Salad for Breakfast

Friday, May 15, 2009

Do you ever have one of those days when you forget what it is you like to eat?  I stood in my kitchen thinking, “What do I eat for breakfast?” this morning, and then looked out the window and saw our garden, still damp from last night’s storm.  It’s the first time we’ve had a real and successful garden, (a la Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholemew) and I just like to stare at it:

So my mind blanked on the usual—French toast, eggs, oatmeal, etc—and instead, a vision of a lovely, local breakfast appeared.  This salad had our baby kale and our radishes just picked, washed, and popped in.  I added some local chickpeas we had soaked and cooked up the other night.  The dressing is oil and vinegar, which are not local, with herbs chopped into it, which are from our garden.  The balsamic made the radishes perfectly sweet.  For lunch I’m having granola with milk, just to confuse my body further!