This recipe brings back fond childhood memories. My mother used to make this on weekend mornings and we went at it like ravenous animals – probably because of the sugar involved. It’s not the healthiest breakfast in the world, but if someone shows up around breakfast time and the cupboard is bare, you can turn out a creditable nosh with just some bread, sugar, butter, and cinnamon. I like using brown bread for this, but any bread will do (brioche […]
Prep time: 5 minutes, plus however long it takes to preheat your oven Serves: 4
Eggs and toast, eggs and toast – who cares? BUT, if the eggs are slowly and softly scrambled with a teaspoon of cream, mixed up with a few pieces of mushrooms and fresh chives, then rested gently on a perfectly toasted piece of rye bread (like a tiara on a velvet cushion), and finished with a plump lavender chive flower garnish – that’s worth eating. Chives are among the heartiest of windowsill herbs to maintain. They grow quickly, are easy […]
We’ve had some drop-in breakfast guests lately, and since I don’t maintain a massive pantry of ready-to-cook breakfast food, some scrambling was in order – and not just for the eggs. With a pinch of this and a teaspoon of that, you can turn the most ordinary breakfast ingredients into something to get excited about. For example, this yogurt and fruit cup began as life in a plain Greek yogurt container. I popped it into the mixer, whipped the yogurt […]
Prep time: 15 minutes Serves: 2
