french toast

since i began this gluten-free journey, there have been foods that i have dearly missed. breakfast time tends to cause the most longing. most cereals have either flour or maltodextrin. my beloved Rice Crispies are a thing of the past! there have been some positives in the last year or so. i missed my morning toast, but found great gf english muffins. Boris made pancakes for me...light, fluffy, buckwheat-tasting pancakes with gluten-free flour that made me swoon. granted, Boris is a chef, but his experimentation helped me feel as if i can branch out a bit on my own to discover what works and what doesn't.

last Thanksgiving, i stumbled upon gluten-free croutons in the store. we made the traditional stuffing out of those gluten-free croutons and it was GOOD! i waited a bit too long this year to find them, thus the purchase of 8 dollar Glutino Corn Bread was made. i thawed the bread, cut it into cubes and used an entire box of Progresso Chicken Stock (MSG-free and gluten-free!) to moisten it. the gf stuffing was pretty tasty, i must say.

i used most, but not all, of the bread for the stuffing. i left 4 slices in the package and determined i would figure out something to do with it.

Saturday afternoon it hit me: FRENCH TOAST!

i am even more a fan of french toast than pancakes. the way the bread soaks the egg-milk mixture into all the bread pockets to soften and richen it, the crispy-golden crust, the butter turning brown in the pan as it cooks. the butter pools on the top surface of the slices lining the plate, the sweetness of hot maple syrup.

holy crap...

it was sooooo amazing. three years since i've eaten French Toast. that French Toast was worth the 2 bucks a slice.

i'm buying more bread next payday :p