French-a-fied Toast

How do you make an apple turnover?
Push it down a hill.

My favorite, favorite, super favorite breakfast is something we like to call French-a-fied Toast.  All morning there has been cold rain and thunder happening outside, so I thought today was the perfect day to make a cozy comforting breakfast.

French-a-fied Toast in our house is whatever leftover bread you have, soaked in a eggy mixture, and either fried on the stove top or baked in the oven (if you're feelin' fancy).  This morning, I had some leftover hamburger-style buns.  As I started slicing the buns, I thought about layering the bread.  Then, the layering thought had me thinking about what to put in between the layers.  And layers with filling had me thinking about lasagna.  So, thus, fancy Lasagna-Style French-a-fied Toast was born.

Here's what you need (enough for 2 people, double/triple for more):
leftover bread (I had 2 hamburger-style buns)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon of heavy cream (if you don't have heavy cream, just double up the milk)
1 tablespoon of milk
1 teaspoon of cinnamon, plus 1 other teaspoon of cinnamon
1 dash of salt
1 sliced apple (I used fuji)
a few drops of Agave or Maple Syrup
1/4 cup of granola (recipe on blog from  3/19/13)
1-2 tablespoons of maple syrup.

Nutty Granola

Did you hear the joke about peanut butter?
I'm not telling you...you might spread it.

I love peanut butter.  Sometimes I will grab a spoon and just eat a bit straight out of the jar (ok, sometimes I don't use a spoon).

This post has absolutely nothing to do with peanut butter (sigh, I know, stay with me...).  I could try and make the connection for, "I was thinking about peanut butter, then thought about those peanut butter granola bars, then thought about how we were out of granola", but that would be sort of stretching the truth.  Really, we were out of granola and all the jokes I know about nuts are well, too dirty for The Dirty Floor blog.

Back on track.  Granola is delicious.  Granola is also expensive, so why not make your own Nutty Granola at home? (This is suuuuuuuuuper easy, and the result is delicious!!!)

Here's what you need:
4 teaspoons of vanilla
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup maple syrup (get the good stuff)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of vegetable oil
5 cups of old fashioned rolled oats (not quick cooking)
1-2 teaspoons of cinnamon
2 cups of chopped pecans (walnuts, or whatever kind of nuts you're feelin' like)