Coast Toast

We discovered this breakfast dish at a little resturaunt called Brockton Villa, right on the coast in La Jolla. It is the chef's take on french toast and is dubbed, appropriately, Coast Toast. It is so delicious that we have made it our Christmas morning tradition, so I thought I'd share the recipe with all of you.

Coast Toast

1 loaf soft french bread (sliced)
1 qt. whipping cream
10 eggs
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup sugar
a pinch of salt
2 TBS vanilla
2 TBS orange flavoring (I never have this so I substitute with orange juice concentrate)

Combine ingredients. Pour over bread slices. Cover and refridgerate for at least 1 hour.

Remove bread and discard liquid. Spread butter on flat grill.

Cook until golden brown, then bake at 450 degrees for 5-10 minutes until bread is puffed up like a souffle'. Dust with powdered sugar. Serve immediately.

Enjoy!

Pretty Baby

Tessa

It's offical...

....I am a blogging loser. I wouldn't particularly care, except that my friend Taylor makes me feel guilty by being a blogging rock star. She is The Lumberjack's Wife. And she blogs at least once a day. Where do you find the time, Taylor? Or the energy? Or the things to blog about? Because, frankly, my life is simply not that interesting or exciting. Oh well, I shall never be a blogging rock star. But I guess I could at least try to post once a month...... see? Blogging loser.

In all honesty I'm really just very, very, very tired. Which I realize is probably because I have four children who are home with me all day and I'm 22 weeks pregnant. But when this particular lady is tired, it's hard for me to do anything beyond the completely essential. I become very anti-social because it takes too much energy to be social. I also find it difficult to psych myself up to do anything that involves leaving the house. Because getting four kids dressed, bundled up, and in and out of the car is exhausting!

And yet, yesterday I not only left the house, but I stood in line in 18 degree weather for 6 hours just to see and shake Sarah Palin's hand. And it was totally worth it. She is a woman I greatly admire. Not only her ideals and principles, but her grace and strength under fire.

Today, I am sore. And exhausted. I have issues with having too many contractions during my pregnancies (my doctor refers to it as an "irritable uterus" which is just a funny term, in my opinion) and sometimes it's hard for me to tell what's going to trigger it. Evidently standing in line for 6 hours does, because last night was a contraction filled night! So this morning I am doing something I never, ever do. I am lazing around in bed at almost 9 am. Oh, I'll get up eventually and clean the house and fold the laundry. But right now, I'm enjoying some down time. And blogging! Imagine that.