Delicious

I  love nothing more when I’m in France than to walk to the local boulangerie to buy warm croissants for breakfast, it’s a luxury which I tend not to have time for when I’m at home, especially as our local bakery is only open whilst I’m at work! Hugo and I were visiting my ‘rents last weekend and went food shopping in Waitrose for some treats. I spotted these ready to bake croissants and pains au chocolats in their freezer section and have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the results. The 6 pains au chocolat were £1.99 and croissants were a similar price. I’ve tried some other ready to bake croissants before but they didn’t have a patch on these. My suggestion would be to serve them with fresh coffee or orange juice, unsalted butter and fruity jam. My idea of a perfect Sunday morning! I am toying with the idea of trying to make croissants from scratch, but more on that mission another time!

many people, including myself, don’t make time to have breakfast every day. Some days I don’t have anything except a coffee or a strong cup of tea until 11 o’clock at which point I’m nearly passing out at my desk, then I have an emergency bowl of cereal (not necessarily my favourite thing!) or a piece of toast if I’ve remembered to take bread with me to work. At the moment I’m on a proper eating kick (notice I didn’t say “healthy”!) and I’m trying to make an effort to eat a proper breakfast, you know, the type that will keep me full until lunchtime and won’t leave me in need of a top up cereal bar by 10 o’clock. I talked to my friends and asked them what they ate for breakfast and the majority of them came back with ‘nothing’ or something that sounded less than appetising. This blog is not about preaching what we should or shouldn’t eat for breakfast- for me food and cooking is about enjoyment. I’m keeping my eyes peeled for interesting breakfast and brunch recipes, as well as recommended places to go for breakfast or brunch, so please feel free to leave feedback or ideas.

Thanks for reading !

I’m Bella and I am a food fanatic. I realised when I was, to quote my husband Hugo, being “so fussy” about where to go for a Mother’s Day brunch next weekend that I should stop procrastinating and put my energies into sharing my favourite recipes.  Come back soon for yummy brunch ideas and perhaps some recommendations for places to go for a great breakfast! If anyone has any particular favourites they’d like to see here, please leave me a message.

Bye for now

Bella