the breakfast project - day one

After stumbling upon this Japanese photographer's flickr here, I decided that a breakfast project could be an easy way to brighten the mornings and also add variety to my food. Seriously guys, click that link - the food faces are so cute and whimsical - it was hard not to be inspired by it!

How does the breakfast project work? I'll be blogging most (or some) mornings a photo of my breakfast for the day whilst trying to be as creative as possible!

So this is what I had for breakfast on Tuesday morning 21 June ... 

(Pancakes, raspberry jam, butter, philadelphia cream and juice)

What are you smiling about ey?

It was so much fun standing on the table to take this shot!

 

(Pancakes with honey and icing sugar)

 (With strawberries)

Eating the pancakes... this shot was a lot more awkward than it looks, I had it on self  timer and held it underneath my chin - I was soo close to dropping it!

  

Dad was questioning what I wanted when I bought Mum these irises AND offered to cook last night... I just thought it was a kind gesture... I saw them at Coles - they weren't expensive and fresh flowers always add a nice touch to the dining table. 

 

Source bamsesayaka's flickr

How cute is that? I also love the wooden cutlery. So adorable!

Mine looks like nothing in comparison... 

 

Mr. Flat faceee (Yes, I named him)

 Hehe.

His smiling face makes me giggle. I'm such a kid.

The Australian Women's Weekly - The Country Table

I actually used a recipe for these pancakes for once... Usually I don't, but as I normally make my pancakes thin (almost like crepes) I decided to follow a recipe to see if I could improve mine. And I did! They were thicker, but not too thick, cooked superbly and were all reasonably uniform. Normally I find some lumps in the batter and I never sift the flour, but I used a whisk to mix it and it was perfect :) Grumeaux free!

Also, the photos in this book are gorgeous. My cousin and his wife gave this to me for Christmas last year. At first I didn't understand why anyone would want a cookbook comprising of such simple dishes (scrambled eggs, pancakes, porridge, sauteed mushrooms etc) but looking at it again now I appreciate the simplicity of such tasty dishes and the photography makes it all look divine! I think I'm going to have to make more from this book... So watch this space for new recipes :)

Inside - porridge recipe

I thought this photo was gorgeous even though the recipe is only for making porridge... I mean seriously? I question what this recipe is doing in a cookbook. There's nothing fancy about it either. 

Do you have a favourite pancake topping?

 

 Honey, jam and cream, savoury, ice cream, other?

Outfit post coming soon