by Sheila Rae Watson

Created on: September 15, 2008   Last Updated: October 13, 2008

Try these low sugar, portable breakfast ideas the next time you're planning a road trip that will have your family en-route during breakfast time. Quick and easy, very protable and fun for kids, these ideas will help you have a great trip!

There is nothing worse than being trapped inside a car with sugar-hyped children. Try to keep their sugar intake down by giving them low sugar, high fun breakfasts to eat while they ride. The night before your trip, prepare the foods, pack into individual lunch boxes for ease of serving. Or package in zip-lock bags with each child's name written on their own "on-the-go" breakfasts.

-Breakfast Wrap

Ingredients per serving:

1-6 inch whole grain tortilla or whole grain wrap

1 tbsp. peanut butter

1/2 banana, sliced

1/2 Fuji apple, shredded

1/4 cup raisins

Too much juice results in soggy wraps. Place shredded apple into a colander, press juices out, dry on paper towels.

Spread peanut butter on tortilla, add banana, raisins and apple. Fold tortilla sides in, roll tightly, press gently to shape. Drop into zip-lock bag and seal.

Bananas, apples, raisins make up the sweet side of this wrap, peanut butter adds a salty touch and lots of protein making these breakfast wraps a hit with kids!

Variation:

>Omit peanut butter, use low fat cream cheese, spread on tortilla, add 1 tbsp. honey, stir slightly add banana, carrots and apple.

Serve the wraps with low fat milk and cheese sticks for an added calcium punch.

-Breakfast GORP* (G-ood O-ld R-aisins & P-eanuts)

1/4 cup nuts

1/4 dried fruits

1 cup whole grain cereal

Pack this or any variation of GORP or into easy-seal plastic tubs or sandwich boxes, use different colors for each child.

>Nut options: Almonds, Hazel, Macadamia nuts or Cashews

>Fruit options: Cherries, Apricots, Cranberries, Peaches or Blueberries

>Cereal options: Cheerios/Multi-Grain Cheerios, Corn, Wheat and Rice Chex, Kix

Serve these bags of goodness with 1/2 pints of 2% milk.

-Banana Dogs*

1 whole grain hot dog bun

1 tbsp. peanut butter or other nut butter

1 tbsp. sunflower seeds or other small seeds

1 tbsp. sugar free fruit spread

1/2 sliced banana

Spread bun with nut butter, add fruit spread, seeds and then top with banana.

Variation:

>Almond butter, cashew butter or nutella to replace peanut butter

>Substitute sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds or pine nuts for the sunflower seeds Dried fruits can be used in place of the sugar free fruit spreads

Serve with 1/2 pints of 2% milk.

Good nutrition is not hard to achieve, even when you are away from home, having fun on a family road trip!

Source: http://familyfun.go.com/

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