BANANA FRENCH TOAST / COOKED APPLES
Last night I was thinking how you use a banana as an egg replacement, and it suddenly came to me.... french toast...hmmmm.... want to see what happened with that idea this morning?
BANANA FRENCH TOAST
For one person, you need a medium-small banana, 2 people a large banana (this is for 1). I opened my banana halfway and sliced it in half downward, while still in the peel, then sliced it in half downward from the other direction, so that it had like a plus sign cut into. When you slice it, it will come off already diced - or any way you like to cut it. Then I mashed it all slurpy:
Slowly add a 1/4 cup of vanilla soy milk or almond milk, stirring into bananas.
Today I used Nature's Own 100% whole wheatbread, it has the same calories for 2 slices, as most do one slice. So I ate 2 slc. If I had used another bread, like Genesis, that I love (pressed seeds,nuts, grains bread), I would have used one slice for a serving. Weight watchers whole wheat bread would have worked well, too, for 2 slices. When it is mixed well, dash in about 4 shakes of cinnamon, 2 of cloves, and 2 of allspice. Now, don't put a huge dollup of spread in the skillet. I used Earth Balance spread, if you use Smart Balance, do not use the flax spread version in hot dishes, as it doesn't maintain it's integrity when heated to a certain point, and I'm not standing here with a thermometer. Also, the Smart Bal flax is an Italian like flavor, you don't want that here - but they make more than one version. When I turned the bread, I added another 'patsize'. Heat the skillet and take out about what a butter pat looks like, and smear it on the bottom of a large silverstone skillet. Dunk both sides of the bread and put in skillet. Mine made 2, and there was not enough for a third bread, so I just spooned the leftovers over the breads in the skillet. When they were done, I drizzled maple syrup over them, and sprinkled about tsp of minced pecans over that.
While these were cooking, I began to think.. why not a full breakfast, so I quickly nuked 2 morningstar link sausage till not frozen, and carefully laid in skillet with the above. I say carefully, because they are soft when nuked and can tear easily, so use a spatula or some such. I like them a little overcooked so the get tougher, like real sausages.
Then I thought a little more, and thought I would like a little MORE, and quickly fetched an APPLE, diced it, thru it in a small silverstone skillet with about 2T of water, 3 shakes of cinnamon, a pinch of organic raw sugar, tsp vanilla, tsp minced pecans, and let cook. I shook in some Molly McButter, about 4 shakes, to save spread calories. If you are vegan, leave it out, or sub more Earth Balance. As you can see, I didn't peel the apple, the peel softens enough, and stop the apples from going to sauce. One thing I can tell you, I first made these apples when I had bought some beautiful apples that turned out to be a taste disappointment. I decided to try to save them by disguising them and adding flavor TO them, and ended up throwing this together - fast and tasty!