Want to find healthy vegan kid-friendly breakfast recipes your kids will actually eat? Look no further! This is a complete guide to vegan whole food plant based breakfast recipes for kids.
After changing to a plant based diet and learning how healthy this way of eating is, of course, I wanted my family to follow suit. Finding food my kids will actually eat and give me peace of mind has been a bit of a challenge.
Now that we have a nice list of go-to breakfast foods they LOVE I wanted to share it with you!
Plant-based breakfast is so easy and delicious. Making it look cute doesn’t hurt the cause either.
You will lose weight with these recipes (high carb low fat) and your kids will love them too! I’ve lost 35 pounds so far eating these pancakes and waffles!
This post is all about vegan breakfast for kids.
Vegan Breakfast for Kids Recipes
Pancakes
This is the BEST vegan pancake recipe out there! Your kids will love it and eating these has helped me lose 35 pounds so far. It is vegan and whole food plant based. Enjoy!
Ready in 15 minutes
Makes about 8 pancakes
Serves 2 (4 pancakes each)
You’ll Need:
4 bananas
2 cups oats
1 TBS vanilla
1/2 cup plant milk (add more one tablespoon at a time if your batter is too thick to pour)
2 TBS baking powder
You can also use blueberries, chopped nuts, or chocolate chips (my kids favorite) to top or cook into the pancakes
Instructions:
Preheat your non-stick griddle or frying pan at medium heat. Click here for an awesome non-stick griddle on Amazon
Add all ingredients into a high-speed blender and combine. Once your griddle is hot, pour out pancake batter and add blueberries, nuts, or chocolate chips now if you’re using them. A little spray of cooking oil will not hurt your weight loss if you need it. Go for it if you don’t have a non-stick surface to cook on.
Chocolate Oatmeal
I ALWAYS use a banana to sweeten my oatmeal. ALWAYS. My kids love this recipe and yours will too! This is a great vegan recipe for picky eaters too. Who doesn’t like chocolate? Kids don’t need to know about the banana or flax/chia seeds! They just need to know they’re getting chocolate for breakfast!
Ready in 5 minutes
Makes 1 serving
You’ll Need:
1/3 cup of oatmeal per serving
1 banana
1/2 cup water
1 tsp cocoa powder
sprinkle cinnamon
1/4 blueberries
1/4 cup plant milk
1 TBS vegan chocolate chips – we use Enjoy Life at my house because of a nut allergy – they’re top 8 allergy free
1 TBS flax seed meal or chia seeds – a great way to get healthy fats into the kiddos!
Instructions:
Mash the banana in a bowl and add the water and oatmeal. Microwave 2 minutes or pour 1/2 cup of boiling water over the oatmeal and stir. Stir in cocoa powder, flax/chia seeds, and plant milk. Sprinkle with cinnamon and top with blueberries and chocolate chips.
I let my kids do the whole thing now that they’re bigger 4 and 7. Kids love to stir it all up at the end. They’re more invested in eating it when they’ve made it themselves. Enjoy!
This recipe also works so well without the chocolate. Make it without the chocolate and make cute animal face with fruit. They’ll love it!
Quinoa Banana Bars
Another awesome vegan breakfast for kids make ahead recipe. Do it up Saturday and all week your kids will have a go – to no mess breakfast!
Ready in 40 minutes
Makes about 9. -12 Bars
You’ll Need:
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup cooked quinoa – I like the tri color but any will do – cook according to the package
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 ripe bananas mashed
1TBS cinnamon
2TBS ground flax seed
3 TBS nut or see butter – we use Sunbutter at our house because of a nut allergy
1/3 cup applesauce
Optional: 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 chocolate chips (Enjoy Life – Vegan and top 8 allergy friendly), 1/2 cup raisins or other dried fruit, or 1/2 chopped nuts 1/2 cup coconut. Add all of these or just one – use what you. and your kids like!
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350. Combine bananas, quinoa, bananas, nut/seed butter, and apple sauce. Add dry ingredients slowly. Add any other ingredients like chocolate chips, raisins, coconut, or chopped nuts. Once combined, spread into an 8×8 pan. Spray with oil or use parchment paper. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes until firm. Allow to cool and cut into 9 – 12 bars. Enjoy!
Energy Balls
My kids absolutely love these and I love when they eat them! They’re a great source of healthy calories and nutrition for them. Like most of my recipes, you can use what you have on hand and make easy substitutions. Some other add-ins are granola toppings, coconut, craisins, chopped nuts (if you can eat them). Making these over the weekend and having them for on the go breakfasts is so helpful on crazy mornings.
Ready in 15 minutes
Makes about 25 balls
About 5 servings
You’ll Need:
1 cup oats (I use quick oats)
1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips (I use enjoy life because they’re nut free)
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup ground flax seeds
1/2 cup Sunbutter (you could also use peanut butter or any other nut/seed butter)
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Unfortunately, the best way I have found to mix this, is with my hands. Roll into bite sized balls and put on to a baking sheet to freeze. If the balls and crumbling in your hands and not sticking together, add more syrup. Put balls in the freezer to harden for about 2 – 3 hours. Keep them frozen or you can keep them in the fridge or room – temp. It’s up to you. Enjoy!
Smoothies
Smoothies are the best way to sneak greens and other healthy foods into kids without them knowing. Of course we want them to ask for a kale smoothie but it doesn’t always work out this way. Gradually get them used to adding greens to their smoothies and they won’t even taste it. For newcomers start with more fruit than veggies. Don’t skip the veggies all together because then they’ll never want to start. Vegan breakfast for kids can be easy, delicious, budget friendly, and healthy!
I often give them a smoothie along with whatever they’re eating rather than just having this alone.
Here is a link to my new favorite blender. Blendtech is cheaper than Vitamix and just as good if not better!
Ready in 5 minutes
Makes 1 – 2 Servings
You’ll Need:
1 banana – ALWAYS use a banana in a smoothie, especially for a kid!
1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup frozen mango
1 – 2 handfuls dark leafy greens – Spinich is the best place to start
1/2 cucumber or 1 mini cucumber
Dragon fruit packs also make the color much more kid-friendly.
Instructions
Mix all ingredients in a high speed blender. A regular blender is ok too. Enjoy!
Sweet Potato Waffles
“WAAAFFFLLLEESSS” – My kids screams when we have waffles. They absolutely love these and I love when they eat sweet potatoes and oats for breakfast. This is also a great weight loss recipe for us mom’s who need some inspiration in that area.
Ready in 30 minutes
Makes 8 Waffles
Makes 4 Servings
You’ll Need:
3 – 4 sweet potatoes pre-cooked (We prep a bag of sweet potatoes every week so they’re ready to go at waffle time)
1 cup oats
1 TBS vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions:
Mix ingredients in a blender. Here is a link to the waffle maker I use. Pour enough batter into the waffle maker to cover the bottom. If you’re not using a non-stick waffle maker give a quick spray to keep them from sticking. Let them cook until they stop steaming. Repeat until the batter is gone. This should make about 8 waffles. Top with fresh fruit or maple syrup. Enjoy!
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