{recipe} Easy French Toast

I love it when I gather recipes that the whole family cam enjoy together.  One simple meal that everyone loves, and hoovers down.  French toast is one of those meals.  Especially the "fancy french toast," you can pretty much use any bread, and on any give day we will probably be using a simple whole wheat bread.  But every once in a while we like to buy challah bread for a little fancy flair.  I love weekend breakfast, that is slow and laid back with a pretty table, a cup of tea, and the sweet conversations of the kids.  You can pretty much make this recipe your own - use any bread you like, leave the bread whole, cut of the crust, cut the bread into sticks, or you could even tear it into big chunks and make french toast on a stick.  We just kept it simple yet fancy with some challah bread.

 EASY FRENCH TOAST:
* serves 4

2 large eggs
1/2 cup whole milk
2 tsp honey (I like using raw honey)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt
6 slices of bread (our favorite is to use challah bread)
2 tbsp unsalted butter, for cooking
maple syrup or raw honey for serving

VARIATION: You can exchange the bread for any type of bread that you love - whole wheat, sourdough bread, rye bread, white bread, baguette, the list is endless.

* I recommend using organic/grass-fed/high quality ingredients from reputable companies when feasible..

Whisk together the eggs, whole milk, honey, ground cinnamon, and celtic sea salt in a shallow dish.  Slice your bread into desired thickness.

Heat a griddle or saute pan over medium heat.  Dab with some butter.  Dip the bread, one slice at a time into the egg mixture, make sure to coat both sides.

Working in batches cook the french toast until golden on each side and cooked through in the middle, about 3 minutes on each side.

Serve with a dab of butter, maple syrup or honey.

Freezer friendly: French toast, freezes beautifully.  Line a 9x13 inch baking sheet  with parchment paper (I like to use unbleached parchment paper.) Place the french toast on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper.  Freeze for 30 minutes. Transfer the frozen french toast to a labeled (content and date) freezer zipper bag, separate each slice of french toast with a small square of parchment paper to prevent them from sticking to each other.  Freeze for up to 3 months.