French toast is such a simple concept, take old bread, dip in egg and cook it…add a little sugar and cinnamon and there you have it…French toast 101!
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French toast
Healthy Stuffed French Toast with Raspberries
Every year for Mother’s Day, my children make this healthy stuffed French toast with raspberries for me. I found the recipe long ago, made some modifications and then asked them to make it, on their own, and I have loved it ever since. My children usually use only fresh raspberries but you can add blackberries or strawberries as well.
This recipe is great because:
- it’s such an easy recipe your kids can make it for you (or need minimal to make it)
- the bread is placed in muffin tins creating little cups
- the cups are filled with ricotta cheese instead of the traditional cream cheese, lowering the calorie intake
- You can make the cups 1 day in advance by baking them, allowing them to cool down and placing them in container. In the morning, just place them on a baking sheet and bake at 250 degrees for 4-6 minutes, just to take the chill off of them and then assemble
- play around with the fruit as you can use raspberries, strawberries, blackberries or a variety
- use real maple syrup
Whip the eggs with milk, honey and cinnamon
remove the crusts from the bread
dip the bread into the egg mixture
place the bread into a muffin tin and press gently into the muffin tin to form the cup, do this for each piece
bake and remove from the oven, meanwhile, in a small bowl mix your ricotta cheese with orange zest
add a small amount of the ricotta cheese to each cup
add the fruit and serve
Not only is this recipe a little healthier than the traditional stuffed french toast, it also is beautiful when served. Whether you make this for your mom on Mother’s day or just because, I know you will enjoy this recipe, especially if you are looking for something a little healthier…Enjoy!
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Healthy Stuffed French Toast with Raspberries
Ingredients
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 large Egg (whites only)
- 3 tablespoons Milk
- ¾ teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Honey
- 4-5 slices Sweet Egg Bread Slices, crusts removed
- ¾ cup Ricotta Cheese
- 1 cup Raspberries, fresh (or a variety of your favorite berries)
- 1 teaspoon Orange Zest
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a nonstick muffin pan with vegetable spray. Remove the crusts from the bread; using a fork, poke each slice of bread several times (this will allow the bread to absorb the egg mixture better), set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs and egg white together; add milk, cinnamon and honey, whisk again. Dip a piece of bread in the egg mixture and press the bread into the muffin pan. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until the bread is a little crisp, let the bread cool in the pan for 2-3 minutes before removing.
- While the bread is baking, mix together the ricotta cheese with the orange zest until smooth.
- To serve, spoon equal amounts of the ricotta mixture into each of the bread cups and top with berries. Drizzle with real maple syrup if needed. Enjoy!
Recipe belongs to Patty @MmGood.com, please contact me to use for personal use
Sherman Oaks, CA – Crave Cafe
Crave Cafe, 14504 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA – 818-990-7888
YUM….OMG and AMAZING are just a few words for me to describe the food at Crave Cafe…have you tried this restaurant yet? I have to admit that I had never heard of Crave Cafe until my daughter Kelsi asked if we could go shopping in Sherman Oaks, which is 30 minutes south of me, I said yes to the shopping. After Kelsi and I had shopped, Kelsi asked if we could go for lunch and remembered that she had heard about a “cool” restaurant called Crave Cafe. Of course I said yes, not knowing it would become one of my new favorite restaurants!
On my first visit to Crave Cafe, I only took a photo of my sandwich, my sandwich was a Caprese Panini Panini which is a tomato, mozzarella and basil sandwich that is served warm, my sandwich came with a small side salad and it was delicious, cost $9.00.
I went back to Crave Cafe as I had to experience the food again, it was that good! If you are not familiar with the Sherman Oaks, you should know that Crave Cafe is located on Ventura Boulevard, which is a main street. You can park on Ventura Boulevard and can usually find street side parking but street parking is metered so bring coins and you may have to walk a block to the restaurant, it’s Ventura Boulevard so it is not a bad thing to have to walk as there are shops and other restaurants.
When you enter the restaurant there is a chalk board menu to order from (they also have regular menus, at the counter, if that is easier for you). The restaurant is casual, you order your food at the counter and they give you a number, then a waiter will bring your food to your table.
Crave offers open seating, inside or out, here is a photos of the inside…don’t you just love the interior brick wall that extends to the outside? I did!!!
if you like coffee and you like it strong, you will love the coffee at Crave…and you will not have to worry about getting up to refill your cup as the wait staff will make sure your cup is never empty
Crave offers traditional breakfast dishes, like omelets with hash browns, toast and strawberries. What I really loved about Crave’s omelets is the egg part of the omelets are made on a Krampouz which is professional crepe machine (click here or on the link to open, don’t you just love his accent?), $9.00
to unique dishes like “crunchy” french toast…french toast made with corn flakes…I’m totally making this dish and doing a post on it as it was amazing!!!!!!, $9.00
to a” breakfast pizza” which had a pizza dough base, cheese, bacon and eggs (I’m doing a post on this one too), $8.00
Crave boasts that they do not use butter or oil in their breakfast recipes, excluding the crepes and hash browns and they use a non-stick organic spray. Crave promotes a “healthy way of eating without sacrificing great taste” and I have to admit, you don’t miss the fat from the butter or oils.
If you live in Southern California or you are planning a visit and you are able to visit Crave Cafe, I will say to give it a try. If you do visit Crave Cafe, I would recommend you trying some of the unique items on the menu, like the crunchy french toast or breakfast pizza, you will not be disappointed. Please email me or leave a comment and share your experience as well, I welcome that.
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Blueberry French Toast with a Twist
I have to apologize for not blogging in the past few weeks as I just quit my job and it was a tough few weeks for me and blogging was not a priority so I thank you for being patient with me.
So this morning I wanted to make something to “blow my socks off” and OMG….wait…OMG I did it!!!!
Let me tell you how I came aware of this recipe, I was cleaning out some of my old recipes and I stumbled upon a french toast recipe with blueberries. It was a simple recipe but the original recipe was for a very large batch, it probably came from a commercial kitchen and was given to me 5-6 years ago. Back then I would never attempt to try and break down the recipe but today I just knew I had to try it as I pride myself in taking recipes and figuring out how to make them better. Boy did this recipe surpass what I thought it would be!!!!
Even though it’s going to seem like a lot of steps, you can bake off the “blueberry cake” a day in advance then in the morning you can slice and prepare. It’s great for company!
Like I said it’s very simple, you basically cream your butter and sugar together
Add your eggs, one at a time…then your vanilla, mix well. Add your dry ingredients and then the washed blueberries
I did not return the mix to the mixture as I wanted my blueberries to be whole so I hand mixed the blueberries into the dough.
Your dough will be very thick, here it is in my pan that was greased
I then smooth it out
and baked it for 50 minutes or so
Now the french toast part…I sliced the cake in 1 1/2″ slices
Mmmmmm Mmmmmmm…look at that!!!
I wanted grill marks although it’s not required I thought it would look pretty…so I got my grill nice and hot
dipped my blueberry cake into an egg
placed it on the grill
looks pretty with the grill marks ha?
omg…do you see that blueberry cream cheese frosting behind it? lol
I’m sorry my platting is not so pretty, I was in such a hurry to eat it I didn’t stage it so well..I’m working on providing better photos 🙂
Again, it seems like a lot of work to do all in one day but if you make the cake the night before, it literally takes minutes and is sooooo worth the time needed. I did make a second plate and I did it the more traditional way in a pan on on the grill…I think I’d recommend doing it that way instead.
I hope you enjoy this recipe, please email me if you would like the full version as doubling the recipe may not work.
Blueberry French Toast with a Twist
Ingredients
- 3 cups Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 10 ounces Butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 3 large Eggs, (6 oz)
- 8 ounces Blueberries, fresh not frozen
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare your 7x11 baking dish by spraying it with pam.
- Cream your butter with your sugar for 3-5 minutes (I only did it for 3 minutes as I had left my butter on the counter overnight). Add your eggs one at a time and scrape the bowl in between. Add your vanilla and mix well.
- Add your dry ingredients and mix on low until well combined, your dough will be very thick.
- By hand add blueberries, mix gently.
- Spread into your greased pan and bake for about 50 minutes or until done.
- Prepare your pan by getting it nice and hot and spray with pam.
- Slice your cake into 1 1/2" slices and dip it into an egg wash consisting of egg and milk. Place the cake on the pan/grill and cook until nice and brown.
- Serve with blueberry cream cheese frosting.
To make the cake for French Toast
To make the French Toast
Recipe belongs to Patty @MmGood.com, please contact me to use for personal use