Ricotta Toast

I'm about to share one of my favorite breakfast treats with you.  My mom and I started making this years ago with leftover ricotta cheese.  We call it "ricotta toast" and it is super easy, quick, and processed free.  Did I mention delicious... I should have!  I LOVE ricotta cheese and we used it a lot when I was growing up because of my Italian mama.  In fact, my favorite cake has ricotta cheese as a filling.  I'll share it sometime.  So, this to me feels more like a treat than just any old breakfast.... sorry cereal, you just don't compare.  Here's what you need:

bread (Ezekiel brand sprouted or a whole wheat, no sugar version)
whole milk ricotta cheese
all fruit preserves (no added sugar or artificial sweeteners)

Toast the bread and then pile on the ricotta and top with jam.  Couldn't be simpler.  In the picture, I used strawberry, but I absolutely love this with boysenberry!  It's also fantastic with orange marmalade or a processed free lemon curd (harder to find or you can make your own.)  This can get really fancy if you use a slice of whole wheat baguette as the toast!  Serve it like that to a house guest and they'll think they are at a little cafe somewhere in Europe.