Beautiful Breakfasts

This breakfast was like eating dessert. So early in the morning I felt guilty. Truth be told it is thick creamy-vanilla, greek yogurt with fresh strawberries and honey drizzled on top. Delicious. I made this the last two mornings and it is heavenly and only cost about 75 cents. It's very easy on the eyes if you are not a morning person. Gone are the days where we raced around the kitchen counter and grabbed a banana or just a cup of coffee and dashed out the door. I always seemed to spill the coffee somewhere on myself. Before I even got to work. Trying to consume food when the stress meter is bouncing off of the top of the meter every time we look at the clock is not good. Drinking coffee in stop and go traffic is not good. I am still in a rush in the 'moronings (my word for frantic mornings) but I just eat breakfast later after the rush, but still before lunch!

Breakfast Delicious Art - Food

Sometimes I need a little pick me up in the early morning . Keep those eyes open. This morning I got out the pewter plates. Nothing makes you more thankful for nice china dishes than pewter. I love the old-fashionedness and the slate grey of pewter. Like I am waking up in Colonial Williamsburg. But they are heavy! Can you imagine hand washing a stack of these every meal? Pass the jam please and the cookie cutters.




I was given some Trader Joe's preserves (thank you Rebecca) and they are so tart and delicious. Like a day in May. Philadelphia Cream Cheese on my first toast and then added the star toast with raspberry jam. So delicious. Fully charged. Ready to leave my French Castle. ;-)


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French Candied Flowers

These sweet petite roses went from ordinary to extrordinary with just a few ingredients that most every kitchen has. Egg whites, water and white sugar. Yesterday as I sat the vase in the jar with the sugar I knew they wanted a dusting of crystalized sugar eventually. The french have a way with pastries and flowers. Elegant, rich and always beautiful.





I think these look decadent. Rose petals are edible just make sure they've not been sprayed. These would be a hit at your next tea party or next to your breakfast french toast with whipped cream. Add some french roasted coffee. Hmmm.

Crack one egg and separate yolk from white. Use only whites for candied flowers. Add a tsp of water and with a fork whisk up well. For a thin crystalized crust use a paintbrush to paint the egg white wash on your flowers. I dipped my roses in the egg whites and then gently shook some of the white off. Dip into a half cup of sugar. Lay on wax paper and dust with more sugar until the egg white wash has absorbed all of the sugar it can. Pick up flowers and move to clean wax paper to dry. Can take up to 24 hours to form a hardened crispy crust. Can also dry in just 8 to 12 hours.

Make sure the flowers are edible and safe. Use only fresh uncracked eggs.

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Farm Fresh Breakfast

I had the simpliest yet very elegant breakfast this morning. I took this picture after my first bite. Oh, the creamy parmesean and pepper is wonderful. Just delicious and I want to share the recipe with you so you can make your own variation. First fetch a farm fresh egg. When they talk about how far food has to travel before it gets on your plate. This one is only about 75 steps not miles from chicken to table. See how bright and colorful free range chickens eggs are? That is telling you the sun is shining on the farm. (It's the grass in their diet.)

Break egg carefully into ramekin.


I poured cream over the top til almost covering the yolk. Probably a Tablespoon or so. Add shredded parmesean cheese on top of cream. Then grind some fresh pepper on top. That is it....so simple.



This is what it looks like before going into oven. You don't need to put in a hot water bath or on a cookie sheet. No. I just set on top oven rack and watch until you can see the egg is almost set. About 6 minutes at 325 F.

You can add a sprig of thyme or rosemary on top for company.