Top of the mornin’ to ya!
Despite my horrible sleep on Tuesday night, I slept like a log last night.
Don’t you find that sleep after a bad night’s sleep is always so restorative and deep?
It’s the same with workouts the day after a rest day…they are always strong!
And don’t cravings for salads and fruit suddenly appear after a weekend of unhealthy fare?
Our bodies always find a way of balancing it all out! It is amazing when you think about it.
One of the best lessons I ever learned was to TRUST my body. My body is smart and so is yours. It knows how to function. The reason we get into trouble is that we start to second guess what our body is trying to tell us. We ignore that little voice that says, ‘Your leg just doesn’t feel right, you shouldn’t go for that run’ or ‘You are hungry and should eat more today.’
We are taught to ignore our bodies signals.
I talked briefly the other day about how my hunger that was off the wall. I felt like I had a hole in my stomach! In the past I would have ignored it and not allowed myself to eat more. This would often lead to a binge.
Now, if I am hungry I allow myself to eat more. I don’t binge anymore and I haven’t in probably 3 years. Sure, on occasion I still may overeat (I’m only human and I love food!!!), but I would take this any day over bingeing and the extreme guilt that comes with it.
Trusting my body seems so obvious to me now, but it was such a hard concept for me to learn after years of depriving myself.
Onward to my morning!
This morning I was up around 5:45am after a solid 7 hours sleep. After doing about 1.5 hours work on the computer with a warm cuppa, my body told me it needed food.
Vegan French Toast
One food I thought I would never have again after going vegan is French toast. I came across a vegan French toast recipe and decided to give it a shot. This recipe is adapted from Vegan Coach. I was absolutely blown away by how similar this recipe tastes to the non-vegan version.
Ingredients:
- 6 slices bread
- 1 cup non-dairy milk
- 2 Tablespoons silken tofu (I used 1 tablespoon coconut butter instead)
- 1 Tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1 tablespoon sucanat or brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- dash of nutmeg
- EDITED to add: 1 banana!!!
Directions: Put all ingredients except bread into a blender and blend until smooth. Preheat a skillet with some oil (make sure to also use a non-stick pan!). Dip the slices of bread into the liquid mixture and then place onto the skillet. Cook on both sides until browned. Serve with fruit and pure maple syrup if desired. Serves 2-3.
The taste of the batter was fantastic! It reminded me a lot of regular French toast.
Make sure you use a non-stick pan and oil it really well.
Or this will happen…doh!!
I’m not sure if this was due to my pan or to the batter, but my French toast never got crispy on the outside. I haven’t had French toast in a long time, so I can’t remember if it is supposed to be crisp or not! Anyone? :)
It also may have been due to my substitution- I used coconut butter instead of silken tofu.
Regardless though, it tasted fabulous.
I thought it was going to need maple syrup or some nut butter to go with it, but it was just perfect plain! Eric really enjoyed it too.
Tea was had…
We shared a big bowl of juicy cantaloupe:
Just a quick note about Glo Bars:
- Sold out glo bars have been replenished in the cart!
- Heaven, Refresh, and variety packs are also on sale
- Please note: The last day to place an order and have it shipped out before I leave for vacation is Monday March 15th!! If you need to stock up, now is the time as I won’t be back to the bakery until early April.
Hope the sun is shining where you are!! :)
Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night… without the satisfaction.
~Lynn Johnston
That vegan french toast looks delish!! I used to be the same way… feeling so hungry would lead to a binge. Now, I do the same you do- I EAT MORE. It sounds so simple, but at that point in my life… it wasn’t. I kept trying and trying to deny the hunger. Now, I don’t deny hunger! If I am hungry, it means my body wants food!!
xo
K
I know its not French toast but I used Gena’s banana soft serve and added some strawberry-pineapple pulp from my juice today and used it to top some toasted Ezekiel bread. Wonderful!
Hi Angela-
I’ve had problems with vegan pancakes and waffles sticking to the pan when I add fruit. It could be the fruit sugar in the banana that caused the sticking. It’s totally worth it, though- what’s breakfast without banana?! :-)
I was trying to figure out why mine burned and REALLY stuck to the pan. I used plenty of Earth Balance and I had a non-stick pan and it was still a disaster. I think that you might be right about the banana, so I am going to omit it the next time. I’ll just eat it on the side :)
I had a major craving for french toast over the holiday, so of course the first thing I googled was “oh she glows french toast” because I knew if you had a recipe for it it would be great! I left out the tofu and nutritional yeast (couldnt find silken tofu and my closest grocery store and not a huge fan of nutritional yeast in general) and it was just delicious! Thanks for helping me satisfy my craving :)
*at my closest grocery store, not “and”
Thank you for this recipe! My family is vegan and I made French toast for the first time for my boys today (ages 3 and 16 months). They gobbled it up!
Tried this today and it was a big hit with my 4 and 6 year old as well as my non-plant based hubby. I don’t own any nonstick pans, so it took me a few rounds to get the oil/heat combo right so that I didn’t have a sticky burnt mess, but eventually I got it to turn out great! I also added a little ground chia seed part way through because my batter was runny. The chia helped gel it into more of a batter consistency.
This got the tofu-hating partner’s seal of approval (as do most of your recipes!)
Just like the non-vegan version, but delightfully lighter.
(I omitted the banana, due to a banana shortage in my kitchen.)
I just now found your exciting website and think you are great. I’m not sure I’m quite ready for a complete menu such as yours but I really do love a lot of your recipes. I also love veggies and some of your salad dressings sound fantastic.
I was anxious to read about your vegan French toast and would like to make a suggestion to you and also to any readers who make French toast of any kind using any ingredients. When I make mine, I always actually toast the bread before I dunk it (or immerse it) in the sauce, whatever kind of sauce you prefer whether it be for regular or vegan French Toast. That way the bread isn’t as soggy as when you just dip the plain bread. Try it and see if it doesn’t improve your French Toast. Happy Eating!
Made these and they were very good.