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- All right, welcome back.
So we know it's suchan important week now,
almost every kid is back in school.
And we know that breakfastis the most important
meal of the day and thatgoes definitely, especially
for our kiddos as they haveto be in school and study.
As we head back to schoolwe thought we'd get some
healthy breakfasts ideas that you can turn
to quickly to feed your sleepyheads.
Danielle Dimengo is a dietician with Akron
children's hospital andwe hired you for this job,
because you are the best when it comes too
stuff like this,
it's super healthy stuff- Thank you.
- that can be fastbecause we know the kids,
they are hard to drag out of bed.
There might be last minute homework.
Always a catastrophe in the morning
and then they get on the bus- Exactly.
and they don't eat.- Exactly.
And these are even ideasthat you can make the night
before just set aside several minutes.
30 minutes at the most
and we don't wanna skip out on breakfast,
it really is the- Important.
- Most important meal of the day.
- Before we start, lets start the toaster.
- Yes.
- So then we'll come back down to this.
So we're just gonna put a piece of toast,
a piece of bread and a waffle in there.
- A wholewheat waffle.
- A wholewheat waffle.
Okay while that's going.
We're gonna do this.
- Okay, so the first recipe I have here,
are egg muffins and when you're looking
at breakfast choices you want to make sure
that you have protein there,
as well as a healthy carbohydrate.
So in the form of a fruit or a wholegrain
high fiber food choice to keep you full.
So I have egg muffins here,
and I made them righthere in a muffin tin.
- So you just sprayed it,
you didn't have to use the little
- I sprayed it down.paper cups.
- You can but you wanna makesure that their parchment
not paper.
- O, okay.- They will stick.
I learned the hard way on that one.
- Okay, All right.
- So I put ...- So these
look great, how'd you do that?- Broccoli and cheese.
So whipped up it's 12 eggs
and you whip that up andyou mix in your vegetables
and some cheese,
put it in the oven for 30 minutes.
I paired some fruit- Okay.
- on the side, becausewe do have our protein,
but we want some carbohydrates
too.- I don't know if you can see
this, but that is justabsolutely adorable.
Look how cute.
- It's so important to have fun with food,
especially when you are making dishes
for kids, so you wanna ...- And look how cute this is.
You make like just a little- Yeah.
- Like a palm tree.- Yes.
- That was a suggestion from- Adorable.
- From one of my patients.
I love that.
- So you set that up,they're gonna eat it.
- Yes.
- While their runningaround trying to get ready.
- Absolutely.
- Talk about these, thesereally pack a very healthy
powerful punch.- Yes, and these are no bake.
They're peanut butter, oatmeal,
protein balls,
So it's just oats. Some ground wall nuts.
I put some honey in there, vanilla
and you gonna roll them up
and you're gonna freeze them for at least
an hour, I left themovernight in the freezer.
I made them last night andthen they're ready to go.
- Perfect, instead ofgrabbing one of those ...
Uncrustables or something like that.
That's super healthy.- You control the ingredients.
- They can eat it, right.
You control the ingredients.- Yup.
- Lets talk about breads and wheat's
and whole grains,- Yes
- And all of that.- So we have the toast
in the toaster here.
A couple of recommendations I have.
You wanna go with a 100% wholewheat
or wholegrain.- Okay.
- Those are interchangeableand if it doesn't say a 100%
wholewheat, some key words tolook for on the ingredients,
are one of the first ingredients
should say wholewheat flour,- Okay.
- You also should see at least three grams
of fiber per serving.
- And your bread should be heavy.
- Yes.- It should be heavy.
- Yes, then it's filling.
Fiber is filling, so you want that to get
you through the day.- Okay,
white bread they just find a lot of stuff,
it's not really healthy.
- Right, yup it is enriched.- It can be bad for you.
- So ...- Yes.
- Okay, so we are goingto make these little
cutie guys here, are these animals?
How adorable.- Yes.
- Are these?- So this is a wholewheat
waffle and a piece
of Dave's killer bread.
I love that brand, gotall the different seeds
in there and whole grains.
So, I sliced up some- So cute.
bananas for you and thattoast should be ready there.
And I thought- Okay.
- We could make those up.
- All right here, so here we go.
- All right.- So some of the choices.
I prefer peanut butter.- Okay.
- That is a good mixture ofhealthy fats and proteins.
The kids love the Nutella,
but that is gonna be lower in protein,
higher in sugar.
So we don't really want- Sure.
- That combination.
Same with cream cheese,
not that it's terrible,
but it's more gonna be fat based
and not so much protein.
Okay, so we're gonna start our eyes.
Christine Wayne are gonna come
and help us make a healthy- Yes.
Happy meal.- How are you?
- And so if you can set this on.
You guys are seeing it'staking me 30 seconds
to do this.- Really anytime.
- (mumbling) one of those too.
- How cute.- And I even sliced
those strawberries last night.
You don't have to worryabout them going brown.
- Awesome.- So moms we know you're
running around crazy too and there you go.
- These good? Are these ...
- I made these over the weekend.
- Did you?- You did?
- I haven't cooked in years.
And it's no big.- Yes.
- And mine do not turnout like this.
So maybe there's too manydry ingredients to the wet?
- Maybe you do want tomake sure it's really,
it's all moist and easy to roll up and ...
- Yeah.
- We have all these great ideas
on Fox8.co.m- So good
- On our Pinterest- Isn't this good?
Page as well
- Thank you also for,you do such a great job.
- Ah, thanks.
- So, just thrill- Enjoy.
- your kids in themorning. How cute, right.
There you go.
I did that in like five seconds, so ..
- That's perfection.- (mumbling)
- Edible,
- Would you like it?- Do you like it?
Danielle Dimengo, RD/LD, a clinical dietitian at the Akron Children's Hospital Center for Endocrinology and Diabetes, shares some healthy, delicious breakfast alternatives for kids Originally aired on http://www.fox8.com on August 27, 2018.