Give me lemons and I will make ...

In fact, give me any citrus fruit and I will find something tasty to make. Last Friday I left work early and headed off on a five hour drive down the South Coast to visit my very good friend Trina in Tuross Heads. In the past Trina and I have enjoyed many an outdoors weekend but this one was going to be different. Twelve weeks ago Trina gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and I was making the trip so I could get cuddles and play time with this new bundle of joy. It was well and truly dark by the time I arrived so I had no idea that when I woke up the next morning and opened the window I would be greeted by the sight of so many citrus trees in full fruit. It was such a beautiful sight. Oranges, Lemons and Grapefruits all ripe for the picking.






At the end of the weekend I went home with a lovely big bag of oranges, lemons and grapefruits. We are going to have a serious overload of vitamin C in our house this week.

I had been warned that the grapefruits were very tart when eaten straight from the tree so I decided to sweeten them up a little for breakfast this morning. After a quick read through a few recipes on the internet I came up with this little combination

Citrus Breakfast
Serves 2

1 Orange, cut into segments
1 Grapefruit, cut into segments
1 tblsp honey
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp desiccated coconut
1/3 cup toasted flaked almonds

Mix them in a bowl and pop them under the grill for about 3 minutes.

Later in the week I plan to make a lemon sorbet and a citrus salsa to serve with fish. I'll let you know how they go.