International fast-breaking favourites plus a top tip for your easiest Yom Kippur break fast yet

“My grandma was from a religious family and the only one of our family who fasted” she says, explaining that they would still all join in her break-fast meal, which started with a spoonful of quince jam in a glass of ice-cold water. “We’d then have a slice of bread smeared in margarine or butter to help your tummy adjust to eating again.”

Quince jam is a Bulgarian treatGetty Images/iStockphoto

She says that they also ate a plain crusty white bread with oil — “plain oil, we couldn’t afford olive oil, so we used vegetable oil for everything. The oil, she says “is so the new year would run smoothly, like on oil. And we’d sometimes put a Bulgarian spice on it called chubritza, which is similar to za’atar.”

Kraus says they’d then go on to chicken soup, with a “hearty squeeze of lemon as that was also light on the stomach”.

If you’re looking for the easiest ever break-fast meal then look to Amir Batito’s Moroccan family’s tradition. Their simple trick to minimise the work needed to get a meal on their break-fast table in no time at all was to cook more the night before. “We’d make enough so that we had enough leftovers for the next night.”

Matbucha is a must for Moroccan meals Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz[Missing Credit]

When Yom Kippur went out, all they had to do was warm up the leftovers while they snacked on sweet treats like Moroccan rifaat biscuits which, Amir explains, are a simple shortbread-style cookie made with oil. “We also ate sponge cakes like marble cake or orange cake and drank mint tea with lots of sugar.”

Their main meal would include rice and potatoes, chicken, vegetables and salads with challah and (spicy pepper and tomato dip) matbucha. “And then we’d go back to the cake and cookies” he laughs.

Find nutrititionist-approved tips on how to start and finish your fast here.