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Peer into the modern breakfast bowl and you’ll find a lot more than just cereal and oatmeal.

The sweetheart of social media, a smoothie bowl is essentially a very thick smoothie topped ➤ with a colourful arrangement of fruit, nuts, seeds and/or granola. Made with a purple berry from Central and South America, the acai bowl is a popular variant.

A staple among the plant-based set, a basic Buddha ➤ bowl consists of a grain, green, bean and dressing. For breakfast, you might find brown rice topped with a poached egg, kale, black beans and ranchero sauce.

Looking beyond cream of wheat, there is a world of

➤ alternative porridge from Chinese congee to cheesy grits to hot millet cereal enjoyed in parts of Africa and Asia.