French toast is a smart food because it offers the trio of family health: fats, carbs and protein.

To get the early morning smiles I crave, I mix in banana, orange juice and a touch of cream.  I have yet to see any baby, child or adult turn these delicious morsels down.

Ingredients:

2 Eggs, Beaten

1/4 cup, Orange Juice

2 tbs half and half cream

1/2 tbs all purpose flour

1 mashed ripe banana

1 tbs (or less or none at all ) brown sugar

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1-2 tbs butter

2-3 Slices Whole Wheat Bread

Preparation:

Step 1-Whip the eggs until they begin to froth. Add the flour, orange juice, cream, mashed banana, brown sugar and cinnamon and mix well. If you find the flour became a little clumpy, mix the batter harder or just go with the flow.  It doesn’t need to be a very smooth batter to taste great in the end.

Step 2-De-crust the bread and slice into small squares.   I find a matrix of 3×2 or 6 squares in total to be the perfect size.  This helps the bread soak in the batter quickly, cook quickly and thoroughly so that there is no concern of uncooked egg hiding in the center of the bread. Place in the bread in the batter and stir gentle to ensure the bread is totally immersed.

Place a medium size non-stick pan over medium heat and add half the intended amount of butter.  Let it melt and start to sizzle.

Step 3-Place the soaked bread in the skillet and let brown.  Turn once brown.  This process is likely to take about 3 minutes on either side.

Step 4- Let cool to preferred temperature and enjoy!