Breakfast, anyone?

With February vacation looming, I thought I would share one of our new breakfast favorites with you all today.  It's easy, healthy, and always a hit ... at breakfast time or dinner time.  

Enjoy!

Mixed Berry French Toast Bake

(adapted from Taste of Home)

1 loaf whole wheat bread, cubed
6 egg whites
3 eggs
1-3/4 cups skim milk
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt

1 package (16 oz.) frozen unsweetened mixed berries
 2 T cold butter
1/3 cup packed brown sugar


Place bread cubes in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine the egg whites, eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt; pour over bread. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.

Thirty minutes before baking, remove the berries from the freezer and set aside, and remove the baking dish from the refrigerator. Bake, covered, at 350° for 30 minutes.

In a small bowl, cut butter into brown sugar until crumbly. Sprinkle berries and brown sugar mixture over French toast. Bake, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.