It’s a great time of year to get a little more organized in the kitchen so that you can stay ahead of your busy schedule. That’s why we created the Let’s Do This! Getting Ahead in Your Real Food Kitchen eCourse and the {Healthy} Make-Ahead Meals and Snacks eBook. Hopefully you’ve grabbed yours already and have started working your way through them. If not, you can do that here.
Whether you’re taking the course or not, I hope you’ll all join me in this Getting Ahead Challenge! We can all benefit from working ahead in our kitchens!
During the next four weeks, we’ll be offering four different challenges so that together, we can take steps to get ahead. I’ll be sharing more getting-ahead tips, new recipes, plus some freebies to help us all in our efforts. My goal with these challenges is to put you to work in the kitchen so that you can see how easy and beneficial it is to get food made ahead of time.
Who’s with me?! Let’s Do This!
Our first challenge is all about Getting Ahead for Breakfast.
Why are we starting with a breakfast challenge? Because that’s the meal I struggle with most as I try to get ahead in my kitchen. Dinnertime casseroles in the freezer? No problem. Burritos in the freezer for a quick lunch? Done. But breakfast? I often forget that there are so many make-ahead breakfast options. Therefore I rarely remember to put these items on my make-ahead-to-do-list. (Except for freezing muffin batter. I’ve been obsessed with that recently, as you know. But man can not live by muffins alone.)
As much as I appreciate being ahead and having dinner time foods prepped and ready, I think I need healthy breakfast foods prepared and accessible even more. We need to get our day started quickly and smoothly. We need a full, hearty breakfast. We need to not have to think straight the minute we roll out of bed with fuzzy brain, crazy hair, and a long to-do list for the day ahead – am I right?
Therefore, for the past few weeks, I’ve been focusing on creating new recipes and coming up with new ideas for ways to get ahead for breakfast. I am so excited to share all I’ve been learning! You’ll be glad to know that not all methods of getting ahead involve filling the freezer. And they definitely don’t involve spending a lot of extra time working in the kitchen. (The eCourse already taught you that though, right?!)
Now through next Thursday, make plans to join me in getting ahead with breakfast foods. What’s involved in this challenge? Simply pick one (or more!) breakfast foods that you can prepare ahead of time – and get it done! Here are some suggested ideas:
- Make and freeze muffin batter. (Thank you for this suggestion, Laura. We have not heard you talk about this non-stop for the past several weeks.)
- Mix up and cook a few pounds of Turkey Sausage. Freeze it in meal-sized portions.
- Put together a batch of Whole Wheat Quick Mix.
- Make a batch of Grape Nuts Cereal.
- Make an Easy Breakfast Casserole or two for the freezer. (I freeze them unbaked.)
- Bake some Poptarts, Giant Breakfast Cookies, or Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies for the freezer.
- Cook a big batch of Whole Wheat Waffles, allow them to cool, then freeze them so that you can toast them quickly and serve.
- Make a Sweet Pecan French Toast Casserole or some loaves of Poppy Seed Bread with Orange Glaze for the freezer. (Recipes in the {Healthy} Make-Ahead Meals and Snacks eBook.)
There are lots of great ways to get ahead for breakfast! (Here are all of the Healthy Breakfast Recipes on this site.) You aren’t limited to the suggestions above. Do whatever you can to make healthy breakfasts easier at your house. Be watching for more recipes and ideas in the coming days. I can’t wait to share!
Are you joining this challenge? Leave a comment on this post letting me know that you’re taking part.
So let’s hear it! What are you going to make to get ahead for breakfast?