breakfast
Breakfast Bruschetta with Mango and Raspberries
Happy New Year! We haven’t got any great pearls of wisdom to share with you in our first post for the year but, wherever you are and no matter how grand or sensible your resolutions, we wish you a happy and smooth journey through 2012. And Jerry’s special wish for all of you is that […]
Breakfast Millet and Berries
I am very pleased to report that my Mummy and Daddy have finally understood the benefits of eating…. birdie food! When I woke up this morning, I was very happy to find Mummy cooking millet. Now before you rush into any conclusions, please rest assured that this wasn’t because our pantry was so bare that […]
Zucchini and Corn Pancakes
Happy New Year to all our lovely readers! Chef Gerald did not approve of his parents staying out past his bedtime on New Year’s Eve, but luckily all was forgiven thanks to the lovely sunshine he’s been enjoying over the past few days – and his growing balcony crop of strawberries and chillies 🙂 He has […]
Green Pea and Broad Bean Hummus
As a true seasonal food aficionado, Chef Gerald has been obsessed with greens for the past few weeks. Ever since spring finally arrived on our shores, he has thoroughly been sampling/quality checking any bright green vegetable in the Bistro kitchen or fridge, from herbs to baby spinach, baby fennel fronds, broccoli, peas and broad beans. […]
Pumpkin Pie Brioche (from Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day)
Today’s post is inspired by one of the best acquisitions we’ve made lately: a book called Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day, by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François , which I’m sure many of you are already familiar with. To say that we love it, we love it, we love it would be quite an understatement, so we’ll try to […]
Spinach Baked Eggs
I think I may have mentioned, once or twice over the past few weeks, that we’ve had enough of winter here 🙂 We don’t do winter very well here at chez Gerald, and Mummy truly believes that there is a strict patience quota for the amount of gloomy days, howling wind, squally showers, and sheer […]
Jerry’s Mixed Grain Apple and Berry Porridge
What’s your ideal breakfast? Mine starts like this: Neugh-neugh-neugh! What’s for breakfast, Mummy? Neugh-neugh-neugh! Can I help? Look, Mummy, there are some nice apples in the fruit basket, can we have some of those? Yes, that one looks yummy, can I have a sample? Oh yes, this is nice, we’ll use this one. And how about […]
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