Maybe this happens to you, too. Suddenly, I’ll get a craving, and I just can’t seem to move off it until I finally eat it. Even then, I might have a brief obsession where several days or weeks in a row, I will be fixated on a food where I’ll need to learn everything about it.
That’s what happened with le french toast. Jim will lightheartedly make fun of me because he knows I do this. I’ll claim I don’t like something, and then out of the blue one day, I’ll suggest we make it. It’ll just feel right to me–like margaritas on Cinco de Mayo, despite my tequila aversion.
Wednesday after work I decided to go for a long run. Now historically, I have never liked the idea of french toast. Yet earlier in the day I had expressed a bizarre french toast craving to Jim and Joe, and so we planned to make it for dinner. Breakfast for dinner! My favorite!
When I returned from my run, one of my girlfriends, Lauren, stopped by to drop off a few things and catch up. Time got away from me, and by the time I had washed up it was already just past dinner time. I came down the stairs and to my delight, there was Jim and Joe, constructing dinner. I couldn’t have been more proud.
When I sank my teeth into Jim and Joe’s vanilla french toast, I wondered what could possibly have possessed me to avoid such a delectable brunch item all these years. I am the Queen of Brunch! How did I miss this?
Not letting this one ever slip away, I demanded the recipe and we made it again Saturday morning. Later on Saturday I bought a loaf of challah and plan on making a lot more french toast in the upcoming days. Obviously, I have to “research” more on this new craze of mine and try out all kinds of recipes!
It’s definitely strange, but I am glad I have these sudden, uncharacteristic cravings. They certainly paid off this time and I have a new breakfast favorite. Lesson learned: listen to my gut!
Vanilla French Toast
Ingredients
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp Ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 6 slices Texas toast
- Whipped cream, maple syrup, and berries for topping
Instructions
- Whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon.
- Heat a large skillet on medium flame with 1 tbsp of butter.
- Dredge three slices of bread in the egg mixture and arrange in the skillet. Fry 1-2 minutes per side. Repeat for remaining three slices.
- Serve with syrup, whipped cream, and berries.
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