Easy Breakfast Parfaits for Busy School Mornings

source: Food for My Family

School starts this week for us, and with the paperwork and schedules (something I’m quite fond of), comes this hurried and rushed feeling, this need for organization lest someone forget their homework on the counter, another slip out the door with their hair in knots and their teeth not yet brushed. It is in those moments when I miss the lazy summer mornings, sipping coffee as my kids slowly decide what to eat, each something different, and I have the time to accommodate them.

If you’re anything like us, then you’re probably also in need of some breakfast organization and morning routine crack down measures for the next few weeks. While I’ll make plenty of slow-cooked oatmeal, egg sandwiches and pancakes before the school year is up, I know that there are some things I need to fall back on for those days when time seems to be moving faster than any of us can even potentially consider in the morning.

For mornings when the importance of breakfast isn’t lost on me but the time to prepare it is, I turn to easy alternatives that can be thrown together in no time, but still catch the eye and grab the attention of my gaggle of kids. To put it simply, I feed them yogurt.

What are some of your last-minute breakfasts for the back-to-school season?

	Shaina Olmanson is the home cook and photographer behind Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography, a daily contributor to Babble.com’s Family Kitchen Blog and the editor of the food channel for Lifetime Moms. Shaina can usually be found in one of three places: cooking, at the computer or behind the camera.