Working Parents Need Breakfast Too
Working parents know how busy mornings can be. From trying to get everyone dressed and ready, to packing book bags, packing lunches, and getting everyone out of the door, breakfast time often becomes a rush hour that leads to little time for breakfast. Studies continually show that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, being the only chance you get to wake up and get your body’s metabolism headed in the right direction. Here are a few suggestions for quick and easy breakfast ideas for working parents.
One-handed Wonder
Can you dress your child with one hand while packing their lunch with the other? Bet you can. A free hand will come in handy, since there are a number of breakfast options that only take one hand to hold, allowing you to multitask to your heart’s content. How about bagels or toast or an English muffin? If you want something a little more substantial, you could go with a breakfast wrap or make your own French toast sticks.
For something a little different, try some pancake tacos. What’s a pancake taco, you say? Well, take a pancake that’s not quite cool, spread some peanut butter on it, drizzle a little honey over it, then add some diced bananas and fold it in half like a taco. It’s a quick, healthy, one-handed alternative to a big breakfast with lots of prep and clean-up time.
Easy Clean Up
Speaking of cleaning up, that’s another major factor in a working parent’s life. It’s no fun to come home to a messy kitchen at the end of the day. No-mess breakfasts are the perfect cure for working parents who get out the door quickly in the morning.
Want some suggestions? Try some frozen biscuits or fresh fruit and a cereal bar, or even a quick breakfast burrito. You might have a pan or two to wash in the end, but the benefit of having breakfast ideas you can take with you will more than make up the difference.
Break. Fast.
Ask any working parent about must-have traits for a quick, convenient breakfast, and one word comes up first – fast. For them, break-fast doesn’t mean break-slow or take-a-snooze-meal. If it doesn’t suit the schedule of modern, active, working parents, it’s just not useful or convenient.
Fortunately, quick meals for breakfast include toasting a couple frozen pancakes or waffles while fixing your hair or putting on your shoes. You can also make a quick, delicious fruit medley with apples, grapes bananas, and some yogurt. We mentioned breakfast burritos earlier. You can prepare the ingredients the night before, so all you have to do is combine them and heat them up in the morning. Come up with a few ideas in advance, and enjoy a quick, healthy breakfast without all the fuss.
Breakfast is a meal you should never have to skip or skimp on because of time. No matter where you have to be or how quickly you need to be there, you can always create meals that help you get there with more energy. All you need is a little creativity and planning to serve your family a great breakfast for the busy day ahead.
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