Enjoy Every Moment

Today is our one month anniversary! On our one month anniversary it snowed (1st of the season!) and I received my new insurance card. The first snow and special dates should always be celebrated with something warm and wonderful....like hot tea and breakfast for dinner! And big kid insurance cards should be celebrated with something healthy...like turkey bacon!

Fluffy French Toast

(allrecipes.com)

Ingredients:
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 pinch salt
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon white sugar
12 thick slices bread (We used leftover Challah)
Directions:
1. Measure flour into a large mixing bowl. Slowly whisk in the milk. Whisk in the salt, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla extract and sugar until smooth.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium heat.

3. Soak bread slices in mixture until saturated. Cook bread on each side until golden brown. Serve hot.

Shrimp Toast!

Mrs. T and I planned an appetizer night for the boys and it was (mostly) a success. I was drawn to this recipe on pinterest because the picture looked amazing. The original recipe was fried in oil which I wasn't a fan of (although I'm sure it tasted 10x better) so I found another recipe that broiled the shrimp toasts and cooked them that way. This recipe has potential. I liked it but I felt that it was lacking a little something....some zip or pop of flavor. I will keep experimenting with shrimp toasts! (that is if the price of shrimp goes down...)

Spicy Shrimp Toast

(Pinterest find! Adapted from forkspoonbacon.com)

Ingredients:
½ inch piece ginger, peeled
2 garlic cloves
1/2 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/4 cup water chestnuts
1 egg white
1 green onion, thinly sliced
1 1/2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 loaf sourdough bread, cut into 1 inch squares
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
Directions:
1. Put garlic and ginger in a food processor and pulse.
2. Scrape down sides of bowl and add remaining shrimp paste ingredient, pulse until you get a paste.
3. Cut up bread and place on cookie sheet. Broil for a couple minutes to toast.

4. Spread 1 tablespoon of shrimp mixture on each toast, sprinkle with sesame seeds and broil for 5 minutes or until toasted.

Mozzarella Toasts!

I've been horribly uninspired and lazy in the kitchen this week. But last month I made mozzarella toasts with left over bread and cheese! I used some of my fresh Wegman's basil (The Lawyer suggested naming the plant Baaasil but I think I'm just going to start calling it Weggy for Wegmans) and I made a balsamic reduction to top it all off. I brought this to lunch for at least half of summer camp, yay variety. Plus I had so much basil I didn't know what to do with it.

Mozzarella Toasts

(Just winging it)

Ingredients:
Toasted Bread
Mozzarella
Fresh Basil
Balsamic Vinegar
Optional: Sugar for a sweeter reduction
Directions:
1. Toast your bread, slice your cheese and chop up your basil. (Or toast your bread and cheese together for gooey cheese)
2. Heat up your balsamic on medium heat and reduce till syrupy and it coats a spoon (but don't burn your tongue taste testing like I did). If you want a sweeter reduction add in sugar to taste.
3. Be artsy and drizzle your reduction over your toasts.