I feel so much power now. I just learned how to make fruit topping for toast. Previously if I wanted a break from cereal and oatmeal, I was pretty much limited to toaster waffles and applesauce, or maybe applesauce on toast, or something savory like soup, or beans and rice.

Well, now those chains are broken. I can have fruit on toast every week! And it’s pretty easy to make:

• 3/4 c. water (cold!)
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch
• 1/4 c. sugar (or maybe you could go with 2 Tbsp or none at all if you have fruit that’s pretty sweet by itself, like peaches)
• 2 c. fruit, fresh or frozen (I used frozen blackberries … yummy)

Mix the water, cornstarch, and sugar in a cold saucepan. Heat the saucepan on medium, stirring constantly. Eventually the whitish mixture will turn clear. Keep stirring. Eventually it will turn into a fairly clear gel that’s nice and thick. Add the fruit. Stir occasionally. If the fruit is frozen, it will take maybe 5 minutes to thaw. It smells really good about now — visitors might start peeking in: “What are you making???” The whole process takes maybe 10 minutes.

The above recipe should make enough for 4 pieces of toast, applied generously. You can multiply the recipe if you have more mouths to feed, or if you want to make extra and freeze it for later. Enjoy!

Actually, thinking back, I may have made this once before in my high school home ec class. (Yeah, I took home ec — go ahead and laugh.) But I’d forgotten how easy it was.