Creative Cooking for the Health-Conscious Gourmet
Low-Calorie | Low-Fat | Low-Cholesterol
Healthy Overnight Blueberry French Toast
This blueberry french toast recipe is appropriate for low-calorie, low-cholesterol, low-fat, and ovo-lacto vegetarian diet regimens.
Ingredients:
12 slices cinnamon bread, cubed
5 eggs, beaten
1.75 cups milk
1 cup packed brown sugar, divided
0.25 tsp ground cinnamon
0.25 tsp ground nutmeg
0.5 cup slivered almonds
0.25 cup butter, melted
2 cups fresh blueberries
Directions:
Place bread cubes in a greased 13 x 9 baking dish. In a bowl, combine the eggs, milk, 0.75 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg; pour over bread. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
Remove from the refrigerator 30 min before baking. Preheat oven to 400oF. Sprinkle almonds over egg mixture. Combine butter and remaining brown sugar; drizzle over the top. Bake, uncovered, for 25 min. Sprinkle with blueberries. Bake 10 min longer or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
Nutritional Information
Servings: 12
Nutrition Facts Per serving
Calories: 233
Total fat: 9.7 g
Saturated fat: 3.4 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 80 mg
Sodium: 176 mg
Potassium: 101 mg
Total carbohydrates: 32.4 g
Dietary fiber: 2.1 g
Sugars: 19.4 g
Chef and Author: Justin Gillette
Medically Reviewed by FibonacciMD editors.