Healthy Stuffed French Toast
This Stuffed French Toast is as decadent and delicious as breakfast can possibly get, but it's also healthy. Wholegrain bread is slathered with peanut butter, stuffed with fruit, and coated in a scrumptious mixture of chia seeds and maple syrup.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 419kcal
Equipment
- Shallow dish or bowl for vegan egg wash
- Cast iron or non-stick skillet
Ingredients
- 8 slices wholegrain bread
- 8 ripe strawberries (thinly sliced)
- 2 medium bananas (thinly sliced)
- 2 tablespoon smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup non-dairy milk (use any milk of your choice)
- ¼ cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds, (ground to a powder in a food processor or spice grinder. You can substitute with 1 ½ tbsps flax meal.)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup walnuts (crushed to a fairly fine consistency. Some bigger pieces are okay.)
- Oil spray to coat the pan
Instructions
- Make the eggless wash by whisking together in a shallow dish the nondairy milk, powdered chia seeds, maple syrup, vanilla, salt, and flour.
- Spread some peanut butter on one side of each slice. Then arrange the sliced strawberries and bananas on the buttered side of the bread. Place another second slice, buttered side down, on top and press down firmly. Repeat three more times to make four stuffed French toasts total.
- Dredge the stuffed toast in the eggless wash, coating the top and bottom sides thoroughly. Then dredge it in the powdered walnuts.
- Heat a cast-iron or nonstick griddle or skillet and spray with oil. Place the French Toast on the griddle and toast each side until it's golden-brown. This should take 3-4 minutes per side on medium heat.
- Serve hot. The stuffed French Toast is great by itself but it's extra-special with a drizzle of maple syrup.
- The toast is quite filling-- one half makes a hearty serving. Nutrition info is for half of each stuffed French toast.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 stuffed French toast | Calories: 419kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 472mg | Potassium: 609mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 277IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 222mg | Iron: 3mg