Breakfast Ideas Please

[nannyde]

We love hot cereal, muffins, breads and pancakes with pureed or diced fruit in them. The hot cereal is super easy. Just soak it the night before and nuke in the morning. Yummy.

[snbauser]

What?! You can't fry things? Cooking it on a griddle or in a waffle iron counts as frying? WHY? I'm guessing you can't have grilled cheese either. That is so weird. Man, I'm glad I don't have to be licensed in my state.

It wouldn't work to make them ahead and microwave/toast them?

i'm guessing you can't make stir fry for lunch? Or fried rice? What about scrambled eggs? I'm just trying to figure out this rather weird sounding regulation...

Center regulations require a commercial range exhaust system in order to fry. They run about $2K. Yes, a griddle or waffle iron counts as frying. Grilled cheese counts too as does everything else you listed. And we can not make ahead as it would be considered a "leftover" and we aren't allowed to serve it. These are the same rules our schools have to follow. Grilled cheese we still make by toasting the bread, adding the cheese, and microwaving it for about 30 sec.

Remember though that even though I operate out of my home, I am licensed as a center. These are Health and Sanitation rules and not licensing rules. If I was still licensed as Family Child Care, I would not be subject to these rules.

[SandeeAR]

Thanks for all the replies. Please keep them coming. I have gained many new ideas, I hope some of you have too.

One I did not see, that I serve that my kids dearly love are

Toaster Strudels I cut them into bite sizes for my under 18 mos.

[dEHmom]

QUESTION!!!!!

When do you start giving kids eggs?????? I know the ages vary greatly. Mine always ate eggs from like 6 months. I know there are studies that say eggs are fine at any age, as long as not likely to be allergic and to introduce the yolks first because it's the whites that contain allergens.


But mom said dcb hasn't had eggs before (directly, but in baking he has), because they aren't big egg eaters. But she didn't mind if I tried. But I told her no, not until she's tried them a few times first. i don't want to be dealing with it should there be an allergy, ykwim?

[SandeeAR]

QUESTION!!!!!

When do you start giving kids eggs?????? I know the ages vary greatly. Mine always ate eggs from like 6 months. I know there are studies that say eggs are fine at any age, as long as not likely to be allergic and to introduce the yolks first because it's the whites that contain allergens.


But mom said dcb hasn't had eggs before (directly, but in baking he has), because they aren't big egg eaters. But she didn't mind if I tried. But I told her no, not until she's tried them a few times first. i don't want to be dealing with it should there be an allergy, ykwim?

I don't give them until the parents have given them a couple of times. Same with peanut butter and chocolate treats.

[dEHmom]

I don't give them until the parents have given them a couple of times. Same with peanut butter and chocolate treats.

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I won't do the peanut butter until I know they've had it at least 5 times, but then I read a post a while back about the allergy, so I will say more like 20 times at home. If mom wants to send pb fine, but I'm not going to be the one assuming I can make a pb j