Monday, May 14, 2012

Easy Meal Ideas: Breakfast for dinner

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Easy
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From Janet's Kitchen

 French Toast with a Spicy Twist

Here at Easy Meals, we’re always fans of breakfast for dinner, but Crispy Salt and Pepper French Toast takes the notion to a new level. This savory French toast, from the cool website and recent big James Beard award winner Food52.com, can be served with a lovely bowl of berries topped with vanilla yogurt and grated fresh coconut or salty sunflower seeds.

Crispy Salt and Pepper French Toast

For the French Toast:
5 eggs
3 tablespoons half-and-half
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
1 ½ tablespoon green onions, finely chopped (optional)
1 ½ tablespoon cilantro, finely chopped (optional)
Vegetable oil
Butter
8 (½-inch) slices day-old bread, cut on the diagonal
For the sauce:
Sriracha sauce
Ketchup

In a bowl or baking dish, beat together eggs with half-and-half, salt, pepper, green onions and cilantro.

Heat a medium or large skillet over medium-high heat. Cover the bottom of the skillet with vegetable oil and add a tablespoon or two of butter for  flavor.

Dip the bread triangles into the egg batter, drain off  excess and place straight into the hot pan. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes on each side — you want to develop a golden-brown color, and the texture should be crispier than traditional French toast.

Place cooked toasts on a paper towel-lined plate or rack to drain.

In a small bowl, mix together ketchup and hot sauce to your desired heat tolerance.

Serve toasts warm with a side of the spicy ketchup.

Serves 4 to 6.

Source: www.food52.com

 

 

 
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Buy extra loaves of bread and freeze them so you'll always have fresh bread on hand. Hot dog and hamburgers buns, French bread, bagels and English muffins are all candidates for the freezer treatment.

 
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Janet Keeler , who cooks in a kitchen she hates for a job she loves, has been food editor of the Tampa Bay Times since 2000. The paper's Taste section has been honored three times in the past decade by the Association of Food Journalists. Janet is the author of "Cookielicious: 150 Fabulous Recipe to Bake & Share" (Seaside Publishing, 2010) and is an adjunct journalism instructor at the University of South Florida-St. Petersburg.
 
 
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