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Homemade Instant Oatmeal

Skip store-bought instant oatmeal, and make your own instant oatmeal by just grinding up regular oats! It’s healthier, cheaper, and just as quick — thanks to our do-ahead method that lets you prepare a lot at once, and then make breakfast one bowl…

Buttermilk Pancakes

Lazy weekend mornings are our favorite kind for making breakfast with family and friends — and pancakes are always a hit! These have added texture from the cornmeal, but if you like them grainy, you can add even more cornmeal,…

Banana Dutch Baby

A Dutch Baby is a popover-like pancake that we love for its taste, but also for the way it looks: a wacky, puffy, surface-of-the-moon-like top that collapses when it comes out of the oven. It’s also called a German pancake,…

Banana Milk

You’ve probably tasted chocolate milk before, and maybe even strawberry milk, too. But banana milk? We bet that’s a new one for you! It’s cool, refreshing, just a little bit sweet, and a bit thicker than regular milk. Give it…

Baked Apple French Toast

This baked breakfast dish is a cross between bread pudding and traditional French toast. It’s an especially festive dish—our Kids Advisory Board member Thomas tested it and wrote, “My dad said it would make a great holiday breakfast.” kitchen gear…

Egg Quesadilla

This yummy breakfast dish is like a cross between a grilled cheese sandwich and a scrambled egg — and it’s packed with protein to energize you for your school day. kitchen gear Small bowl Fork Measuring spoons Small pan Spatula…

Mamba (Spicy Peanut Butter)

This spicy version of the favorite sandwich spread is perfect for topping crackers, toast, or celery sticks, or for mixing into pasta to make peanut-butter noodles (just be sure to thin it with a little of the pasta cooking water…

One-Eyed Jack

This old-fashioned breakfast goes by lots of names: egg-in-a-basket, egg-in-a-hole, gashouse egg, and bull’s-eye egg, among others. But whatever you call it, it’s a fun and filling way to start your day. kitchen gear Drinking glass Small bowl Small nonstick pan Heatproof…

Crazy-Good Buttermilk Biscuits

It’s smart to bake with whole-grain flours, since they’re so much healthier and more flavorful, and these biscuits are a good place to start: they bake up puffy, flaky, and wonderful. kitchen gear Cutting board Dinner knife Measuring spoons Large…

Layered Yogurt Parfait

Parfait usually refers to an ice-cream concoction layered in a fancy glass – but it’s really a French word that means “perfect.” When you try our healthy breakfast version, we think you’ll see why! kitchen gear Cutting board Sharp knife…

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