Fancy toast {it’s what’s for breakfast!}

I must say that the events of the past week in France have left me shaken and a little breathless.

Of course, the silver lining is seeing people band together in the face of adversity or tragedy, but the fact that it often takes a cataclysm to get to that point is also a little depressing…

All that aside, now is as good a time as any to re-focus on simple pleasures and start every day with a thank you and a smile.

Toast is having a moment, as in, avocado toast, ricotta toast, muesli toast etc., and it’s no wonder – fancy toast is a great way to perk up your breakfast while still keeping things easy and ‘one bite.’

One of my current favorite combinations is this perfect marriage of nutty bread, fluffy ricotta and flax seeds, topped with a little bit of amareno cherries.

{learn how to make your own ricotta cheese here}

Not to mention my perennial French radish breakfast tartine (you can also switch it up with nice firm cucumbers and za’atar) which also offers a satisfying crunch.

So, leave some time in the morning to get creative!

p.s. A cause close to my heart – No Kids Hungry – recently reached another milestone of getting breakfast to more kids at school, on its way to connecting 1 million children to access to school breakfasts. Breakfast changes lives! Please, read more about it here.