With Easter just around the corner, the French toast season opens. Do you want to learn how to make this delicious sweet? I bring you a couple of recipes for lovers of French toast and healthy life!! One piece of advice: having it for breakfast with a good coffee and some fruit will be a very good option. And if temptation allows you, avoid eating them at snacks. With a little control, you can enjoy a good French toast this Easter.
What do you need to make torrijas fit
If you don’t dare much with experiments in the kitchen, I propose the following versions that provide fewer calories for the following reasons: since they are not breaded, they have less bread and less eggs, reducing their energy value by practically a third: less fat and less sugar. When using whole wheat bread, it has a higher fiber content and higher nutritional value than when made with white bread. Also, they are crunchier. Lastly, when baked or grilled, with semi-skimmed or skimmed milk and using only egg white, they are 20 times less fat than traditional French toast.
Main ingredients of the torrijas
- INTEGRAL BREAD: Made with whole wheat flour (minimum 75% whole wheat). Important: the bread must have a good thickness, like a finger and a half. Not larger than the palm of your hand.
- MILK or VEGETABLE DRINK: Choose the option that you like the most or use the most at home. Semi-skimmed milkor vegetable drink without added sugars give a very superior flavor. Recommend almond or coconut milk.
- EGG: We can use beaten egg or just egg white for a lighter version.
Aroma and flavor versions for torrjias
- Orange and lemon zest.
- Cinnamon stick added to boiled milk.
- Vanilla essence.
Options to increase protein intake:
- Add vanilla flavored whey protein.
Culinary technique (to avoid frying):
- Iron with a drop of olive oil or coconut oil.
Final touch:
- A little honey or agave syrup (be careful, it’s sugar! It will make it more caloric than the version without).
- Grated coconut.
- Sprinkled cinnamon.
Types of French toast
Torrija fit traditional version with cinnamon
You need: 3 slices of whole wheat bread, 1 egg, 60 ml of almond milk, ½ teaspoon of vanilla essence, cinnamon sticks and powder, and grated coconut (optional).
Preparation: Boil the milk with the essence of vanilla and cinnamon sticks. Separate in the fire and temper. Whisk the egg. Pass the slices of bread through the warm milk, without being too long so that the bread does not crumble (round and round, that you see that it soaks the bread well) and, next, the egg. Preheat oven to 220º, place slices on baking tray, bake at 160º for 15-20 minutes and add cinnamon and grated coconut if you like.
Torrija fit version flavored with citrus
You need: 4 slices of whole wheat bread (thick slices), 3 egg whites, lemon and orange zest, ½ glass of almond milk and cinnamon sticks or powder.
Preparation: Boil the milk with cinnamon sticks and orange and lemon zest. Soak the bread in the hot milk and pass round and round through the egg (white). Grease the pan with a drop of olive oil or a teaspoon of coconut oil, spread. Go back and forth through the pan so that they are well toasted. Add cinnamon and a final touch of honey on top