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Weekend Brunch: French Toast Kabobs

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If you frequent the Twitter Party circuit (and if you don’t, you’re missing out!) I’m really hoping you caught our #EggcellentEggs Twitter Party before the holidays. Because if you did, chances are, you’ve already made this portrait of deliciousness at least once. Three words: French Toast Kabobs.

It’s just one of the scrumptious brunch recipes you’ll find at eggs.ca, and is quite possibly the perfect meal for a late Sunday morning in winter. The trick is to use thick-sliced bread – or better yet, buy unsliced bread and slice it yourself (or ask to have it sliced at the bakery or grocery store). You’ll want the slices to be about 1-inch thickness. Day-old bread is best for French toast; when dipped in the egg mixture, it will hold its shape and absorb just the right amount of eggy goodness.

3 eggs
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
4 (1-inch) thick slices day-old whole grain bread
3 medium bananas
18 strawberries
3/4 cup fruit-flavoured or vanilla yogurt

1. Whisk eggs and cinnamon in shallow bowl until blended. Whisk in milk and vanilla.

2. Spray large skillet with cooking spray. Heat skillet over medium heat.

3. Dip one slice of bread at a time into egg mixture, turning to coat both sides. Remove from egg mixture, letting excess drip off. Place bread on hot skillet. Cook until bottom is golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn over and cook other side until browned.

4. Remove bread from skillet and place on cutting board. Cut each slice into three equal strips, then each strip into three cubes. Cut each banana into six slices.

5. Thread a cube of bread onto 8-inch wooden skewer. Alternately add fruit and bread so skewer has three bread cubes and three portions of fruit. Repeat with remaining bread cubes and fruit, making 12 skewers. Serve with yogurt for dipping.

Variations:

• Use the bread of your choice (e.g. white, raisin, sourdough).
• Omit cinnamon; use chocolate milk instead of white milk.
• Drizzle kabobs with maple syrup, fruit syrup or chocolate sauce.
• Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over both sides of French toast before cutting into cubes.
• Sprinkle kabobs with icing sugar.

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  1. Wow, what a great way to jazz up French toast! It is fancy enough for company, and now that it could be considered finger food by the little ones, much “tastier,” too!

  5. That sounds yummy – nice way to lighten up the French Toast (I find it heavy on its own) :) Recipe/idea scooped :)

  6. What a neat idea! I love this recipe! My kids love french toast so this would be a huge winner at our house. I wish I hadn’t missed the twitter party. Sounds like some great recipes.

  8. This looks and sounds amazing, going to try this out Sunday for brunch!! Thanks for the recipe!

  14. Yay! Sunday breakfast!! This looks fabulous Lena, I never would’ve thought of something so simple so easy! I am not artistically inclined in anyway.. not crafts not food and certainly not fashion, thank heavens I have you! :)

    • Hahaha, thankfully, this recipe is SO easy and always comes out a winner, thanks to the colourful fruit!

  16. Yummy, these look delicious! I love French toast. Clever idea to use chocolate milk instead of white!

  17. Thanks for the recipe. Now I am craving. Guess what I will be making soon. I love your idea very much. Makes it fun even for adults and so healthy. :) :)

  18. What a great idea to serve for brunch and I know my grandkids will love this when I make it next time they come to visit.

  19. This looks really good! I made eggs and sausages for brunch today. I served plain yoghurt with bananas and slivered almonds. I will make this for next Sunday. Thank you for the recipe and great pictures.

  20. French toast kabobs?! who would have thought?! sounds delicious, would have to try that some weekend!

  21. This is a snazzy way to make french toast.I love this new twist on it because the little ones can just eat it with their fingers.I think whatever foods fall into that category become their favorites and further more it’s awesome because it’s also healthy for them.Thank you for the great idea.

  25. This is a fantastic presentation for French Toast! I am always looking for new ways to make meals fun & nutritious for the kids and since they love kabobs on the BBQ, I am sure they would enjoy this. Thanks for the inspiration!

  26. awesome idea! I’m going to have to try this tomorrow – I’ve been craving french toast for awhile now!

  31. Everything tastes better as a kabob! Really though, these look yummy. I think I will have to try them. :)

  32. This would be a hit with our little guy, I’m going to give it a try seeing as we have everything needed. Great way to make breakfast fun and fancy. Great post Lena :)

  35. What a great idea! We’ll have to give try this next Sunday for brunch, along side with the kids favorite drink…Strawberry Banana fruit smoothies.
    You can never have enough strawberries and bananas! LOL Thanks for posting!

  40. I have to get hubby to make this. maybe get him to make chocolate covered strawberries and bananas first. better yet a chocolate covered fruit kabob.

  42. I love this recipe and especially that you use whole grain bread and the fruit would make it a favorite with kids and adults