Johnie's French Toast

 This blog is team based,

but we never hear much from Johnie.

He sure can BURN.

That's slag for, he sure can cook.

That is your lesson for today.

 This was a walk through the grocery store idea.

Do you ever have those?

You see something and think, that sure sounds good.

This one was, if you get some Texas toast I'll make you some 

French toast for breakfast.

What woman in her right mind would turn that down?

Not this one!

So the Texas toast was purchased.

Was it good?

It was GREAT!

And here is the proof to show you.

Johnie's French Toast

1 c. heavy cream

4 eggs

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. sugar

pinch of salt

A dash of French vanilla coffee creamer

Whisk all ingredients together.

8 slices Texas toast

Dip one piece of bread at a time into the liquid mixture and place on a med/high preheated griddle or cast iron skillet. Brown on both sides.

Pepperidge Farm Pumpkin French Toast

 I love the way Pepperidge Farm releases seasonal breads.

When I see them I usually grab them up and stick them in the freezer.

This one is Pumpkin Spice.

Yes, everything is still pumpkin.....

I do believe they even had an apple spice bread this year.

 Breakfast food is one of our favorite meals.

We can eat it any time of the day and be happy.

This Pumpkin French Toast made us very happy

when we ate it for dinner.

I made the whole loaf of bread into French toast.

What we didn't eat for dinner was cut into strips,

bagged up along with a small container of maple syrup,

and sent with Johnie for his lunch at work.

There isn't anything better than French toast sticks.

I used to pack them in my kids' lunches when they were in school.

They were always the envy of classmates.

This is what we did:

Pepperidge Farm Pumpkin French Toast

1 loaf Pepperidge Farm Pumpkin Spice bread (took out the ends and ate them with butter)

6 eggs

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1 tsp. vanilla

Whisked these together

1/2-1 c. heavy cream

Whisked this in

Heat a cast iron skillet over medium heat till nice and hot. Spray with cooking spray. Dip slices of bread in egg mixture and brown both sides on skillet.

We had a little egg mixture left over so we cooked it up on the hot skillet and treated the dog.

See ya'all soon

The Weekend & Johnie's French Toast

 What does a middle-age couple do to make the weekends creative?

I will show you.....

Come on, come with me and walk through our exciting weekend.

 It started with Friday watching Friskie resist the urge to pounce on that squirrel.

I had some leftover popcorn from the drive-in last weekend.

And instead of throwing it in the trash I dumped it for the squirrels.

Actually I did that just to irritate Friskie. 

Don't tell him I said that though.

 Then on Saturday, the cool cat that Friskie is, he was telling us,

"Get on your bike and ride. If you're not going to I will."

You are just so slick Friskie cat!

It was kind of rainy and gloomy Saturday so Johnie took advantage

and rested up the whole day.

 Because Friday evening we decided to act like teenagers.

We do that sometimes since we go way back to high school days.

But there was a thirty year break where we didn't see each other.

We were busy living our lives as they should be lived.

Until we meet again.

There are a lot of times when I see that teenage boy that I so well remember.

And I'm sure Johnie can do the same with me.

But when we turn on our teenage reminiscing sometimes we don't know

when to stop.....

Friday night we played pool and dipped into the rum just a little too much.

It went on into the wee hours of Saturday morning.

That may explain Johnie's hibernating on Saturday.

The broken mirror is the proof that we need to grow up......

Not for long, just for a little bit.

The door mirror was being used as a score card.

Yeah, we use a dry-erase marker to keep score of who wins.

Need I say more? 

 So Sunday morning Johnie bounced back to life.

We decided to be that middle-age couple again.

He turned on the charm and cooked me breakfast.

Is that a, "Sorry I was so out of it Saturday" proposition?

Only Johnie knows.....

But I will leave it alone because I really enjoyed his breakfast.

I don't want to spoil a good thing.

 What did he have going on on the stove?

Take a look.

It's French Toast.

And very good French Toast at that.

I had a hard time getting all that down.

But I managed.

Not hard to do when it is so good.

I can't wait to see what we get into next weekend......

Johnie's French Toast

This is what he did:

8 eggs

1 TBS cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 TBS sugar

Whip this all together with a fork and then add,

1 c. milk

Whip with fork again.

He used a cast iron griddle to cook the French toast. Make sure you start with a well heated skillet over med/high heat.

Dip the bread pieces into egg mixture and place on skillet. When it's brown on one side you flip it over to the other.

Serve with butter and maple syrup.

See ya'all later