Baked French Toast with Fruit and Yogurt

I really like baked French Toast and rarely make it for breakfast because it just seems to take too long... but for dinner, bring it on!  It is delicious and pretty and can be different every time you make it with the variety of seasonal and frozen fruits that are so plentiful... and though I chose a Plain Greek yogurt, you can certainly use a flavored one if you prefer.

The addition of Greek yogurt not only adds a luscious creaminess to the taste of this dish, but it adds protein which makes it much more satisfying, and for longer.

The nutritional information is going to depend on the type of bread and yogurt you choose but this will give you an idea of how many Points Plus it might contain. I did include the fruit I used.  I used a hearty Dempster's mulitgrain bread, and Chobani Greek yogurt.... one kiwi, about 2/3 cup of sliced fresh strawberries, and 1/3 cup of frozen/thawed blueberries and blackberries.

Baked French Toast with Fruit and Greek Yogurt
Makes 2 servings

• 4 slices whole grain bread
• 1/3 cup fat free milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar free syrup
• fresh or frozen/thawed fruit of your choice
• 1/2 cup 2% Plain Greek yogurt

1. Preheat your oven to 350° F.
2. Coat a baking dish large enough to hold 4 slices bread, with non-stick spray. Lay the bread slices in the dish.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, vanilla, eggs, and syrup and pour over the bread slices in the baking dish, making sure each slice of bread is coated with the mixture. 
4. Bake for 30 minutes until golden and crispy.
5. Remove from oven and divide the 4 slices of bread between 2 serving plates.
6. Garnish with the fruit and yogurt, and pour a bit more syrup over top, if desired.

Per serving.
Weight Watchers P+ = 11.
Calories 430; Protein 21g; Carbohydrate 65g; Fat 11g; Fibre 9g.

Lay bread slices in prepared pan. I could only fit 2 in a pan so used 2 pans.

While toast is baking, prepare your fruit. 

It will be golden and crunchy when it is baked.

The underside will have more egg mixture baked on it and will be darker.  Serve either side up, as you prefer.

Top the bread slices with fruit and yogurt.

Drizzle with a bit more syrup if you like.

And prepare to hear lots of compliments!

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A New Twist on French Toast

I really like French toast and am constantly trying new recipes for it.  Today my mouth was watering for some at breakfast time but I didn't have any milk in the fridge and I didn't feel like rooting around in a food locker for a tetra pak of Almond Breeze.

I did, however, have vanilla yogurt in the fridge so I decided to experiment wiht it, using it in place of the milk that I would normally mix with an egg to make the mixture that I dip slices of bread into to make French toast.  It worked very well and I will be doing more experimenting with other kinds of yogurt in the future, especially fat free because that is what I normally use.

French Toast with a Twist
Makes 2 servings

• 4 slices whole grain bread of your choosing
• 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1 whole fresh egg
• dash of cinnamon

1. Mix together the yogurt, egg, and a dash of cinnamon in a bowl that is wide enough to lay a bread slice into, flat.
2. Lightly coat a frying pan with non-stick spray and set over MEDIUM-HIGH heat.
3. Lay a slice of bread on the yogurt/egg mixture and then flip it over and coat the second side.
4. Place in the pan on the stove and cook a couple of minutes till golden, flip and cook second side.
5. Remove the cooked bread to a serving plate and cover to keep warm.
6. Coat and cook the rest of the bread in the same manner. You may need to spray pan again with non-stick spray between slices.   Make sure to do this away from the hot stove.
7. Place 2 slices of French Toast on each plate and sprinkle them with a bit more cinnamon.
8. Serve with your favorite syrup or with fruit preserves.

Per serving, not including syrup or preserves.
Weight Watchers P+ = 6.
Calories 240; Protein 10g; Carbohydrate 38g; Fat 5g; Fibre 1g.

Note:
The nutritional information and number of Points Plus will varying depending on the bread and yogurt you select.



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