Breakfast/Brunch Archive

  • Raspberry ripple oatmeal with oven dried apple

    Raspberry ripple oatmeal with oven dried apple

    Do you eat at least two servings of fruit each day, as recommended in nutritional guidelines? I find it easy in  the summer with cherries and nectarines and strawberries around, but a little harder in winter when it feels like it’s just apples and oranges...

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  • pear and ginger muffin

    Pear and Ginger muffins

    Can a simple pear and ginger muffin improve world food security? Well, No, I guess that’s a bit extreme, unless perhaps you’re Oprah. I’ve just seen a television program about people’s small businesses going stratospheric after being featured on Oprah’s favorite things. But I digress,...

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  • French toast with peaches

    French toast with Caramelised peaches

    It’s amazing what you’ll find at farmers markets. These peaches for example, at the end of their season, but on one of the last days of summer, fat and warm in the sunshine. On closer examination, at the tail end of the market, some were...

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  • Two blue and white bowls filled with Bircher Muesli, sliced banana and passionfruit

    Bircher Muesli

    Bircher muesli, (also known as Swiss or summer oatmeal) is my “get of of jail free” card. I figure that if I can start the day well, that provides a strong foundation even if I don’t continue to make good health choices. Ideally, starting the...

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  • Apple and Cherry Loaf

    Apple and Cherry Loaf

    Some days start out perfectly. Instead of being woken by an alarm clock, I was woken by a shaft of playful sunlight peeking its way through the curtains. Outside, the sky was a brilliant blue. I got up, quietly , so as not to disturb...

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