5 Minutes for Mom contributor Stacey here to share with you an exciting new “sweet-stakes” with Mrs. Butterworth’s and Busch Gardens! While we were compensated for this post, all thoughts and opinions are mine as always.Â
It’s about this time of year when everything just feels like it has been taken over by the Winter-blahs! Including our breakfasts! We’re just ready for something new and exciting.
I think Mrs. Butterworth’s knows just how we feel! Everyone’s favorite talking bottle is brushing away the Winter-blahs with her new adventurous jungle-themed bottle design!
For even more excitement, Mrs. Butterworth’s has teamed up with one of our favorite adventure-loving theme parks, Busch Gardens, to bring even more excitement to the breakfast table! From now through April 30, 2014, families can enter to win a trip to one of the amazing Busch Gardens parks in the Family Fun Sweet-stakes! “Hurry up with those pancakes, kids! We’re heading to Busch Gardens!” Wouldn’t that be an awesome surprise this Spring! I’d just recommend letting those pancakes settle a little bit before hitting those roller coasters!
During the Family Fun Sweet-stakes you can also enter to win a Family Fun Breakfast kit featuring goodies from Mrs. Butterworth’s and Busch Gardens, as well as a jungle animal-themed pancake pan! Can you imagine the excitement in the morning when your kids see the king of beasts staring back at them from their pancakes?!? Family Fun Breakfast kits are given away every two weeks, so be sure to visit the Mrs. Butterworth’s Facebook page to enter!
But, wait! Don’t leave yet…we have a Family Fun Breakfast kit courtesy of Mrs. Butterworth’s to give away here for our readers! That’s even more chances to win some breakfast table fun! More on that below.
So, those are some fun ways that Mrs. Butterworth’s is trying to perk up your breakfast routine. Now we’d love to hear from you! How do you switch up your breakfasts to help beat those Winter-blahs? Add a cup of colorful fruit with your waffles? Make some new shapes out of your pancake batter? Maybe palm trees and sunshine shapes…We’d love to hear your ideas!
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One winner will win a Mrs. Butterworth’s Family Fun Breakfast kit filled with goodies from Mrs. Butterworth’s and Busch Gardens.
Blogging at StaceySays.com about life as a mother to 3 young kids, Stacey dreams big through her life list and is currently shopping two of her children’s books to publishers.
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We have Waffle Wednesdays and usually Mexican food for breakfast on the weekends.
I try to incorporate fresh fruits into my pancakes or waffles or even serve fruit on the side along with the delicious pancakes or waffles
We mix it up by having a cold breakfast some mornings and then having a hot breakfast on other days. The kids like it that way.
we just have a quick breakfast durinng the week like cereal but on the weekends i go all out
We love to have pancakes and bacon with lots of syrup for a great breakfast.
pancakes for breakfast will beat those winter blues. i love butter and syrup!
I get creative with my pancakes from strawberries, to chocolate chips or top with brown sugar/powder sugar.
I let the kids pick what they want, try to keep different things on hand.
Variety helps. Pancakes, cereal, pancakes, french toast, pancakes, crepes, pancakes…you get the idea.
I like to have fresh fruit with a slice of whole wheat toast
We do a lot of variety – fruit, pancakes, waffles, eggs, etc.
Lacey pancakes, food coloring added to various things (milk, batter), frozen berries between two waffles, etc. It’s all good…
I switch up breakfasts by switching out our fruit sides every few days..strawberries, bananas. blackberries..sometimes when we are running low on fruit I do a fruit combo..or make the fruit pieces into a smiley face ☺
Thanks for the giveaway…our kids love homemade Belgian Waffles topped with a warm fruit compote, usually apple with raisins.
I try to make use of fresh fruits to remind everyone that spring is here.
Sometimes we go out or do breakfast food for dinner!
Always keep frozen waffles in the freezer, even frozen bagels!
We mix up sweet and savory breakfasts, trading off so that we don’t get bored.
Make burritos with eggs with peppers,onions, and cheddar cheese. Yummy or I would make french toast with cinnamon.
If I am making pancakes, I like to add chocolate chips or blueberries to them. In the winter months, I enjoy making Belgium waffles. Sometimes I sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on them before drizzling Mrs. Butterworth syrup on them.
i experiment with new recipes and try crazy flavors, like gingerbread waffles
We have more pancakes and different fruit in the winter months
I like to add more water to the pancake mix and make crepes.
I add fun touches every now and then like whipped cream on waffles and strawberries to add to it, little things to perk up those winter mornings.
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I let the kids help me make breakfast 🙂
I switch it up by adding different seasonal fruit to my breakfast.
How I switch up breakfast is by making some french toast!
we usually have different things ,,seems everyone has a favorite they want
I always try new recipe ideas.
I eat more fruit at breakfast to help start off fresh.
it’s pretty much only waffles, cereal, or bagels for breakfast. But for dinner, we love breakfast foods like pancakes, bacon and eggs, and french toast.
I try to add different toppings to things like oatmeal and making happy face pancakes with chocolate chips and whipped cream.
we have several variations of dishes by adding different things such as chocolate chips, bacon or berries to our pancakes
I add more hot meals.
I don’t have any great ideas… sometimes we put cinnamon chips into our pancakes though.
I make pancakes and turn my kids lose.I have bowls of fresh fruit,chocolate chips,pecans,sprinkles,ect all set out.I also have over 50 animal cookies cutters so my kids love cutting the pancakes into different animals.
We will have a huge breakfast meal for dinner!
french toast with fruit
Try different things…make new recipes
We usually do big Sunday Breakfasts, and thru the week, if we are not volunteering at the school Breakfast program, we do a cooked breakfast of pancakes and toast, maybe with ham or bacon:)
I will make hotcakes or waffles..add some different kind of fruits to brighten up the winter days
Home made pancakes and waffles is one of the things we do. We also make breakfast sandwiches.
always have a hot breakfast on weekends
I eat several different things for breakfast and I eat what I feel like on that day
I like to add in fresh fruit bowls—helps it feel like spring/summer with a great bowl of blueberries, strawberries, and bananas. I also like to make a fresh pecan sticky bun on a lazy Sunday morning
I like to add fresh fruit to waffles and pancakes for a change.
I try to make coffeecakes and have a variety of breakfast sandwiches on hand.
I put different toppings on our oatmeal – yummy and filling.
I switch up breakfast by trying different flavors of yogurt and I like to try exotic fruits.
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Protein pancakes healthy and delicious
I like to do fruits one morning, next maybe more bacon and fruit juice…
We add fresh fruit to alot of our breakfasts to “sunny” them up 🙂
I change breakfast up all the time somedays omlets other day pancakes or French toast! I just keep it a surprise til they wake!
I like to come up with creative toppings for our waffles and pancakes. I also let the kids make faces with with toppings on their pancakes and waffles.
I let the kids cut up fruit or choose topping like chocolate chips or dried cranberries to add to their yogurt or oatmeal
I go from pancakes to French toast to waffles and use different fruits each time.
I don’t switch up breakfast very often. But sometimes I make French toast with fruit on top.
I love when I can get fresh strawberries/blueberries at the Farmers Market…and start adding berries to our breakfasts!
I keep the pantry filled with different items so we have things to pick from
I will be honest, I don’t switch up my routine much. We like what we like lol
I love to add berries to my breakfast!
My kids love breakfast for dinner and especially pancakes with syrup.
We sometimes have smoothies
pancakes, or french toast or home fries, or bacon, peameal bacon, smoothies, etc
We switch it up, but not only varying what we eat daily, but also wear we eat. Such as , on nice days we will take breakfast on the patio.
We do breakfast for dinner sometimes to have a nice change!
I eat eggs for breakfast
go out to eat or eat cereal
I make weekend breakfasts special. Making toad-in-the-hole, waffles, or different egg dishes helps change it up a bit. Thanks.
new recipes are always a plus.
On weekends my 2 year old likes to have pancakes in the shape of Mickey Mouse ears.
We switch up breakfast from omeletes to waffles to French Toast.
I alternate between sausage on the stick, cereal, eggs and oatmeal.
Let the family choose what toping they like on there pancakes
We add some whipped cream to the waffles or pancakes, simple but effective
I like to make a corned beef hash casserole
I buy easy to make breakfast things for my 16 year old girls during the school week then on the weekends we make breakfast together.
buy a few different things for during the week so I can have something new every single day of the week.
‘How do you switch up your breakfasts to help beat those Winter-blahs?’
i rarely eat breakfast,but i do like breakfast stuff at any time of the day…hate the winter blah blah
Sometimes we do Oatmeal, Pancakes, Bacon, Sausages, Eggs, Toast, French Toast, Omelettes, or other varieties. We dont serve all these at once we interchange the,
I add fresh fruit!
I try to add lots of fresh fruit
Omelets are always a huge hit.
We love to make warm family breakfasts on the weekends!
We switch breakfasts regularly. One morning might be scrambled eggs, the next yogurt, the next muesli or oatmeal. Pancakes are so loved here that we have them once a week for dinner instead of breakfast
Too keep away the winter blahs my family and make syrup candies using the snow from outside to freeze the syrup. It is a fun way to utilize the snow.
Pancakes in the middle of the week is a big surprise that everyone loves! We should do it more often.
We like to search online and find new recipes all the time.
We make sure to introduce something new every week so they don’t get bored. Making breakfasts ahead allows me to give them something fun and save time too
I bought cupcake sprinkles to put into my sons oatmeal, only a few but loves having bears or dinosaurs in his oatmeal
Breakfast is my favorite meal, love to start the day with a big breakfast. I like to mix it up with different items
I make pancakes with whole grains but let my child choose what to mix in – fruit, chocolate chips, etc to make it more fun for him
I make omelets and let the kids choose their own add-ins.
We make waffles, pancakes, omelettes
we have breakfast for dinner
I make bacon and maple muffins!
I use different berries and fruit!
I change it up depending on what my kids like. Usually french toast or pancakes & I add strawberries and blueberries on it. Yum
We have something different a few days a week!!
I like to shake things up by adding some color! Some bright fruit (or even food coloring) can make an ordinary breakfast like oatmeal seem more exciting. And for weekends we like waffles and fruit.
We switch it up by having biscuits and gravy on the weekends
Corned beef hash
Pancakes are a must at my house!
I switch up breakfast with pancakes.
We like to try different breakfasts: pancakes, waffles, bacon and eggs, cold cereal, hot cereal, French toast, fresh fruit.
We switch it up by letting the kids make breakfast for us on the weekends.
We switch up our breakfasts by having them for dinner
We use a lot of fruit
Christmas morning casserole–egg substitute, light bread, back bacon, and cheese with onions and peppers–so yummy
Faces for the kids.
We buy frozen, brightly colored fruit like blueberries or strawberries to thaw and have with breakfast.
We eat a LOT of waffles so we switch up what we serve with them. For example we make waffle sandwiches using strawberry cream cheese instead of smothering the waffles in syrup. Sometimes we throw in some sausage or bacon.
My job is serving breakfast at a local restaraunt daily so I try to change it up by offering unique specials like stuffed french toast or eggs benedict.
We like to make faces with our food!
I serve my family’s favorite fruits and juices on the side of our breakfasts, such as strawberries, raspberries and orange juice.
I try to incorporate more fruit and fun toppings they can add themselves.
We have a lot more pancakes, waffles and french toast, which is typically too heavy in the summer months.
We switch around the fruit we add to our smoothies.
i let the kids check recipes and we decide on something different, especially for weekends
Add fruit to the breakfast
I try new recipes for breakfast items on weekends when I have more time. But during the week we tend to eat mostly cereal, waffles or pancakes.
Eggs,cereal or pancakes
‘How do you switch up your breakfasts to help beat those Winter-blahs?’
Sometimes I’ll throw in a dinner item to warm things up. Chicken Fried Steak and Eggs….yum.
We have a big pancake breakfast on the weekends with fresh fruit!
I like to put our fruit in a smoothie for a fun change.
I like to dress up our pan cakes and waffles with fresh fruits
We mix in a breakfast casserole or crepes every now and then to break up the predictable breakfast flow.
I eat more fruits and vegetables with my breakfast.
we add fresh fruit to our breakfast along with some delicious Green tea
I change up the things I put in my pancakes.
I will make waffles, with fresh summer fruits, like strawberries.
Well I like variety so I like to try to have something each day that is different and tasty than the day before sometimes using maple syrup, sometimes cottage cheese sometimes butter spread on things it just depends what I have made to eat that day
I use cookie cutters to make fun shapes in toast pancakes etc
We like to do our own mini omelettes in muffin tins. My son has so much fun throwing different things into his tin!
I like to mix it up between eggs, pancakes, and oatmeal!
I don’t often “switch-up†my breakfast. When I do, I make waffles or French toast.
I have 5 children and I let them decide each one has a differant option.
I don’t eat breakfast in the mornings, usually, but I love it for dinner! Last weekend I made French toast roll-ups filled with strawberries and Nutella and other combinations. SO DELICIOUS!!
Breakfast is my most difficult meal to plan and prepare for my family. To switch up our breakfasts to help beat those Winter-blahs I try to add more fruit to each days selections. My kids love pancakes, toast, and waffles the most.
I love adding fresh fruit to pancakes or waffles.
If it is cold, throw in some sausages. If it warms up, more simple like a bowl of oatmeal
I try to incorporate alot of fresh ingredients like fruits and vegetables!
I fix breakfast on the weekends to break up the boredom of quick and easy weekday breakfasts.
Sometimes I surprise the kids with donuts or homemade muffins.
I try to rotate between Oatmeal, Fruit & Yogurt, Cereal, and Eggs with my family… every once in a while I throw in pancakes or french toast 🙂
Sometimes I eat toast instead of a cookie
today we had French Toast with strawberries
I add more fresh fruits to our breakfast.
I like to make characters and animals with the pancakes
we switch things up by new things with french toast, like a french toast bake or a quiche.
During the week I have a shake for breakfast with lots of fruit. On the weekend is when we do the pancakes and bacon.
We love to make cheese omelets!
I try to add a little more fruit.
We buy lots of fruit, and try to have a different fruit with breakfast every day.
Our breakfast switch usually coincides with what our little one likes to eat. For instance, for 2 days we eat cheese bread. Then switch to eggs and avocado, then…we just have new creative things he might like to eat. If we miss one day and he won’t eat, we switch back to old faithful and give him yogurt. He loves that. As for the parents, we are pretty boring. Cereal and Fruit.
Adding fresh fruit – in yogurt, on the side, in pancakes- always surprises my family and makes us happy!
I don’t really switch up my breakfasts too much I usually eat oatmeal or waffles and eggs occasionally I eat Pancakes but I am a creature of habit
have a fruit salad
Never heard of this before, but it looks great.
I’ve recently found Kodiak cakes and they’re delish. One day we’ll do cinnamon, vanilla or fruits!
I don’t often “switch-up” my breakfast. When I do, I make waffles or French toast.
We switch it up with fresh fruits and veggies.
We go out to breakfast!
I love to add pieces of fruit on the side or on top of pancakes to liven it up like bananas, strawberries or mandarin oranges
I need to jazz up our breakfasts – they are too boring – maybe this will inspire me!!
switch up breakfasts to help beat those Winter-blahs with oatmeal
I switch it up by trying different varieties of fruits and cereal for breakfast.
I like to switch it up with a breakfast cassorole.
We live in Florida. So, we really don’t have the winter blahs. I do like rolling up sausages in pancakes.
My kids love waffles! To change things up, we will top them with different fruit, sprinkles, whip creme-whatever makes it fun!
Sadly, we haven’t come up with any ideas to make breakfast fun during the winter time.
We’ll use cookie cutters to match the season or holiday!
I like to make rolls or coffee cake on the weekends
I let the kids help and add new ingredients such as ketchup on eggs.
We switch up breakfast from omeletes to waffles to pancakes.
I make different shaped pancakes or add things like chocolate chips or bananas to them.
I love making all different kinds of breakfasts, from waffles to crepes, oatmeals to breakfast wraps!
We usually on eat toast if anything at all on weekdays so on weekends we’ll cook and sit down to a big breakfast of eggs, bacon and biscuits
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We sometimes have toast and eggs, or sometimes muffins, or sometimes breakfast sandwiches. It’s just whatever is on hand, but it’s always different.
we find new recipies on pinterest
we make pancake burritos!
I switch up breaskfast by using lots of veggies in omlets to give me the spring like tastes.
We switch around from eggs and bacon, to omelets, waffles, french toast or breakfast burritos!
We switch it up by making breakfast quesadillas’
we like oatmeal at our house.
My husband is a chef and the grandkids love to pick recipes and help him cook “anything they want” for breakfast! Its always fun!
I add bacon to anything and that always helps.
Sometimes I make pancakes with chocolate chips in it .
I like to mix it up sometimes I bake, I fry or just mix something with fruits
I am not much of a breakfast eater. I usually have toast, orange juice, and coffee. To switch it up, I’ll have a toasted bagel sometimes or a hot cereal such as oatmeal, cream of wheat, or grits.
i make pancakes and biscuits and keep em in the freezer.
easy and yummy breakfast in no time.
i add different flavors once a day to my pancakes
On the weekends I make special egg bakes for my family!
I like to use frozen fruit from our garden!
I like to add fruit on top of breakfast items, pancakes and even cereal.
I love making fun shapes with pancakes, and even the toast!
I like to have a fruit salad with breakfast. It makes me think of summer!
Make your own oatmeal!
I make or buy cinnamon rolls once in awhile to switch things up.
We used flavored butters and syrups, and fresh fruit to mix things up.
I try to keep as much variety as possible but sometimes the kids themselves would rather just eat the same o same o. I do try to change things by making breakfast burritos instead of just the standard eggs and sausage on the plate alone. They like being able to grab and go with those.
I make egg & cheese burritos instead of plain scrambled eggs
We’ll have breakfast for dinner to change it up a little.
We have elaborate breakfasts on the weekend!
I really don’t get bored with my oatmeal, but on the weekends i really like eggs and waffles.
I keep a lot of different choices for the kids to choose from
My son is almost one now so he’s been able to eat with us now. Eggs, pancakes, waffles, toast, oatmeal. We love breakfast at any time of the day.
We switch up breakfast from omeletes to waffles to pancakes.
Frittatas, french toast, and fruit.
We try to have different things than cereal a couple times a week…usually pancakes or waffles 🙂
We like to keep things fun by all working together on the weekends to make breakfast! We also make extra that can be warmed up during the week (pancakes and french toast)
We sometimes get everyone involved in making breakfast, so it becomes a fun activity, rather than a chore for one person.
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Oven baked eggs & Ham always helps to beat the winter blues.
Weekdays can be boring, but we try to make weekends fun! We also do breakfast for dinner so we can all relax and enjoy it.