Bonjour!
This morning I made myself some yummy breakfast and garnished it with fresh strawberries and a lovely sprinkling of plump blueberries and dug in! It wasn't too long before I saw something...two of my blueberries had come together just so on the bread, so as to appear as two bulgy blue eyes! My imagination took off! I was amazed at how quickly the art of "playing with your food" comes back to an adult. Maybe it was all those years of practice at the dinner table? Childish art or not, it came back with a rush of giddy glee, as I made not only a nose for my little bread-man, but also a little crooked smiling mouth from a sliced strawberry. He was beeeautiful! Voila! Ah, but wait, the look must be completed - he needs a chapeau, tilted to the side with a jaunty air....there! Perfect!
I looked about the kitchen for someone to show my creation to - but alas! there was no one...I smiled to myself as I began to wonder (somewhat self-consciously) why I was thinking and planning in half broken French and using a French accent in my head as I created my masterpiece...then I suddenly I knew...
The food I had made myself for breakfast was none other than French Toast!
Oh my...well, my sincere apologies to my French speaking friends! But, I had the most fun today, and thought I should share - just in case you too need permission to play with your food today.
Adieu!
