Just dive right in
After reading so many wonderful blogs about food and photography and life in general, I thought I’d jump right in with one of my own. To learn a little more, you can read here.
To start off with, I thought I’d share one of my all-time favorite breakfast recipes: french toast. Yes, I’m aware that it’s no longer morning – but hey, french toast is good any time 🙂
There are a lot of vegan french toast recipes out there and after some trial and error, here’s what has worked best for me:
Vegan French Toast
serves two hungry adults
Materials:
Batter:
- 1 banana
- 1/3 cup coconut milk (the canned version)
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 1 teaspoon raw sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon flour
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
4 thick slices of sourdough bread
other bread works fine, too – but sourdough is sublime
Topping:
- 1 cup frozen berries
- 1-2 tablespoons oil (canola or coconut)
- powdered sugar
Methods
1. Heat skillet over medium heat and add ~2 tbsp of vegan margarine
2. Add batter ingredients to blender & blend until smooth; pour into shallow bowl.
3. Dip bread into batter and place on heated skillet.
4. BE PATIENT and allow to cook 3-4 minutes on each side. I like to wiggle the spatula underneath every so often just to ensure the bread doesn’t stick
note: It is very important to keep the skillet well greased so that the toast does not stick
5. While toast is cooking: in a separate small pan, add canola or coconut oil and heat over medium-low heat. Add in frozen berries and cook ~4-5 minutes or until berries are soft and juicy.
6. Plate up: pour the berry topping over your french toast, top off with a dusting of powdered sugar and drizzle of maple syrup and enjoy with your favorite morning beverage!
What a beautiful blog! Love the recipe and look forward to trying the french toast. The photos are beautiful and so professional looking! Great job!
This looks wonderful!! Thanks!
I’m very excited to find this recipe. I’ve tried to make french toast without the eggs and haven’t had much success but adding the banana is a brilliant and simple solution. TY!!
This looks delicious, I will definitely make this for my family asap!
GENIUS! I loooooce this, am eating it right now!!!!!!! I can’t wait to post this on my blog because the world needs to know about this! I HATE French toast… but this, this is just superb! Thank you!
Samantha
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Tasted delish! I haven’t had French toast in so long, but my non-vegan boyfriend thought they were amazing as well. You definitely need to be patient while cooking them, 4 minutes minimum on each side, and make sure the pan is hot enough. I wound up re-frying my first batch which didn’t really brown and stayed soggy, but they were great once the pan was hot. Thanks so much for the great recipe!