Choose from three different quinoa options and play around with flavours. There are seven here, one for every day of the week! I’m a fan of porridge in a flask for an easy warming breakfast on the go. If I have people over, I make a huge pan of porridge and put small bowls out with a selection of flavours and toppings to let everyone help themselves, says Melissa. This is an edited extract from Eat Happy by Melissa Hemsley (Ebury Press, RRP $49.99). Copyright © Melissa Hemsley. Photography by Issy Croker.

Buckwheat porridge is a tasty gluten-free alternative to traditional oats. The buckwheat is best digested when it has been soaked overnight; alternatively, you can buy activated buckwheat (buckinis), which doesn’t need to be pre-soaked as it has already been cooked and dried. If figs aren’t in season, use 1⁄2 cup of fresh or frozen mixed berries instead. This recipe comes courtesy of Sally Fitzgibbons’ Summer Fit All Year Round.

This creamy porridge is the perfect breakfast treat.

Start the day with a healthy breakfast of cinnamon porridge. This is a FODMAP friendly recipe for a Low FODMAP diet.

A healthy breakfast with a nordic touch. This ginger and carrot spelt porridge is tasty and packed with fibre. This is an edited extract from Nordic Light by Simon Bajada, published by Hardie Grant Books (RRP $49.99), and is available in stores nationally.