Insprired by Beans

I just ate the most delicious breakfast I have had in weeks. You are probably all wondering where I went, and how much I paid so you can all go run there next weekend. But....I made it all myself. During the week I cannot pull myself out of bed early enough to make a decent breakfast so I will often just have a protein shake, an apple, a banana, or something easy enough that I can chow down in the car. This morning after quite the sleep in, so much so that my breakfast should have been called lunch, and while watching Kristy Alley's Big Life- I decided that not eating breakfast was A) not a good option and B) eating the homemade sugar cookies that were left behind by the Easter bunny will not help my cause to looking great on our upcoming trip to Vegas/Cali/San Diego.

So...amongst my condiment fridge I managed to throw together quite the breakfast. The secret to a great breakfast is not using fancy ingredients, it truly is being creative in what you put together along with an immaculate presentation. I know that when food looks better, the portions don't have to be as large...and I take longer to savor the flavours.

And now without further a due, and with much inspiration pulled from C's blogsite The Road to Health I just had to photograph my food journey this morning.
I started with some frozen blueberries stored in the freezer. Organic and from a co-workers farm last year, their little blue heads peeked out at me as plump and delicious. They needed a little livening so I tossed them in the microwave to defrost and added a dallop of crushed pineapple which I had leftover from baking. To that I added some plain eating right yogurt and still not satisfied I tossed on a handful of bee pollen. Bee pollen I discovered last year in an naturalist attempt to curb my spring-time hay fever, summer allergies. To that what bowl of deliciousness is not complete without a drizzle of honey and a shake of cinnamon to sweeten the deal . Yum....this first course to my 'breakfast' was amazing!


As my creativity started to turn in the kitchen I knew my breakfast would not be complete without some hearty protein. So I grabbed a weight watchers English muffin ( they are whole wheat and portion sized) and let the microwave bring my carb friend to life. I then grabbed my favouite egg poacher- the poach pod, to whip myself up a healthy mc kelly's muffin. I added some fresh arugula and a Kraft singles slice with a sprinkle of paprika and s&p and Voila!~


The most delicious breakfast all week.
Made for free.
Eaten in comfort.
No added crap included.


and to top off the home dining experience, enjoyed with a tall wine glass filled with chilled juice.

Suberbe!

Cheers~

Sweet as Pie

Let me just say it's been a very busy month!
Between birthday, work, and preparing for Easter baking I have had little time to myself.

I did however successfully complete my first wedding cake, a gourmet birthday cake, and some spring cupcakes for our family's Easter dinner pot-luck. For those people that don't understand why bakery's charge thousands of dollars for wedding cakes....well let me tell you! Designing a masterpiece is no piece of cake; especially if you are tackling it on your own. Don't get me wrong, I do love to bake...and after I had stressed myself out all turned out well.

I also need to pay gratitude to a great friend who came to the rescue and used her amazing baking skills to help me meet my deadline during power-outages, car accidents, and getting up at the crack of dawn to help me maintain my sanity. Thanks Lamb.

After the wedding cakes were delivered and gone it was time to treat ourselves to some delicious Noodle Box! If you have not tried Noodle Box on 4th DT you MUST go. This little noodle restaurant was started in Victoria and only in the last two years opened shop in Vancouver. They make your curry noodle dish very mild to screaming hot and add delicious toppings for an unforgettable noodle dish. I wish I had a photo...but you will have to go and see for yourself.

So.....as it has been my first opportunity to spend some relaxing time on my "friday" night I will leave you with some pictures of my baking creations as I reach for my glass of merlot.

On a side note....my gf's and I had some fun creating a "breakfast in bed" dish for our friend Quatchi after a long day of baking. His delectabe meal was made with leftover fondant and sugar paste...all edible- if only Quatchi could digest things properly.

Enjoy the weekend!
~Cheers
Kelly in the Deli

This is the first wedding Cake I have made. It's covered in crusting buttercream and decorated with fondant flowers.

This cake, Chocolate and Vanilla layers with buttercream and chocolate ganache was made for Britt's 17th birthday!

Quatchi enjoying his Green Egg and Ham-bacon along with S&P Hashbrowns and buttered toast! MMmm