He's BACK!

Well as some of you know i have been a little MIA since luke has been gone but he is back and so in my usual fashion i have started cooking again!! This morning i made, a vegetable frittata, fruit baked french toast, and chicken breakfast sausages.......




Mmmm....fruit salad this was so good. I used 1 apple, 1 orange sectioned, stawberries, and watermelon!








Baked French Toast..... Danielle's Recipe

1/2 loaf of Day old bread ( i use challah, french, or sour dough)
4 eggs
1 c half n half
1/2 c milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup maple syrup

Slice bread into 1" slices lay slices in a buttered baking dish in two layers. Pour mixture over the top and let sit overnight. The next morning zest 1/2 of an orange on top layer. Use a spatula to flip the layers upside down and zest other half of orange on top. Sprinkle crumb topping onto the french toast and bake in oven at 350f for 40 minutes

Crumb Topping
1/2 stick butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped nuts you can use more if you like
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

mash together with fork until mixture resembles crumbs

Veggie Frittata (my friend Sadie gave me this recipe i am not sure where she got it from)

12 oz fresh asparagus woody ends cut off and chopped into bit size pieces
1 small yellow bell pepper
1/2 small zuccini cut into bit size pieces
1/3 c chopped onion
1/4 c roasted bell peppers
1/3 c mozzarella cheese
8 eggs
1/2c milk
1 tbsp fresh dill
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp flour
4 tbsp parmesean cheese

Steam asparagus, bell pepper, onion and zuccini just until tender. Mix in roasted red peppers. In a separate bowl combine milk, flour, 1/2 cheese mixture, dill, salt, pepper and pour over veggies. Bake in 350f oven for 35 to 40 minuest until set. sprikle with remaining cheese.


Healthy Chicken Breakfast Sausage

3 big boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 green apple
1 sweet onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp alspice
1 tsp paprika
1/8 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp garlic salt (lawry's is the best)
1/2 tsp black pepper

Grate apple, onion and garlic clove set aside. Using a food grinder grind chicken breasts add meat to veggies. Top with spices and mix together. Form patties and fry in a little big of oil I used my grill so rather than frying them. These are pretty good they taste more like chicken meatloaf than sausages so i am going to have to work on this recipe a little bit more to see how i can give it more of a breakfast feel but definitely a healthier alternative to sausage or the poor quality of ground chicken found at the super markets.

Hope you enjoy this breakfast as much as my family did!

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