Sunday's are my day. Well, ok not ENTIRELY mine, I do have to share with my monkeys.
My Monkeys.
Anywho, so sundays are my day to clean the house and do other mommy stuff.
This morning, I happened to have some used bread left over from spaghetti night, so I decided french toast would be a good use for it before it became dry enough for bird food.
Of course, if you have french toast, then you have to have apple goo to put on top. Its required. No really. It is. If you don't have any apples to make your french toast happy then I suppose fresh berries are a good substitute.
But then you have to add whipped cream.
Sigh. Whipped Cream.
*shakes head*
Ok, back on track.
Today's breakfast's name...French Toast with Apple Compote, Tori's famous Macaroni and Cheese Eggs, Bacon and sausage.
The Bacon and sausage, if you so desire it, should be in the pan first. It takes the longest. If you are not vegetarian, you can use the greasy pan of their cookin's for your eggs for some extra yumminess.
If you are, or have a vegy person in your house, throw the bacon on a baking sheet line in foil and throw in oven. This allows it t all cook evenly at once, and doesn't risk contaminating the other food with grease splatters (and keeps cleanup of stove easier too)
I generally cook them at abou 300 or they will be done before everything else.
You could totally do the sausage this way too, but i use turkey sausage so it doesn't splatter.
Pour yourself a cup of coffee. Nectar of the gods...an all day sunday thing.
Ok, the apple compote takes the next longest to do.
You will need:
2 apples, cut into chunks (remember chunks are bigger than bits)
2 Tbs butter
squirt of maple syrup
2-3 Tbs brown sugar
dash of cinnamon
splash of vanilla
Melt butter into skillet, you'll want non-stick, trust me.
Saute' apples for a few minutes. Add rest of ingredients and get all melty. Turn heat to med-low. Let do its happy melty thing while you move one. Don't forget to stir every now and then.
Next prep the bread by cutting in 3/4 to 1" thick slices.
Then mix together
2 eggs
2 c milk
2 tsp vanilla
1/2c sugar
dash of cinnamon, and nutmeg if you want.
Whip up eggs first then add the other stuff, stir until it feel like sugar is mixed well in. You will have to mix off and on (between soaking slices) to keep sugar in place.
Damn sugar. Never stays where you want it to.
Get your pan all nice and warm. Cast iron is good for this. LOVE cast iron.
Stir the apples. You forgot.
Get a stick of butter out and schmear all over the bottom of the cast iron. If it is well seasoned, then you only need to do this once. If you are using nonstick (ugh) then every batch will need re-greasing.
Ok, so there are 2 ways to cook the french toast. There is the speedy, I am starvingm the kids are whining, way and the I have to do the dishes and clean the kitchen while cooking way.
Way #1. Soak bread in goo for a few seconds on each side. Oooh look BUBBLES!
Throw them in pan as is, and move on.
Way #2 Soak them in goo until all the bubbles are gone mostly.
*Sniff* No more bubbles.
Lay them in foil lined pan and let them sit for about 10 mins, then throw in over for another 8-10 mins on 325. (Or 300 is ok if your doing the bacon, although, if you are using way #2 to make toast, you will want to put bacon in after the toast is out 'cause it'll be done before toast and that mean cold bacon. Yuk.)
Ok. Take it out and NOW put it in greasy, buttery pan to fry it up.
Stir the apples. You forgot again.
What does this do you ask? It makes the insides stay soft and gets a crisp on the outside but makes sure everything is cooked through. If you do the pan way, you usually dry it out and overcook to get it cooked all the way through and you lose the creaminess of the innards.
Creamy innards=good and yummy. Got it? Ok.
Moving on.
Hang on, getting walloped by a pillow wielded by the perpetual toddler puppy.
.
.
.
.
Ok back.
Tori's Mac n Cheese Eggs
So whilst the toast is getting toasty, crack some eggs into a bowl and whisk.
Yes a fork works if you don't have a whisk, but seriously, get a whisk. It has multiple, non-egg uses.
Assume 2 eggs for each person unless they are 11 year old growing boys, then about 6 :-)
For our family of 5 (1 normal kid, 1 eat everything boy, myself and 1 overgrown eat everything boy and my sis- both who don't partake in eggs very often) we go through about 10.
Add a little salt and pepper to taste. Yes, before you cook them. Add some more after too. This is called LAYERS of flavor.
Very Important. Remember that.
Cook eggs in your yummy baconey (is that a word?) grease or a little olive oil.
Flip the french toast. Get out the plastic squishy cheese (velveeta or its generic)
Yes this is required as well. Real cheddar cheese does not work correctly for tori's mac n cheese eggs.
Cut 3-4 slices into chunks. The smaller the chunks, the faster it'll get all melty and happy.
When eggs are to correct doneness, add cheese and turn heat to low. If you don't you'll have a lot of clean up to do with burnt on cheese. YUK!
By this time everything should be getting done-ish
Assemble. Apples should be all happy, bacon and sausage done, french toast waiting, eggs just done.
(If you need to make large quantities of french toast, cover with wax paper and put in micro-nuker without turning on to keep warm. A towel over top of top of wax paper helps too.)
Ok your done. Yummy Sunday morning breakfast.
My Monkeys.
Anywho, so sundays are my day to clean the house and do other mommy stuff.
This morning, I happened to have some used bread left over from spaghetti night, so I decided french toast would be a good use for it before it became dry enough for bird food.
Of course, if you have french toast, then you have to have apple goo to put on top. Its required. No really. It is. If you don't have any apples to make your french toast happy then I suppose fresh berries are a good substitute.
But then you have to add whipped cream.
Sigh. Whipped Cream.
*shakes head*
Ok, back on track.
Today's breakfast's name...French Toast with Apple Compote, Tori's famous Macaroni and Cheese Eggs, Bacon and sausage.
The Bacon and sausage, if you so desire it, should be in the pan first. It takes the longest. If you are not vegetarian, you can use the greasy pan of their cookin's for your eggs for some extra yumminess.
If you are, or have a vegy person in your house, throw the bacon on a baking sheet line in foil and throw in oven. This allows it t all cook evenly at once, and doesn't risk contaminating the other food with grease splatters (and keeps cleanup of stove easier too)
I generally cook them at abou 300 or they will be done before everything else.
You could totally do the sausage this way too, but i use turkey sausage so it doesn't splatter.
Pour yourself a cup of coffee. Nectar of the gods...an all day sunday thing.
Ok, the apple compote takes the next longest to do.
You will need:
2 apples, cut into chunks (remember chunks are bigger than bits)
2 Tbs butter
squirt of maple syrup
2-3 Tbs brown sugar
dash of cinnamon
splash of vanilla
Melt butter into skillet, you'll want non-stick, trust me.
Saute' apples for a few minutes. Add rest of ingredients and get all melty. Turn heat to med-low. Let do its happy melty thing while you move one. Don't forget to stir every now and then.
Next prep the bread by cutting in 3/4 to 1" thick slices.
Then mix together
2 eggs
2 c milk
2 tsp vanilla
1/2c sugar
dash of cinnamon, and nutmeg if you want.
Whip up eggs first then add the other stuff, stir until it feel like sugar is mixed well in. You will have to mix off and on (between soaking slices) to keep sugar in place.
Damn sugar. Never stays where you want it to.
Get your pan all nice and warm. Cast iron is good for this. LOVE cast iron.
Stir the apples. You forgot.
Get a stick of butter out and schmear all over the bottom of the cast iron. If it is well seasoned, then you only need to do this once. If you are using nonstick (ugh) then every batch will need re-greasing.
Ok, so there are 2 ways to cook the french toast. There is the speedy, I am starvingm the kids are whining, way and the I have to do the dishes and clean the kitchen while cooking way.
Way #1. Soak bread in goo for a few seconds on each side. Oooh look BUBBLES!
Throw them in pan as is, and move on.
Way #2 Soak them in goo until all the bubbles are gone mostly.
*Sniff* No more bubbles.
Lay them in foil lined pan and let them sit for about 10 mins, then throw in over for another 8-10 mins on 325. (Or 300 is ok if your doing the bacon, although, if you are using way #2 to make toast, you will want to put bacon in after the toast is out 'cause it'll be done before toast and that mean cold bacon. Yuk.)
Ok. Take it out and NOW put it in greasy, buttery pan to fry it up.
Stir the apples. You forgot again.
What does this do you ask? It makes the insides stay soft and gets a crisp on the outside but makes sure everything is cooked through. If you do the pan way, you usually dry it out and overcook to get it cooked all the way through and you lose the creaminess of the innards.
Creamy innards=good and yummy. Got it? Ok.
Moving on.
Hang on, getting walloped by a pillow wielded by the perpetual toddler puppy.
.
.
.
.
Ok back.
Tori's Mac n Cheese Eggs
So whilst the toast is getting toasty, crack some eggs into a bowl and whisk.
Yes a fork works if you don't have a whisk, but seriously, get a whisk. It has multiple, non-egg uses.
Assume 2 eggs for each person unless they are 11 year old growing boys, then about 6 :-)
For our family of 5 (1 normal kid, 1 eat everything boy, myself and 1 overgrown eat everything boy and my sis- both who don't partake in eggs very often) we go through about 10.
Add a little salt and pepper to taste. Yes, before you cook them. Add some more after too. This is called LAYERS of flavor.
Very Important. Remember that.
Cook eggs in your yummy baconey (is that a word?) grease or a little olive oil.
Flip the french toast. Get out the plastic squishy cheese (velveeta or its generic)
Yes this is required as well. Real cheddar cheese does not work correctly for tori's mac n cheese eggs.
Cut 3-4 slices into chunks. The smaller the chunks, the faster it'll get all melty and happy.
When eggs are to correct doneness, add cheese and turn heat to low. If you don't you'll have a lot of clean up to do with burnt on cheese. YUK!
By this time everything should be getting done-ish
Assemble. Apples should be all happy, bacon and sausage done, french toast waiting, eggs just done.
(If you need to make large quantities of french toast, cover with wax paper and put in micro-nuker without turning on to keep warm. A towel over top of top of wax paper helps too.)
Ok your done. Yummy Sunday morning breakfast.
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