Admitted, I taught my kids some bad habits with food. Their favorite breakfast foods used to be "kid" cereals, Costco muffins, and PopTarts - not the fruit ones either - S'mores or Cinnamon Brown Sugar.
Zachary has made the switch much more easily than Natalie has. He is happy with Kashi cereal (Go Lean Crunch) or any of the breakfast muffins that I make. Natalie on the other hand has refused any type of "good" cereal that I buy and insists on toast with honey most mornings. While I realize toast with honey is fine, I want to find other things that she will eat.
A couple weeks ago, I made applesauce bread (muffins - baked at 325 for 18 minutes, makes 11). When she asked what kind they were I told her (I'm not about to lie to my kids about food). I was surprised when she turned up her nose at them - she loves applesauce. It was Zachary I expected not to eat those. Zach and I loved them! Last week, I asked Natalie if she wanted to help me make muffins - she said yes without hesitating and helped me make APPLESAUCE MUFFINS! She asked if we could add chocolate chips to them, so I tossed in a handful of mini chocolate chips. She LOVED them! Silly girl.
Tonight I made some YUMMY cookies for breakfast. I'm not sure Natalie will eat them, but I threw in a few mini chocolate chips for good measure. I stumbled across this recipe as a pop-up on my sidebar, so of course, it is not "clean." But I cleaned it up - almost!
Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Makes 16 large cookies
1/2 cup organic peanut butter
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
3/4 cup dark brown sugar (see - almost clean)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla (as I type I realize I misread the recipe and added 1 Tablespoon!)
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ
2 cups quick cooking oats
1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
With an electric mixer, beat the peanut butter and applesauce until combined. Beat in the brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla, beating until mixed. Stir in the bananas, baking soda, and salt.
Add the flour and wheat germ, mixing until combined. Stir in the oatmeal and chocolate chips.
Drop 1/4 cup dollops of batter four inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Press down slightly with the palm of your hand to flatten into 3 inch rounds. (I used wet hands to avoid sticking.)
Bake for 14 minutes or until the edges are browned. Let stand 1 minute on the cookie sheet, then remove to a wire rack.
Zachary has made the switch much more easily than Natalie has. He is happy with Kashi cereal (Go Lean Crunch) or any of the breakfast muffins that I make. Natalie on the other hand has refused any type of "good" cereal that I buy and insists on toast with honey most mornings. While I realize toast with honey is fine, I want to find other things that she will eat.
A couple weeks ago, I made applesauce bread (muffins - baked at 325 for 18 minutes, makes 11). When she asked what kind they were I told her (I'm not about to lie to my kids about food). I was surprised when she turned up her nose at them - she loves applesauce. It was Zachary I expected not to eat those. Zach and I loved them! Last week, I asked Natalie if she wanted to help me make muffins - she said yes without hesitating and helped me make APPLESAUCE MUFFINS! She asked if we could add chocolate chips to them, so I tossed in a handful of mini chocolate chips. She LOVED them! Silly girl.
Tonight I made some YUMMY cookies for breakfast. I'm not sure Natalie will eat them, but I threw in a few mini chocolate chips for good measure. I stumbled across this recipe as a pop-up on my sidebar, so of course, it is not "clean." But I cleaned it up - almost!
Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Makes 16 large cookies
1/2 cup organic peanut butter
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
3/4 cup dark brown sugar (see - almost clean)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla (as I type I realize I misread the recipe and added 1 Tablespoon!)
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ
2 cups quick cooking oats
1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
With an electric mixer, beat the peanut butter and applesauce until combined. Beat in the brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla, beating until mixed. Stir in the bananas, baking soda, and salt.
Add the flour and wheat germ, mixing until combined. Stir in the oatmeal and chocolate chips.
Drop 1/4 cup dollops of batter four inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Press down slightly with the palm of your hand to flatten into 3 inch rounds. (I used wet hands to avoid sticking.)
Bake for 14 minutes or until the edges are browned. Let stand 1 minute on the cookie sheet, then remove to a wire rack.
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