“Hey, Will, are you hungry?”
“Hungry? Yes, I hungry. What am I going to eat?”
“How about Monkey Breakfast?”
“Monkey Breakfast! Yes! I eat Monkey Breakfast!”
K, so truth be told, I didn’t really know what Monkey Breakfast was before I started making it. It just came to me as I was racking my brain for something new, different, exciting, innovative . . . that’s not too much to ask is it?
As anyone with kids can tell you, sometimes all it takes is a fun name and a different twist on things to get kids excited about eating breakfast.
Why Monkey Breakfast? Because Will is a devoted Curious George
Directions: Take one English muffin, and fork split. Toast. Spread each half with a hearty amount of peanut butter and slice one banana onto the two halves. Serve warm.
Have you made a super easy, but kid pleasing breakfast? Share!
PS This also happens to be a favorite midnight snack for Sweetnicks.
Sarah Walker Caron is a cookbook author, freelance writer and founder of Sarah’s Cucina Bella. Her latest cookbook is The Super Easy 5-Ingredient Cookbook, published by Rockridge Press, which focuses on quick, easy, from-scratch cooking for busy people. A single mother to two kids in middle school, Sarah loves nightly family dinners, juicy tomatoes plucked fresh from the vine and lazy days on the beach. She also adores reading and traveling.
Vickan
Mmmmm… I wonder if Nutella would work instead of peanutbutter…
Cate O'Malley
A kid after my own heart!
Vickan – I love Nutella, but not with this. I’ve tried it, but it was too sweet. Imagine that. 😉
My First Kitchen
This is my daily breakfast. I was wondering about my sudden propensity to swing from trees! I add flaxseed and sliced almonds to the peanut butter for a little added health and sometimes a drizzle of local honey. I can’t wait until tomorrow morning. Ooo ooo aah aah!! My apologies; I’m a dork.
sandhya
This is one of my all-time favorite breakfasts. I swap muffins around with sliced whole wheat bread, baguette, waffles, and it always tastes just as good. I call it the “elvis” but if I think he had something else he used to add, no? Besides, I like “monkey” much more!
Becca
I stumbled upon your site looking up about melamine. Your pumpkin recipes caught my eye.
I just wanted to say I too am a fan of peanut butter on whole grain toast with a little drizzle of honey.
And to ‘My First Kitchen’ I wanted to ask if you’ve ever tried ‘Naturally More’ peanut butter–(less fat, less sugar–what peanut butter should be the label says.)
I found it at Wal-Mart and it has flaxseed & flaxseed oil in it. No hydrogenated oils or high fructose corn syrup. Just cane sugar & honey.
After it’s refrigerated it has the consistency of the peanut butter in a Reece’s cup 🙂 Delicious- the only drawback is it’s a bit difficult to spread on toast sometimes.
PS–nectarines or peaches when in season are good in place of banana’s– no honey needed!