To help you with your New Year Resolution of eating breakfast daily, here is a kid friendly, healthy, make-ahead recipe to enjoy daily. With bananas, carrots, raisins, and oats, you can send your kids to school with a healthy breakfast on the go and avoid colored, sugared cereals. And as always, this is a simple recipe that can be made by kids, especially on snow days that may be lacking in snow (talking to you Charlotte, NC)
Components of a Healthy Breakfast: Fruit, Veggies, Protein, Healthy Fats, Complex Carbs
Ingredients:
Mix the following dry ingredients together –
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup packed organic coconut sugar (more antioxidants and minerals, lower glycemic index then regular brown sugar)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp Himalayan salt (again more minerals and antioxidants)
- 1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 3/4 cup raisins
Mix the following wet ingredients together
- 1 large egg
- 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup organic whole milk (do not be afraid of healthy fats)
- 2 cups of shredded carrots (shred on the smallest holes possible)
- 1 medium banana, mashed (excellent use for frozen bananas)
Instructions:
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- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F, 200 degrees C
- Grease muffin pan with virgin coconut oil
- Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients until well blended
- Distribute evenly into muffin tins
- Bake for 20-25 min, until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean
Idea modified from Pip and Ebby and Martha Stewart.
In good health, Ana-Maria Temple, MD
