breakfast & lunch ideas

Tired of cereal? Bored with sandwiches? Here's a list of ideas for breakfasts and lunches for children. Does anyone else have ideas? Please post.

Breakfasts:
1. Happy english muffins (toast english muffins, mix cream cheese with dried fruit bits and nuts -like sunflower seeds or pecans, spread on muffins) (nuts-older children only)
2.Oatmeal with various toppings for kids to choose
3.Sister Schuberts yeast rolls with sausages (yeah-and try not to eat them all yourself!)
4.Pancakes/waffles and various toppings (these can be made in large batches on the weekend and frozen to use as needed during the week)
5.Toast with peanut butter and banana
6. Quiches (All you need is pie crust, six eggs, 1cup milk for basic recipe-add anything else you want. I let mine cook in the oven with the dinner the night before and just microwave the next morning. We like melon on the side)
7. Mini quiches without crust (use muffin tin and let the children put in what they like-cheese, ham, etc.
8. muffins-make ahead and freeze

Lunches:
1. Pizza dogs (slice open hotdog buns, and hotdogs lengthwise, top with ketchup, shredded cheese, onion etc.)
2. cheese toast strips with marinara sauce for dipping
3. party tray with cheese cubes, crackers, lunch meat, grapes, avacado slices, veggies & dip etc
4. spaghetti squash with pesto or marinara (just cut squash in half and get out seeds with a spoon, cook in oven until tender -maybe 45min-1hr-then scrape out spaghetti-like strands with a fork & top with sauce-we never have leftovers!)
5. edamame as a snack or part of a meal (these are in freezer section, quick to prepare, and my kids love to pop them out of their shells into their mouthes-yummy!)
6. tomato soup with toppings (you remember the commercial-"Campbell's tomato soup-possibilities!" -its true. We like goldfish crackers, parmesan cheese... you can also put in a can of veg-all for a quick vegetable soup)
7. jazzed up turkey sandwich (i've let my kids put a little jelly on their turkey sandwich instead of mayo-it's remniscent of turkey with cranberry sauce)
8. english muffins with crab and cheese (use jar of "old english cheese spread by kraft"-heat imitation crab meat and jar of cheese in small saucepan and place on toasted english muffin-for adults, I add sauted celery, mushrooms, and onions)
7. quesadillas (tortillas, cheese, canned corn, and leftover ham is popular at my house. just construct like a sandwich then zap in microwave 30-45 seconds and cut with a pizza cutter)
8. little chefs salads (iceberg lettuce, raw veggies, cheese, ham or turkey or bacon, avacado, saltine crackers and ranch or honey-mustard dressing)