Feel like something different for breakfast? Here are a couple of really quick and easy ways to ring the changes.

Tired of scrambled eggs? Can't bear to look at plain toast again? A good breakfast sets you up for a wonderful day, a bad one sends you to the office in  a sad, grumpy heap. Give a few of these suggestions a go to keep your breakfasts interesting and delicious.

• Grill soft eating apricots, stir into natural yoghurt and add some pumpkin seeds.
   
• Top a slice of wholegrain toast with slices of ripe avo and a soft poached egg.
   
• Roast halved ripe tomatoes with olive oil and thyme. Enjoy on rye bruschetta.
   
• Mix together chunks of sweet melon with granola and orange flower water.
   
• Mix quartered ripe figs into softened butter with a little icing sugar until combined then spread over fluffy ricotta flapjacks.
   
• Top mini buckwheat flapjacks with a spoonful of chocolate spread and sprinkle with chopped walnuts and juicy, chopped-up fruits in season.
   
• Pan-fry wood-smoked bacon until crispy and golden and serve on toasted crumpets with a dollop of creamed honey.
   
• Poach stone fruits in verjuice and cinnamon, slice and arrange over double-thick greek yoghurt on a stack of pancakes before sprinkling with cinnamon sugar.

• For a soothing, flu-fighting winter drink combine lemon juice, a dollop of honey, sliced fresh ginger, a cinnamon stick and hot water. Stir with a lemon-grass stick.

• Give eggs a fresh look with this bumper list of eggy ideas.

OMELETTE MAGIC

Feel like an omelette? Here are some ideas for fillings, plus tips on making the perfect omelette.

Baked omelette stack

Traditional six-egg omelette

Watercress and olive omelette

MORE SUBSTANTIAL RECIPES TO TRY

• French toast sandwiches with seared salmon and boursin cheese
• Breakfast banana splits
• Breakfast fruit tabbouleh
• Breakfast papaya and chocolate walnuts
• Poached breakfast pear with honey and walnuts
• Sunny side up breakfast tart special