Mornings can be chaotic when you are trying to get lunches made, kids fed and backpacks ready to go out the door. Unfortunately, many kids head to school without eating a proper breakfast. While there are plenty of time-management tips for finding more time in the mornings, one great one is making breakfast ahead so there’s one less thing for you to do. In these 21 blog entries you will find recipes that you can make on the weekend and throw in the freezer, as well as others that you can make the night before and let them cook overnight in the slow cooker. There are even recipes that can be prepped the night before and baked in the morning while you are packing up lunches.
For the Freezer
Make breakfast burritos ahead, wrap them up and toss them in the freezer. Depending on the age of the kids, they can probably warm them up in the microwave on their own and eat it or take it with them as they walk out the door. Same thing could work for other breakfast sandwiches. Take a look at these seven blog posts for some freezer-friendly breakfast ideas.
- Egg and Bean Burritos—Make Ahead and Freeze for Fast Breakfasts and Lunches Bake your eggs in muffin tins to make quick work of prep time.
- Recipes: Make Ahead Freezer Breakfasts English muffin sandwiches are just like a fast food restaurant, but cheaper.
- Spinach and Feta Oven Omelet Breakfast Bagel Sandwich Create your omelet in the oven and cut it up to put it on a bagel. Freeze the pieces separately to make ahead.
- Healthy, Freezer-Friendly Breakfast Cookies This recipes uses oatmeal and zucchini to make it healthy.
- Healthy and Family Friendly Breakfasts Find recipes for muffins as well as French toast and others on this post.
- 5 Breakfasts You Can Freeze Make a mini crust-less quiche to freeze and keep for weekday mornings.
- Maple Cream Cheese Cornmeal Pancake Stacks Create a pancake sandwich with this maple cream cheese spread and there’s no need for messy syrup on your way to school.
In the Slow Cooker
How nice would it be to wake up to the smell of breakfast already cooked in the slow cooker? The family could help themselves as they got ready and you could continue on with packing lunches and backpacks. The nice thing is that these recipes are healthier than those sugary cereals kids typically eat. See if any of these seven blog articles can whet your appetite.
- Make Ahead Slow Cooker Apple Cranberry Oatmeal Wake up to the smell of baked apples in the morning with this one.
- Banana Blueberry Steel Cut Oats in the Slow Cooker Make this ahead and scoop it into 1 cup portions so you can have several breakfasts made ahead.
- Crock Pot Breakfast Goulash Throw all the ingredients in the night before and it’s ready in the morning.
- Crock Pot Recipe for Make-Ahead Apple Pie Oatmeal You’ll need to make this during the evening before and put it in the fridge overnight and toss it in the microwave in the morning.
- Make-Ahead Egg Casserole Cook overnight on low and this breakfast is ready and waiting for you in the morning.
- Crockpot Breakfast Casserole This recipe takes 7 hours to cook, so if you only sleep for 7 hours then you can start this before you head for bed.
- Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole A tasty breakfast that will be waiting for your family in the morning.
In Your Refrigerator
For a change of pace you can make up breakfast the night before and put it in the refrigerator and bake it in the morning. Imagine the look on your family’s face when they smell a hot breakfast baking on a school day. You will be a breakfast hero! Whether it’s a breakfast casserole or coffee cake, you can find the recipe on these seven blog entries.
- Make-Ahead Honey Vanilla Parfaits By using a mason jar you can create these healthy yogurt parfaits the night before and just put the lid on them for the next day.
- Refrigerator Oatmeal in a Jar No cooking necessary on this oatmeal.
- Blueberry and Raspberry Baked Oatmeal Make this ahead and keep it in the fridge to reheat each serving as you need it.
- Blueberry-Orange French Toast French toast made ahead will allow you to sleep in a little and just bake it in the morning.
- Make-Ahead Breakfast Recipe: Broccoli and Spaghetti Frittata Bake this the night before and toss it in the fridge so you can reheat portions all week long.
- Make Ahead Coffee Cake Mix it up the night before, throw it in the fridge and bake it in the morning.
- Stress Less at Brunch: Easy Make-Ahead Cinnamon Rolls Recipe Make up these beauties the night before and let them rise in the refrigerator, then bake them in the morning.
