Spin the wheel Breakfast wheel
Breakfast ideas for every kind of morning
Weekday mornings need food that takes five minutes, and weekends have room for a pan and a spatula. The 40 breakfasts on this wheel cover both. Quick ones include peanut butter toast with banana, overnight oats, a yogurt parfait in a jar and a granola bar with an apple. Slower ones, such as pancakes, a Dutch baby or biscuits and gravy, are better saved for Saturday.
Kids tend to be the toughest audience, so a good number of the picks are the kind that children eat without negotiation: waffles, banana pancakes, mini pizza bagels, egg muffin cups, cereal with strawberries. A spin gets them to accept what comes up, because it was the wheel's decision and not yours.
If your household avoids eggs, dairy or gluten, open Entries and remove those items. A short, safe list of 15 breakfasts is worth more than a long list you have to filter every morning.
What's on this wheel
- Peanut butter toast with banana
- Scrambled eggs and toast
- Overnight oats
- Yogurt with fruit and granola
- Breakfast burrito
- Oatmeal with berries
- Pancakes
- French toast
- Egg and cheese sandwich
- Smoothie with spinach and fruit
- Avocado toast
- Cereal with sliced strawberries
- Waffles with syrup
- Bagel and cream cheese
- Hard-boiled eggs and fruit
- Cheese omelet
- Breakfast quesadilla
- Banana pancakes
- Cottage cheese and peaches
- Toast with jam and butter
- Granola bar and an apple
- Hash browns and a fried egg
- Breakfast fried rice
- Muffin and milk
- Sausage and egg bake
- Chia pudding
- Peanut butter banana wrap
- Cinnamon roll for a weekend treat
- Biscuits and gravy
- Fruit salad and toast
- Egg muffin cups
- Veggie scramble
- Grits with cheese
- Mini pizza bagels
- Yogurt parfait in a jar
- Breakfast tacos
- Dutch baby pancake
- Baked oatmeal squares
- Toasted waffle sandwich
- Eggs in a basket
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A breakfast decision in one spin
- The night before, open Entries and delete anything you lack ingredients for. A dozen options are plenty.
- In the morning, let the youngest eater press Spin and tell the family what is for breakfast.
- If the result needs more time than you have, use Remove from wheel for that one and spin again.
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Breakfast wheel questions
What are the fastest breakfasts on the list?
Overnight oats (made the night before), peanut butter toast, a yogurt parfait, cereal, a granola bar with an apple and the hard-boiled eggs with fruit all take under five minutes if you plan ahead.
Is this a healthy list?
It mixes protein-heavy picks such as eggs, cottage cheese and yogurt with sweeter weekend ones. Delete pancakes, cinnamon rolls and waffles for a plainer weekday list, or keep them for Saturdays.
Can I use it for lunch or dinner instead?
The breakfast list is meant for the morning, but you can replace every line in Entries with lunch options. The What should I eat wheel already has a set for dinners.
How do I get picky kids to go along?
Let them spin and remove one thing they will not eat. Children accept a result more readily when they had a say in the list and pressed the button themselves.
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