Pumpkin French Toast

 

I absolutely love this time of year because I feel like I can put pumpkin in just about everything. This morning I woke up wanting to make something other than my usual skinny-veggie-egg-white-omelet. BO-RING. Plus I was craving something sweet.

I <3 French Toast and decided that Pumpkin French Toast was IT!


For those who are wondering about the calories in this dish....I'm not sure since I don't personally count my calories. Don't get me wrong, I think it's FAB for those of you that do, but it's just not for me. I did it in the past, and I got ob-sessed. No bueno. So instead, I really focus on what type of foods I put in my body. I believe that if you are eating CLEAN.WHOLE.FOODS, & you're exercising on the reg, you're good. This dish is obviously something you don't want to eat every day, but once in a while wont do any harm!

K anyhoo, so for the past few months, I've been staying away from Gluten & Dairy. It just makes me all bloated and puffy and yucky and it's just not fun. Ya feel?

However, since I am human, I will still eat some here and there, and of course pay for the damage later. With that said, I've been diggin' Udi's Gluten Free Bread. You can buy Udi's at most supermarkets.

Alrighty, how about we start cooking, yes?


Below is a list of ingredients you will need:

4 egg whites

1/4 cup pumpkin puree

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon {I used Trader Joes}
1 teaspoon pumpkin spice

8 slice of your bread of choice {I used Udi's}

A dash of milk of choice {I used almond milk}

maple syrup or any syrup of your choice

**btw, this recipe makes 4 servings**

 

1. Beat the eggs, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice together in a bowl. It's going to be clumpy so you gotta use some muscle, dude.

2. Dip the bread slices into the pumpkin mixture until coated on both sides. Aaahhh, just look at this beautiful goopy deliciousness.

3. Spray non stick cooking spray onto a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place 4 of the bread slices into the skillet and cook until browned on both sides, about 3 minutes per side.
Once you cook em', and then you plate em', and then you drizzle maple syrup on em', and then sprinkle chopped pecans on em', it will look like this....

Aint it beautiful? Makes me want to cry is what it does.

Enjoy :-) 

 

xo. Caroline