A glut of cherries: Cherry bircher muesli
Cherry Bircher muesli Is there anything more pleasing that a discernibly healthy breakfast? The sort of breakfast that means you can eat whatever you want later on because The Good Work has already...
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Cherry compote with yogurt Breakfast, breakfast, breakfast. The first meal of the day and my second thought of the day. My first being: ‘Just five more minutes.’ Cue duvet being flipped back over...
View ArticleDrop scones
Drop scones At the Gin & Crumpets homestead, Pa G&C is known for his breakfasts. It’s the meal he has most control over, as Ma G&C is medically unable to get up before she has eaten. She...
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Oat gruel Today is a day of purges. Or, at least, it is the day before a day of purges. One final fry-up and a fistful of painkillers to deal with last night’s excess and then tomorrow, tomorrow the...
View ArticleBubble and squeak
Bubble and squeak A few months ago Bellerina was going through a second-hand book sale like a (very attractive and elegant) pig in search of truffles when she caught a whiff of cookbook gold. Elbows...
View ArticleBacon and tomato muffins
Bacon and tomato muffins Apparently, I am now taking requests. At the end of March Alistair got in touch with a tale of savoury muffin woe. He’d been on holiday to the Antipodes and had enjoyed the...
View ArticleSunday morning guacamole
Sunday morning guacamole The 24th–30th October is Avocado Week. It’s the week when shadowy organisation the Avocado Brotherhood tiptoes through the British Isles whispering: “Why not have an avocado?...
View ArticleGranola with poached forced rhubarb
Granola with poached forced rhubarb Last Sunday I had people round for brunch. It’s a modern, trendy thing to do. I think. Keeping up with the kids is quite hard these days, especially since my bad...
View ArticleFilming recipes for Grokker and a bonus brunch recipe for Brioche French...
Brioche French toast with strawberries and crème fraîche Brunch is a conundrum of a meal. Essentially a large, late breakfast for lazy gourmands, it still retains a dash of urbane sophistication years...
View ArticleCoconut and blackcurrant pancakes
Is this the perfect summer breakfast? Possibly. I quite liked it When advertising was invented, it was made for people like me. Suggestible people who respond to a well-placed whisper by turning into...
View ArticleA frying pan breakfast
Messy, messy egg A favourite pastime when I was growing up was driving around the new estates erupting like boils along the A3 and touring the show homes. Boxy Tardises in pastel brick, the houses had...
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