The very lovely mangocheeks from Allotment 2 Kitchen sent me some of her mulled carrot jam.
I had it this morning for breakfast on a croissant. The natural sweetness of the carrot gave me a fantastic shot of sweetness which helped to wake me and get me ready to cope with the kids. She has kept any flavour from the spice really subtle so that the carrot is very dominant. Works extremely well with the croissant. Adam declared it a success too so that is a big compliment!
Dear Love Blog has challenged herself to do a different breakfast every day for a week so I have been following this and enjoying the variety of breakfasts. I have breakfast every day but during the week it is usually just cereal and can get a bit monotonous. Weekends are more adventurous if we're not too busy. I think I would like to document a few breakfast ideas too so I'll start with the croissant and carrot jam - I think that's one that won't be on a lot of people's breakfast lists! And, believe me, it is so easy to prepare if you get your friendly, local, blogging friend to make the jam for you then just spread it on shop-bought croissants. Now, I like breakfasts like that which don't need any faffing in the morning.
