Celebrating #NationalFrenchToastDay on a Toddler Tuesday

Did you know that today is National French Toast Day?  It's true.  I think there are food holidays nearly every single day of the year.  You can find a list of them all over at The Nibble in the Food Holidays section.

As luck would have it, when my friend Ellen who runs our Festive Foodies Event Planning Group informed us we were going to celebrate this holiday, I had just made my Little Princess French Toast Sticks for breakfast.  

I quickly volunteered to host this party since I had already made a recipe and taken photos.  Nine of my blogging  friends decided to join me giving us ten wonderful French Toast recipes to share with you today.

National French Toast Day

• Berries and Cream Stuffed French Toast Croissants by Everyday Eileen
• Cinnamon Roll French Toast with Cream Cheese Glaze. by I Just Make Sandwiches
• Garlicky Chard-Stuffed French Toast by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• French Toast Bites by The Freshman Cook
• French Toast Sticks by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Pizza Stuffed French Toast by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
• Rabanada by Palatable Pastime
• Savory French Toast Breakfast Sandwich by Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Strawberry Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
• Torrijas - Spanish French toast by Caroline's Cooking

I have shared a lot of French Toast recipes.  We love French Toast.  We eat it for breakfast, I serve it up for brunch and often, on busy crazy days we enjoy it for brinner.

This Blueberry French Toast Casserole was made up for our daughter when she lived in Florida and we were visiting.  French Toast is a great way to use up leftovers or stale bread.  This casserole  made with Cinnamon Raisin Bread is a popular choice here.

On Tuesdays and Wednesdays we have our granddaughter each week.  They are our favorite days and our lives (and food) revolve around this little toddler. On this morning, I made up a custard of eggs, cream, cinnamon and nutmeg.  I cut plain old white bread into strips and set them to soak up all the eggy goodness.  Then I fried them up in butter on the griddle.

I served it up with some bacon.  Little Miss doesn't like syrup on her French Toast Sticks but likes to dip them.

Grampy likes his buttered and drowned in syrup with bacon and coffee on the side.  I like mine with no butter but with syrup.  How do you like yours?

French Toast Sticks

4 eggs

1/2 c. half and half

1/2 t. cinnamon

1/4 t. freshly ground nutmeg 

2 T. butter

6 slices white bread, cut into thirds

Whisk together the eggs, cream, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large shallow bowl.  Add the bread sticks and let set for a minute, before flipping and allowing all the custard to be absorbed.

Heat a griddle (or pan) over med high heat.  When hot, melt the butter and place the strips onto the griddle in a single layer.  Reduce heat to medium and let cook for a few minutes until golden brown. Flip and let cook until the bottom is golden brown. Print Recipe