and pepper to taste
6. Lean ham, turkey bacon if desired

Directions

1. Scramble eggs. Add salt and pepper.
2. In a skillet warm tortillas.
3. Transfer eggs and desired protein to tortillas.
4. Top with tomatoes and cheese. Roll and serve.