Baked French Toast

I had some leftover french bread from a dinner party that I didn't know what  to do with.  Decided to make some breakfast!!

1 loaf of french bread (cut into 2in cubes)
6 eggs
1 cup milk
cinnamon
vanilla
orange zest

Fruit (you can use whatever you have, I used some frozen mango, papaya, pineapple.  Could use berries, apples,  rhubarb ect.)

Topping (optional)
1/2 c Flour
1/2 C Brown sugar
butter

Whip the eggs, milk, vanilla and orange zest.  Toss bread in the mixture.  Place in a 9x13 pan.  Slice up the fruit into small pieces and push it down into the french toast.  Refrigerate overnight.

Topping:
Mix four and sugar. Cut in some butter or marg.  Sprinkle on top the morning you are baking.

Bake for 50-55 minutes.  EAT!!  Yum!

Salmon Burgers with Baked Sweet Potato Fries

This is a light healthy meal that is different from the everyday dinner!

For the Burgers:
Salmon filet, skinless
 Dijon mustard
Plain Greek yogurt
1 scallion diced
Parsley
1/2 red pepper
Panko bread crumbs (in the Asian isle at the store)
lemon juice
salt and pepper

Put the salmon in the food processor with a few Tbs of yogurt.  Process until combined.  Remove from processor and stir in other ingredients.  Make into patty's.  When ready to cook place a small amount of olive oil a frying pay, cook burgers for about 2 minutes on each side.

For the Sauce:
Dijon mustard
plain Greek yogurt
mayo
1 scallion diced
Parsley
pepper
lemon juice

Mix all of the ingredients together until you get a medium consistency sauce.

*Place a generous spoonful of the sauce on top of burgers to serve.  Can also serve with asparagus, avocado. spinach or other veggies between the burgers and sauce.

To Make the Fries:
 Sweet potato peeled and cut into french fry shaped pieces
A few Tbs Olive Oil
Pepper
Any other seasoning you want (I have used yellow or red curry, a smoky BBQ seasoning, cajan ect)

Toss the above ingredients in a bowl.  For easy cleanup place foil on a cookie sheet and grease it with a little more olive oil.  Spread fries onto pan.  Bake at 350 for about 20 min until desired softness.

*Also good served with curry ketchup!

Shrimp Taco's with Corn & Bean Slaw

Made these on Cinco de Mayo, yummy!!

Shrimp peeled
Cajun seasoning
Avacado sliced
Tortilla

For the Slaw:
Corn
Black beans
Cabbage sliced
Tomato diced
green onion sliced
cilantro chopped
lime juice
cumin
honey
garlic salt

To make the slaw:
Combine corn, beans,cabbage, tomato, green onion and cilantro.  Combine lime juice, honey, cumin and garlic salt to desired sweet or sour taste.  Pour over slaw.

Heat a little olive oil in a skillet, let the skillet get hot.  Sprinkle cajun in the pan. Pour shrimp into really hot pan and cook until just pink.  The outside should be a bit blackened.

Heat tortillas to soften and add shrimp.  Put slaw over shrimp and sliced avocado on top of that.  Serve to your fiance to make him happy on Cinco De Mayo!!

Steak on Toasty Bread

Steak on Toasty Bread
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I altered this recipe from one I found in a magazine. Its yummy, easy and perfect if you want to use the grill!

french bread or other yummy bread
1 Sirloin Steak
1 tomato sliced
blue cheese crumbles
arugula
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
garlic salt

Slice the french bread and drizzle it with olive oil, sprinkle garlic salt on.  Set aside.  Grill Steak until desired  pink-ness. Pull the steak off the grill and toast the bread on both sides on the grill while the steak is sitting.  Slice steak.  Put a drizzle of balsamic vinegar on the bread.  Place arugula, tomato, a couple slices of steak on the bread, top with blue cheese.  Eat!!