Fancy-ish French Toast and bacon-Yet another $5 Friday meal

mmm-yoso!!! is the blog.  About food.  Written by Kirk, ed(from Yuma), Cathy and a few others.  Cathy is writing today so everyone else can recover from Christmas festivities.

Hi.  I'm back to writing about a meal for two for $5 or less, using ingredients on sale this week.  This time, since many people are having quite a few days in a row off from work, and the ingredients used are on sale this week, I thought I'd show what we did for breakfast today.

It is the day after Christmas and many 'Christmas-y'  items are at least half off.  This year, many items were half off before Christmas.  I bought six Panettones ( usually described as Festive Italian Bread-really it is a bread made with at least raisins and orange and lemon peels and zests) at Fresh and Easy and also some bacon and eggs. 

The bread is baked in paper shells which peel off easily.  Panettone looks like a giant muffin, but do not use or eat it like it is cake.  It is abread, made with yeast.

 I noticed almost every market has Farmer John brand  bacon on sale for $3 a pound this week.

So, cook the bacon first. Leave the grease in the pan.

Soak some slices of Panettone in an egg-milk mix. 

Then fry the slices (I cut each circle of bread in half)  in the bacon greased pan.  

Flip over to cook the other side.  

A 'proper' French toast should have a crispy exterior and soft, creamy interior.  That is why frying the soaked bread in the bacon grease helps.

 

I served the French Toast with the bacon and some tangerine segments, fresh from the yard.  Tangerines are also on sale this week.

I hope everyone is have a wonderful Holiday Season and thank all of you for your good wishes and hope all of us have a wonderful year ahead!!!

Cathy's French Toast

Sliced dry bread, 2-3 eggs, milk. Frypan with bacon grease and/or butter to cook.

If using plain bread, can add orange juice or vanilla extract to egg/milk mix.

Soak long enough that the center of the bread is soft. You should only flip the bread once one side is cooked and when the second side is cooked, it should be finished-don't keep flipping it.

Happy anniversary, sweetie

Comments

[ed (from Yuma)]

Yum! I'm hungry!

And here I thought I wouldn't be hungry again for a week after the last couple of days.

[Carol]

Yum, I love raisin panettones toasted with butter. I'll have to get the Mister to make some panettone french bread for me. heehee!

[Jeff c]

Cathy =
This is great. Its similar to brioche and I think it must taste great.

Jeff

[Cathy]

Hey ed- thought I'd just show how I eat around the house. (I do put butter in the bacon grease you know.)
Yes, Carol, our men need to learn how to cook French Toast the proper way. To do this, they must practice. We have to let them.;)
Thanks, JeffC. It is easy and tasty. Nice on a weekend. I do love a good brioche though...

[Sandy]

My sister-in-law just brought over a panettone, but I don't think it will last long enough to make french toast!

[Cathy]

Well, then that means it is fresh and just enough, Sandy.

I tend to ask for panettone as gifts, then buy it at half price and at some point, toasted with butter doesn't do it for me. I am the person who likes raisin bread, but *not* cinnamon raisin bread, so I do stock up at this time of year.

[Jenny]

Cool, I was making this loads for my family over the holidays, they loved it!!

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