Not a recipe, just a reminder. I have at long last moved on from Tangelo Breakfast Compote as my favourite breakfast. There’s still a few tangelos, but the avocados are so beautifully in season now, and there’s also still plenty of limes.
I was asked to pick my very favourite of the Muesli Bar Challenge recipes, and this is it. The Passionfruit Cheesecake Slice is the most popular recipe, but this one is my all time favourite.
A couple of months ago I wrote a post about time, thinking forward, and how much gardening involves being aware of the seasons in advance. I still get trapped by the turning of the wheel of the year. Stop, I’m not ready for you yet!
There is a little bit of science to this.
When I was a kid, every block in suburban Brisbane had a backyard macadamia tree. Maca season meant finding a good rock with the right kind of hollow to stop the nut flying off, and a good hand sized rock for hitting them with.
For twenty years I’ve been trying to decide whether the lunar calendar is a bit of superstition – an old wives tale that seems to work only because you see what you are looking for – or whether it is folk wisdom accumulated by generations of gardeners with a lot more to lose by getting it wrong than we spoiled Westerners with a supermarket in reserve.
It’s a simple trick: if you whisk egg whites until they are fluffy, they expand, by a huge amount. Add a few tasty low fat ingredients and you can create a big breakfast that is healthy, filling, and very low calorie.