Simple Things

Breakfast

“It looks…oh!...yummy!”  my 4-year-old exclaimed this morning as he approached the breakfast table. I felt that I’d succeeded as both a mother and an individual…his squeal of delight touched my heart and I glowed with pride at having obtained such a rewarding reaction for something so simple.

But it really is the simple things in life that seem to mean the most. For instance, how this breakfast came to be. Yesterday I was looking to improve the view of a small corner of my house by hanging a decorative cookbook stand on the wall. I daydreamed that it would only be a complete picture if I had Bride & Groom: First and Forever Cookbook to display. Sighing, I placed the cookbook stand, empty, back on my counter.

Would you know it!? A simple thing, such as looking at my local up-cycle Facebook page, later that afternoon resulted in that very cookbook available, in nearly new condition, for $3...of course I went out and got it!

I was elated…even now I’m elated and decided to put it to use this morning finding this simple breakfast:

(modified from original  recipe)

Banana Milk  

                1 cup almond milk

                2 bananas, 1 frozen

                1 tsp vanilla

                Blended

Dusted with Cinnamon Plus Spice Blend from The Pampered Chef

Peanut Butter Toast

                Whole wheat bread slices

                Natural peanut butter

                Drizzled honey

                Dusted with Cinnamon Plus Spice Blend from The Pampered Chef

Displayed on Willow House medium Blue River Stone Platter garnished with firm but ripe red cherries.

Breakfast, so simple, yet so delicious and rewarding.