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Peanut butter banana toast

The 6am breakfast for a kid who is not awake yet. Four minutes, one plate.

Servings
1
Total
4 min
Skill
Easy

What you need

Ingredients

Making for

1 serving

  • Whole-grain bread2 each
  • Peanut butter2 tbsp
  • Bananas1 each

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Steps

  1. 1

    Toast it properly dark

    Two slices of whole-grain bread, toasted until the edges are genuinely brown. Pale toast goes limp under peanut butter within a minute and a limp slice gets left.

  2. 2

    Peanut butter while it is hot, banana after

    One tablespoon per slice, spread while hot so it loosens and goes on thin. Then a banana sliced into coins across both. Peanut butter first is the waterproof layer; banana straight onto toast makes it wet.

  3. 3

    Cinnamon, if he will have it

    A pinch over the banana. Costs nothing, makes it taste like a treat, and is the difference between eaten and half eaten in a lot of houses.

Coach's notes

  • About 400 calories and 14 g of protein for four minutes of work, which is a good trade at 6am.
  • Whole grain matters here. White toast with sugar-sweetened peanut butter is a fast spike and an early crash.
  • Cut into fingers rather than triangles for a younger kid. It gets eaten walking to the car.
  • Sun butter swaps in one for one at a nut-free house.