Over-Night Stuffed French Toast and Crème Fraiche

The other day my mother was reading Mennonite Girls Can Cook when she found this recipe for Crème Fraiche.  She thought it seemed intriguing so wanted to give it a try.  Why not? I thought, I've never had it, who knows it may just be good.  
We did a little research to see just what it might be here ya go:

Crème fraîche (French pronunciation: [kʁɛm fʁɛʃ], from French crème fraîche^[1]) is a soured cream containing about 28% butterfat and with a pH of around 4.5. It is soured with bacterial culture, but is less sour than sour cream. It has a comparatively high viscosity and a higher fat content.

Originally a French product, it is available in many countries. It is traditional to France, Romania, Belgium, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Scandinavia. With availability increasing since the 1990s, it has become popular in the United Kingdom, where cream has traditionally been of high quality and in widespread use but where the soured variety remained a niche product.  (taken from wikipedia)

Sounds a bit like yogurt to me!

We needed something to put it on, eating by itself was of course an option, but we thought all that cream might make us sick.  

She just happened to have a recipe for Over-Night Stuffed French Toast (or baked French Toast) that she had gotten from a B&B in Cheyenne, WY.  

Boy-Oh-Boy!  What a great choice for this choice topping!!  Just look at these pictures and wait for your mouth to start watering!

And this ladies is a video of the Creme Fraiche right after we opened the lid!

I gotta tell ya, these two together?!  Rich but OH so good!

Want the recipe for the French Toast?  Here ya go!

• 1 loaf of white cheap bread (we are thinking texas toast the next time)
• 1 8ox package of cream cheese
• 10 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 c syrup

Use a 9 X 13 pan and lay out the slices of bread with the crust cut off

Cover with the cream cheese

Cover with more bread slices, crust off

Mix the eggs, melted butter and syrup and pour over the bread

Press down until all the bread is soaked

Cover and put in the fridge overnight

Next morning - bake in a 350* oven for about 20 minutes

     (also warms up nicely in the microwave actually!)

Enjoy!!

Thankful For ...

• Delicious red cups full of delicious coffee, and the conversation that came with it
• An equally delicious little girl that smiles every time you look at her, she does a heart good
• A not so little anymore boy who just absorbs everything put in front of him.  This book happened to be on pulleys and the like (thank you Uncle Todd)
• The joy of reading, even at such a young age

Right where you are supposed to be

One of the blogs I read is a group of women living their lives and learning how to be emotionally "organic".  Today is one of those days I have been dreading since I left Georgia.  This happens to be the post from that blog, just what I needed today!

(taken from roots of she )

This is where the magic happens

Feb 14th, 2012

by Roots of She. 

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Under The Same Sun, originally uploaded by some_stuff

This is when the magic happens: right when you feel like everything is going wrong, shift your attitude to accept that it’s actually going right.

Our judgments of how we think our life should be are preventing us from reaching our Highest Potential.

If you’re going through a storm, hold the belief that it’s the perfect storm for you to be going through and that you’ve been given everything you need to weather the storm. When the chaos subsides you will experience the Truth that is forever true; you are always taken care of, exactly where you need to be and your efforts are rewarded exactly when they need to be.

Remember this Truth the next time a storm is on the horizon and you will grow wings and be able fly right over it and towards the calm waters of Trust and Love.

-
Jackson Kiddard

Thankful For...

• A quiet place to rest
• A smiling, laughing little girl.  She seems to be forever laughing
• The man who makes her smile and laugh and never seems to get tired of doing it
• Something soft to knit and the little head it will soon go on
• Little hands that want to cut
• Random toys left out that were so enjoyed the day before
• The book that quiets my  mind
• Watching the birds at work, always so busy and seemingly happy.  Maybe I could learn a little something from them
• A little boy who wants to wrestle, but his reserve at wearing the singlet.  He's getting there...
• Not having to do all the dishes

Dance!

• What better to start with than a BOOM!
• And how about a little bit from the 90's?
• One from the Late Amy Winehouse.
• And who can't help but laugh when listening to this one!! Don't forget the "wiggle wiggle wiggle" gentlemen!!
• Feel the beat
• And who doesn't need a good feeling every once in awhile?  
• I hate to say it but boots and boys? Yes please!
• Time for a little breather? Are you sweating yet? Try this one on for size! Just a bit of info to help out here - a ten cent pistol is (as defined by urban dictionary) Drugs (usually heroin) laced with lethal amounts of poison. Arsenic is common. Used as revenge against addicts and dealers alike
• Now for a little Gossip because you all know you do it!
• And this one because who hasn't felt the pain of typing with exceedingly long fingernails?!

Now, who feels better?

Idle Hands

Quote of the Week

"You must have the allergy ... if you sneeze it means you have the allergy."   -- Ruby