Breakfast Bliss

06/20/2010

Breakfast Bliss

It's a back to work Monday and so a tempting out of the house breakfast was needed. I created a fresh fruit salad from banana, mango, melon and blueberries, added fromage frais with some cinnamon, and then a few cereal flakes. Then- breakfast bliss - I added four, perfect, rosy red strawberries straight from the garden. Bliss because I got to them before slugs, snails and the birds! Why no photo? - 'cos I've eaten them!!!!

20 Jun 2010 23:19:01 | Food and Drink

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