There are lots of reasons to love this recipe, but one of my favorite things about it is the name….Pain Perdu or “Lost Bread”. It conjures up visions of romantic, Casablanca/Indiana Jones-esque movies doesn’t it? Seriously… just because of the name, this recipe “had me at hello”!
Besides the great name, I was attracted to this recipe from HHM member MakeRoux because I really love the whole idea of finding ways to reclaim ”lost” or stale bread, especially in these hard economic times. Can I just throw a shout out to the cook who came up with the idea of soaking stale bread in eggs and milk and frying it up? Brilliant! Whoever it was must have lived in times like these when nothing should ever, ever get wasted, and they sure knew what they were doing!
This is another recipe I made with my grandson recently, although he was mainly interested in the process of soaking the bread in the egg/milk mixture as opposed to the actual cooking part (boys….they like the messy stuff don’t they?). Anyway, when the cooking was done, we feasted like kings and Brandon saw that breakfast is so much more than toaster pastries and cereal. He was crazy about this wonderful recipe and even suggested that next time we stuff the bread with “that cheese I like” (translated to mean cream cheese). Could it be that I have a budding chef on my hands? Only time will tell! In the meantime, I plan to make Pain Perdu again and again, and I hope you do too!
Thanksgiving is celebrated today in the United States and it is one of the biggest holidays we have. We join together with others around a plentiful table and symbolically ‘give thanks’ for the things we are grateful for. While this is a blog and site dedicated to food, I wanted to share a little more than just that today.
As Thanksgiving approaches, my stress level reaches its annual high as I worry about my menu, the number and size of turkeys I have yet to cook, and whether or not everyone will fit comfortably around my dining room table. I share this day, as many Americans do, with loved ones in the comfort of my home. I fill myself with all the holiday delectables and spend the remainder of the day either pretending to watch football or chatting with family and friends.
Pot Pie … that wonderful dish of meat and potatoes in a rich gravy tucked away between two flaky pie crusts, a true comfort food. Right? Wrong. At least if you’re Pennsylvania Dutch it’s wrong.
Fall is slowly making an appearance in North Carolina and this past Saturday was quite cool and drizzly. As you may have read on my blog recently, this is the time of year when we start craving comfort foods again at my house, and since the weather was making me inclined to stay indoors, I started looking around for a member recipe to prepare and review. Anne Coleman’s (AnniePooh) 
Pita Pizza : Spread you favorite sauce on sliced pita or english muffin and just add low fat mozzarella. Can also add veggie toppings such as broccoli (they might actually like it). Bake in 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes.
In my life, the busyness never seems to end. With seven children ranging in age from 20 to 2 and school grades from college to K, I need a really great resource for quick, delicious and healthy recipes. I’m not alone in the hectic day-to-day goings on of life. Whether you have a family or not, chances are you find yourself too tired at the end of the day to want to cook at all. Too often we head for pre-packaged or take-out meals and suffer the consequences of such a diet by being even more tired and a vicious cycle begins. Enter Half Hour Meals!