• 25th February
    2012
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Saturday breakfast recipe “healthier” banana french toast!  Every Sunday I try to do brunch with my girlfriends here in the city. Whoever is in town we pick a place, spend an entire afternoon brunching  and chatting.  It’s one of the things I’ve been doing since I moved to NYC and can’t imagine my weeks without Sunday brunch. However, Saturday is a different story … Saturday’s are “productive” days filled with catching up on little things, errands and such but recently I’ve decided to take Saturday’s a little easier. Starting the day by whipping up an actual breakfast as opposed to the standard yogurt and berries. The first of many recipes to come is a banana french toast recipe I found years ago, I’ve adjusted certain elements of it to make it slightly healthier. Happy Cooking! Ingredients: 4          egg whites 8          Slices   whole-wheat (or 7-grain) bread ½ cup skim milk 1 tspn vanilla extract 2 tspn Splenda 2 – 3    Ripe banana 4 Tbl   Maple syrup (I opt for a reduced calorie version but the real thing is just fine}  Instructions: Combine egg whites, vanilla, milk, splenda and 2 bananas in a blender. Run on high for a minute or two, you want this mixture to be smooth.   Pour this into a square glass baking dish.  You’ll fill the dish, it’s OK! Drop two slices at a time into the mixture, soak till both sides have mixture on them. Place them on a skillet, flipping until both sides are a nice toasty golden brown color.  Put on a plate, top with a few sliced bananas and syrup and you’re good to go. {repeat until you’re done!} 

Saturday breakfast recipe “healthier” banana french toast! 

Every Sunday I try to do brunch with my girlfriends here in the city. Whoever is in town we pick a place, spend an entire afternoon brunching  and chatting.  It’s one of the things I’ve been doing since I moved to NYC and can’t imagine my weeks without Sunday brunch. However, Saturday is a different story … Saturday’s are “productive” days filled with catching up on little things, errands and such but recently I’ve decided to take Saturday’s a little easier. Starting the day by whipping up an actual breakfast as opposed to the standard yogurt and berries. The first of many recipes to come is a banana french toast recipe I found years ago, I’ve adjusted certain elements of it to make it slightly healthier.

Happy Cooking!

Ingredients:

  • 4          egg whites
  • 8          Slices   whole-wheat (or 7-grain) bread
  • ½ cup skim milk
  • 1 tspn vanilla extract
  • 2 tspn Splenda
  • 2 – 3    Ripe banana
  • 4 Tbl   Maple syrup (I opt for a reduced calorie version but the real thing is just fine} 

Instructions:

Combine egg whites, vanilla, milk, splenda and 2 bananas in a blender. Run on high for a minute or two, you want this mixture to be smooth.  

Pour this into a square glass baking dish.  You’ll fill the dish, it’s OK!

Drop two slices at a time into the mixture, soak till both sides have mixture on them. Place them on a skillet, flipping until both sides are a nice toasty golden brown color.  Put on a plate, top with a few sliced bananas and syrup and you’re good to go.

{repeat until you’re done!} 

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