EZ Pastry

Doesn't this look yummy?  It was!!!  I got the idea on Food Buzz from Jacob's Kitchen.  Only the idea, though...did not actually follow his recipe.

I cut 1/3 off a piece of frozen puff pastry, wrapped the rest back up in the freezer.  Thawed it, unfolded and cut three squares along the fold lines.  Preheated my oven to 400.  Dusted the pastry with sugar and cinnamon, put a few blueberries on top (and a couple of cubes of thawed mango, which will never do again...) and dusted again.  Baked for 15-20 minutes.  That is it!  And the possibilities are endless..............

A few weeks ago I tried to make a pizza from puff pastry with hideous results.  So, now I plan to just get myself some squares of puff pastry, put some cheese on each piece, a slice of tomato and bake it.  Garnish with basil.  Will report on it when I make it.

Blueberry Scones

You have to try these scones.  Click on the photo and it will take you to HoneyB's recipe.  I am not even going to repeat the recipe here...her blog and her photos are so great, you need to get the recipe straight from her.

I made her version of the recipe, using a whole grain drink for the milk and using regular CoffeeMate French Vanilla.  And, yes, the dough was way too wet, so don't pour all the liquid in at once.  Also, you probably can bake the scones on a regular baking dish.  And, since I don't like icing I did not use the glaze, but while they were warm I did sprinkle granulated sugar on them (through a sieve) to give them a bit of a glaze (a local restaurant does that to theirs).

I think you could also vary them by changing the flavor of Coffeemate, as well as putting different fruit inside.  All in all a great, really easy recipe.

Building My Breakfast

Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day, and it is.  It sets you up for the rest of the day.  If I eat the wrong breakfast, I get the low blood sugar shakes before lunch, sending me into a snack fit.  The problem is I hate breakfast foods.  I love it when a restaurant will let me order off the lunch menu at a late breakfast meal.

I have spent many years searching for a breakfast I will eat.  I switched to 'fake' milk when my daughter pointed out that perhaps my feeling icky after breakfast every day could be due to the milk.  Spot on.  So then I started on my quest for a cereal that I liked.  I don't like sweet stuff in the morning...that is for late afternoon!

I've done smoothies, toast with peanut butter, all sorts of 'healthy' dry cereals, a year of freezing cooked oatmeal in muffin cups, etc, etc.  A few months ago my daughter was visiting and her Dad was eating the bowl of Grapenuts he has had every morning for 40 years.  And I was laughing at him, as usual....I mean, they are little rocks!

My daughter pointed out that she, too, liked Grapenuts and I should give them a try.  I did, topped with granola and frozen blue berries and I was hooked!  So now I have to buy twice as many Grapenuts for the pantry.

Here is how I build my breakfast: