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Breakfast of sunshine

Friday, 18 March, 2011 by Sarah - For the Love of Food

Picked a fig from the tree in my backyard this morning, sliced it over natural yoghurt, sprinkled with toasted seeds and drizzled with honey mmm….

Posted in Food | Tagged breakfast, figs | 19 Comments

19 Responses

on Friday, 18 March, 2011 at 11:17 pm | Reply thecompletecookbook

What a perfect fig! Nothing like picking a fig from your own tree – fabulous! Mandy
- on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 11:22 pm | Reply Sarah - For the Love of Food
  
  It was such a nice brekky – I’ve had it pretty much every day this week and there is something very special about picking and eating your own food – especially figs because they are so fragile and they don’t travel well.
  - on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 11:36 pm thecompletecookbook
    
    I am looking forward to picking off of my tree at the end of this year when I am back home.
on Saturday, 19 March, 2011 at 6:56 am | Reply Lucy as ducklicious

Yay! You’re back. What kind of figs are they, they are quite beautiful?
- on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 11:22 pm | Reply Sarah - For the Love of Food
  
  Lucy – I loved your post on duck breast with figs! http://ducklicious.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/duck-breast-with-my-neighbours-figs-and-french-green-lentils/
on Saturday, 19 March, 2011 at 8:18 am | Reply dayle

good morning! they look delicious…jammy & the colour beautiful. have a good weekend. dayle
- on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 11:25 pm | Reply Sarah - For the Love of Food
  
  dayle, they were all of those things
on Sunday, 20 March, 2011 at 7:16 am | Reply Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

How gorgeous are your figs!! The neighbour has just lost all his figs to the fruitbats, so it’s nice to see someone still reaping from their tree!
- on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 11:23 pm | Reply Sarah - For the Love of Food
  
  Celia, not sure why but the birds have never found our fig tree and it’s been fruiting for several years now – just lucky I guess
on Sunday, 20 March, 2011 at 5:55 pm | Reply Cakelaw

What a lovely, simple breakfast. And you grow figs – lucky you!! I remember the lady next door grew figs when we were kids, but we hated them as we did not like to eat them then, and they fell into our back yard and left a ritting stinking mess for most of the summer. Ahh, to have a fig tree now …
- on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 11:26 pm | Reply Sarah - For the Love of Food
  
  Funny what we wished we ate as kids in hindsight. I can’t believe I used to want our parents to get shop bought biscuits, cakes and cordial instead of making them all from scratch!
on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 1:30 pm | Reply Amanda

Beautiful figs, Sarah. What kind are they?
We have 2 types in our yard, but neither are that green on the outside.
- on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 11:27 pm | Reply Sarah - For the Love of Food
  
  Amanda, lucky you to have two types of figs – I guess that’s a bonus of country living
on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 7:26 pm | Reply Pennie

Looks delicious what are your seeds and how are you toasting them??
- on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 11:10 pm | Reply Sarah - For the Love of Food
  
  Hi Pennie – these are a mix of sunflower and pumpkin but you could use any other seed or nut you like (or happen to have in the pantry). Toasted in a non-stick fry pan on low until golden.
on Monday, 21 March, 2011 at 11:20 pm | Reply Sarah - For the Love of Food

Lucy and Amanda – I’ve been searching to find out what kind of figs these are since you asked. We think they are Kadota (ficus carica) from the photos and descriptions we found around the internet. However we aren’t completely sure as the tree we grew was from a cutting as a housewarming present ten years ago and we can’t remember who the generous person was

The figs are dark green when unripe and then bright green when ripe and fade off a bit to pale green with a yellowish tinge when over-ripe and have a lovely soft white pith and gorgeous bright pinky red flesh – they are really plump and sweet. We get two flushes per year in late summer and again in mid autumn but the second flush is generally not as generous and the figs are inferior all round.
on Tuesday, 29 March, 2011 at 10:17 pm | Reply Anna Johnston

Oh your just showing off now Sara. I would think I’d died & gone to heaven if I had a whole fig tree….. love the things. These look amazing too
on Wednesday, 6 April, 2011 at 6:56 am | Reply john@heneedsfood

We’ve all heard the saying but let me say it again; the simple things are often the best. I can’t help but feel pangs of envy for you having such fresh abundance at your fingertips. Yummo!
on Friday, 15 April, 2011 at 12:27 am | Reply chopinandmysaucepan

Looks deliciously healthy!! I’ve never seen green figs with such intense red colour inside.