French Toast is a delicious and healthy dish for breakfast. Delicious and crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside. This recipe uses low-fat milk to reduce the fat and calories and has less sugar than other recipes. It is high in protein and a good source of fibre and calcium. Try serving this delicious French Toast with a dusting of icing sugar, honey, maple syrup or fresh berries.
Key Ingredients of our Healthy French Toast Recipe
- Bread – Choose Whole-grain or Whole-Wheat bread as it is higher in fibre and nutrients than white bread.1 It is important to choose at least day-old bread as fresh bread will become soggy. In this recipe, we have used pane di casa type bread, a rustic Italian loaf.
- Milk – Use low-fat milk to lower the fat and calories.
- Sweetener -Coconut sugar has been used instead of refined white sugar. It contains some antioxidants, minerals and fibre but should still be used in only small amounts. 2
Ingredient Substitutes
- Make it gluten-free – choose a gluten-free bread
- Make it vegan – choose a non-dairy or plant-based milk such as soya milk or almond milk, and substitute eggs with a heaped tablespoon of ground flaxseed or chia seeds.
Serving Suggestions for French Toast
- Try a light drizzle of maple syrup, honey or sugar-free syrup
- Serve with a dusting of icing sugar, mixed berries and some low-fat vanilla yoghurt
Storage
This recipe is best eaten straight away.
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Healthy French Toast
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 oil spray
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup milk, low-fat 2%
- 2 tsp coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon optional
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 slices bread, whole-wheat 35g each
Instructions
- Crack the eggs into a bowl, add the milk, vanilla, sugar and cinnamon and whisk until well combined.
- Spray a frypan with the olive oil and bring to a medium heat.*
- Dip one piece of bread in at a time into egg mixture, until it has quickly soaked in and then allow any excess to drip away.
- Add the soaked bread to the frypan. Cook 1- 2 slices at a time.
- Cook for 4-5 minutes each side or until golden brown and cooked through.
Notes
Nutrition
Please Note: Nutrition Values are approximate only. They may vary according to which brands of food are used.
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