Today I am sharing a few breakfast and serving ideas that my son has been enjoying lately, and how I set them up to help his independence. I was getting all of the items out of the kitchen cupboards regularly and then realised that I can set some things up for him to serve himself!
My son starts his day with a savoury breakfast and also often then has a small portion of cereal, or his current favourite - a granola bowl. He eats this at the family dining table, on his Trip Trapp highchair. Here is how I set it up for him:
- small bamboo tray
- small bamboo serving spoon
- small glass bowl
- drinking glass (we use shot glasses)
Granola bowl:
Sometimes I decant each filling into a little bowl (especially if several people are making this) or other times he will get each ingredient straight out of the container it came in. We love our mini bowls and use them in the kitchen every day. Here are the ingredients for the granola bowl that I set out:
- Chia jam (frozen berries, defrosted, blended with chia seeds)
- Coconut yoghurt (our favourite)
- Cinnamon (in our spice shaker, similar here)
- Almond butter
My son happily helps himself to each one to make his cereal bowl or granola bowl and then carries the tray of finished bowls into the kitchen, and loads them into the dishwasher. This last bit we have been working on together recently and it happens almost every time now.
Below are a few photos from his cereal setup when he was a little younger. He ate at his wearning table (Ikea LATT table with the legs sawn to be a little shorter).
The box (with a small cereal portion) was smaller and easier to open, and the jug was a tiny milk jug (that I found secondhand) - perfect for his size then.
Back to our current breakfast time - when my son starts with his savoury breakfast every day (or is helping with meal prep) here are some other ways he participates in the kitchen (he now has the BEKVAM step stool, after he finished using his learning tower):
- Peeling vegetables
- Cutting up vegetables (using these knives)
- Whisking eggs
- Transferring bulk cooked foods into freezer portions
- Weighing ingredients (using our electric scale)
- Measuring ingredients in our cups and spoon measurers, and adding them in
- Measuring out liquids in a jug (I place an elastic band on the line it needs to be, if the numbers aren't too clear)
- Grating cheese
- Adding herbs and spices
- Sprinkling toppings onto cooking
- Loading the dishwasher
He likes to wear our favourite Marula Tree apron whilst cooking (we have two!) which is made by hand and I love that it has an easy to fasten belt, so the child can do that independently.
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