French Toast is now portable!
Take your French Toast to work.
Take it to class, take it in the car, sneak it into your little sister’s piano recital… Just don’t blame me if people give you weird looks :-?.
Fast Food?
When I was little, Burger King French toast sticks were a rare treat. On long car trips, or if I had an early-morning soccer game, we’d sometimes pick up BK French toast sticks for breakfast. Yesterday I decided to use Ezekiel cinnamon-raisin bread and make my own French toast sticks:
French Toast to-go!
(serves 2)
Categorized here: Non-Dessert Recipes.
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk of choice
- 1 medium, overripe banana (see nutrition link below, for substitution ideas)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/16 tsp salt
- optional: oil or margarine for cooking
- 4-5 slices bread (or cinnamon-raisin bread)
Either blend first five ingredients, or thoroughly mash your banana with a fork and then add other ingredients (excluding bread). In a wide, shallow dish, put a slice of bread into the batter and let it sit for 30 seconds on each side. (Don’t rush this step!) Fry in a little bit of vegan butter or oil (or you can coat the pan with oil spray if you prefer), and cook on medium-low heat. You’ll probably want to do one slice at a time, so there’s room to flip when it browns. Obviously, you can just eat this as regular french toast… but it’s way more fun to cut into strips and eat with your hands!
Got any remaining batter? Pour it on top of your French toast sticks!
Top with powdered sugar or Sugar-Free Powdered Sugar.
Or dip in syrup, or spread with peanut butter!!
Question of the Day:
How often do you eat fast food?
I think I was destined to be a vegetarian… Even when I was little, I never liked fast-food burgers. My favorite things to order were the Frostys, Taco Bell cinnamon twists, and McDonalds apple pies.
Yesterday I ate my French toast with this milkshake.
Completing the fast-food makeover ;).
*Groan* it’s 1.20 AM and now you’ve got my stomach rumbling for french toast!!
Great idea! I used to love french toast sticks too, this looks fantastico!
oh YAAM <3
These look yummy. My sister keeps talking about french toast. I think I’ll make these for her 🙂
By the way, I made your no guilt cookies and they were really yummy!
I never eat fast food cuz they don’t have good veggie options. I do like the milkshakes though!
Can you make more recipes without a blender please? All of the blender recipes you make look delicious but I don’t have one. Do you have any recipes for people with colds?
Hmmm… maybe any of my non-dessert recipes, like the bread-free vegan stuffing? Or… well, I’m weird and like milkshakes when I’m sick, but any smoothie or something with fruit for Vitamin C!
Maybe I need to post a soup recipe soon!
This was great! I halved the recipe, which made two slices and some “syrup.” On my first piece, I didn’t let it cook long enough. It was still great, but I wouldn’t call it portable. The second one was better, in that it was portable, but portability doesn’t really matter to me. I can’t even say I preferred it, because I do love gooey, undercooked treats! On the second one, I probably left it in the batter too long. It was dense. It formed a crust on the outside, but it wasn’t stiff like your picture because it was too heavy. I spread some pb on it while it was still hot. Yum!
Yum! Sounds wonderful! I never eat fast food except for maybe Chipotle, but I try to stay away from it!!! I feel better eating my own cooking and it’s WAY healthier for you!
yum, looks good! i’ve eaten more fast food than i should’ve, but now that i’ve gone veggie i haven’t touched it for a while. and thank goodness, especially after i saw this very disturbing thing yesterday. yuck!!!
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Looks like I’m alone here but I LOVE FAST FOOD!!! I’m an NPC bikini competitor and can’t eat it often but I love it and do every chance I get!!! I already have a list of places we are stopping on the way home from my next competition in 11 days!! all the sugar and fat and salt mmmmmm yum!! I love my healthy food too which I eat 98% of the time but I am no hater on the drive through lol bring it on!!
This was hilarious! 🙂 Drive through I think is just a lot less enjoyable as a vegan, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have my other eating out vices. And I totally laughed about having the list of places you are stopping at on the way home because I am known for structuring an outing around a great place to eat or known vegan junk food. 🙂
These look amazing! Cannot wait to try this.
I never really liked fast food that much, like McDs or Burger King. I absolutely HATED Kentucky Fried Chicken. Glad that there are some healthier fast food alternatives today like Chipotle and Cosi.
Thanks for the ideas Katie! I love almost any type of bread, but I hate eggs so I’ve never been a big Fr toast fan. I’ll have to try your version!
I’m definitely not a fast food fan, although I had the occasional happy meal as a kid. The big favorite around here is In N Out, and apparently they have a moderately healthy “protein burger,” where you have lettuce instead of a bun. Honestly, isn’t it easier to just prepare your own food and just splurge on an indulgence every once in a while?? The closest I’ve come to fast food as an adult is a pastry item from Starbucks or a Togos turkey sandwich.
Eggs freak me out, so this recipe is great! I made it yesterday with a few modifications (some sweetener and extra spices) and it was Boyfriend approved 🙂
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This looks Delish! Hey, found a blog you were mentioned on! Lol
“I officially declare Katie a ninja! This Ninja loves her chocolate!” OK, that made me laugh.
LOL 🙂 🙂
This looks SO good! I love how it was posted on April 23rd because french toast is my favorite breakfast food, and that’s my birthday! 🙂 I think I’ll have to make myself a belated birthday treat tomorrow… 🙂
Happy belated birthday! 🙂
Thank you!! 🙂
Oh my gosh, I never thought you could make a vegan french toast. This is INCREDIBLE! 🙂
These were a too sweet for my liking….but CCK was right on when she said they taste like the BK french toast sticks. I can say that I LOVED the batter:) It was great. Next time I am going to try this with my sprouted whole wheat bread to cut down on the sweetness. Since I’m a bananna fan, I’m sure I’ll love the bananna flavor the batter brings to the whole wheat. Thanks Katie for another great recipe!
This was a complete disaster. They were too soggy, stuck to the non-stick pan and they didn’t taste like French toast. Just like a banana with cinnamon.
Why would someone leave such a mean comment? 🙁
Katie, these were fantastic and reminded me so much of the ones from BK that I used to love and eat all the time when I was a kid! Ignore the haters. These are great!
P.S. The recipe specifically says to use oil or grease the pan! Don’t blame Katie if you can’t read!
Why leave “such a mean comment”? It’s honest feedback. I’m not going to lie and say “omg these were fantastic!” When they were not. As for this “hater” jibberish, I am a fan of CCK. Unfortunately, this recipe wasn’t a favorite of mine. You’re incredibly ignorant to state that anyone who has issues with a recipe “can’t read”. The recipe was followed to a T and still stuck to the non-stick pan.
to be honest, even though i absolutely loved this recipie! i’m having the same problem with it sticking to the pan. any suggestions? (i have tried putting more oil/butter in the pan – still doesnt work 🙁 )
Earth balance works great!