Great recipe – thanks for sharing!
When I find out about something cool or experience something great−be it a new CD, a great movie, good food, or the many other great things life has to offer−I want to share it with all my closest friends.
So, two things to share with YOU today (you know I consider you one of my closest friends, right? ;):
1. Citizen Cope’s new album, The Rainwater, just dropped today. Probably the best band you never heard of. Preview it on iTunes. Grab it at Best Buy. Trust me, you’ll enjoy it. My favorite song on the new album is “Lifeline”.
Second, I had the opportunity to cook up one of my favorite healthy breakfasts this morning, and while enjoying it thought who better to share the recipe with than you, my beloved subscriber.
The recipe is for Stuffed French Toast, and while that may not sound too healthy, I got the recipe from my colleague and good friend John Berardi−an absolute GENIUS when it comes to making healthy food taste great.
Check it out below and give it a try the next time you’re in the mood for super-charged, great-tasting healthy breakfast!
Stuffed French Toast
4 oz nonfat cottage cheese
1 scoop (20 grams protein) Vanilla Whey Protein
1 tbsp raisins
1/2 cup egg whites (approximately 4 eggs)
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp skim milk
1/2 cup raw oats
2 large slices of 12-grain or 100% whole wheat bread
1 tbsp raspberries, strawberries, or blueberries for garnish
1 tsp of Splenda
Blend the cottage cheese in a blender until smooth. Remove to a medium bowl and add mix in the protein powder and raisins. Set aside.
In another bowl, mix the egg whites with the cinnamon and milk. Set aside.
Place the oats on a flat plate.
Preheat skillet on medium-high heat.
Fold each slice of bread to create a “pocket”. Fill each pocket equally with the cottage cheese mixture. Take the bread and dip each side into the egg mixture. Then, coat both sides with the oats. When ready, cook both sides until golden brown, approximately 3 minutes each side. Garnish with berries and serve.
Makes 2 Servings
Alright, comment time.
Did you enjoy this post? Will you give the recipe a try?
Are you familiar with Citizen Cope? How awesome is he?
And lastly, if you have a fun recipe and/or an “undiscovered” band that rocks out, share it with us all below!
At least 100 comments and I’ll be back with 3 more recipes later in the week!
Joel
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I’ll def be giving this French toast a go this weekend!
Good post!
I got to you through John B., so I already have the books and have made this breakfast many times – it’s great! Come on people, try it!
Great recipe Joel. Im actually doing a fundrasier for my school district and creating a healthy recipe book. My intention is to get as many people on board with clean eating and fitness. I figure as an educator, I am in a prime position to help our children and parents lead productive lives.
With your permission, I would like to submit this recipe as well.
Thanks, Jamie
Great recipe, will try it this weekend. I would suggest using STEVIA instead of chemical sugars.
Keep up the good work.
KC
This recipe is SOLID!
I am going to try this for supper this evening!
I was told once by someone who worked at GNC, that when you cook Protein powder, the protein disappears. I take it that you do not believe that.
Yeah, and when you cook meat, eggs, cheese, wheat, oats, and beans all the protein goes away, too!
Obviously, that was sarcastic.
LOVE this recipe! Think it will be my new Sunday Breakfast! Thanks!
Awesome recipe…just tried it.
Will you post more recipes like this from time to time??
-D
Well I guess I’ll have to try my cooking skills ;)
Oh yay – making it pronto!!!
This sounds great – will try soon!!!
I’m looking forward to trying this recipe once I can go shopping to get the few items I don’t have. I love French toast, & if I can have it in a healthy way, all the better. Thanks for posting it! :)
Oh, i just wish i could find all of those ingredients here in Italy.
Fun new twist Joel, A healthy thought for you to consider…why not replace Splenda with a natural sweetener like stevia? Just a thought :)
i’ll definitely give it a try – seems delicious
Hi Joel,
You lost me when you mentioned Splenda…. KC has the right idea, stick to “naturals”.
Vic
Ooooh… really awesome – I absolutely LOVE french toast… but I tend to make to much THEN finish whatever I made THEN have that overpowering feeling of the “second or third round munchy attack”. I just LOVE to eat. Chips, fruit, cereal, chocolate, lightly grilled slices of meat ¬ I could eat them all day; the healthy and the ‘bad’. Argh! But keep those recipes coming! Might as well learn to put the ‘good’ on the ‘bad’ =\
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Hey, it’s Joel! So you want to know a little more about me, huh? Well, I’d be happy to oblige :-)
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