Re: breakfast on the go


dragonlady wrote:
> In article <1138722037.838744.199830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "tedneeley@xxxxxxxxx" <tedneeley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > We eat breakfast on the go in the car during week days. DH and I eat
> > oatmeal from a cup. the kids are in carseats so that may become very
> > messy. I would like to give them breakfast bars of some kind. Most of
> > them are just as sugary as candy bars. could anyone offer any
> > suggestions? Right now they only drink chocolate milk in sippy cup. i
> > would like to add a small bar or snack to their breakfast.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
>
> My first suggestion would be to get up a little earlier. . .
>
> However, if you aren't going to do that, my mother used to make really
> healthy oatmeal cookies (gorilla cookies -- and I'm sure I've spelled
> that wrong) for breakfast for the mornings my younger brother and sister
> had to get their own breakfasts. They were sort of hand-held granola,
> but with a fairly low fat content. That and a glass of milk was as
> healthy as a bowl of oatmeal with raisins.
>
> But I would probably advise cutting out the chocolate, at least on a
> daily basis.
>
> --
> Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

OP here. Thanks for suggestions. I'll check out Alton Brown's recipe. I
love his show. His books are a great read too by the way.

About chocolate milk, I use the term very loosely. I add may be half a
tea spoon of chocolate powder to one glass of whole milk. Just for the
color :)

.

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