Saturday Morning Brunch Idea! The Hubs Approved!!!

Challah French Toast! Yum!

This is very hearty. I found the recipe on the Food Network App.
It is a Barefoot Contessa recipe and the Hubs Loves It!

I used 6 large eggs and sliced the Challah into thick pieces (about 3/4").

She calls for plain Challah, but I could only find Challah with raisins. It is wonderful with raisins!
You will need the 1 tsp of orange zest, 1 1/2 cups of half-and-half (I used heavy whipping cream,
because I had it in the fridge) or 2% milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 Tbsp honey, 1/2 tsp Kosher salt. 

Mix eggs, cream, orange zest, honey, vanilla extract,
salt in a shallow bowl. Soak bread in the mix 5 minutes
on each side.

Heat 1 Tbsp of butter and 1 Tbsp of oil in a skillet on
medium heat. Cook soaked slices on each side for
2-4 minutes until golden.

Heat your oven to 250 degrees so that you can keep the toast warm as you cook the second batch.
Then cover your French toast with confectioners sugar.

The Barefoot Contessa suggests serving with warm maple syrup
and raspberry preserves.

We didn't have raspberry preserves, so we just used blackberry preserves.
It was still delicious!

So Orange-Scented French Toast, covered in Blackberry Preserves and
smothered in syrup...Win!

The Hubs Loved It!

I cannot tell you that it is at all low carb, but there is quite a bit of protein from all of the eggs.

If you are going for yummy French Toast and you aren't carb counting...pick this one!!! 

Hooray for Brunch!

La Bonne Vie Ya'll!

Hooray for Publix!

I just want to say: Hooray for Publix!

Blackberry Pork Chops, Horseradish Mashed Potatoes & Spinach.

When I'm walking through their grocery store, and one of their announcements is heard over the loud speaker; they end it with: "Thank you for shopping at Publix, where shopping is a pleasure!" I audibly reply: "Yes it is!"

I actually enjoy shopping there. I love it. The aisles are large enough. If I can't find something, an employee walks me directly to the item. They take my groceries to the car...I HEART PUBLIX!

And, in honor of my great love for the store that makes it so easy for home cooks to successfully feed our families comes tonight's dinner!

This is one of their recipes, made with purchases from their store.

To make the sauce: 1 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp lemon juice & 1/4 cup blackberry preserves.
The actual blackberries are just for garnish.

Sprinkle both sides of the pork chops with steak seasoning, and then coat both sides with cooking spray.
Grill for 4-5 minutes on each side until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees for medium.

In a saucepan, bring the preserves, lemon juice and soy sauce to a boil over medium heat. Stir occasionally until preserves are liquefied. Cover and remove form heat. Spoon the sauce over the pork chops. 

To speed things up, I bought a 24oz package of refrigerated mashed potatoes.

Place the potatoes in a microwave safe bowl; cover and cook on HIGH for 3 minutes.

Stir in 2 Tbsp of sour cream, 1 Tbsp of butter and 1 Tbsp of prepared horseradish. Continue cooking for 3 more minutes on HIGH.

Stir and serve!

I heated up some frozen spinach and dinner was on the table in 30 minutes!

La Bonne Vie Y'all!