For this month’s Lazy Susan blog post, we challenged ourselves to create a yummy breakfast recipe.  Since I am always looking for a good, healthy breakfast for my two toddlers, ages 18 months and 3 years, I sought out to make a great breakfast recipe that they are sure to love.

There are two things that I’ve discovered about feeding a toddler.  First, they love anything that even remotely resembles ice cream.  Second, they love to drink from a straw.  Since I am always looking for ways to sneak in a little extra nutrition, I created this Super Sneaky Oatmeal Strawberry Smoothie, which is packed full of fiber, antioxidants, potassium and vitamin c.  If you’re feeling extra sneaky, you can add a little spinach (beware, it won’t quite look like ice cream anymore) or some flax seed.  I encourage you to be creative with this recipe, throwing in any old fruit or veggie you have lying around.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup uncooked quick oats
• 1 banana, sliced
• 10 strawberries, hulled (frozen is fine, but reduce the amount of ice)
• 1/3 cup blueberries (frozen is fine, but reduce the amount of ice)
• 1 cup low-fat milk, soy milk, coconut milk or almond milk
• 2 cups ice
• 1 tb honey (it is recommended that you do not feed honey to children under one year)

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Enjoy.

And just to prove that the little people did actually partake of this deliciously nutritious creation, here are a couple photos of Max and Scout enjoying their smoothies -

Now head on over to Sara Tegman’s blog for Cinnamon Waffles with Creme Fraiche and Fresh Berries (sounds like a perfect Mother’s Day brunch idea to me!)