Anyway, to offer you a measly excuse, it is still before 9 in the morning. Mornings are the most hectic part of my days. And when I say "hectic," just believe me that it is. I barely sit from 7-9, and the only times I get to sit are (one) while feeding Yuri (which is a hectic experience by itself) and (two) while working. Okay. Friends with no children: you'll never know what busy is until you have children!
That's not to say that I don't enjoy motherhood. I am! However, when mornings become too hectic, it's not difficult to become super stressed. Lalo na ngayon that we're having a new struggle. You see, I always let Yuri sleep in. It doesn't matter what time he gets up because I believe sleep is crucial to growth. So it's not rare that he sleeps until 7:30 in the morning - and even if I do get a bit stressed (I calculate the time left for me to prepare breakfast, etc.), I let him be.
However, recently, even after getting up and nursing a bit, he refuses to get up. As in he was like me when I was a child. He would go back to lying down and would say, "tuyog," even if he's not the least bit sleepy. So imagine how even more stressed I become!
Of course, it is hard to stay stressed when I see this face.
The solution, for me, to lessen the hecticness of the hustle-and-bustle of my mornings is to create breakfast the night before. If I get busy in the evening, which is inevitable, I have "backup 5-minute" recipes to make. Here's a round-up of some of the breakfasts I have made for Yuri in the past:
1. Mango Frozen Yogurt
Preparation Time: 2 Minutes
Blending Time: 2 Minutes
Ingredients: 1 whole manggo, 1 cup yogurt, 2 tablespoons fresh milk, and 2 tablespoons honey
2. Banana-Peanut Butter "Ice Cream"
Prep time: 3 minutes
Blending time: 5 minutes or more (depending on your blender's power)
Ingredients: SEE HERE
3. 5-Minute Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cake
Prep time: 3 minutes
"Baking" time: Around 5 minutes
Ingredients: SEE HERE
4. 5-Minute Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Prep time: 2 minutes
"Baking" time: N/A
Ingredients: SEE HERE
5. "Imbento" Brownies
Prep time: 3 minutes
"Baking" time: 5 minutes
Ingredients: SEE HERE
6. Yogurt-Gelatin Pops
Prep time: 3 minutes
"Cooking" time: 10 minutes
Ingredients: SEE HERE
7. Peanut-Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
Prep time: 3 minutes
"Baking" time: N/A
Ingredients: SEE HERE
8. Banana-Peanut Butter Sandwich
Prep time: 3 minutes
"Cooking" time: N/A
Ingredients: Banana and peanut butter!
9. Papaya Smoothie
Blending time: 5 minutes (The papayas were hard)
Ingredients: 1/2 papaya, 1 cup yogurt, 2 tablespoons milk, 2 tablespoons honey
10. Good Ole PBJ Sandwich
Prep time: 2 minutes
Blending time: 2 minutes
Ingredients: Sliced bread, peanute butter, your jelly/jam of choice (I used strawberry jam)
Bonus: And, of course, a
Of course, there are also times when my mom prepares spaghetti-soup (Yuri's favorite) before he wakes up. There are also times when I just give him pan-de-sal from a not-so nearby bakery. His recent favorite, too, is the piaya. However, in the times that I have to make breakfast from scratch, I don't fret anymore.
How about you? What easy-peasy breakfast ideas can you share to a clueless mom like me? :D
Just writing about those smoothies I used to make makes me mourn for my Imarflex blender. Boohoo, why did you have to give up so soon on me?
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