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Good morning ladies and gents! I’m so excited that Spring has sprung! The flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing, the wind is warm, the air is sweet, and the cherry blossoms are showing off their beauty! Of course a sweet spring morning deserves a sweet breakfast to go along with it right!

With that said, I wanted to share a super easy breakfast idea for French toast, as seen below. I simply placed pats of cream cheese(cold, not softened) in between two pieces of bread. I sprinkled a little sugar on top of the cream cheese , placed some sliced strawberries on top, and drizzled a bit of syrup in between the two pieces of bread. This will help keep the two pieces of bread together. I then proceeded to batter them up with my custard mixture (egg, milk, vanilla). I prefer to use a pastry brush to brush my custard on, as I used regular honey wheat bread, which is quite thin in comparison to french bread or challah. This way you can keep your hands clean and avoid the risk of oversaturating or having your filling coming apart in your custard mixture. You can sprinkle a little cinnamon on the bread before brushing your batter on. Garnish with berries and powdered sugar!

This breakfast is sweet, creamy, and super comforting; and goes great with a glass of orange juice! Enjoy!
Psst: if you really want to make it decadent, try adding some thinly sliced bananas to this or substituting the berries for baked cinnamon apples! You can also cut sown on the fat by using greek yogurt…toast your bread first and then dallop yogurt in between the bread along with your fruit!

Good morning everybody! Oh, I am feeling so much better in the past few days! I have not been bothered with morning sickness, but the fatigue and lack of energy is something to deal with, especially when you have a running list of things you have to/would like to do! Nevertheless, it’s a beautiful Monday morning and I hope your week is off to a creative one! I wanted to share this recipe that I found via Cream Puffs In Venice. It’s called Lemony Bread Pudding French Toast(does that nor make your mouth water as you read it?). I must try this, even if it is just as a dessert or a guilty pleasure snack! Just click on the link above for the full interview, and while you are there you will definitely want to bookmark the following that really caught my appetite:

Jam Crostada

Strawberry Lemonade

Three Cheese & Mushroom Pizza

Stuffed Eggplant

Chocolate Toffee Biscotti

Okay everybody, i hope you enjoy these tasty finds and I have some inspiring posts for this week! Have a wonderful Monday to you all!

Good Morning Everybody! Wow, I am barely getting this “Good Morning Monday” post up (well, at least for those of us on the East Coast that is). I have been MIA for a while, as we traveled to Atlanta to visit my parents for a few days. I couldn’t believe that we had not seen them since Christmas of last year, especially since we are only about 3 hours away! Anyhow, it was a great time, good food, and great desserts! Nevertheless, I am pretty much rested up for a week of posting!

This “Good Morning Monday” post really isn’t a recipe because it is pretty easy just to do on your own, One of my favorite things to have for breakfast on a Saturday morning is French Toast! YUM! I like to prepare mine with large loaves of Italian bread cut into pretty thick slices, and I simply place each slice in a batter of egg, almond milk(but you can use regular if that’s what you like), pure vanilla, a small pinch of salt, and a small pinch of pepper. Many times I leave off the cinnamon. Then I dip each side of the bread into the batter and toast each side to a golden brown in a non-stick skillet. Garnish with a fresh sprig of mint, blueberries, fresh strawberries, and just a sprinkle of powdered sugar, and there you have a sweet and comforting morning!

Okay off to start a week of creative inspiration! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day so far!