Although these muffins have breakfast in the title that doesn’t mean you won’t want to eat them all day! These Sugar Free Breakfast Muffins are a perfect snack at any time and brilliant for lunchboxes. Or in my kids case their second (or third) breakfast dish of the morning…and as it’s a muffin it can be eaten on the move if needs be!

I make my own apple puree because, especially at this time of year, I am drowning under the weight of cooking apples from the tree we are lucky enough to have in our garden. At other times of the year or if you don’t have time to make your own puree you can buy it ready made from supermarkets. Just look for those which haven’t been sweetened if you are trying to reduce the amount of sugar you eat.

I prefer the silicon muffin liners as they are reusable and I find they come away from the cake really well but there are so many styles of paper or cardboard ones on the market now too. Ring the changes by swapping the frozen raspberries for other fruit (blueberries or dark cherries are great) or even some raisins if you prefer. You can also use nuts to bump up the protein levels if you like.

There’s no doubt the avocado on toast trend is here to stay and why not? It’s delicious! I wasn’t a fan of avocado at all until I started feeding them to my eldest while she was weaning. I thought they basically tasted of air freshener but if you lick bits off your hand often enough it seems you learn to love them. Now I really like them as an alternative to butter on toast, often with a bit of Marmite too. The former is common in South America where avos are known as ‘poor man’s butter’. No idea what they make of the Marmite in the region…

This Avocado Toast with Tomato, Egg and Chilli makes a great weekend brunch and is a lot cheaper than the £7 which you are likely to pay in a hipster restaurant coming in at around £1 a portion or less. It will certainly keep you feeling full until lunch. And it actually makes a pretty ace lunch too!

The kids have it without the chilli oil spray. Making your own chilli oil is so easy and satisfying and means you can use a cheaper olive oil too as all the flavour is from the chilli. Although all the goodness is still in the olive oil. I have some in the cupboard in a mini spray bottle, you could use one from a travel toiletry set. It’s brilliant for perking up any bland dishes you might have the misfortune of encountering.