I’ve had a week of so many patients asking me for a good breakfast to have at this time of the year when their bodies aren’t wanting porridge or anything too heavy on the starch – so I thought I’d let you know what I’m doing at the moment.

I’m lucky enough to still have apples left from the my enormous old apple trees having laid them down to store last Autumn, but it’s just as easy to make this with tart apples such as bramleys or to use pears or other fruits such as plums and rhubarb – or a combination is wonderful too. I simply peel and core a batch of apples – usually about 8 apples at a time, as I’d much rather cook a lot once a week and then be able to dip into the pot in the fridge without much effort.

Slice them into quarters and pop them into a large saucepan and add a little water before putting them on the cooker to boil and then simmer with a lid on for about 15 minutes. When you lift the lid you’ll find that the apple has collapsed into a pulp, but just let this cool with the lid on as this is what you want.

This is a delicious base apple compote which you can either eat cold from the fridge or heated up to make a hot apple breakfast which I love to serve with a couple of dollops of Greek style natural yoghurt and top it with some toasted nuts. You can also add other fruits such as raspberries or blackberries, which I have frozen at the moment – so I grab a handful in the morning pop into my bowl with the apple and then heat up in the microwave for a couple of minutes – delicious!

Nutritionally although cooked fruits contain less vitamin C than raw fruits they still contain a little, so it’s still great to eat them as they also contain fibre which is great for your gut. Apples specifically contain a type of fibre called pectin which is particularly settling for a gut which tends to be a little on the irritated side – so this scrumptious apple pot could just be the perfect start to your day.

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