Creative Nigerian breakfast ideas for kids to brighten their morning
Are you looking for some impressive, creative yet healthy and simple Nigerian breakfast ideas? Families with children are always in search of new recipes to make their kids happy, so we have decided to share a compilation of some of the top Nigerian food guidelines for delicious morning dishes.
Nigerian breakfast
Every country has its own traditions for breakfasts. Some people like to have a cup of coffee before going to work, and others cook a significant number of dishes for their big families.
Nigerians love their breakfast to be simple and quick, still, nutritious and tasty. Sometimes this task can be a bit difficult to complete if you have a child or several children, and sometimes the idea is extremely easy to implement.
What are the simple dishes for breakfast your little ones will love to eat before going to school? How can you impress your kids with food? What are the most popular Nigerian breakfast recipes for every day of the week?
Below you will see our list of unusual yet simple Nigerian breakfast ideas with details on creativity and decoration. We are sure that every family will find something exciting and suitable for their kids.
Best Nigerian dishes for breakfast
Here are the most creative and easy-to-cook Nigerian recipes that suit the needs of big and small families with children.
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1. Rice for breakfast? Yes!
Rice can be an incredible idea for sleepy mornings. Your child doesn't like this meal? Believe us, if you prepare the main dish beforehand, all you will have to do in the morning is to create a quick decoration to impress and motivate kids to eat it.
Here is an idea for a creative breakfast with rice and vegetables:
Rice and carrots can be an awesome combination for sheep themed breakfast:
Is your child in love with the Harry Potter story? Make a breakfast like this and, believe us, your little one will fall in love with rice and pasta:
Combining cooked rice with carrots and broccoli on a plate can also let you use your imagination for a healthy and beautiful breakfast based on your child's preferences:
This breakfast is rich in fiber and carbs. It will fill you up and provide you with enough energy for the start of a new day.
2. French toasts, buns, cookies
The whole world likes to eat bread and various cookies for breakfast. Nigerians are not an exception. African children love these products so cooking delicious French toasts, making buns, puff puff, cookies and similar snacks for the morning meal can be fun and tasty.
You can always turn buns and puff puff into animals:
You can add some fruit to create a food drawing:
If your child loves cars, decorate the plate for your small driver to enjoy both cookies and get some healthy fruit:
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P.S. If you like to be creative, use a cooking form (heart, bear, star) to cut a hole in the middle of the bread slice, bake cutely shaped pies, or make simple bread toast with an omelet inside the heart-shaped hole:
Toasts are also delicious with some chocolate:
Cutting unusual shapes from regular bread pieces can also save your morning energy and help you feed even the naughtiest child before school:
Even regular pieces of bread with butter can be turned into a delicious food bunny if you make two ears, add cucumber eyes and cut a happy smile:
If your kids are in love with toasts with jam, make a couple of pieces and recreate a popular Pac-Man game right on their breakfast plate:
By the way, popular and common pancakes can also be turned into a masterpiece without any difficulties from your side. Make a fish, bee or something else:
Some pancakes can remind of an ant-eater that looks like an alien:
Such Nigerian breakfast is perfect with a cup of milk, tea or juice.
3. Cereals for breakfast
This simple breakfast idea is the fastest to cook. All you need to have in your house is some milk plus your favorite cereal and some creative ideas.
A lot of Nigerians prefer Golden Morn cereal (maize or millet), so you can also get a pack of this cereal which is rich in iron, vitamin A, calcium, and fiber, and make something really cute to impress your child.
For example, create a cereal snail:
If you cannot 'draw' an animal or character on the plate, make a simple decor:
Or just use some cream or chocolate to turn ordinary cereals into a delicious 'donut':
If you are an artist, you can easily create an eatable face:
Cereal is the world’s most popular breakfast idea, and it gives your child so much energy to start a new day in the best way. Kids are in love with cereals, and while there is no need to decorate this meal to attract your little ones, it is always better to make something unique and impressive.
4. Fruit and nuts for breakfast
There are multiple ways how to turn regular fruit, vegetables, and nuts into a food art your kids will love to eat in the morning. This can be a nice idea for your little one's breakfast.
For example, you can create a delicious plate with fruits in the morning by simply cutting strawberries or other berries into different simple shapes:
It is also possible to create a fruit animal of any shape, for example, like this cute owl:
Parents who don't believe in their own creativity and food decoration skills can always cut strawberries, bananas and use raspberry or blueberry and other berries to make a popular character from Sesame Street:
If your kids love corn, draw some happy faces on each piece:
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5. Meat, sausages, and vegetables in the morning
Meat and sausages are also very popular in the mornings if your child loves some awesome shapes. You can easily cook the most popular Nigerian snacks for breakfast if you can use scissors or knife to shape some of the vegetable pieces with all the creativity you have on your mind.
Making a pig, wolf and other animals is an awesome idea:
A bear face is pretty popular with any meet piece you have in your refrigerator:
Parents who love to stay creative will be happy to make houses from meet or sausage plus vegetables:
If your kid likes food to be creative, you can also use bread to ‘draw’ monkey's ears, meat balls for the animal body and cheese plus vegetables for drawing extra details on the plate with the child breakfast:
By the way, a meet spider looks really tasty when surrounded with pasta:
P.S. If you have no time to cook your favorite Nigerian food for kids in the morning, you should simply prepare the meal at night the day before. Heat it, add vegetable decorations and your children will be happy with their most lovely healthy dish for breakfast.
6. Exclusive desserts
Who doesn't love sweets and delicious desserts for breakfast?
If you are a professional cooker or love to follow multiple recipes shared online, try making something like this to make your child extremely happy with their food in the morning:
Or turn yogurt into an impressive masterpiece with a pretty and healthy apple rose in the middle:
We have shared some incredibly simple and creative Nigerian breakfast ideas for little ones with you, and all these tips are perfect for families with kids.
Enjoy the most impressive, healthy and delicious Nigerian breakfast decoration samples because they are quick to make and many of these meals can be prepared beforehand to save your time in the morning. We believe that each parent can create most of the food art examples shared in this post. Just have fun with it!
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