4 healthy breakfasts to get you and your family out of a cereal rut

    • Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
    • Cinnamon Apple Quinoa Hot Cereal
    • Savory Breakfast Casserole
    • Salmon, Scrambled Eggs and Brie Burrito
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Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

Take a Sunday afternoon to prepare these cookies, packed full of oats, dried fruit and fresh bananas. They are a hearty way to start your day and the kids will get a kick out of eating healthy treat for breakfast. The best accompaniment? A big glass of skim milk, of course!

via Slashfood
We know, we know. Breakfast is essential. And I know that well enough that I do eat breakfast every day. On the rare days I don't, I can tell the difference and feel jittery, groggy or just famished by noon. My real problem is that I get stuck in a breakfast rut of eating the same boring thing day after day for weeks and weeks.

How can we be sure to not only eat the most important meal of the day but also enjoy it? Here are four healthy, tasty breakfasts that will you will look forward to far more than the same old oatmeal you've been eating all month. Whether you enjoy these on the go or over coffee and conversation, you'll feel good about getting these in first thing.

Find the recipes linked below, then be sure to tell us what's cooking for breakfast at your house.