Warm your child's tummy and heart with one of these delicious winter breakfasts.

Porridge with spicy apple & raisin sprinkle
Serves four.

Make the sprinkle ahead of time and store it in an airtight jar. One serving of the sprinkle will add to one of your five-a-day servings.

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Mix apples, raisins, sugar and cinnamon together. Serve porridge sprinkled with dried-fruit mixture.

Tips: Boost your five-a-day intake and add sliced bananas or apples to your porridge. You can also cook your porridge in milk — this will keep the kids fuller for longer and contribute to their daily calcium requirement.

More ideas: Add any mixture of dried fruit and nuts to the sprinkle. Stir fruit mix through muffin batter before baking, or use it to top store-bought cereals to

Puffy cheese toasts
Serves four.

Quick and easy to prepare. Kids love them in winter.

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Preheat grill. Toast bread on both sides, until golden. Mix cheese, corn and egg together in a small bowl. Place toast on a baking tray and top with cheese mixture. Grill for two to three minutes, until puffed up and golden. Serve warm.

Oat & coconut banana bread
Serves four.

Look for malt powder in PnP's health food section. Slice and freeze the bread, then simply toast when needed and serve hot with butter and jam or honey. One loaf provides two servings of your five-a-Day.

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a loaf pan. Mix dry ingredients together. Stir banana, milk, oil, vanilla, and eggs together in a bowl. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir gently. Spoon batter into loaf pan and bake for 45-55 minutes. Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove and serve.

Frothy malt drink
Serves one.

Great to warm you up on a cold morning or before bedtime! Soya milk is an ideal dairy-free alternative. If cow's milk is used, one serving will provide one third of the daily calcium requirement for a child between four to eight years of age.

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Heat milk and stir through remaining ingredients. Whisk until frothy and pour into serving glasses or mugs. Dust with cinnamon and serve.

Chewy barley crumpets
Serves four.

These crumpets take no time to prepare or cook, as long as you soak the barley overnight in plenty of hot water.

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Mix flour, sugar, egg and milk together to form a batter. Stir in drained barley.

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