French Toast

Name: French Toast
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French Toast is a traditional recipe, tasty and very practical! No more loss of bread: it turns into a succulent breakfast!

Servings: 2
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 6 minutes
Cost per serving: $1.01
Storage: 3 days in the fridge. Can be frozen.
Kitchen tools: Measuring cups and spoons, shallow bowl or baking dish, fork, large frying pan, spatula.
Reference: This original recipe was developed by Extenso—the Université de Montréal reference centre on human nutrition.

Ingredients

2 eggs
125 ml (½ cup) milk
30 ml (2 tbsp) brown sugar
2.5 ml (½ tsp) vanilla
1 ml (¼ tsp) ground cinnamon
4 slices whole-wheat bread Or raisin bread
30 ml (2 tbsp) butter or non-hydrogenated margarine

Preparation

1. In a shallow bowl or baking dish, add the eggs, milk, brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Mix with a fork.

Variation: Add extra flavour by grating the zest of one orange into the mixture.

2. Place the bread slices in the egg mixture, then turn them over so they absorb all the liquid.

3. Melt the butter or margarine in a large frying pan over medium heat and put in the bread slices. Cook for about 3 minutes on each side, or until the bread is golden brown.

Tip: If all four slices can’t fit into your frying pan at once, make the French toast in two batches.

Nutritional balance

This recipe provides foods from the following food groups:

Grain products
Meat and alternatives

Serve with:

Fruit (fresh fruit or applesauce, for example)
Meat and alternatives to round out the serving (nuts, for example)
Milk and alternatives (cottage cheese, yogurt, or a glass or milk or fortified soy beverage, for example)