Red, white, and blueberry French toast recipe

Red, white, and blueberry French toast recipe

Start your fourth of July off with warm, sweet, juicy mixed berries married to your favorite sourdough. This is a delicious way to use up stale bread. My daughter thought I was crazy the first time I made this, but then she tasted it and changed her mind. She likes it with whipped cream or maple syrup. I like plain yogurt with more strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries on the side. Trader Joe's has frozen mixed berries that we keep on hand all the time so we can have this whenever we want. 

Red, white, and blueberry French toast batter

Red, white, and blueberry French toast recipe
Serves two

• 2 eggs
• 3 T nonfat milk
• ¼ C oatmeal
• 2 T wheat germ
• ¼ t ground cinnamon (or a little more if you want)
• ¼ t salt
• 1 T brown sugar
• 1 t vanilla
• ½ C mixed berries: raspberries, blueberries, and sliced strawberries—fresh or frozen
• 4 oz. stale sourdough bread, sliced ¼" thick (make sure the bread is stale or the French toast will be mushy)
• Spray oil

Beat the eggs and milk in a pie pan or low, flat bowl. Add the oatmeal, wheat germ, cinnamon, salt, sugar and vanilla and mix well. Add the berries. Flatten the blueberries and raspberries a bit with a fork so they aren't so rolly poley—you don't want them to escape later. Mix gently.

Add part of the bread in one layer and let it soak for a minute. Spray a non-stick griddle with cooking spray and heat to medium. Flip the bread and heap some of the fruit on top; kind of smoosh it into the bread. Let this side soak a minute. Carefully place the toast on the griddle, fruit side up, and cook for about three minutes until golden brown. Carefully flip the toasts and cook the fruity side four to five minutes until golden. When the first batch of French toast is done, keep it warm in a low oven (200 degrees). Cover it with foil or a kitchen towel so it doesn't dry out.

After you flip the first batch, soak another batch of bread, about one minute per side. Cook as you did the first batch of French toast. When you get to the end, if there's any batter left in the pan, just dribble it on the last batch of toast while you're cooking the first side.

Serve warm with berry jam, maple syrup, whipped cream, or naked with a side of yogurt with more strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries.