French Toast for Breakfast

DO NOT knock this until you’ve tried it!

Although IP’ers are only allowed aubergine (or eggplant to those on the American side of the pond!) twice a week, I promise it will be worth making this one of those 2 occasions.

I have copied this recipe (with a little adjustment e.g. olive oil instead of butter) from a blog I’ve been following and although there are plenty of recipes on the blog we are as yet unable to try, I recommend you check out this blog - there’s many more recipes to try that are IP friendly and many I’m sure like me you’ll want to try as you graduate onto the maintenance phase of IP - link to the blog below...

http://mariahealth.blogspot.com/

“French Toast”

1 aubergine/eggplant

Sea salt

2 eggs & 1 egg white

1 tsp vanilla (possibly not strictly IP - although the ‘only’ ingredient is vanilla it has been extracted with 41% alcohol - oops!)

Stevia

Olive oil

Cinnamon (optional)

Fresh ground nutmeg (optional)

Walden Farms Pancake syrup (optional but recommended)

Peel the eggplant and cut into slices.  Sprinkle a small amount of salt onto the eggplant.  Turn the eggplant pieces over and sprinkle a small amount on the other side - let it rest for 2-5 minutes to let the bitter juices come out a little.  Pat dry with a paper towel.

Mix the eggs, vanilla, cinnamon (if using) and stevia in a bowl.  

Put the eggplant in the egg mixture and poke holes into it with a fork to allow the mixture to penetrate.

Spray the pan with a little olive oil or if you don’t have a sprayer just drizzle a little oil into a frying pan on medium heat.

Cook the ‘french toast’ until golden brown.  Then flip and do the same on the other side - top with a little more cinnamon and some nutmeg and some Walden Farms pancake syrup 

ENJOY!

I challenge you to make this for your husband or wife or kids - those not on IP and see if they can guess the ‘secret’ ingredient!

Note:  We tried it without the pancake syrup because we don’t have any in stock but I would highly recommend it with the syrup - think that’s about all it was missing to really complete the picture (except perhaps a few blueberries and strawberries - soon come!)