5 Healthy Breakfasts On The Go

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Stuck in a rut when it comes to healthy breakfasts on the go? Don’t let your busy lives keep you back from the best start to each day! 

While it may be ideal to wake up to a full spread of freshly-prepared breakfast foods each morning, it’s not always feasible.

I’ve learned this more in the past year, as my girls are now in school and preschool part-time, and three days out of the week we need to eat as nourishing of a breakfast as we can as quickly as possible.

My motto over the past several years of life with young kids (and spending several of those years on a low income) has been: “sometimes better is your best.”

Is it best to eat a full, protein-rich breakfast of eggs and meat and fruit and a carb each morning? Probably so.

Is it always realistic?

No, unfortunately, for those who lead very busy schedules and must spend a lot of time outside of the house, it’s not always possible.

That’s where the “better” comes in.

Even though it’s not best, it’s better to eat at home than to grab an Egg McMuffin from the McDonald’s drive-through.

Even though it’s not best, it’s better to have a bowl of organic, low-sugar cereal than to eat Lucky Charms or Frosted Flakes.

Without further ado, check out these ideas for better breakfasts on the go:

 1. Yogurt

I’ve been a big yogurt lover since I was a child.

Not only is a cup of yogurt easy to eat on the go, but, if you stick to brands like Noosa, you will be starting your day with both protein and rich probiotics!

2. Baked Oatmeal

If you’re brave enough to leave a slow cooker running overnight, you can wake up to freshly-made baked oatmeal!

If not, you can always bake the oatmeal the night before and warm it up in a toaster oven the next day.

Baked oatmeal has a texture similar to cake and can be easily wrapped in a paper towel and taken in the car to eat.

Most baked oatmeal recipes call for oats, milk, eggs, a sweetener, and any flavorings of choice. You can get Simple Truth cage-free eggs at Harris Teeter (or Kroger) as well as Silk brand milk if you want to make your baked oatmeal dairy-free!

Check out these yummy baked oatmeal recipes:

Easy Make-Ahead Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal

Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spiced Baked Oatmeal

Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal

3. Smoothies

I drink a smoothie almost every day!

Smoothies make the perfect breakfast or snack on the go! While you can make smoothies with plain water, yogurt, or regular milk, I almost always make mine with Silk brand almond milk since we are mostly dairy-free.

Check out some of my favorite smoothie recipes to get your creative smoothie-making juices going:

Creamy Clementine Smoothie

Blueberry-Banana Green Tea Smoothie

Pumpkin Cream Smoothie

Cherry Mango Water Kefir Smoothie

25+ Unique Smoothie Recipes for All Year Round

Thick Peanut Butter Smoothie

Chocolate Almond Bliss Smoothie

Triple Berry Smoothie

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4. Re-heated Pancakes

While freshly-made pancakes are delicious, you can easily cook and freeze several batches and re-heat individual pancakes in the toaster oven for a healthy breakfast on the go.

(Check out these gluten-free pumpkin spice pancakes! We love them!)

We have also re-heated meat this way for extra protein in the mornings.

5. Organic Cereal and Milk

While our family tries to avoid most cereals, there comes the rare occasion when a box of organic, GMO-free cereal does the trick when we know we will have several mornings of breakfasts on the go.

I recently checked out the selection of Kashi cereals at my local Harris Teeter store (which is owned by Kroger), and I was pleasantly surprised to see the Non-GMO-verified label on a good number of the boxes!

Because our family is mostly dairy-free, we eat any cereals with Silk brand almond milk.

Want even more breakfast inspiration?

Check out all of my breakfast recipes in our recipe index and also follow my breakfast board on Pinterest!

Get FREE eggs! Expired

Now through October 27: Get 1 FREE dozen Simple Truth (Cage-Free) Eggs when you purchase any 3 participating products – Silk, Kashi, or Noosa items – from your local Kroger or Kroger-owned store (Harris Teeter if you’re in North Carolina!). Redemption happens at register when 3 items are scanned. Loyalty card must be used.

What are you ideas for healthy breakfasts on the go?

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of WhiteWave Foods. The opinions and text are all mine.