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5 breakfasts to prepare with children – Italian Cuisine

The little ones prepare breakfast and the day starts immediately on the right foot and with a smile! So many ideas from pancakes to mug cake

These quarantine days are a bit like a continuous Sunday, because many families are at home with children and can calmly enjoy the Breakfast.
Preparing it together is a lot of fun and is a nice way to give the right boost to the mornings that always start a little "thoughtful".
Remember that children are a continuous surprise, and are capable of tearing a smile in any circumstance, so we take advantage of their collaboration in the kitchen and enjoy a peaceful breakfast together in the family.

Little chefs

The recipes for breakfast that can be prepared in the company of children are easy, obviously tasty, but also fun, creative and beautiful to look at.
For example i Pancake that are done quickly and that can be enriched in many ways. Use some molds to turn them into funny characters.
Even a simple one toast with jam it can be a game if you allow the little ones to spread the jam with a knife without a blade and without going outside the edges, as if it were a coloring page!
Finally you can play with fruit, artistic can be prepared bowls of yogurt and cereals and they can break the eggs.
What's more exciting than a child if not breaking eggs to do omelettes, crêpes and omelettes?

pancakes

Pancakes are children's favorite pancakes because they are sweet, soft and spongy.
One on top of the other they become small towers and can be flooded with maple syrup, honey, melted chocolate and jam.
In preparing this recipe, the child can: break the eggs and mix them with the sugar and milk; sift the flour with the baking powder; mix everything with a hand whisk and then stack the pancakes once cooked.
Only the grown-ups are in the kitchen.
If you want to know more read How pancakes are made.

Peanut butter and jam toast

Anglo-Saxon children really like this breakfast because the peanut butter, like Nutella for us, is the delight of the delights par excellence.
In preparing this recipe, the child can: put the bread in the toaster; spread the peanut butter on one slice and the jam on another; possibly add fruit to taste.
Virtually grown-ups don't have to do anything!
If you want more ideas, read on 5 snacks with peanut butter that are prepared super fast.

Porridge resting in the refrigerator

This porridge does not require cooking, but is prepared in the evening before going to bed.
It is also called overnight oatmeal precisely because it rests in the refrigerator overnight.
In preparing this recipe, the child can: mix oat flakes or oatmeal with milk; add other ingredients to taste such as honey, cinnamon, cocoa; decorate the porridge in the morning with fruit, hazelnut or peanut spread and grain.
Even in this case, adults can watch.
If you want to know more read Our tips for preparing an excellent oatmeal

Smoothies and centrifuges

A good dose of fruit and vitamins it is good in the early morning and so it is up to the little ones to choose the ingredients to blend.
To prepare this recipe, the child can: wash the fruit well and put it in the blender bowl; pour into glasses and decorate.
The grown-ups must obviously operate the electrical devices.
If you want to know more read Our tips for making a smoothie.

Mug cake

A super fun recipe to make with kids.
A cake that is prepared directly in the cup and that cooks in the microwave for two minutes.
In preparing this recipe, the child can: mix all the ingredients in the cup, weigh them and dose them as per the recipe; put the cup in the microwave and operate it; decorate the cake.
Adults simply have to supervise
If you want to know more read How to prepare a Mug cake.

Three breakfasts to prepare the night before – Italian Cuisine

It is always difficult to get out of bed to go to work, but if waiting for you there is one greedy breakfast everything changes. If you are tired of the usual biscuits with milk or yogurt with cereals or rusks with jam, then prepare something different from the usual, something that does not require great cooking skills, but only a little organization. We want to offer you three recipes that you simply have to assemble in the evening before going to bed because they have to rest one night in the refrigerator. In the morning, in a few moves, they will be ready to be enjoyed together with fruit, tea or coffee.

pancakes

Who said that pancakes can be prepared for breakfast only on weekends?
You can do them every day as long as the dough rests for a long time in the refrigerator, let's also say a whole night.
The recipe that we propose is not different from all the others, in fact it is just the classic one of the American pancakes, but we invite you to leave the mixture in the fridge to firm up and take flavor for at least 9 hours. In the morning it will be enough cook the pancakes on a non-stick pan lightly greased with butter.
Remember to turn them as soon as they are formed of bubbles on the surface and cook them only for a few seconds on the other side. Use a spatula to remove them from the pan and place them one on top of the other once they are ready.
You can accompany them in the classic way with a lot Maple syrup, or with honey, jams to taste, hazelnut cream and fresh and dried fruit.
Pancakes always make the whole family happy. They are the perfect breakfast to start the day with a smile!

Pumpkin pancakes with maple syrup and blueberries on a plate.

Porridge

This "Pappetta" of oats you can also prepare it in the morning with oat flakes and milk by heating everything in a saucepan for a few minutes, but if you prepare the mixture the night before in the morning you will only have to put the cup in the microwave and then decorate it with whatever you want, spices, fruit, peanut butter or jam.
If you love cold breakfasts you won't even need to heat the oatmeal but you can enjoy it just out of the fridge by simply mixing it a little with the spoon. In this case, however, we are talking about overnight oatmeal, this is called the cold version of porridge.
To prepare hot porridge instead you need three to four tablespoons of rolled oats per person and half a glass of water or milk. You decide what the consistency of the mixture should be and then pour the liquid a little at a time into a cup. Let the mixture rest in the refrigerator and in the morning heat in the microwave or in a small saucepan. Porridge can be sweetened with honey or cane sugar and perfumed with cinnamon and ginger. On this basis you can then add cocoa, chocolate drops, fruit of any kind e dried fruit creams.

Chia pudding

This is delicious light and low-calorie pudding it is prepared in a minute and should not even be heated in the morning.
Just mix it in a glass jar 30 gr of chia seeds and 200 ml of vegetable milk.
Let it all rest for a night in the refrigerator, covering the jar well, and the chia seeds will release a sort of gel inside the liquid, turning it into a pudding.
You can add honey or sugar if you prefer, but if you use a sweet milk like coconut almond milk there will be no need.
You can also prepare chia pudding in a tasty version with a teaspoon of cocoa inside and out chocolate chips.

5 oat-based breakfasts – Italian Cuisine

We need energy! Then you need oats: to start the day with something extra

Oats have been considered for some time the cereal, the one that should never be missing in a balanced diet. Here are 5 sweet recipes for your breakfast.

Porridge

You've heard about it everywhere now because porridge has become the most instagrammata breakfast of the last few months. It is simply a creamy preparation based on oat flakes and milk. It can be hot, but also cold and the beautiful and fun thing is that it is very versatile and can be served in many different ways. Everything you need to know about porridge is written in The detox breakfast: unusual, lean and even greedy. Be careful, though, if you don't like creamy baby food, porridge is not for you!

Granola

Many people prepare breakfast cereals at home with milk or yogurt.
This crunchy and sweet mix is called granola and you can do a little with what you have at home between dried and dehydrated fruit, all kinds of seeds and cereal flakes (rice, oats …). To prepare the granola with oat just mix the oat flakes with mixed nuts such as hazelnuts, almonds and walnuts, seeds (poppy, chia, sesame and sunflower) and dehydrated fruit like apricots, coconut, raisins and figs. Then mix everything with a honey-based syrup (4 tablespoons), hot water (a glass) and seed oil (a spoon) and bake the mixture at 170 ° for about 30 minutes until it becomes crispy.

Oat muffins

You can also add oat flakes in the classic muffin mixture. Use your favorite recipe and then chop a handful of flakes to mix them with the mixture and use another handful to decorate the surface of the muffins. A perfect base for muffins is always the seven jar cake whose ingredients are measured with a 125 gram jar of yogurt.
To prepare the base dough just mix three eggs with three jars of flour, two of sugar, one (low) seed oil and one of whole white yogurt. Obviously to all this add a packet of yeast if you are not using a self-raising flour.

Raw bar with oats

Another super energetic and luscious breakfast are the raw, that is, raw bars made from dates and oat flakes. To prepare them just chop the pitted dates with oat flakes, a handful of almonds or hazelnuts and bitter cocoa. No sugar is needed because the dates are already very sweet. Spread the mixture fairly often inside a mold covered with parchment paper and decorate the surface with oat flakes. Let everything rest in the refrigerator for an hour and then cut out the bars.

Oat smoothie

If at breakfast you prefer to sip something rather than bite bread or biscuits, here is a luscious smoothie perfect for you. It is prepared by blending a banana with oat milk and a handful of oat flakes. Also add powdered cinnamon and decorate the glass (or cup) with other rolled oats. You can also add a pear or an apple or, for a thicker consistency, and chia seeds.

Curious to try our recipes?
If you want to know much more about oats, read Oat Nutrition Facts.