Serves 4

Encouraging kids to eat right means making cooking fun and safe. Invest in knives, whisks and ladles that are smaller and never let kids stand on a chair to reach the bench. It’s safer to work at a small bench like the kitchen table or coffee table until they can reach the bench themselves. When kids are cooking, a non-stick fry pan is a good place to start – the temperature is easier to monitor and foods lift out with ease. The following recipe is a breakfast favourite of my 10-year-old son, Chris. He makes it himself several mornings a week.

• 4 Sunny Queen eggs
• 4 slices multigrain bread
• 2 tomatoes, halved
• 2 slices of lean ham

• Using an upturned glass, cut out a hole out of the middle of each slice of bread.
• Bring fry pan to a moderate heat. Place tomato in pan with the sliced side down. Also place the rounds that you made with the glass in the pan to toast up a little.
• Spray the pan with a little oil. Place the bread slices in the pan and crack a Sunny Queen egg in the middle of each slice.
• Cook until the white of the egg is cooked and the yolk to your preference. You can turn them over if you wish.
• Serve on individual plates with half a tomato and half a slice of ham.
• You can also buy shaped egg rings to make it more interesting.